THE PRIMARY PHILOSOPHICAL ISSUE
What is/are the purpose(s) of business?
THE NATURE OF CAPITALISM
What is a just or fair price for your product/service?
CORPORATIONS
Should a business be concerned with charitable acts in its community (donations to humanitarian/religious institutions)? If so, how does a business decide where to draw the line on how many and which requests to respond to?
THE WORKPLACE
What would be the benefits and harms of having a union for your employees?
Do you have job descriptions for your employees by which they can be evaluated? If not, how do they know what is expected of them, and how are they evaluated?
Are questions of race, sex, national origin, marital status, and religion related to any of your personnel policies and decisions?
To what extent does seniority, as compared with job performance, play in your decisions to advance an employee?
What are the pro’s and con’s of hiring relatives and friends?
How do you dismiss people? With what benefits, if any?
What factors help you decide on what to pay and what fringe benefits should be offered to an employee?
What incentives do your employees have to do a good job?
What are your concerns for employee health and safety?
What is your management style? (You make all the decisions/ decisions by others are advisory to you/decisions are made by others/ etc.)
To what extent should a business be involved in the non-working lives of employees? (their behavior in the community; their emotional or other personal needs outside of work)
At the time of hiring someone, or in the course of their working relationship with a business, should they (prospective or actual employees) be tested with lie-detector equipment or with psychological or medical tests for honesty, drug use, etc.?
Should a business encourage/pressure employees to contribute to charities or participate in “personal growth” seminars?
MORAL CHOICES FACING EMPLOYEES
How should whistleblowers be dealt with?
JOB DISCRIMINATION
Should a business be concerned with consciously trying to recruit and hire minorities?
CONSUMERS
“Business does not meet its obligations to provide clear, accurate, and complete information when it communicates ambiguously, conceals significant product information, exaggerates, or tries to persuade strictly through psychological appeal.” (Your comments)
What information about a used product should be given to the shopper before the sale is made?
THE ENVIRONMENT
To what extent should a business be concerned with “refraining from doing harm” (polluting, for example)?