Business ethicist: Managers of corporations

Answer choices

1. A

   Too Weak6% picked this

   Corporate managers are always able to discern what is in the best

   This makes it possible for corporate managers to act in the shareholders’ best interest, but does not provide an obligation to do so.

   6%
2. B

   Correct83% picked this

   Shareholders would want to be served only in ways that are in their

   Why this is right

   This bridges the gap SW ? SBI between the ways shareholders want to be served and those that are in the shareholders best interests.

   Skill tested: Sufficient Assumption · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.

   83%
3. C

   Too Weak4% picked this

   A corporate manager's obligations to shareholders take precedence over any other obligations the

   This defends the argument from corporate managers having other overriding obligations, but it does not ensure an obligation to act in the shareholders’ best interest.

   4%
4. D

   Too Weak6% picked this

   The shareholders have interests that can best be served by

   This does support the view that corporate managers should play a role, but it does not go far enough and ensure that corporate managers not only play a role, but are obligated to do so in a specific way.

   6%
5. E

   Out of Scope1% picked this

   All shareholders want to be served in

   Whether shareholders want to be served in identical ways is not relevant to whether corporate managers are obligated to act in ways that best serve shareholder interests.

   1%