Case Study: Jobless Discrimination

Read the case attached and answer all questions below.

Questions for Discussion:

1. Discuss the legal issues involved in jobless discrimination? How should they be resolved?
2. Is the President’s legal proposal to ban discrimination against the jobless moral pursuant to Utilitarianism? Why or why not?
3. Is it moral pursuant to Kantian ethics? Why or why not?
4. How should an Ethically Egoistic company approach this issue?
5. Is the President’s voluntary approach in the State of the Union the “socially responsible” thing for a company to do? Why or why not?