Directions:

1. View the video https://www.learner.org/series/ethics-in-america-ii/risk-reward-responsibility-ethics-in-business/ (Links to an external site.)

2. According to the video, if you are a board member of a corporation, who do you owe your loyalty to? Please respond to one of the following questions:

• Is there a difference between the company, the shareholders, or to society at large?
• As business executives, can you engage in actions that are not illegal and that might help the company but you are personally offended by on moral grounds?
• Do you find a difference between the two or three different scenarios presented in terms of how you would react? Why?

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