THE HISTORY OF BUSINESS ETHICS AND STAKEHOLDER THEORY IN AMERICA

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(https://muse-jhu-edu.ezproxy.trident.edu/chapter/879454/pdf)
1.)Based on your readings, describe what you consider to be the responsibility of top leadership in a large
organization with respect to reaching a balance between profits and stakeholder concerns. Please support your
position by giving some examples from the text or from other sources where CEOs did a good or poor job of
finding this balance.
2.)Terris discusses the history of business ethics in America since the late 1800s with respect to anticompetitive practices, seeking unfair advantage through immoral arrangements with suppliers and public
officials, failing to adhere to laws and regulations, and lack of transparency. Discuss to what extent you believe
things to be better or worse in the present day for businesses in general.
3.)On page 41, Terris discusses the ideas of Howard Bowen regarding the evolution of social responsibility of
businesses. To what extent do you think his predictions held true since 1953?