Sample Series Test as per KTU MBA 2020 admissions: Series Test-1.2

 

Marks: 30                                                                                          Time: 90 minutes 

(1 hour for writing and half an hour for scanning & uploading to specified email ID: ……………………………………………..)                                                                           

Part – A

(Answer all questions @ 2marks )

1.      Draw the Venn diagram showing relationship among Ethics, Law and Morality

2.      List the key difference between the Teleological theories and Deontological theories

3.      State the Golden Mean concept in Aristotle’s Virtue Ethics theory

4.      What is Whistle Blowing

 

Part – B

(Answer 2 out of 3@ 10 marks)

1.      Narrate the ethical issues  related to Production function of a business and means to prevent such incidents

2.      Explain Ethics program

3.      Discuss the ethical issues related to Finance & Accounting Function of a business

 

Part – C

(Compulsory Question @ 12 marks)

[Read the case study given and answer the questions below it; each question carry 3 marks]

The facility of Wistron Corporation, which manufactures iPhone, is located at Narasapura Industrial Area of Kolar district, 51 kilometres from Bengaluru, India’s tech and investment hub. The vandalism by the workers on December 12, 2020 — setting cars on fire, breaking windows, doors etc — raised concerns as it could impact investment in India. Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed his concern, Karnataka chief minister BS Yediyurappa said. As industry bodies termed the incident as a blot in the industry-friendly image of Karnataka, the Centre asked the state government to expedite its inquiry. The plant became operational earlier 2020. There were 5,000 workers initially. But the number rose to 10,500, according to Karnataka factories department report. The HR department has not been adequately set up with personnel of sound knowledge of labour laws, resulting in various violations. In October, the plant introduced 12-hour shift replacing the earlier eight-hour shift. There were glitches in attendance system as well.

Wistron on December 19 decided to remove the vice-president who was in-charge of business in India. In a statement, it has apologised for the payment delays and said some restructuring measures are being taken so that this does not happen again.

 

Wistron said no manufacturing equipment has been damaged, though it lost in the range of New Taiwan Dollar 100 to 200 million, which is about Rs 52 crore.

"Safety and wellbeing of our team members is always our top priority and core value at Wistron. Since unfortunate events at our Narasapura facility we've found that some workers were not paid correctly, or on time. We deeply regret and apologize to all of our workers," news agency ANI quoted the firm as saying.

"Our top priority is to ensure all workers are fully compensated immediately and we're working hard to achieve that. We've established an employee assistance program for workers at the facility. We're working diligently on corrective actions to ensure it doesn't happen again," it further said. 

As per a statement issued by Apple, it is putting Wistron on probation and the company is not going to receive any new business from Apple till corrective measures are enforced and completed.

Wistron is one of Apple Inc. USA's top global suppliers. Wistron is one of the 16 entities which have received approval for incentives under the government’s production linked incentive plan. Currently, iPhone XR and iPhone 11 are being assembled by Foxconn in Chennai, and iPhone 7 by Wistron in Bengaluru. The Kolar facility assembles the latest version of the iPhone SE.

1.      Examine the ethical ssues from the angle of Human Resource Management Function of the Business of Winstron Corporation

2.      Narrate the ethical ssues in Vendor Management  under Production Function of Apple Inc.and comment on the action taken by them

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