After DCH was found guilty, the court ordered that the company’sassets be liquidated and the proceeds be distributed to depositors.However, the court did not specify how the proceeds should bedistributed.
- Adam thought that it would be fairest if the proceeds weredistributed to depositors based on the amount of money deposited.The largest depositors should receive the greatest amount of theproceeds.
- Beth thought that it would be fairest if the proceeds weredistributed to depositors based on the age of the deposits. Theearliest depositors should receive the greatest amount of theproceeds
- Charlie thought that it would be fairest if the proceeds weredistributed to depositors equally. Each depositor should receive anequal amount of the proceeds.
- Deb thought that it would be fairest if the proceeds weredistributed to depositors based on each depositor’s needs. Theneediest depositors should receive the greatest amount of theproceeds.
- Ernie thought that it would be fairest if the proceeds weredistributed to depositors based on whether the depositor is anindividual depositor or institutional depositor. Individualdepositors should receive more than institutional depositors.
Whose distributive justice ethic best represents a communistsense of fairness?
| | a. Beth |
| | b. Charlie |
| | c. Ernie |
| | d. Adam |
| | e. Deb |
QUESTION 19
Whose distributive justice ethic best represents an egalitariansense of fairness?
| a. | Deb |
| b. | Ernie |
| c. | Beth |
| d. | Charlie |
| e. | Adam |
QUESTION 20
Whose distributive justice ethic best represents a capitalistsense of fairness?
| | a. Charlie |
| | b. Beth |
| | c. Deb |
| | d. Ernie |
| | e. Adam |
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Mary is a new human resources specialist for Ajax Corp. Ajax isa privately owned, third-generation family business based inKabukistan. Mary was hired to handle the human resources functionsfor the company’s growing United States division which employs 500employees. Last week, when analyzing the division’s payroll, shelearned that 92 percent of the women who worked for the company inthe US were compensated less than male employees who were insimilar jobs. When she contacted Ajax’s HR department at companyheadquarters in Kabukistan, she was told that the company strovefor fair compensation practices. Ajax often paid higher wages tomen than women because Ajax’s male employees typically were thesole wage earner in their family and Ajax’s female employees weretypically either single or their husbands also earned an income.Mary wondered whether this practice might hurt the company’s salesin the US if potential customers learned of this compensationpractice. Moreover, although she believes that the compensationpractice is okay in Kabukistan, Mary believes that the practice isunethical in the US. Bothered by the compensation practice, Maryspoke with her husband. He told Mary that he thought the practiceis illegal in the US and advised her to speak with a member of theUS Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Moreover, he statedthat he believed such a practice was wrong and should not beallowed in the US, Kabukistan, or anywhere.
The Ajax headquarters human resources representative believesthat the company’s compensation practice is fair. This sense offairness is based on the idea that:
| a. | | women are less capable than men |
| b. | | individuals should be compensated based on their needs |
| c. | | companies have the right to decide how they wish to compensateemployees |
| d. | | individuals should be compensated in proportion to the amountthat they contribute |
| e. | | individuals should be given equal opportunity to becompensated |
QUESTION 7
Mary’s concern for the US division’s sales reflects her beliefthat if knowledge about the compensation practice becomes public,many people would view it as unethical, which would __________.This would, in turn, lead to lower division performance.
| a. | adversely affect the company's reputation |
| b. | lower payroll costs |
| c. | lead to a gender imbalance among the employees |
| d. | cause many of the division’s employees to quit |
| e. | lead to employee dissatisfaction |
