1. Management/Social Responsibility

In Germany, under the model of "stakeholder capitalism", employee representatives sit on company boards of directors.

In the German model of business, it is assumed that both labor (employee representatives) and capital (shareholder representatives) have important stakes in the enterprise and should work in harmony with each other. In the United States, the board of directors usually represents only the owners of the business.

What advantages are there to employees as stakeholders in Germany that are not provided to employees in US companies? In the United States, how do employees let management know their stakeholder concerns?

2. Marketing and Research

Consider one of the following ethical dilemmas that may face a researcher. Describe ways you might anticipate the problem and actively address it in your research proposal. What boundaries must researchers work within and who sets them?

1. A prisoner you are interviewing tells you about a potential breakout at the prison that night. What do you do?

2. A researcher on your team copies sentences from another study and incorporates them into the final written report for your project. What do you do?

3. A student collects data for her project from several individuals she has interviewed I families in your city. After the fourth interview, she tells you that she has not received approval for the project from the Institutional Review Board. What do you do?

3.Quantitative and Technological Analysis

A merger will lead to a bigger firm and a greater market concentration. This can have both advantages and disadvantages for the public interest.

A merger is likely to reduce competition and give the new firm more market power. Therefore, it will be able to increase prices leading to a decline in consumer surplus and could cause economic inefficiency. This occurs when goods are not distributed optimally according to consumer preferences.

However, it depends upon the market share of the new firm. When, if ever should a government intervene to prevent a merger or takeover?