Module 4 – Assignment 4Case 4.3 One Nation under Wal-Mart2. Is there a Wal-Mart in your area? If so has it had impact on your community or the behavior of local consumers? If there’s no store in your area would you be in favor of Wal-Mart opening one? Explain why or why not?4. Can a retailer ever become too large and too powerful?Case 5.1 Yahoo in China2. In your view was Yahoo right or wrong to assist Chinese authorities? What would you have done if you were in charge of Yahoo?4. Assess the actions of Yahoo and of Microsoft Google and Cisco from the point of view of both the narrow and the broader views of corporate responsibility. What view of corporate responsibility do you think these companies hold? Do you think they see themselves as acting in a morally legitimate and socially responsible way?Case 5.4 Free Speech or False Advertising1. In this case was Nike engaged in commercial speech or were its statements political or social speech? What determines whether speech is commercial or not?beings? Should they have the same political rights? Is it morally permissible to limit the speech of corporations in ways that would be wrong if applied to the speech of individual citizens? If it is permissible is it a good public policy?5. Does Nike have a social responsibility to address the matters of public concern such as the working conditions in its overseas operations? If it chooses to do so does it have an obligation to make its statements as truthful and accurate as it can? Under what circumstances should corporations be held liable for the truth of their public statements?Issue 12 Is “Employment-at-Will” God Social Policy? Summarize the authors’ points of view in a 2-3 page essay. Then present your own synthesis of the argument using the authors’ points of view to support your argument.
