I - Did Navarro, the Walmart employee, act responsibly in this case? Did Walmart act ethically in denying liability in this case?
R - False imprisonment is intentional detention or restraint without one’s authority and permission by force or threatens. Shopkeeper’s privilege, also known as Merchant protection statutes, allows restraint one with reasonable suspicions and investigations for a reasonable time of period (Cheeseman 2015, pg. 87).
A - According to the case, Navarro requested Cockrell take off the bandage which is beyond “reasonable suspicions” because there is very little chance that Cockrell hidden anything underneath the bandage. Also bandage removal could cause infection of…show more content… companies to export the production of their goods to foreign workers who have few of the required worker protections and benefits of workers in the United States? Who benefits by having goods made in foreign countries?
R – Social responsibility requires all businesses to consider the impact and following consequences while making decisions or taking actions. The businesses also owe certain degree of responsibility to the public interest for their decisions and actions. According to Cheeseman, social responsibility consists “maximize profit, moral minimum, stakeholder interest, and corporate citizenship” (Cheeseman 2015, pg. 160).
A – The priority and goal of running a business is gaining profit, and the corporations owe shareholders a duty of profit maximization, so the corporations are seeking for methods of maximizing profit and reducing cost with certain minimum moral standards required by social responsibility. Nevertheless, the corporations also need to balance the conflict of interests, which mean the corporations can only realize maximize profit under the law and obtain minimum moral standards at the same time. The bottom line of minimum moral standards varies based on particular
