BA 300 SDSU Austin Midterm 2

BA 300 SDSU Austin Midterm 2 Questions with Complete Solutions (Latest 2025) Objectivism - Correct Answers ✅- The primary obligation of a human is to be rational at all times

• Can only convince people through reason
• Build yourself into the best human you can possibly be

(ex. Marrying someone because they will allow you to be the best human you can be) Start Up as CSR - Correct Answers ✅A social investment for shareholders They know at IPO that the company is a normative CSR Biggest Con of Objectivism - Correct Answers ✅- Individualistic too self-centered

• Judgmental

"you're not doing what you're supposed to be doing to become the best you can be so I'm not going to be friends with you" Normative CSR - Correct Answers ✅Corporations should engage in CSR programs bc it's the right or moral thing to do 1 / 2

BA 300 SDSU Austin Midterm 2 Questions with Complete Solutions (Latest 2025) even at the expense of profits (participating in charity even if it makes you lose profits) Challenges to Shareholder Value - Correct Answers ✅- Difficult to rely on self-interested business people to act on shareholder's behalf so market mechanisms are required to make sure the right thing is being done

• Corporate responsibility lies in ensuring effective corporate

governance mechanisms to protect the long term interest of shareholders Biggest Con of Integrative Social Contracts Theory - Correct Answers ✅Hard to figure out what the local norms are Ethics of Care Example - Correct Answers ✅Founder might have a whole different purpose than making a lot of money, maybe working from 9am-3pm so they can't pick up their kids or go surfing if they want (usually smaller, entrepreneurial companies) Ethical Justifications - Correct Answers ✅1. Powerful organizations should help aleviate global inequalities

• Leads to greater liberty for the poor/less fortunate
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