THE INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY (IU) – VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY

– HCMC

FINAL EXAMINATION
Date: ………….2022
Duration: 120 minutes

Student ID: ..................................... Name: ...........................................................

SUBJECT: Business Ethics

School of Business Lecturer
Signature: Signature:

Nguyen Tan Minh

Alang Tho
Full name: Ton Nu Ngoc Han
Trinh Viet Dung, PhD Nguyen Nhu Ty

GENERAL INSTRUCTION(S)

1. This is an open-book examination.

2. Students MUST select and answer 2 over 4 questions from the questionnaire.
Provide your answers using MS Word. When you complete, submit your file
(FULL_NAME.docx) via your Blackboard account on time.
3. The length of the final exam is 120 minutes. Another 10 minutes will be given to
compensate for the time of downloading and uploading your files. Submit your file to
Blackboard BEFORE 12:25 p.m.
4. Cheating, including: copying from other students and plagiarism from any kind
of sources will cause a serious penalty. Under 20% of plagiarism checked is acceptable.
5. Late submissions with any reasons won’t be accepted.

GOOD LUCK
Question 1: (50 points)
Use brief information in the Case 6.1 (Business Ethics Now by Ghillyer), and write an
essay about Ponzi scheme. Your essay must answer the following questions:
- What are Ponzi schemes? Explain with any suitable examples. 15 points
- What are your suggestions/advices to a person who intends to invite you to a
business that has some signals of Ponzi scheme? (including supports from the roles of
standards of whistle-blowing) 20 points
- What are the roles of government in controlling Ponzi schemes?15 points

Question 2: (50 points)

Use the case of Acecook Vietnam/or Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Corp to explain how six
characteristics of a tough market impact on business’s ethical behaviours? What are your
suggestions to make this corporation (e.g., Acecook; Formosa; etc.) to become a
transparent organization?

For more information about these companies, please have a look at the weblinks below
and/or attached files.

https://www.foodsafetyafrica.net/2021/08/31/vietnams-giant-noodle-makers-acecook-
thien-huong-face-products-recall/

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/jul/01/vietnam-blames-toxic-waste-
water-fom-steel-plant-for-mass-fish-deaths

Question 3: (50 points)

Reading provided materials and answering questions.

Publication “Ending child labor, forced labor and human trafficking in global supply
chains” (in brief version) (attached file)
Sustainable Development Goals website: https://sdgs.un.org/

a. Elaborate your understanding on Sustainable Development and 17 Sustainable

Development Goals. (10 points)
b. Which Sustainable Development Goal and its target indicators can take action to
eliminate child labor, forced labor, and human trafficking? (10 points)
c. Which governmental interventions are recommended to tackle child labor, forced
labor and human trafficking in global supply chains? (30 points)
Question 4: (50 points)
Read the case of Edward Snowden in these following links and answer the questions
below:
Case summary: https://www.whistleblowers.org/whistleblowers/edward-snowden/
Full description of the case (for analysis):
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Edward-Snowden

a. Explain why Edward Snowden is considered as a whistle blower? Provide

evidences from the case to defend your ideas. (20 points)
b. Is this whistle-blowing ethical or unethical? Justify your answer with information
from the case and the link to ethical concepts/principles/theories that you studies from
this course. (30 points)

END OF THE EXAM