Business and Economic Ethics
Dr. Hicks
Final Exam Questions
Instructions: Choose six of the following questions to write upon during the regularly-scheduled,
two-hour exam period. Please do not write anything on this sheet, and bring it with you to the exam.
1. What, according to Kling and Schulz, is Economics 2.0?
2. Suppose you are a senior manager at AT&T in the wake of the McAleer v. AT&T case, and it is your
responsibility to decide AT&T’s next steps. What should AT&T do, and why?
3. Suppose you are the head of marketing at Citrus Hill, and it is your responsibility to approve the next
orange juice advertising campaign. Now that the FDA has expressed its concerns, how should you
proceed?
4. Can money buy happiness? Include in your answer some discussion of Tara Smith’s essay.
5. What were the key points from Professor Robert Salvino’s lecture on public policy and
entrepreneurship?
6. What were the key points from Professor Terry Noel’s lecture on the virtuous entrepreneur?
7. What is greed, and is it good or bad? Include in your answer some discussion of the ABC News
Special Greed.
8. Defend the following proposition: The FCC’s “Fairness Doctrine” is both fair and practical.
9. Defend the following proposition: The FCC’s “Fairness Doctrine” is both unfair and impractical.
10. Defend the following proposition: Laetrile should be legal.
11. Defend the following proposition: Laetrile should be banned.
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