Exam 2, Spring 2013

Critically comment on each of the following statements. 25 points each. Due date 3/15/2013

1. For profit businesses should concentrate the majority of their efforts on earning profits and not on resolving currently politically correct social issues.

2. CEOs of business firms who received government bailout money should have their pay, including bonus opportunities, limited by the U.S. federal government.

3. The potential environmental impacts of an offshore oil drilling platform accident are so large that off shore oil exploration should be stopped immediately.

4. Health care is a human right and, thus, the U.S. government should require participation in universal health care regardless of the financial cost of doing so.