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Business Values And Ethics(Buss 031) Question Paper

Business Values And Ethics(Buss 031)

Course:Business Administration

Institution: Kenya Methodist University question papers

Exam Year:2013

TIME: 2 HOURS

INSTRUCTIONS: Answer Question One and Any Other Two Questions
Question One
a) "Communication is a very powerful tool for transferring information"
Explain FIVE ethical issues that are associated with communication.
(10marks)
b) i) Define corporate culture. (2marks)
ii) Outline FOUR elements of corporate culture. (8marks)
c) Explain FIVE ways in which the government of Kenya may enforce
greater Social responsibility on business firms. (10marks)

Question Two
a) "In defining and redefining company mission, strategic managers must recognize rights of the firm`s claimants"
i) Who is a firm`s claimant? (2marks)
ii) Identify FOUR firm`s claimants and state one Social responsibility
associated with them. (8marks)
b) Outline FIVE major segments of social audit. (10marks)

Question Three
a) Briefly define the following ethical theories.
i) Teleological (2marks)
ii) Deontological (2marks)
iii) Justice (2marks)
iv) Relativism (2marks)
v) Ethical virtue. (2marks)

Question Four
a) "In the recent past, an employee claimed to have been layed off from a restaurant because she had declared her HIV status as being positive".
i) What is your evaluation of the behavior of the owner of the restaurant? (2marks)
ii) Discuss ethical ways of treating such an employee (inai) (8marks)
b) Explain FIVE ethical issues related to Human Resource Management.
(10marks)

Question Five
a) Outline FIVE core values of business ethics. (10marks)
b) i) What is social forecasting? (2marks)
ii) Give FOUR evidences that show that an organization has
institutionalized social forecasting. (8marks)

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