496 week 7
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BMGT496Week7LearningActivity1and2instructions.docxLearning Activity #1
In Chapter 14: The Green Office: Economics and the Environment, we are introduced to the multiple relations linking business, the environment, and environmental protection. On pages 668-669 we find the case study Going Green. After having read Chapter 14 and the case study, respond to the following in 2-3 detailed paragraphs:
Fifty years ago, airplanes contributed almost no pollution to the environment because so few could afford to fly. One way to limit the amount of pollution into the air is through incentives. In the airplane case, a large tax could be attached to an airline ticket, thus providing an incentive to tourists to stay home or use alternate sources of transportation. Of course, for the very wealthy, the tax will be more absorbable and, presumably, airplane travel would tend toward its origins: flying would be something the rich do.
How could a utilitarian analysis be used to justify the action of, in essence, reserving plane flying for the rich in the name of helping the environment?
In Chapter 15: The Domination Office: The Star System and Labor Unions we learn of ethical issues raised by extreme disparities in income and wealth and issues involving labor unions. Beginning on page 727, we are presented a case study titled Responding to a Transit Strike. After having read Chapter 15 and the case study, respond to the each of following questions and subpart questions in 2-3 detailed paragraphs:
1. The transit workers strike was actually illegal. After a similar walkout years before, the Taylor Law had been enacted; it barred transportation workers from leaving their posts and implemented arbitration methods for settling disputes. When the workers ignored the law, a judge hit them with fines and sentenced their leaders to short jail terms.
· In the face of the strike’s illegality, how can a rights argument be mounted to ethically justify the walkout?
· Is the rights argument affected by the fact that many commuters suffered?
2. What is the public safety argument against a union going out on strike? From the information provided, how could it be implemented in this case?
· How would the public safety argument against the strike differ from the public welfare argument?
· In general terms, is there a public welfare argument that could be sketched in favor of the strike?
