Nan effort to stop the migration of many of the automobile manufacturing facilities from the detroit area, detroit’s city council is considering passing a statute that would give investment tax credits to auto manufacturers. effectively, this would reduce auto manufacturers’ costs of using capital and high-tech equipment in their production processes. on the evening of the vote, local union officials voiced serious objections to this statute. outline the basis of the argument most likely used by union officials. (hint: consider the impact that the statute would have on auto manufacturers’ capital-to-labor ratio.) as a representative for one of the automakers, how would you counter the union officials’ argument?

An employer who is considering hiring eva has asked donna, eva’s former supervisor, for a report on eva. in truth, eva’s work for donna has been only average. however, eva is donna’s friend, and donna knows that eva probably will not get the job if she says anything negative about eva, and donna knows that eva desperately needs the job. further, donna knows that if the situation were reversed, she would not want eva to mention her deficiencies. nevertheless, it has been donna’s policy to reveal the deficiencies of employees when she has been asked for references by employers, and she knows that some of eva’s faults may be bothersome to this particular employer. finally, this employer has leveled with donna in the past when donna has asked for a report on people who have worked for him. should donna reveal deficiencies in eva’s past performance? (remember to use one of the three moral theories acceptable for this test to solve this dilemma. any discussion of any personal opinion, religious perspective, or theory other than the moral theories acceptable for this test will result in a score of "0" for this question.)