Order Description

The first part of your reading in Daniel Terris’ book will include an overview of Lockheed Martin’s

organization and will lay out the research plan that Terris used to obtain information necessary

for his work. This will be followed by a general overview of the evolution of business ethics in

America.
1. Based on your readings, describe what you consider to be the responsibility of top leadership in

a large organization with respect to reaching a balance between profits and stakeholder concerns.

Please support your position by giving some examples from the text or from other sources where CEOs

did a good or poor job of finding this balance.
2. Terris discusses the history of business ethics in America since the late 1800s with respect to

anti-competitive practices, seeking unfair advantage through immoral arrangements with suppliers

and public officials, failing to adhere to laws and regulations, and lack of transparency. Discuss

to what extent you believe things to be better or worse in the present day for businesses in

general.
3. Describe welfare capitalism and its role as a forerunner of the contemporary business ethics

movement.
4. On page 41, Terris discusses the ideas of Howard Bowen regarding the evolution of social

responsibility of businesses. To what extent do you think his predictions held true since 1953?

Your paper should be double-spaced and in 12-point type size.
Your paper should have a separate cover page and a separate reference page containing the full

citations corresponding to the in-text citations you choose to use in the body of your paper. So in

addition to the 4- to 5-page body of your paper you will have a title page and a reference page. So

overall, you will be submitting a 6- to 7-page document.
Use APA style.
ONE SOURCE TO BE USED
Terris, Daniel. (2005) Ethics at Work: Creating Virtue at an American Corporation. Brandeis

University Press. Waltham, MA.