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Business Ethics: Case Studies and Selected Readings, 7th ed.

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Contents | xi<br />

9<br />

U N I T <strong>Ethics</strong> <strong>and</strong> Government<br />

SECTION A<br />

Government Employees 525<br />

Reading 9.1 The Fish Bowl Existence of Government 525<br />

<strong>Case</strong> 9.2 The Minerals Management Service: The Arms-Length Affairs with<br />

Oil Executives 527<br />

<strong>Case</strong> 9.3 Kodak, the Appraiser, <strong>and</strong> the Assessor: Lots of Back Scratching<br />

on Valuation 531<br />

<strong>Case</strong> 9.4 The Governor <strong>and</strong> a Senate Seat Vacat<strong>ed</strong> by a President 532<br />

<strong>Case</strong> 9.5 The Man Who Writes the Internal Revenue Code Has Tax Issues: The Rangel<br />

Round-Up 534<br />

<strong>Case</strong> 9.6 “I Was Just Following Orders”: The CIA, Interrogations, <strong>and</strong> the Role of Legal<br />

Opinions in the Conduct of Organizations 536<br />

<strong>Case</strong> 9.7 Paul Wolfowitz <strong>and</strong> the World Bank 538<br />

<strong>Case</strong> 9.8 Hiding the Slip-Up on Oil Lease Accounting: Interior Motives 540<br />

<strong>Case</strong> 9.9 Joe the Plumber, Child Support Records, <strong>and</strong> the Public<br />

Official’s Disclosure 540<br />

SECTION B<br />

Government Contracts 542<br />

<strong>Case</strong> 9.10 Stanford University <strong>and</strong> Government Overhead Payments 542<br />

<strong>Case</strong> 9.11 Yale University <strong>and</strong> the Compensation of Professors for<br />

Government Research: Double-Dipping or Confusion? 545<br />

<strong>Case</strong> 9.12 Minority-Own<strong>ed</strong> <strong>Business</strong>es <strong>and</strong> Reality 545<br />

<strong>Case</strong> 9.13 The My Tai Concession <strong>and</strong> the County Supervisor 546<br />

<strong>Case</strong> 9.14 Government Pricing <strong>and</strong> Finding a Way Around It 546<br />

<strong>Case</strong> 9.15 Taser <strong>and</strong> Stunning Behavior 547<br />

<strong>Case</strong> 9.16 Boeing <strong>and</strong> the Recruiting of the Government Purchasing Agent 548<br />

SECTION C<br />

Government Responsibilities 551<br />

<strong>Case</strong> 9.17 The Prosecutors Who Withheld Evidence: The Senator’s Trial 551<br />

<strong>Case</strong> 9.18 The Duke Lacrosse Team <strong>and</strong> the Prosecutor 551<br />

<strong>Case</strong> 9.19 FEMA, Hurricane Katrina, <strong>and</strong> the Dilemmas of<br />

Regulation versus Human Life 554<br />

10<br />

U N I T <strong>Ethics</strong> <strong>and</strong> Nonprofits<br />

SECTION A<br />

Nonprofits <strong>and</strong> Fraud 559<br />

<strong>Case</strong> 10.1 New Era: If It Sounds Too Good to Be True, It Is Too Good to Be True 559<br />

<strong>Case</strong> 10.2 The Baptist Foundation: Funds of the Faithful 562<br />

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