Ethical+issues+9+-+12

Kenny Wise - Buyers Send iPhones on a Long Relay to China

Background - Chinese businessmen wait to buy iPhones in bulk to sell for high prices without any plan or "lock downs." These are sold to small businesses in China Town.

Dilemma - Can you buy a product and do what you want with it? Resell it, jail break, or what have you.

Spencer Freedman

Background - Man running away asks that you not tell the men coming where he is hiding and hides in a bush. You don't tell the four men, but they turn out to be policemen. What do you do?

Jenna Golden - Clawbacks Without Claws

Background - Some businesses are improperly reporting to the FCC their incomes and other financial numbers. The companies aren't paying back the correct amount, but aren't being punished structurally.

Dilemma - Is it fair to "randomly" punish the companies in an unbalanced way?

Robby Simons - Medicine

Background - A court decided to give a woman with cancer a medical surgical procedure by force. She has a fobia of needles and hospitals and can not function properly to make decisions for herself.

Dilemma - Is it ethical to force her to get this surgery?

Isaac Kurzmann - Beer Advertisement

Background - A beer company has come out with a commercial during the football game that highlights 9-11 in their commercial.

Dilemma - They're going to have the commercial on this day any way. Why not show respect? Or is it disrespectful?

Alex Adler - Nesle

Background - They came out with a pure bottled water in areas with poor water. It is, however, very expensive. They also sell genetical modified foods there that can not be sold in Europe.

Dilemma - Should they lower the price of the water because it is a necessity? Should they sell foods in undeveloped countries that can't be sold in other, developed, countries?

Evan Milan - Bank Teller

Background - Your friend, another bank teller, has taken $10,000 from a dormant account to pay for medical bills for her terminally I'll daughter, saving her life. She has started to pay it back.

Dilemma - Should you speak up?

Josh Sider - Father Teaches Son a Hard Lesson in Honesty

Background - A father bought raffle tickets, all three of them with one of the twin son's name on it. He had gone to the bathroom and his ticket was drawn. So his twin brother took the shot. Later they felt bad and came forward to tell them what had happened. The company donated $40,000 to youth hockey teams.

Dilemma - Should they have taken the money? Should the company have given it to them any way?