Kant’s Categorical Imperative and the Case of the Ford Pinto
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10 pages in length. 10 pages in length. Compares the Categorical Imperative of Kant to the case of the faulty gas-tank design in the Ford Motor Company Pinto. Makes reference to utilitarianism as well as the virtue theory and the rights theory. Looks at the ethics, the solution, cost-benefit analysis and alternative solutions. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
Filename: JGApinto.wps

Options Trading / Opportunities And Strategies
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A 20 page paper discussing and explaining aspects of options trading. Strategies discussed include: put options, call options, straddles, strangles, covered call writing, naked trading, debit and credit spreads and index options. Also discussed are: strike and premium prices, option pricing, option prices vs. stock prices, intrinsic value and time value of stock options. Bibliography lists 21 sources.
Filename: PGoptions.wps

THE BENEFITS OF SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
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This 5-page paper examines a hypothetical problem faced by a business owner who has been asked by one of her clients to accommodate her disabilities. The paper, which touches on corporate responsibility to the community, outlines the pros and cons of such accommodations, while discussing issues such as the Americans with Disabilities Act. The paper concludes with suggestions on how the business owner should handle this request. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: MTbusres.rtf

Ben & Jerry's; Levi Strauss; Johnson & Johnson
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This 22 page paper is about social responsibility and how these three companies exemplify this. An introduction discusses social responsibility in general. Then, each of the three companies is explored in terms of their written statements and actions taken to fulfill the company's goals towards social responsibility. Each company also faced a specific crisis, at which time, they could live by their published principles or not. They each did. Johnson & Johnson faced the fact that their Tylenol containers had been tampered with resulting in the deaths of eight people. Levi Strauss learned through a media report that one of their contractors was violating human rights with employees. Ben & Jerry's faced an incident involving the rainforest. The writer describes what they did in each case and what the outcome was. Bibliography lists 26 sources.
Filename: PGsocre.rtf

Business Ethics / Nestle's Baby Formula Case
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An 8 page research paper investigating the ethics of Nestle's practice of giving free samples of infant formula to new mothers in third world countries. The act is considered in light of utilitarianism as espoused by John Stuart Mill and Immanual Kant. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: Nestles.wps