LEDDA, ALDRIN PERALTA

BSBA FM 2-B

ACTIVITY 1:

1. How does Sexual Harassment affect the workplace? Enumerate and explain at least two.
 Sexual harassment impacts employee health. The trauma of sexual harassment leaves lasting
effects on women’s health.  Women who experienced sexual harassment had almost a 3x
higher risk of developing depressive symptoms. Additionally, they also experienced debilitating
stress reactions, sleep disorders, high blood pressure, and lowered self-esteem, and nausea. 

 Sexual harassment impacts employee productivity. Toxic workplaces lead to reduced

employee productivity. When an employee has experienced an incident of sexual harassment,
or worse a steady campaign of harassment, their output will be affected. Research
closely associates sexual harassment with job dissatisfaction and(opens in new
tab) disengagement. Other ways sexual harassment affects the workplace are tardiness,
absenteeism, project neglect, and employee distraction.

2. Identify (2) ways and means on how organizations can prevent sexual harassment to occur in the workplace.

 Adopt a clear Sexual Harassment Policy

 Train employees about what Sexual harassment is.

ACTIVITY 2:

1. How do you define a fair or just wage?

 A fair wage is a wage that is considered “fair” by the employee. This salary, received in return for
individual work performed, will encourage the employee to invest more or less in their daily tasks, but
also to keep their current job for longer or less time. The employee makes a real trade-off between the
level of salary they receive and the quantity and difficulty of their day-to-day responsibilities.

2. It is morally correct to give lower salaries or compensation to workers with low performance rating.

 It is morally correct, it is generally legal to reduce an employee's pay in order to account for
unsatisfactory performance.” Just as employers may increase employee wages for exemplary
performance, an employee's paycheck can also be a viable method for deterring or improving poor
performance.
ACTIVITY 3:

1. How do you draw the line between gift-giving and bribery?

 Gift is given to someone without any expectation in return. Value of gift are often based on closeness in
relation, time of gifting, economic condition of giver and receiver. Bribe is given with expectation of
favour toward giver.

2. When does act gift-giving becomes an act of bribery?

 A gift is something of value given without the expectation of return. A bribe on the other hand, is the
same thing but with the expectation of influence or benefit. Both can be monetary, actual items or they
can be tickets to an event, like different sporting events or entertainment, such as dinners or concerts.
3. Give other examples of bribery in business transactions.
 Bribery is the act of giving money, goods, or other forms of compensation to a recipient in exchange for
an alteration of their behavior (to the benefit/interest of the giver) that the recipient would otherwise
not alter.

ACTIVITY 4:

1. When do you say that advertising is immoral?

 This involves using false or misleading statements for product promotion, for example,
misrepresentation of a product, which may negatively affect many stakeholders, especially consumers.

2. Give an example of advertisement which you think or in your opinion is deceptive, manipulative or misleading.
 Misleading Photos or Illustrations
-grocery store chains sometimes use photo enhancement software to enhance the actual appearance of
food items so that you will buy them.

ACTIVITY 5:

1. What makes a fair price?

 The basic idea of the fair pricing approach is that when suppliers anticipate customers' negative
reactions to prices perceived as unfair, they have an incentive not to exploit their market power.

2. Price depends on the Law of Supply and Demand. How are prices of goods determined by this law?
 It's a fundamental economic principle that when supply exceeds demand for a good or service, prices
fall. When demand exceeds supply, prices tend to rise. ... However, when demand increases and supply
remains the same, the higher demand leads to a higher equilibrium price and vice versa.

3. It is ethical to charge different customers with different prices for the same product or service such as the “suki”
system of the Filipino business?
 It is essentially a buddy system of doing business in the Philippines, wherein a customer buys certain
products from a particular vendor, who in turn offers discounts and other perks for such exclusivity.
ACTIVITY 6:

1. Cite examples of unethical business practices under direct misrepresentation.

 COCA-COLA
-Back in 2009, Coca-Cola promoted Powerade as having more electrolytes than Gatorade, the rival
energy drink from Pepsi. In retaliation, Pepsi sued Coca-Cola on the grounds that its claim had no basis
in science.
 FERRERO USA
-Ferrero USA is the company behind the brand Nutella. It was forced to pay a settlement of $3.05 million
after settling a class action lawsuit for false advertising that its chocolate spread is a nutritious choice for
children.

2. What makes caveat emptor unethical?

 Caveat emptor, “let the buyer beware” is an age-old warning to anyone who purchases a product from
someone whom they do not know. It puts a lot of responsibility on the shoulders of the buyer, but in
modern society it is an unfair weight.

ACTIVITY 7:

1. Is the government’s power to collect taxes from its citizens morally justifiable? Yes, or no? Explain your answer.
 Yes, because taxation not only pays for public goods and services; it is also a key ingredient in the social
contract between citizens and the economy. ... Holding governments accountable encourages the
effective administration of tax revenues and, more widely, good public financial management.

2. Why do governments collect taxes?

 To help fund public works and services—and to build and maintain the infrastructure used in a country
—a government usually taxes its individual and corporate residents. The tax collected is used for the
betterment of the economy and all who are living in it.

3. What is the difference between tax evasion and tax avoidance?

 Tax avoidance is defined as legal measures to use the tax regime to find ways to pay the lowest rate of
tax, e.g putting savings in the name of your partner to take advantage of their lower tax band.
 Tax evasion is taking illegal steps to avoid paying tax, e.g. not declaring income to the taxman.