SUMMATIVE TEST IN BUSINESS ETHICS

CASE STUDY
MANG EUGENIO VENTURA
The story of Mang Eugenio Ventura, an extra ordinary cab driver,
went viral in the social media when a passenger spread the good
word about him not rejecting passengers( despite heavy traffic in
Metro Manila) and declining tips. Apart of being honest, he is the
jolly type—he just laughs off the congestion on the main roads of
the city. He got featured in an episode of the TV program “
impossible”

ESSAY:
1. What do you think has molded the honest and cheerful
bahavior of Mang Eugenio Ventura?
2. What lesson can you learn from the good example of Mang
Eugenio?
3. What can be done in our school in order to teach and train
students in honest and ethical behaviour?
 SUMMATIVE TEST IN BUSINESS ETHICS

CASE STUDY

PEOPLE’S RECOVERY, EMPLOYMENT, EMPOWERMENT, AND DEVELOPMENT

ASSISTANT ( PREDA )

People’s recovery, Employment, and development Assistant ( PREDA ) fair trade

was not a profit organization working at the national and international levels for
the protection of human rights, especially womens and children’s rights. It was
founded in 1974 and a year later it started to ingage in fair trade. “fair trade” in
general, refers to objectives such as: creating opportunities for economically dis
advantaged producers;increasing farming market access, both domestic and
export, for these business; and ensuring transparency and accountability, among
others. Organization in the Philippine started engage heavily in fair trade in
1980’s, especially due to the sugar and coffe criseswhen prices fell sharply,
causing unemployment among thousand of Filipinos, In response to the situation,
organization started to implement structures the alleviated poverty and lessened
dependency on sugar and coffee exports. PREDA works hand in hand with the
Philippine chapter of the world fair trade organization( WFTO )which works for
the development of progressive and responsible fair trade stakeholders in the
country, s well as ensures that all fair trade . such as: providing income and food
security to disadvantage communities; empowering community-based producers;
and promoting a quality and market-driven imageof fair trade products.

ESSAY:

What is meant by Fairness?

How can trade and commerce be fair?

To what extent is the lesson about fairness related to PREDA’s work of promoting
fair trade?

In what ways is PREDA promoting fairness?

 SUMMATIVE TEST IN BUSINESS ETHICS

CASE STUDY

THE CASE OF SOCRATES

Socrates was an anthenian philosopher whose question and opinions clashed with the
current course of Athenian politics and society. Socraes worked to critically examine the
foudational beliefs that were common in Greece during his time, and encourage other
citizens to do so as well.Because of this, he was not well liked by many politicians. He
was put to death after a trial found him guilty of corrupting the youth: this is based on
works on Socrates written by Plato and Xenophon.

Based on the account, Socrate’s life was ended as the result of capital punishment. He
was accuse of corrupting the young and disbelieving in the gods of the city. At the trial
he was found guilty, and then the jail he accept the execution eventhough he had a
chance to escape. This is how his life ended. Furthermore, at the trial, Socrate’s did not
behave like an ordinary defendant who is supposed to be eager to be acquitted and to
proclaim his innocence as possible. Indeed, Socrates’ conduct made the trial extremely
confusing and puzzling; he fail to prove his innocence, and moreover, by presenting
himself provocatively he even seemed to have been found guilty intentionally. The case
of Socrates is then not simply an incedent in which he was convicted by his fellow
citizens, but also a stage on which intentionally offered a public demonstration of
himself in a strage manner.

ESSAY:

1. How is it possible that a basically good person who preached a set of values and
beliefs about truth, wisdom and good governance was accused and put to death?
2. Is it possible that politics plays a role in how the good and the truth ate ultimately
defined the lived?
3. Define the notion of “ virtue” Which are important virtues?
4. Describe” moral Relativism”.
5. Formulate resolution regarding knowing the truth, doing what is good, and
avoiding evil.