Management

1. What role should management have within a business regarding social responsibility? Explain.
2. What are the different social responsibilities of a business? Can a business abide by all social responsibilities at the same time? Explain.
3. Define Sustainability.
4. Does a business have an obligation (Legal? Moral? Ethical?) toward the environment and sustainability? Explain.
5. Which of these (2) phrases resonate with you more: “People-Planet-Profits” or “Reduce-Reuse-Recycle” Does personal experience play any role in this? Explain.
6. Would you describe yourself as a “Friedman” or a “Freeman” or neither? Explain.
7. Per Reading 3.3 – Business with a Soul, please answer Discussion Questions 1,2,3 on Page 120.
8. Per Reading 3.6 – The Divine Right of Capital, please answer Discussion Questions 1,2 on Page 124.
9. Per Case 3.8 – Skittles, Trayvon Martin, please answer Discussion Question 1,2 on Page 126.
10. Per Case 3.23 – Herman Miller, please answer Discussion Questions 1,2,3,4,5 on Page 178
11. Per Case 3.24 – Solyndra, please answer Discussion Question 2 on Page 180
ADVISORY: CSR is the focus of your Major Term Paper in this Course.
Please post your response to these questions in the same sequence as they are listed in a single entry. Please remember to cite the assigned reading materials and cases in your response.