Ethics is the study of what is ____ and ____.

Jason Trevor owns a commercial bakery in Blakely, Georgia that produces a variety of goods sold in grocery stores. Trevor is required by law to perform internal tests on food produced at his plant to check for contamination. During one three month period, three tests of food products containing peanut butter were positive for salmonella contamination. Trevor was not legally required to report the results to U.S. Food and Drug Administration officials, so he did not. Instead, Trevor instructed his employees to repeat the tests until the results were negative. Meanwhile, the products that had originally tested positive for salmonella eventually were shipped out to retailers. Five people who ate Trevor's baked goods that year became seriously ill, and one person died from a salmonella infection. According to the text, there are four different aspects of a decision that a business should evaluate in order to maximize profits and be a good corporate citizen. Those four items, in order, are the ___ implications of the decision, the ______ impact, the ______ for consumers and employees, and the ______ implications.

Jason Trevor owns a commercial bakery in Blakely, Georgia that produces a variety of goods sold in grocery stores. Trevor is required by law to perform internal tests on food produced at his plant to check for contamination. During one three month period, three tests of food products containing peanut butter were positive for salmonella contamination. Trevor was not legally required to report the results to U.S. Food and Drug Administration officials, so he did not. Instead, Trevor instructed his employees to repeat the tests until the results were negative. Meanwhile, the products that had originally tested positive for salmonella eventually were shipped out to retailers. Five people who ate Trevor's baked goods that year became seriously ill, and one person died from a salmonella infection. In evaluating the first of the four factors, Trevor should determine whether his failure to report the results to the Food and Drug Administration is a violation of _____.

Jason Trevor owns a commercial bakery in Blakely, Georgia that produces a variety of goods sold in grocery stores. Trevor is required by law to perform internal tests on food produced at his plant to check for contamination. During one three month period, three tests of food products containing peanut butter were positive for salmonella contamination. Trevor was not legally required to report the results to U.S. Food and Drug Administration officials, so he did not. Instead, Trevor instructed his employees to repeat the tests until the results were negative. Meanwhile, the products that had originally tested positive for salmonella eventually were shipped out to retailers. Five people who ate Trevor's baked goods that year became seriously ill, and one person died from a salmonella infection. In this case, Trevor __ have a legal duty to perform internal tests on food produced at his plant to check for contamination. Trecor _____ have a legal duty to report the initial test results to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

Merely complying with the law is known as the _____

In evaluating the second factor, Trevor should analyze what the __ might say if the shipped food caused sickness or death.

Knowingly or recklessly allowing someone to become sick from the food because the company continued to test the food until the salmonella test was negative ___ be a public relations problem.

In evaluating the third factor, Trevor would look at the ___ for consumers and employees.

Trevor's instructions to repeat the tests until the results were negative, ___ support the health and safety of consumers.

To assess the fourth factor, Trevor should evaluate how much it might ___ the company to continue to test until the salmonella result is negative.

Trevor's approach to profits in making this decision seems to be ___ profit maximization.

In this case, Trevor should consider not just the ___ of testing but also the _____ of potential lawsuits or settlements.

In evaluating the four factors, it seems that Trevor's decision was ___

If Trevor had thought through his options as if all food manufacturers would make the same decision, he would be applying  ____.

If Trevor had analyzed his options using __ , he would have evaluated the costs and benefits of each option to determine the ___ for the ___ and most likely ___ shipped the food.