ABC Corporation is one of the largest energy companies in the United
States, with over $50 million in publicly traded shares. The corporation's unusual accounting practices have disguised the fact that the company has accumulated significant losses over the past five years, making it appear far more profitable than it is. The CEO of ABC Corporation has decided to continue misleading investors by hiding its mounting debt in order to support the company's current market valuation.


How would a deontologist evaluate this decision?

a. ABC Corporation is acting unethically because it has certain rights as a corporation, and therefore has a corresponding duty to consider the public good.
b. ABC Corporation is acting unethically because the results of its dishonesty are likely to be negative for its employees, for its shareholders, and for society as a whole.
c. ABC Corporation is acting unethically because it sees the investors' interests as unequal to the interests of the CEO and the corporation.
d. ABC Corporation is acting unethically because it is not striving for truthfulness or high-mindedness.

Select the example where the court has established personal jurisdiction over the defendant.

a. Frank, an accountant, is suing a client for unpaid bills. The client is located in Mississippi, and Frank lives and works in Virginia. Frank initiates his lawsuit in his home state, because he knows many of the state judges.
b. Miguel is being sued by an acquaintance of his over unpaid debts. Both Miguel and the plaintiff are residents of Colorado. Miguel has not been personally visited by a process server with a summons to appear in court, but he did receive one in the mail at his home.
c. Drew is being sued by a man who claims that Drew committed slander by speaking ill of him. Drew lives in Oregon, but the man is from Texas. Drew has received a summons ordering him to appear in court in Texas to respond to the complaint.
d. Aisha, a resident of New York, is visited by a process officer at her workplace in New York City and delivered a summons to appear in court in Maryland. The lawsuit against her relates to property damage that occurred in a home she rented in New Jersey, which is owned by a woman from Maryland.