Note to Instructors (Analysis of Business Ethics‪)‬

Introduction The case Can This Business Be Rescued? focuses on two issues: the process of entrepreneurial decisions and the ethics of these decisions. The events of the case occur in Belarus, a country with some despotic characteristics where inspections and investigations of business enterprises are the main instruments utilized to keep them under tight government control. In this example the powerful investigative organization pressures a small company to "reveal" all illegal operations and corrupt relations with its partners. The company's operations may be considered legal from one point of view and illegal from another because of indeterminate changes in the country's law. The owner of the company must assuage the investigators while minimizing risks for his business and protecting his personal relationships with his commercial partners.