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Bmgt 421: Business Ethics Question Paper

Bmgt 421: Business Ethics

Course:Bachelor Of Commerce

Institution: Kabarak University question papers

Exam Year:2013

KABARAK
UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS
2013/2014 ACADEMIC YEAR
FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF COMMERCE

BMGT 421: BUSINESS ETHICS
DAY: FRIDAY

DATE: 6/12/2013
TIME: 11.00 – 1.00 P.M.

STREAM: Y4S2
INSTRUCTIONS:
Answer Question ONE and any other Two Questions
Question One
a) Teka is an average performing sales person with 20 years service in the company. Teka is
suddenly overtaken by a serious illness and is away from work for several months. On his
return, there is a noticeable decline in performance and most people agree that Teka, although
52 years old can no longer perform as expected. The long hours, the travelling and the
increasingly difficult job in a changing environment all take toll. You are the sales manager.
How would you handle this situation (8mks)

b) Many companies are instituting ethics programs of one kind or another. However, toothless
ethics programs provide no protection from potentially catastrophic ethical failures. Discuss
measures that a company interested in implementing an ethics program would take to ensure
that it is not toothless (12mks)

c) Whistle blowing if not well handled can be very damaging to an organization. What
intervention
would a manager pursue to prevent external whistle blowing (10mks)

Question Two
a) You have been appointed CEO of a medium size food processing company. In a month, you
hear murmurings about sexual harassment. How would you handle this issue (10mks)

b) Give examples of environmentally unsound business practices and measures that should be
taken to check such practices (10mks)

Question Three
a) Assess the ethical issues that arise from industrial espionage (10mks)
b) Advertising is a major element of business management. Explain your understanding of
ethical advertising. (10mks)
Question Four
a) Modern trends and practices call for firms to pursue wider objectives in addition to
profitability. Explain the concept of corporate social responsibility. Discuss the various
components that a socially responsible business should pursue (12mks)

b) Explain how a business can improve the ethical conduct of its employees (8mks)

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