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JOMO KENYATTA UNIVERSITY

OF
AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2017/2018

END OF SEMESTER EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF

SCIENCE IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT
HEPM 3115: ETHICS AND LEGAL ISSUES
DATE: DECEMBER 2017 TIME: 3 HOURS
INSTRUCTIONS: ANSWER QUESTION ONE AND ANY OTHER TWO
QUESTIONS

PART ONE (PROBLEM SOLVING)

1. Juma is a student aged 17 who lives on the Campus of Mtaani college. He buys a new
1,200cc notorbike from Toyo Ltd, paying a deposit of Tsh.500,000 and purchases a
3,000,000 laptop on credit terms from Tx computer Ltd. one of the purposes of buying
these goods was to attract his girlfriend Ivy, back to him and to further this possibility, he
moves out of the hostels at the college and takes a lease of luxury flat from Kiboko at
Tsh.800,000 per month. Juma owed 400,000 in rent to Kiboko flats at the date he left.
After several weeks of luxurious living, Juma became broke and unable to afford even the
most basic needs. Being under great strain, Juman abandons his studies at Mtaani
college, he then refuses to pay the 400,000 rent owed to Kiboko flats, as well as the
remaining balance on the 1,200cc motorbike and laptop. Discuss legal position of all the
parties. [ 25 marks]

PART TWO: GENERAL UNDERSTANDING

ANSWER ANY THREE QUESTIONS
2. Critically analyze the traditional justification for the existence the system of intellectual
property protection. [ 25 marks]
3. Write short notes on each of the following; [ 5 marks each]
(i) Meta – ethics
(ii) Normative ethics
(iii) Applied – ethics
(iv) Subjective relativism
(v) Cultural relativism
4. “The UN Global compact is a “magna Carta’ of ethical principles for a fairer World in the
age of globalization”. Discuss. [ 25 marks]
5. Briefly discuss the meaning, rationale and challenges to related enforcement of copyright
law in any African Country. [25 marks]