Question

Question 1: What is Camenisch’s attitude about this idea: “business is a self-sufficient and self-contained entity which can define its own goals and functions entirely independently of society’s goals and needs”?

A. He completely agrees with it

B. He completely disagrees with it

C. He leans toward agreement, but is not quite sure

D. He leans toward disagreement, but is not quite sure

Question 2: What is Camenisch’s purpose in using the example of the company whose products can only be used for human torture?

A. To show that questions about the morality of products and services are not adequately addressed by “many current discussions of business ethics.”

B. To show that businesses should not make products that can damage their public persona

C. To show that the business described is a morally great one because of all the good it does—we shouldn’t let concerns about its product distract us from this

D. To show that businesses should not engage in unethical behavior

Answer 1

1) He completely disagrees with it.

( Businesses operate to earn profits. Profit making aspect reveals the internal dynamic of the business. Many products which are made with the aim of more profits cause harm to the society. So business should be allowed to define and and pursue its own goals completely independent of the society's goals.)

2) To show that questionns about the morality of products and services are not adequately addressed by many current discussions of business ethics.

( many products are used for causing harm to the society. Still, they are produced and sold. The producers are solely concerned about their own profits. They ignore the adverse impact of their products on the society. Still, such issues are ignored even by the advocates of business ethics.)