Week6:
Assignment
In each week, the learning assignment is
designed to demonstrate your competence with the Terminal Course Objectives of
the course. Prior to working on the assignment, you should read through the
weekâs chapters and lecture.
Clearly identify your work with your
name, the date, the week number, and the assignment name, and upload work to
the Dropbox.
The questions are designed to probe the
higher levels of thinking and learning such as analyzing, evaluating and
creating, and so there often are no correct answers. Instead of focusing and
who wins or loses the case, you should analyze, evaluate and create alternative
solutions to the various issues presented while arguing and debating the
connections between business, law, politics and ethics.
Terminal Course Objective: F, G
Video Case Study: Consumer Protection
and Product SafetyâVitamin Water Advertising Claims
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Watch the video case study and then
write a one- to two-page reflective paper (double spaced) on the following
questions while discussing the connections between business, law, politics and
ethics.
1. According to the video, Coca Cola
advertises that Vitamin Water will give people protection similar to exercise
or flu shots. Discuss whether this is deceptive advertising or mere promotion.
2. Vitamin Water responds to the claim
by stating that the ingredients are clearly on the label. Discuss whether
manufacturers have any duty to warn the public about their products or whether
the law should adopt the idea of âbuyer bewareâ so that consumers read the
labels.
3. Near the end of the video clip, the
health and medical editor states that washing hands and drinking water will
keep one healthier than most of the health products on the market. Should
Congress or the states be more assertive about regulating products based on
health issues or is that too much like big brother
watching?
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