usiness EthicsPHI 205College of Saint RoseQUIZ #11. You’re an engineer charged by your company to build a bridge in Bangladesh. You are expected to use local labor, since doing so helps the local community. (Know that building a bridge involves lots of seriously hard work.) The labor is supplied by local city managers. So far, so good, but on the first day, your workers show up and you notice at least half are under the age of 12! You have a decision to make. Talk about the ethical dilemma you face, and which are at play (among those we have discussed) – and are at odds with each other.2. So… Is “business bluffing” ethical or not? Watcha think? In your discussion, cite the ethical traditions we’ve talked about, as appropriate.3. Are people less honest than they used to be? If they aren’t less honest, what explains our “cheating culture.” Are there other periods in American history when we encountered a similar issue? When were those periods? What does 2021 have in common with those periods?4. Explain Aristotle’s Virtue Theory. Is it useful an ethical theory in the business world? Be sure to support your answer in your discussion.
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