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Chapter 05
Ethics, Corporate Responsibility, and Sustainability
True / False Questions
| 1. | Most people have unconscious biases that favor themselves and their own group.
True False |
| 2. | Values are the rules that govern people’s behavior and identify the “goods” that are worth seeking.
True False |
| 3. | The ethical system known as egoism is similar to Adam Smith’s concept of the invisible hand in business.
True False |
| 4. | According to virtue ethics, moral individuals can transcend society’s rules by applying personal virtues.
True False |
| 5. | Individuals can be ethical leaders if they have a strong moral character, regardless of what issues actually get most of their attention.
True False |
| 6. | Integrity-based ethics programs are primarily concerned with the avoidance of illegality.
True False |
| 7. | A good process for ethical decision making begins with considering the legal requirements.
True False |
| 8. | A transcendent education involves balancing self-interest with responsibility to others.
True False |
| 9. | Profit maximization and corporate social responsibility necessarily lead to opposing corporate policies.
True False |
| 10. | Sustainable growth refers to economic growth and development that meet the organization’s present needs without harming the ability of future generations to meet their needs.
True False |
Multiple Choice Questions
| 11. | Bill, the manager of Just Right Gelato, acts with integrity and honesty because he believes in a system of rules that governs the ordering of values. The system of rules that directs Bill’s behavior is known as _____.
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| 12. | A situation, problem, or opportunity in which an individual is obligated to choose among several actions that must be evaluated as morally right or wrong is a(n) _____ issue.
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| 13. | What are business ethics?
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| 14. | When Pam has to decide whether something is right or wrong, she considers the writings of the ancient teachers Confucius and Marcus Aurelius, whose works she has read many times. These books form the basis of Pam’s _____.
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| 15. | Which ethical system states that the greatest good for the greatest number should be the overriding concern of decision makers?
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| 16. | Which ethical system was developed by a group of international executives, including business leaders from Japan, Europe, and the United States?
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| 17. | Jarrett believes that ethical behavior is anything that provides the maximum benefit for himself. What ethical system does Jarrett subscribe to?
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| 18. | Once a year at the annual employee meeting, the president of Federated Finance reminds everyone of his belief that there are certain values that everyone can agree on, such as honesty, fairness, and respect for life. Which ethical system does the president believe in?
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| 19. | Which philosophy would be the most likely to emphasize that there are different ethics in different cultures?
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| 20. | What do people in the preconventional stage of Kohlberg’s model of cognitive moral development base their decisions on?
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| 21. | What does the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, passed in 2002, require of companies?
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| 22. | The ethical climate of an organization refers to
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| 23. | Which of the following has been identified as a factor that contributes to unethical behavior?
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| 24. | Which of the following statements about compliance-based ethics programs are true?
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| 25. | Moral awareness involves
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| 26. | A whistleblower is a person who
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| 27. | Which of the following responsibilities lies at the base of the pyramid of global corporate social responsibility and performance?
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| 28. | Better Mornings Breakfast Foods Inc. donates large quantities of its products to support a free breakfast program at a school in a disadvantaged neighborhood. This program would be listed on which layer of the pyramid of corporate responsibilities?
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| 29. | Which of the following is one of the five higher goals of a transcendent education?
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| 30. | According to Milton Friedman, what is the social responsibility of business?
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| 31. | How has the view of the business community toward environmental issues changed in the twenty-first century?
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| 32. | The creation and distribution of wealth generate by-products that can cause injury, loss, or danger to people and the environment. Because of that, we are said to live in a(n) _____ society.
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| 33. | What is the goal of ecocentric management?
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| 34. | _____ in business is considered compatible with the natural ecosystems that generate and preserve life.
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| 35. | Which of the following terms refers to misleading marketing claims about the environmentally friendly nature of a product?
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| 36. | _____ is the system of rules that governs the ordering of values.
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| 37. | Who often suffers the most when corporations behave unethically?
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| 38. | Joan is a traveling sales representative. Most of her colleagues fill out inaccurate expense records in order to be eligible for extra reimbursement. Joan can either do the same thing or record real, accurate expenses. Joan’s situation is an example of _____.
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| 39. | Rafael believes that everyone should uphold honesty, justice, and kindness so that society can function at its best. Which ethical system best fits Rafael’s beliefs?
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| 40. | Moral philosophy refers to the _____.
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| 41. | Brittany works as a receptionist for a medical office. Some of the doctors have asked her to tell patients that they are in an appointment when in fact they are playing golf. She wants to quit the job because she hates to lie to people and believes that all people should uphold certain values that society needs to function. Which of the following best describes the ethical system used by Brittany?
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| 42. | The Caux Principles are based on two ethical ideals
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| 43. | _____ considers acceptable behavior to be that which maximizes benefits for the individual.
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| 44. | The management of an organization follows the ideology that if they work keeping in mind the company’s own economic self-interest, the total wealth of the society will be maximized. Which of the following best describes the ethical system used by the organization?
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| 45. | Utilitarianism is centered around the idea that
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| 46. | Which of the following statements best describes relativism?
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| 47. | _____ acknowledges the existence of different ethical viewpoints and uses norms as guidelines.
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| 48. | When he stays in hotels, Jamal packs whatever towels he hasn’t dirtied into his suitcase. Because all his friends do the same thing, he thought it was acceptable to do so. In this scenario, which of the following ethical systems has Jamal used to rationalize his decision?
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| 49. | Omar acknowledges the importance of the conventional rules of society, but he wants to hold himself to a higher standard, according to the principles that he has decided are moral and ethical. Which of the following best describes the system that Omar uses?
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| 50. | Which of the following is one of Kohlberg’s stages of cognitive moral development?
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| 51. | According to Kohlberg’s model of cognitive moral development, people in which of the following stages tend to make decisions based on rewards and punishments and immediate self-interest?
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| 52. | Steve is a marketing agent who determines his work behavior solely on whether he thinks he can do actions without receiving immediate punishment from his boss. According to Kohlberg, which of the following stages of moral development does Steve’s behavior exemplify?
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| 53. | Jessie’s behavior is typically guided by what she thinks would be acceptable to her parents. According to Kohlberg, which of the following stages of moral development does Jessie’s behavior exemplify?
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| 54. | A person who sees beyond authority, laws, and norms and follows his own self-chosen ethical principles is most likely to be in the _____ stage of Kohlberg’s model of cognitive moral development.
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| 55. | Which of the following statements about the Sarbanes-Oxley Act is true?
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| 56. | The top executives of Granite Financial have established processes to review the company’s financial dealings and communications with customers to make sure everything is legal and honest yet remain focused on profits. These processes are part of the company’s _____.
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| 57. | Which of the following is a danger sign that organizations may be allowing or even encouraging unethical behavior?
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| 58. | Which of the following is a question associated with the “sunshine” ethical framework?
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| 59. | Which of the following should be done for constructing an effective ethics code?
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| 60. | An ethics program that is designed by corporate counsel to detect, prevent, and punish legal violations is called a(n) _____ ethics program.
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| 61. | Compliance-based ethics programs are typically designed by _____.
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| 62. | Compliance-based ethics programs
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| 63. | Integrity-based ethics programs involve _____.
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| 64. | Going beyond legal compliance with ADA standards and training people to understand that individuals with disabilities also have valued abilities is an example of a(n) _____ ethics program.
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| 65. | Making ethical decisions takes moral _____, which helps a person realize that an issue has ethical implications.
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| 66. | Having the strength and persistence to act in accordance with one’s ethics despite the challenges is referred to as moral _____.
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| 67. | According to John Rawls, only a person ignorant of his own identity can make a truly ethical decision. This thought process is based on _____.
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| 68. | The process for ethical decision making begins with
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| 69. | Which of the following is most likely to be the last step in an ideal ethical decision-making process?
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| 70. | Moral judgment involves
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| 71. | To behave ethically, an individual will require not just moral awareness and moral judgment but also
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| 72. | Which of the following plays a role in the moral awareness involved in identifying an act as unethical, the moral judgment to fully consider the repercussions, and the moral character to take the ethical action?
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| 73. | Which of the following is true of whistleblowing?
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| 74. | Telling others, inside or outside the organization, about wrongdoing is called _____.
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| 75. | Corporate social responsibility is the _____.
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| 76. | Old Salt, a manufacturer of various snack chips, changed its packaging to a more eco-friendly material. Additionally, it has reduced the water used in its production processes. Old Salt states that these actions make the earth a “better place to eat.” In this scenario, Old Salt is participating in _____.
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| 77. | Which of the following responsibilities sits at the top of the pyramid of global corporate social responsibility and performance?
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| 78. | _____ responsibilities of business are to produce goods and services that society wants at a price that perpetuates the business and satisfies its obligations to investors.
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| 79. | Within the pyramid of global corporate social responsibility and performance, doing what is required by global stakeholders is categorized as a(n) _____ responsibility.
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| 80. | Which of the following levels of corporate social responsibility of business includes meeting societal expectations that are not written as law?
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| 81. | Which of the following responsibilities of business did Pork producer Smithfield Foods take on by discontinuing the practice of confining sows in gestation crates during pregnancy, conforming to external expectations though not legally required?
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| 82. | Which level of the pyramid of global corporate social responsibility and performance represents a company’s efforts to be a good global corporate citizen, such as supporting community programs?
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| 83. | Which of the following levels of the pyramid of global corporate social responsibility and performance represents a company’s requirement to be profitable?
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| 84. | The order of the levels in the pyramid of global corporate social responsibility and performance from bottom to top is _____.
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| 85. | Home Depot supports Habitat for Humanity, a nonprofit that builds affordable housing for those struggling with poverty, housing, or homelessness. Donation to such an organization is an example of _____ responsibility.
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| 86. | A(n) _____ has five higher goals that balance self-interest with responsibility to others.
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| 87. | Which of the following is a goal of a transcendent education?
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| 88. | Which of the goals of a transcendent education involves viewing success not merely as personal gain, but as a common victory?
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| 89. | As one of the goals of a transcendent education, speaking out against unethical actions is called _____.
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| 90. | As one of the goals of transcendent education, learning how to give as well as take, to others in the present as well as to those in the future is called _____.
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| 91. | Zach believes that it is important to do more than just avoid lying. He also tries to use his words to encourage others and promote understanding. Which goal of transcendent education does this behavior most closely represent?
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| 92. | Advocates of corporate social responsibility argue that
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| 93. | _____ has as its primary goal the creation of sustainable economic development and improvement of quality of life worldwide for all organizational stakeholders.
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| 94. | Economic growth and development that meet present needs without harming the needs of future generations is known as _____.
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| 95. | _____ is a process of analyzing all inputs and outputs, through the entire “cradle-to-grave” life of a product, to determine the total environmental impact of the production and use of a product.
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| Scenario A: An insurance company faces an ethical dilemma. A faulty computer program designed to evaluate insurance claims has been denying a high number of valid claims. A meeting has been arranged where senior management would decide how to handle the situation. The people at the table have varying views of what action to take and why. Han wants to report the error and reimburse the affected customers immediately because he believes he could end up being fired if the company’s reputation suffers because of the issue. Jamila wants to report the error because it is the honest thing to do, and therefore necessary. After hearing his colleagues’ opinions, Keith says he is willing to do whatever the more experienced managers in the group recommend. Several other managers believe the company should correct the problem going forward but not do anything about the customers who lost out on past payments. |
| 96. | Which of the following best describes the ethical system used by Jamila to make her decision?
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| 97. | Which of the following best describes the ethical system used by Han to make his decision?
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| 98. | Which of the following best describes the ethical system used by Keith to make his decision?
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| 99. | Assume the meeting ends with the managers deciding not to do anything about the customers who are owed money for past claims. Lori, an employee who was present in the meeting, disagrees with the decision and gives an anonymous tip to a newspaper reporter about the unethical behavior. Which of the following best describes the action taken by Lori?
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| Scenario B: Suppose a manager faces a question regarding how to handle a defective piece of equipment that his company sold. Telling the customer would cost him a substantial amount of money. At the same time, if the equipment fails, it could lead to serious injury of the customer. The manager is going to choose between three options presented by colleagues:
Option 1: Keep quiet about the defect. |
| 100. | Which of the following terms best describes the ethical approach used in option 1?
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| 101. | Which of the following terms best describes the ethical approach used in option 2?
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| 102. | Which of the following options best describes the ethical approach used in option 3?
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| Scenario C: Diana and Eli, managers from different departments at Greater Midwest Credit Union, are discussing the troubling behavior of a credit union employee. Diana says that it is the responsibility of high-level managers to take steps and prevent legal wrongdoing by punishing offenders. However, Eli believes that every individual should take personal responsibility for his or her own behavior and that everyone needs to understand how to do the right thing. |
| 103. | In Scenario C, each of the managers tends to be responsible for creating a different _____ in their respective departments.
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| 104. | Which of the following types of ethics program does Diana prefer for the company?
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| 105. | Which of the following types of ethics program does Eli prefer for the company?
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| Scenario D: Lily and Amare are colleagues who witnessed one of their team members, Elspeth, making a personal purchase over the Internet, which is prohibited in their company. The management had previously announced that those who report wrongdoing of fellow employees will be rewarded. Lily decided not to report Elspeth’s act to the management since it was done after hours. However, Amare decided to do so with the hope of being rewarded. |
| 106. | In Scenario D, according to Kohlberg’s model of cognitive moral development, Lily can be categorized as being in the _____ stage.
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| 107. | In Scenario D, according to Kohlberg’s model of cognitive moral development, Amare can be categorized as being in the _____ stage.
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| Scenario E: Senior management at Futura Development is attending a corporate retreat, and the first item for discussion is corporate social responsibility (CSR). The group has discussed this before and then shot it down because it generally costs Futura’s shareholders in the form of reduced distributions. But the new VP, Gwen, is about to explain why she believes CSR will actually benefit the shareholders and Futura management alike. Her team begins the presentation with a discussion of CSR, both its current definition and reconciliation of past views. Sergei then discusses the importance of being a good global corporate citizen by supporting the local school system. Madison takes the floor to make the case for doing what is expected by global stakeholders even though there are no laws requiring those actions. Finally Gwen wraps the discussion up by defining why Futura should take legal responsibility for the firm’s performance. |
| 108. | In Scenario E, Sergei’s presentation most likely focuses on the _____ responsibility of the firm.
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| 109. | In Scenario E, Madison’s presentation most likely focused on the _____ responsibility of the firm.
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| 110. | Gwen’s presentation most likely centered on taking which of the following actions?
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Essay Questions
| 111. | Explain the terms ethical issue, business ethics, and moral philosophy.
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| 112. | Discuss the five basic types of ethical systems and provide an example for each.
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| 113. | Describe Kohlberg’s model of cognitive moral development. Give an example for each of the stages.
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| 114. | Explain the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and describe how some executives have reacted to it.
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| 115. | Contrast compliance-based ethics programs and integrity-based ethics programs.
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| 116. | Making ethical decisions takes moral awareness, moral judgment, and moral character. Define each term and explain how you would use it in business.
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| 117. | Explain the process for ethical decision making.
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| 118. | Write an essay on whistleblowing.
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| 119. | Explain the pyramid of global corporate social responsibility and performance.
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| 120. | Define transcendent education and explain the five higher goals associated with it.
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| 121. | Build a case for the convergence of profit maximization and corporate social responsibility.
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| 122. | Explain how environmental issues and sustainability can be business opportunities rather than burdens.
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| 123. | Explain the idea of a risk society.
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| 124. | Explain life-cycle analysis and how organizations are using it to pay more attention to the total environmental impact.
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| 125. | Discuss ecocentric management.
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Chapter 05 Ethics, Corporate Responsibility, and Sustainability Answer Key
True / False Questions
| 1. | Most people have unconscious biases that favor themselves and their own group.
TRUE Most people have unconscious biases that favor themselves and their own group. Managers often hire people who are like them, think they are immune to conflicts of interest, take more credit than they deserve, and blame others when they deserve some blame themselves. |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Understand Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 05-01 Describe how different ethical perspectives guide decision making. Topic: Introduction |
| 2. | Values are the rules that govern people’s behavior and identify the “goods” that are worth seeking.
FALSE Values are principles of conduct, such as caring, being honest, keeping promises, pursuing excellence, showing loyalty, being fair, acting with integrity, respecting others, and being a responsible citizen. |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Remember Difficulty: 1 Easy Learning Objective: 05-01 Describe how different ethical perspectives guide decision making. Topic: Ethics Topic: Introduction |
| 3. | The ethical system known as egoism is similar to Adam Smith’s concept of the invisible hand in business.
TRUE According to egoism, acceptable behavior is that which maximizes benefits for the individual. This notion is similar to Adam Smith’s concept of the invisible hand in business. Smith argued that if every organization follows its own economic self-interest, the total wealth of society will be maximized. |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Understand Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 05-01 Describe how different ethical perspectives guide decision making. Topic: Ethics |
| 4. | According to virtue ethics, moral individuals can transcend society’s rules by applying personal virtues.
TRUE Virtue ethics is a perspective that goes beyond the conventional rules of society by suggesting that what is moral must also come from what a mature person with good “moral character” would deem right. Society’s rules provide a moral minimum, and then moral individuals can transcend rules by applying their personal virtues such as faith, honesty, and integrity. |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Understand Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 05-01 Describe how different ethical perspectives guide decision making. Topic: Ethics |
| 5. | Individuals can be ethical leaders if they have a strong moral character, regardless of what issues actually get most of their attention.
FALSE When individuals are both personally moral and are moral managers, they will truly be ethical leaders. They can have strong personal characters, but if they pay more attention to other things, and ethics is managed by benign neglect, they won’t have the reputation as ethical leaders. |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Understand Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 05-02 Explain how companies influence their ethics environment. Topic: Ethics |
| 6. | Integrity-based ethics programs are primarily concerned with the avoidance of illegality.
FALSE Integrity-based ethics programs are concerned with the law but also with instilling in people a personal responsibility for ethical behavior. With such a program, companies and people govern themselves through a set of guiding principles that they embrace. |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Understand Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 05-02 Explain how companies influence their ethics environment. Topic: Ethics |
| 7. | A good process for ethical decision making begins with considering the legal requirements.
FALSE The process for decision making begins with understanding all moral standards and recognizing all moral impacts. |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Remember Difficulty: 1 Easy Learning Objective: 05-03 Outline a process for making ethical decisions. Topic: Ethics |
| 8. | A transcendent education involves balancing self-interest with responsibility to others.
TRUE A transcendent education has five higher goals that balance self-interest with responsibility to others: empathy, generativity, mutuality, civil aspiration, and intolerance of ineffective humanity. |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Remember Difficulty: 1 Easy Learning Objective: 05-04 Summarize the important issues surrounding corporate social responsibility. Topic: Corporate Social Responsibility |
| 9. | Profit maximization and corporate social responsibility necessarily lead to opposing corporate policies.
FALSE Profit maximization and corporate social responsibility used to be regarded as antagonistic, leading to opposing policies. But the two views can converge. |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Understand Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 05-04 Summarize the important issues surrounding corporate social responsibility. Topic: Corporate Social Responsibility |
| 10. | Sustainable growth refers to economic growth and development that meet the organization’s present needs without harming the ability of future generations to meet their needs.
TRUE Sustainable growth is economic growth and development that meet the organization’s present needs without harming the ability of future generations to meet their needs. |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Remember Difficulty: 1 Easy Learning Objective: 05-06 Identify actions managers can take to manage with the environment in mind. Topic: The Natural Environment and Sustainability |
Multiple Choice Questions
| 11. | Bill, the manager of Just Right Gelato, acts with integrity and honesty because he believes in a system of rules that governs the ordering of values. The system of rules that directs Bill’s behavior is known as _____.
Ethics is the system of rules that governs the ordering of values. By applying ethical standards that direct them to act with integrity, managers believe that they and their organizations and communities thrive over the long term. |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Understand Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 05-01 Describe how different ethical perspectives guide decision making. Topic: Introduction |
| 12. | A situation, problem, or opportunity in which an individual is obligated to choose among several actions that must be evaluated as morally right or wrong is a(n) _____ issue.
An ethical issue is a situation, problem, or opportunity in which an individual must choose among several actions that must be evaluated as morally right or wrong. |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Remember Difficulty: 1 Easy Learning Objective: 05-01 Describe how different ethical perspectives guide decision making. Topic: Ethics |
| 13. | What are business ethics?
Business ethics consists of the moral principles and standards that guide behavior in the world of business. |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Remember Difficulty: 1 Easy Learning Objective: 05-01 Describe how different ethical perspectives guide decision making. Topic: Ethics |
| 14. | When Pam has to decide whether something is right or wrong, she considers the writings of the ancient teachers Confucius and Marcus Aurelius, whose works she has read many times. These books form the basis of Pam’s _____.
Moral philosophy refers to the principles, rules, and values people use in deciding what is right or wrong. |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Apply Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 05-01 Describe how different ethical perspectives guide decision making. Topic: Ethics |
| 15. | Which ethical system states that the greatest good for the greatest number should be the overriding concern of decision makers?
Utilitarianism is an ethical system stating that the greatest good for the greatest number should be the overriding concern of decision makers. |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Understand Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 05-01 Describe how different ethical perspectives guide decision making. Topic: Ethics |
| 16. | Which ethical system was developed by a group of international executives, including business leaders from Japan, Europe, and the United States?
The Caux Roundtable, a group of international executives based in Caux, Switzerland, worked with business leaders from Japan, Europe, and the United States to create the Caux Principles. Two basic ethical ideals underpin the Caux Principles: kyosei and human dignity. Kyosei means living and working together for the common good, allowing cooperation and mutual prosperity to coexist with healthy and fair competition. |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Understand Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 05-01 Describe how different ethical perspectives guide decision making. Topic: Ethics |
| 17. | Jarrett believes that ethical behavior is anything that provides the maximum benefit for himself. What ethical system does Jarrett subscribe to?
According to egoism, acceptable behavior is that which maximizes benefits for the individual. |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Understand Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 05-01 Describe how different ethical perspectives guide decision making. Topic: Ethics |
| 18. | Once a year at the annual employee meeting, the president of Federated Finance reminds everyone of his belief that there are certain values that everyone can agree on, such as honesty, fairness, and respect for life. Which ethical system does the president believe in?
Universalism states that all people should uphold certain values, such as honesty, that society needs to function. Universal values are principles so fundamental to human existence that they are important in all societies. Examples include rules against murder, deceit, torture, and oppression. |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Understand Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 05-01 Describe how different ethical perspectives guide decision making. Topic: Ethics |
| 19. | Which philosophy would be the most likely to emphasize that there are different ethics in different cultures?
Under relativism, ethical behavior is based on the opinions and behaviors of relevant other people. Relativism acknowledges the existence of different ethical viewpoints. For example, norms (standards of expected and acceptable behavior) vary from one culture to another. |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Understand Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 05-01 Describe how different ethical perspectives guide decision making. Topic: Ethics |
| 20. | What do people in the preconventional stage of Kohlberg’s model of cognitive moral development base their decisions on?
People in the preconventional stage make decisions based on rewards and punishments and immediate self-interest. |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Understand Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 05-01 Describe how different ethical perspectives guide decision making. Topic: Ethics |
| 21. | What does the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, passed in 2002, require of companies?
Congress passed the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in 2002 to improve and maintain investor confidence. The law requires companies to have more independent board of directors, to adhere strictly to accounting rules, and to have senior managers personally sign off on financial results. |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Understand Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 05-02 Explain how companies influence their ethics environment. Topic: Ethics |
| 22. | The ethical climate of an organization refers to
The ethical climate of an organization refers to the processes by which decisions are evaluated and made on the basis of right and wrong. |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Remember Difficulty: 1 Easy Learning Objective: 05-02 Explain how companies influence their ethics environment. Topic: Ethics |
| 23. | Which of the following has been identified as a factor that contributes to unethical behavior?
Many factors create a climate conducive to unethical behavior, including excessive emphasis on short-term revenues over longer-term considerations, failure to establish a written code of ethics, and a desire for simple, quick fix solutions to ethical problems. |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Understand Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 05-02 Explain how companies influence their ethics environment. Topic: Ethics |
| 24. | Which of the following statements about compliance-based ethics programs are true?
Compliance-based ethics programs should reduce illegal behavior and help a company stay out of court. But they do not create a moral commitment to ethical conduct; they merely ensure moral mediocrity. |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Understand Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 05-02 Explain how companies influence their ethics environment. Topic: Ethics |
| 25. | Moral awareness involves
Making ethical decisions takes moral awareness (realizing the issue has ethical implications), moral judgment (knowing what actions are morally defensible), and moral character (the strength and persistence to act in accordance with your ethics despite the challenges). |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Understand Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 05-03 Outline a process for making ethical decisions. Topic: Ethics |
| 26. | A whistleblower is a person who
Whistleblowing refers to telling others, inside or outside the organization, of wrongdoing. |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Remember Difficulty: 1 Easy Learning Objective: 05-03 Outline a process for making ethical decisions. Topic: Ethics |
| 27. | Which of the following responsibilities lies at the base of the pyramid of global corporate social responsibility and performance?
Social responsibilities of a company can be categorized into economic, legal, ethical, and philanthropic responsibilities. The economic responsibility of business lies at the base of the pyramid of global corporate social responsibility and performance. |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Remember Difficulty: 1 Easy Learning Objective: 05-04 Summarize the important issues surrounding corporate social responsibility. Topic: Corporate Social Responsibility |
| 28. | Better Mornings Breakfast Foods Inc. donates large quantities of its products to support a free breakfast program at a school in a disadvantaged neighborhood. This program would be listed on which layer of the pyramid of corporate responsibilities?
Philanthropic responsibility consists of additional behaviors and activities that society finds desirable and that are supported by the values of a business. Examples include supporting community projects and making charitable contributions. |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Analyze Difficulty: 3 Hard Learning Objective: 05-04 Summarize the important issues surrounding corporate social responsibility. Topic: Corporate Social Responsibility |
| 29. | Which of the following is one of the five higher goals of a transcendent education?
A transcendent education has five higher goals that balance self-interest with responsibility to others: empathy, generativity, mutuality, civil aspiration, and intolerance of ineffective humanity. |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Remember Difficulty: 1 Easy Learning Objective: 05-04 Summarize the important issues surrounding corporate social responsibility. Topic: Corporate Social Responsibility |
| 30. | According to Milton Friedman, what is the social responsibility of business?
Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman stated that “the social responsibility of business is to increase profits.” Friedman contended that organizations may help improve the quality of life as long as such actions are directed at increasing profits. |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Remember Difficulty: 1 Easy Learning Objective: 05-04 Summarize the important issues surrounding corporate social responsibility. Topic: Corporate Social Responsibility |
| 31. | How has the view of the business community toward environmental issues changed in the twenty-first century?
Business used to look at environmental issues as a no-win situation. Either you help the environment and hurt your business, or you help your business at a cost to the environment. But now a paradigm shift is taking place in corporate environmental management—the deliberate incorporation of environmental values into competitive strategies and into the design and manufacturing of products. |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Understand Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 05-05 Discuss reasons for businesses’ growing interest in the natural environment. Topic: The Natural Environment and Sustainability |
| 32. | The creation and distribution of wealth generate by-products that can cause injury, loss, or danger to people and the environment. Because of that, we are said to live in a(n) _____ society.
We live in a risk society. That is, the creation and distribution of wealth generate by-products that can cause injury, loss, or danger to people and the environment. |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Understand Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 05-05 Discuss reasons for businesses’ growing interest in the natural environment. Topic: The Natural Environment and Sustainability |
| 33. | What is the goal of ecocentric management?
Ecocentric management has as its goal the creation of sustainable economic development and improvement of quality of life worldwide for all organizational stakeholders. |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Remember Difficulty: 1 Easy Learning Objective: 05-06 Identify actions managers can take to manage with the environment in mind. Topic: The Natural Environment and Sustainability |
| 34. | _____ in business is considered compatible with the natural ecosystems that generate and preserve life.
Sustainable growth is economic growth and development that meet the organization’s present needs without harming the ability of future generations to meet their needs. Sustainability is fully compatible with the natural ecosystems that generate and preserve life. |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Understand Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 05-06 Identify actions managers can take to manage with the environment in mind. Topic: The Natural Environment and Sustainability |
| 35. | Which of the following terms refers to misleading marketing claims about the environmentally friendly nature of a product?
Companies can emphasize green attributes in their marketing but need to avoid misleading claims (“greenwashing”) and public backlash. |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Remember Difficulty: 1 Easy Learning Objective: 05-06 Identify actions managers can take to manage with the environment in mind. Topic: The Natural Environment and Sustainability |
| 36. | _____ is the system of rules that governs the ordering of values.
Ethics is the system of rules that governs the ordering of values. The premise is that managers, their organizations, and their communities thrive over the long term when the managers apply ethical standards that direct them to act with integrity. |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Remember Difficulty: 1 Easy Learning Objective: 05-01 Describe how different ethical perspectives guide decision making. Topic: Introduction |
| 37. | Who often suffers the most when corporations behave unethically?
When corporations behave badly, it’s often not the top executives but the rank-and-file employees who suffer most. In many cases, executives are secured through generous pay and bonus packages. In contrast, employees lose their jobs as the company goes into decline after a scandal. |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Understand Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 05-01 Describe how different ethical perspectives guide decision making. Topic: Introduction |
| 38. | Joan is a traveling sales representative. Most of her colleagues fill out inaccurate expense records in order to be eligible for extra reimbursement. Joan can either do the same thing or record real, accurate expenses. Joan’s situation is an example of _____.
An ethical issue is a situation, problem, or opportunity in which an individual must choose among several actions that must be evaluated as morally right or wrong. |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Analyze Difficulty: 3 Hard Learning Objective: 05-01 Describe how different ethical perspectives guide decision making. Topic: Ethics |
| 39. | Rafael believes that everyone should uphold honesty, justice, and kindness so that society can function at its best. Which ethical system best fits Rafael’s beliefs?
Universalism states that all people should uphold certain values, such as honesty, that society needs to function. Universal values are principles so fundamental to human existence that they are important in all societies, such as rules against murder, deceit, torture, and oppression. |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Apply Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 05-01 Describe how different ethical perspectives guide decision making. Topic: Ethics |
| 40. | Moral philosophy refers to the _____.
Moral philosophy refers to the principles, rules, and values people use in deciding what is right or wrong. This is a simple definition in the abstract but often terribly complex and difficult when facing real choices. |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Understand Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 05-01 Describe how different ethical perspectives guide decision making. Topic: Ethics |
| 41. | Brittany works as a receptionist for a medical office. Some of the doctors have asked her to tell patients that they are in an appointment when in fact they are playing golf. She wants to quit the job because she hates to lie to people and believes that all people should uphold certain values that society needs to function. Which of the following best describes the ethical system used by Brittany?
Universalism states that all people should uphold certain values, such as honesty, that society needs to function. Universal values are principles so fundamental to human existence that they are important in all societies, such as rules against murder, deceit, torture, and oppression. |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Analyze Difficulty: 3 Hard Learning Objective: 05-01 Describe how different ethical perspectives guide decision making. Topic: Ethics |
| 42. | The Caux Principles are based on two ethical ideals
Two basic ethical ideals underpin the Caux Principles: kyosei and human dignity. Kyosei means living and working together for the common good, allowing cooperation and mutual prosperity to coexist with healthy and fair competition. Human dignity concerns the value of each person as an end, not a means to the fulfillment of others’ purposes. |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Remember Difficulty: 1 Easy Learning Objective: 05-01 Describe how different ethical perspectives guide decision making. Topic: Ethics |
| 43. | _____ considers acceptable behavior to be that which maximizes benefits for the individual.
According to egoism, acceptable behavior is that which maximizes benefits for the individual. According to its proponents, if everyone follows this system, the well-being of society as a whole should increase. |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Remember Difficulty: 1 Easy Learning Objective: 05-01 Describe how different ethical perspectives guide decision making. Topic: Ethics |
| 44. | The management of an organization follows the ideology that if they work keeping in mind the company’s own economic self-interest, the total wealth of the society will be maximized. Which of the following best describes the ethical system used by the organization?
According to egoism, acceptable behavior is that which maximizes benefits for the individual. The idea is that if every organization follows its own economic self-interest, the total wealth of society will be maximized. |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Apply Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 05-01 Describe how different ethical perspectives guide decision making. Topic: Ethics |
| 45. | Utilitarianism is centered around the idea that
Utilitarianism is an ethical system stating that the greatest good for the greatest number should be the overriding concern of decision makers. |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Understand Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 05-01 Describe how different ethical perspectives guide decision making. Topic: Ethics |
| 46. | Which of the following statements best describes relativism?
Relativism defines ethical behavior based on the opinions and behaviors of relevant other people. Relativism acknowledges the existence of different ethical viewpoints, often based on norms. |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Remember Difficulty: 1 Easy Learning Objective: 05-01 Describe how different ethical perspectives guide decision making. Topic: Ethics |
| 47. | _____ acknowledges the existence of different ethical viewpoints and uses norms as guidelines.
Relativism defines ethical behavior based on the opinions and behaviors of relevant other people. Relativism acknowledges the existence of different ethical viewpoints, such as norms. |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Remember Difficulty: 1 Easy Learning Objective: 05-01 Describe how different ethical perspectives guide decision making. Topic: Ethics |
| 48. | When he stays in hotels, Jamal packs whatever towels he hasn’t dirtied into his suitcase. Because all his friends do the same thing, he thought it was acceptable to do so. In this scenario, which of the following ethical systems has Jamal used to rationalize his decision?
Relativism defines ethical behavior based on the opinions and behaviors of relevant other people, such as Jamal’s colleagues. Relativism acknowledges the existence of different ethical viewpoints, such as norms. |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Analyze Difficulty: 3 Hard Learning Objective: 05-01 Describe how different ethical perspectives guide decision making. Topic: Ethics |
| 49. | Omar acknowledges the importance of the conventional rules of society, but he wants to hold himself to a higher standard, according to the principles that he has decided are moral and ethical. Which of the following best describes the system that Omar uses?
Virtue ethics is a perspective that goes beyond the conventional rules of society by suggesting that what is moral must also come from what a mature person with good “moral character” would deem right. Society’s rules provide a moral minimum, and then moral individuals can transcend rules by applying their personal virtues such as faith, honesty, and integrity. |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Analyze Difficulty: 3 Hard Learning Objective: 05-01 Describe how different ethical perspectives guide decision making. Topic: Ethics |
| 50. | Which of the following is one of Kohlberg’s stages of cognitive moral development?
Kohlberg’s model of cognitive moral development classifies people into categories based on their level of moral judgment. The stages are preconventional, conventional, and principled. |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Remember Difficulty: 1 Easy Learning Objective: 05-01 Describe how different ethical perspectives guide decision making. Topic: Ethics |
| 51. | According to Kohlberg’s model of cognitive moral development, people in which of the following stages tend to make decisions based on rewards and punishments and immediate self-interest?
Kohlberg’s model of cognitive moral development classifies people into categories based on their level of moral judgment. People in the preconventional stage make decisions based on rewards and punishments and immediate self-interest. |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Understand Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 05-01 Describe how different ethical perspectives guide decision making. Topic: Ethics |
| 52. | Steve is a marketing agent who determines his work behavior solely on whether he thinks he can do actions without receiving immediate punishment from his boss. According to Kohlberg, which of the following stages of moral development does Steve’s behavior exemplify?
People in the preconventional stage of Kohlberg’s model of cognitive moral development make decisions based on concrete rewards and punishments and immediate self-interest. |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Analyze Difficulty: 3 Hard Learning Objective: 05-01 Describe how different ethical perspectives guide decision making. Topic: Ethics |
| 53. | Jessie’s behavior is typically guided by what she thinks would be acceptable to her parents. According to Kohlberg, which of the following stages of moral development does Jessie’s behavior exemplify?
People in the conventional stage of Kohlberg’s model of cognitive moral development conform to the expectations of ethical behavior held by groups or institutions such as society, family, or peers. |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Analyze Difficulty: 3 Hard Learning Objective: 05-01 Describe how different ethical perspectives guide decision making. Topic: Ethics |
| 54. | A person who sees beyond authority, laws, and norms and follows his own self-chosen ethical principles is most likely to be in the _____ stage of Kohlberg’s model of cognitive moral development.
People in the principled stage of Kohlberg’s model of cognitive moral development see beyond authority, laws, and norms and follow their self-chosen ethical principles. |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Understand Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 05-01 Describe how different ethical perspectives guide decision making. Topic: Ethics |
| 55. | Which of the following statements about the Sarbanes-Oxley Act is true?
Congress passed the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in 2002 to improve and maintain investor confidence. The law requires companies to have more independent board directors, to adhere strictly to accounting rules, and to have senior managers personally sign off on financial results. |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Understand Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 05-02 Explain how companies influence their ethics environment. Topic: Ethics |
| 56. | The top executives of Granite Financial have established processes to review the company’s financial dealings and communications with customers to make sure everything is legal and honest yet remain focused on profits. These processes are part of the company’s _____.
The ethical climate of an organization refers to the processes by which decisions are evaluated and made on the basis of right and wrong. For example, General Electric’s top executives have demonstrated a commitment to promoting high levels of integrity without sacrificing the company’s well-known commitment to business results. |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Apply Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 05-02 Explain how companies influence their ethics environment. Topic: Ethics |
| 57. | Which of the following is a danger sign that organizations may be allowing or even encouraging unethical behavior?
Many factors create a climate conducive to unethical behavior. Excessive emphasis on short-term revenues over longer-term considerations, failure to establish a written code of ethics, and a desire for simple, quick fix solutions to ethical problems are some signs that an organization may be allowing or even encouraging unethical behavior. |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Understand Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 05-02 Explain how companies influence their ethics environment. Topic: Ethics |
| 58. | Which of the following is a question associated with the “sunshine” ethical framework?
One ethics suggestion is to imagine how you would feel if you saw your decision and its consequences on the front page of the newspaper. This “light of day” or “sunshine” ethical framework can be powerful. |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Understand Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 05-02 Explain how companies influence their ethics environment. Topic: Ethics |
| 59. | Which of the following should be done for constructing an effective ethics code?
To make an ethics code effective, do the following: involve those who have to live with the code in writing it; focus on real-life situations that employees can relate to; keep it short, simple, and easy to understand and remember; write about values and shared beliefs that people can really believe in; and set the tone at the top, having executives talk about and live up to the statement. |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Understand Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 05-02 Explain how companies influence their ethics environment. Topic: Ethics |
| 60. | An ethics program that is designed by corporate counsel to detect, prevent, and punish legal violations is called a(n) _____ ethics program.
Ethics programs can range from compliance-based to integrity-based. Compliance-based ethics programs are designed by corporate counsel to prevent, detect, and punish legal violations. |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Remember Difficulty: 1 Easy Learning Objective: 05-02 Explain how companies influence their ethics environment. Topic: Ethics |
| 61. | Compliance-based ethics programs are typically designed by _____.
Compliance-based ethics programs are designed by corporate counsel to prevent, detect, and punish legal violations. |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Remember Difficulty: 1 Easy Learning Objective: 05-02 Explain how companies influence their ethics environment. Topic: Ethics |
| 62. | Compliance-based ethics programs
Ethics programs can range from compliance-based to integrity-based. Compliance-based ethics programs should reduce illegal behavior and help a company stay out of court. |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Understand Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 05-02 Explain how companies influence their ethics environment. Topic: Ethics |
| 63. | Integrity-based ethics programs involve _____.
Integrity-based ethics programs go beyond the mere avoidance of illegality; they are concerned with the law but also with instilling in people a personal responsibility for ethical behavior. With such programs, companies and people govern themselves through a set of guiding principles that they embrace. |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Understand Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 05-02 Explain how companies influence their ethics environment. Topic: Ethics |
| 64. | Going beyond legal compliance with ADA standards and training people to understand that individuals with disabilities also have valued abilities is an example of a(n) _____ ethics program.
Integrity-based ethics programs would go further by training people to understand and perhaps change attitudes toward people with disabilities and sending clear signals that people with disabilities also have valued abilities. This effort goes far beyond taking action to stay out of trouble with the law. |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Understand Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 05-02 Explain how companies influence their ethics environment. Topic: Ethics |
| 65. | Making ethical decisions takes moral _____, which helps a person realize that an issue has ethical implications.
Making ethical decisions takes moral awareness (realizing the issue has ethical implications), moral judgment (knowing what actions are morally defensible), and moral character (the strength and persistence to act in accordance with your ethics despite the challenges). |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Remember Difficulty: 1 Easy Learning Objective: 05-03 Outline a process for making ethical decisions. Topic: Ethics |
| 66. | Having the strength and persistence to act in accordance with one’s ethics despite the challenges is referred to as moral _____.
Making ethical decisions takes moral awareness (realizing the issue has ethical implications), moral judgment (knowing what actions are morally defensible), and moral character (the strength and persistence to act in accordance with your ethics despite the challenges). |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Remember Difficulty: 1 Easy Learning Objective: 05-03 Outline a process for making ethical decisions. Topic: Ethics |
| 67. | According to John Rawls, only a person ignorant of his own identity can make a truly ethical decision. This thought process is based on _____.
The philosopher John Rawls created a thought experiment based on the “veil of ignorance.” A decision maker can tactically apply the veil of ignorance to help minimize personal bias. Rawls maintained that only a person ignorant of his own identity can make a truly ethical decision. |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Understand Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 05-03 Outline a process for making ethical decisions. Topic: Ethics |
| 68. | The process for ethical decision making begins with
Resolving ethical problems should begin with understanding the various moral standards (universalism, relativism, etc.) and recognizing the impacts of the alternatives. The final stage should ideally be proposing a convincing moral solution. |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Understand Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 05-03 Outline a process for making ethical decisions. Topic: Ethics |
| 69. | Which of the following is most likely to be the last step in an ideal ethical decision-making process?
Resolving ethical problems should begin with understanding the various moral standards (universalism, relativism, etc.) and recognizing the impacts of the alternatives. The final stage should ideally be proposing a convincing moral solution. |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Remember Difficulty: 1 Easy Learning Objective: 05-03 Outline a process for making ethical decisions. Topic: Ethics |
| 70. | Moral judgment involves
Making ethical decisions takes moral awareness (realizing the issue has ethical implications), moral judgment (knowing what actions are morally defensible), and moral character (the strength and persistence to act in accordance with your ethics despite the challenges). |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Understand Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 05-03 Outline a process for making ethical decisions. Topic: Ethics |
| 71. | To behave ethically, an individual will require not just moral awareness and moral judgment but also
Behaving ethically requires not just moral awareness and moral judgment but also moral character, including the courage to take actions consistent with one’s ethical decisions. |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Understand Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 05-03 Outline a process for making ethical decisions. Topic: Ethics |
| 72. | Which of the following plays a role in the moral awareness involved in identifying an act as unethical, the moral judgment to fully consider the repercussions, and the moral character to take the ethical action?
Behaving ethically requires not just moral awareness and moral judgment but also moral character, including the courage to take actions consistent with one’s ethical decisions. Courage plays a role in the moral awareness involved in identifying an act as unethical, the moral judgment to fully consider the repercussions, and the moral character to take the ethical action. |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Remember Difficulty: 1 Easy Learning Objective: 05-03 Outline a process for making ethical decisions. Topic: Ethics |
| 73. | Which of the following is true of whistleblowing?
Whistleblowing refers to telling others, inside or outside the organization, of wrongdoing. The road for whistleblowers is rocky. When whistleblowers go public, they are often seen as acting against the company’s interests. Many, perhaps most, whistleblowers suffer consequences such as being ostracized, treated rudely, or given undesirable assignments. |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Understand Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 05-03 Outline a process for making ethical decisions. Topic: Ethics |
| 74. | Telling others, inside or outside the organization, about wrongdoing is called _____.
Telling others, inside or outside an organization, about its wrongdoings, is called whistleblowing. When whistleblowers go public, they are often seen as acting against the company’s interests. Many, perhaps most, whistleblowers suffer consequences such as being ostracized, treated rudely, or given undesirable assignments. |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Remember Difficulty: 1 Easy Learning Objective: 05-03 Outline a process for making ethical decisions. Topic: Ethics |
| 75. | Corporate social responsibility is the _____.
Corporate social responsibility is the obligation toward society assumed by business. It consists broadly of policies and practices that reflect business responsibility for some of the wider societal good. |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Understand Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 05-04 Summarize the important issues surrounding corporate social responsibility. Topic: Corporate Social Responsibility |
| 76. | Old Salt, a manufacturer of various snack chips, changed its packaging to a more eco-friendly material. Additionally, it has reduced the water used in its production processes. Old Salt states that these actions make the earth a “better place to eat.” In this scenario, Old Salt is participating in _____.
Corporate social responsibility is the obligation toward society assumed by business. It consists broadly of policies and practices that reflect business responsibility for some of the wider societal good. |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Analyze Difficulty: 3 Hard Learning Objective: 05-04 Summarize the important issues surrounding corporate social responsibility. Topic: Corporate Social Responsibility |
| 77. | Which of the following responsibilities sits at the top of the pyramid of global corporate social responsibility and performance?
Social responsibilities of a company can be categorized into economic, legal, ethical, and philanthropic responsibilities. The philanthropic responsibility of business sits at the top of the pyramid of global corporate social responsibility and performance. |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Remember Difficulty: 1 Easy Learning Objective: 05-04 Summarize the important issues surrounding corporate social responsibility. Topic: Corporate Social Responsibility |
| 78. | _____ responsibilities of business are to produce goods and services that society wants at a price that perpetuates the business and satisfies its obligations to investors.
Social responsibilities of a company can be categorized into economic, legal, ethical, and philanthropic responsibilities. The economic responsibilities of business are to produce goods and services that society wants at a price that perpetuates the business and satisfies its obligations to investors. |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Remember Difficulty: 1 Easy Learning Objective: 05-04 Summarize the important issues surrounding corporate social responsibility. Topic: Corporate Social Responsibility |
| 79. | Within the pyramid of global corporate social responsibility and performance, doing what is required by global stakeholders is categorized as a(n) _____ responsibility.
Legal responsibilities are to obey local, state, federal, and relevant international laws. It involves doing what is required by global stakeholders. |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Understand Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 05-04 Summarize the important issues surrounding corporate social responsibility. Topic: Corporate Social Responsibility |
| 80. | Which of the following levels of corporate social responsibility of business includes meeting societal expectations that are not written as law?
Social responsibilities of a company can be categorized into economic, legal, ethical, and philanthropic responsibilities. Ethical responsibilities include meeting other societal expectations, not written as law. |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Remember Difficulty: 1 Easy Learning Objective: 05-04 Summarize the important issues surrounding corporate social responsibility. Topic: Corporate Social Responsibility |
| 81. | Which of the following responsibilities of business did Pork producer Smithfield Foods take on by discontinuing the practice of confining sows in gestation crates during pregnancy, conforming to external expectations though not legally required?
Social responsibilities of a company can be categorized into economic, legal, ethical, and philanthropic responsibilities. Ethical responsibilities include meeting other societal expectations, not written as law. |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Understand Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 05-04 Summarize the important issues surrounding corporate social responsibility. Topic: Corporate Social Responsibility |
| 82. | Which level of the pyramid of global corporate social responsibility and performance represents a company’s efforts to be a good global corporate citizen, such as supporting community programs?
Philanthropic responsibilities are behaviors and activities that society finds desirable and that the values of the business support. Examples include supporting community projects and making charitable contributions. |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Understand Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 05-04 Summarize the important issues surrounding corporate social responsibility. Topic: Corporate Social Responsibility |
| 83. | Which of the following levels of the pyramid of global corporate social responsibility and performance represents a company’s requirement to be profitable?
The economic responsibilities of business are to produce goods and services that society wants at a price that perpetuates the business and satisfies its obligations to investors. It requires the company to be profitable. |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Understand Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 05-04 Summarize the important issues surrounding corporate social responsibility. Topic: Corporate Social Responsibility |
| 84. | The order of the levels in the pyramid of global corporate social responsibility and performance from bottom to top is _____.
The order of the levels in the pyramid of global corporate social responsibility and performance from bottom to top is economic, legal, ethical, and philanthropic. |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Understand Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 05-04 Summarize the important issues surrounding corporate social responsibility. Topic: Corporate Social Responsibility |
| 85. | Home Depot supports Habitat for Humanity, a nonprofit that builds affordable housing for those struggling with poverty, housing, or homelessness. Donation to such an organization is an example of _____ responsibility.
Philanthropic responsibilities are additional behaviors and activities that society finds desirable and that the values of the business support. Examples include supporting community projects and making charitable contributions. |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Apply Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 05-04 Summarize the important issues surrounding corporate social responsibility. Topic: Corporate Social Responsibility |
| 86. | A(n) _____ has five higher goals that balance self-interest with responsibility to others.
Transcendent education has five higher goals that balance self-interest with responsibility to others: empathy, generativity, mutuality, civil aspiration, and intolerance of ineffective humanity. |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Remember Difficulty: 1 Easy Learning Objective: 05-04 Summarize the important issues surrounding corporate social responsibility. Topic: Corporate Social Responsibility |
| 87. | Which of the following is a goal of a transcendent education?
A transcendent education has five higher goals that balance self-interest with responsibility to others: empathy, generativity, mutuality, civil aspiration, and intolerance of ineffective humanity. |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Remember Difficulty: 1 Easy Learning Objective: 05-04 Summarize the important issues surrounding corporate social responsibility. Topic: Corporate Social Responsibility |
| 88. | Which of the goals of a transcendent education involves viewing success not merely as personal gain, but as a common victory?
A transcendent education has five higher goals that balance self-interest with responsibility to others: empathy, generativity, mutuality, civil aspiration, and intolerance of ineffective humanity. Mutuality means viewing success not merely as personal gain, but as a common victory. |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Remember Difficulty: 1 Easy Learning Objective: 05-04 Summarize the important issues surrounding corporate social responsibility. Topic: Corporate Social Responsibility |
| 89. | As one of the goals of a transcendent education, speaking out against unethical actions is called _____.
A transcendent education has five higher goals that balance self-interest with responsibility to others: empathy, generativity, mutuality, civil aspiration, and intolerance of ineffective humanity. Intolerance of ineffective humanity means speaking out against unethical actions. |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Remember Difficulty: 1 Easy Learning Objective: 05-04 Summarize the important issues surrounding corporate social responsibility. Topic: Corporate Social Responsibility |
| 90. | As one of the goals of transcendent education, learning how to give as well as take, to others in the present as well as to those in the future is called _____.
A transcendent education has five higher goals that balance self-interest with responsibility to others: empathy, generativity, mutuality, civil aspiration, and intolerance of ineffective humanity. Generativity refers to learning how to give as well as take, to others in the present as well as to future generations. |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Remember Difficulty: 1 Easy Learning Objective: 05-04 Summarize the important issues surrounding corporate social responsibility. Topic: Corporate Social Responsibility |
| 91. | Zach believes that it is important to do more than just avoid lying. He also tries to use his words to encourage others and promote understanding. Which goal of transcendent education does this behavior most closely represent?
A transcendent education has five higher goals that balance self-interest with responsibility to others: empathy, generativity, mutuality, civil aspiration, and intolerance of ineffective humanity. Civil aspiration refers to thinking not just in terms of don’ts (lie, cheat, steal, kill), but also in terms of positive contributions. |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Analyze Difficulty: 3 Hard Learning Objective: 05-04 Summarize the important issues surrounding corporate social responsibility. Topic: Corporate Social Responsibility |
| 92. | Advocates of corporate social responsibility argue that
Advocates of corporate social responsibility argue that organizations have a wider range of responsibilities that extend beyond the production of goods and services at a profit. As members of society, organizations should actively and responsibly participate in the community and in the larger environment. |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Understand Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 05-04 Summarize the important issues surrounding corporate social responsibility. Topic: Corporate Social Responsibility |
| 93. | _____ has as its primary goal the creation of sustainable economic development and improvement of quality of life worldwide for all organizational stakeholders.
Ecocentric management has as its goal the creation of sustainable economic development and improvement of quality of life worldwide for all organizational stakeholders. |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Remember Difficulty: 1 Easy Learning Objective: 05-06 Identify actions managers can take to manage with the environment in mind. Topic: The Natural Environment and Sustainability |
| 94. | Economic growth and development that meet present needs without harming the needs of future generations is known as _____.
Sustainable growth is economic growth and development that meet the organization’s present needs without harming the ability of future generations to meet their needs. Sustainability is fully compatible with the natural ecosystems that generate and preserve life. |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Remember Difficulty: 1 Easy Learning Objective: 05-06 Identify actions managers can take to manage with the environment in mind. Topic: The Natural Environment and Sustainability |
| 95. | _____ is a process of analyzing all inputs and outputs, through the entire “cradle-to-grave” life of a product, to determine the total environmental impact of the production and use of a product.
Increasingly, firms are paying attention to the total environmental impact throughout the life cycle of their products. Life-cycle analysis (LCA) is a process of analyzing all inputs and outputs, through the entire “cradle-to-grave” life of a product, to determine the total environmental impact of the production and use of a product. |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Remember Difficulty: 1 Easy Learning Objective: 05-06 Identify actions managers can take to manage with the environment in mind. Topic: The Natural Environment and Sustainability |
| Scenario A: An insurance company faces an ethical dilemma. A faulty computer program designed to evaluate insurance claims has been denying a high number of valid claims. A meeting has been arranged where senior management would decide how to handle the situation. The people at the table have varying views of what action to take and why. Han wants to report the error and reimburse the affected customers immediately because he believes he could end up being fired if the company’s reputation suffers because of the issue. Jamila wants to report the error because it is the honest thing to do, and therefore necessary. After hearing his colleagues’ opinions, Keith says he is willing to do whatever the more experienced managers in the group recommend. Several other managers believe the company should correct the problem going forward but not do anything about the customers who lost out on past payments. |
| 96. | Which of the following best describes the ethical system used by Jamila to make her decision?
Universalism states that all people should uphold certain values, such as honesty, that society needs to function. Jamila makes the decision on the basis that it is the honest and necessary thing to do; therefore universalism best describes her stance. |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Analyze Difficulty: 3 Hard Learning Objective: 05-01 Describe how different ethical perspectives guide decision making. Topic: Ethics |
| 97. | Which of the following best describes the ethical system used by Han to make his decision?
Egoism is an ethical system defining acceptable behavior as that which maximizes benefits for the individual. In this case, Han tries to keep himself from being blamed and fired for the problem. |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Analyze Difficulty: 3 Hard Learning Objective: 05-01 Describe how different ethical perspectives guide decision making. Topic: Ethics |
| 98. | Which of the following best describes the ethical system used by Keith to make his decision?
Relativism defines ethical behavior based on the opinions and behaviors of relevant other people. Keith makes the decision because he wants to go along with the other managers; therefore relativism best describes his stance. |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Analyze Difficulty: 3 Hard Learning Objective: 05-01 Describe how different ethical perspectives guide decision making. Topic: Ethics |
| 99. | Assume the meeting ends with the managers deciding not to do anything about the customers who are owed money for past claims. Lori, an employee who was present in the meeting, disagrees with the decision and gives an anonymous tip to a newspaper reporter about the unethical behavior. Which of the following best describes the action taken by Lori?
Whistleblowing refers to telling others, inside or outside the organization, of wrongdoing. This is what Lori does in the given scenario. |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Analyze Difficulty: 3 Hard Learning Objective: 05-03 Outline a process for making ethical decisions. Topic: Ethics |
| Scenario B: Suppose a manager faces a question regarding how to handle a defective piece of equipment that his company sold. Telling the customer would cost him a substantial amount of money. At the same time, if the equipment fails, it could lead to serious injury of the customer. The manager is going to choose between three options presented by colleagues:
Option 1: Keep quiet about the defect. |
| 100. | Which of the following terms best describes the ethical approach used in option 1?
Egoism is an ethical system defining acceptable behavior as that which maximizes benefits for the individual, which in this case is keeping a substantial amount of money. |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Analyze Difficulty: 3 Hard Learning Objective: 05-01 Describe how different ethical perspectives guide decision making. Topic: Ethics |
| 101. | Which of the following terms best describes the ethical approach used in option 2?
Relativism defines ethical behavior based on the opinions and behaviors of relevant other people, which is what is being employed in option 2. |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Analyze Difficulty: 3 Hard Learning Objective: 05-01 Describe how different ethical perspectives guide decision making. Topic: Ethics |
| 102. | Which of the following options best describes the ethical approach used in option 3?
Universalism states that all people should uphold certain values, such as honesty, that society needs to function. This is the rationale behind option 3. |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Analyze Difficulty: 3 Hard Learning Objective: 05-01 Describe how different ethical perspectives guide decision making. Topic: Ethics |
| Scenario C: Diana and Eli, managers from different departments at Greater Midwest Credit Union, are discussing the troubling behavior of a credit union employee. Diana says that it is the responsibility of high-level managers to take steps and prevent legal wrongdoing by punishing offenders. However, Eli believes that every individual should take personal responsibility for his or her own behavior and that everyone needs to understand how to do the right thing. |
| 103. | In Scenario C, each of the managers tends to be responsible for creating a different _____ in their respective departments.
The ethical climate of an organization refers to the processes by which decisions are evaluated and made on the basis of right and wrong. |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Understand Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 05-02 Explain how companies influence their ethics environment. Topic: Ethics |
| 104. | Which of the following types of ethics program does Diana prefer for the company?
Compliance-based ethics programs are designed by corporate counsel to prevent, detect, and punish legal violations. Program elements include establishing and communicating legal standards and procedures, assigning high-level managers to oversee compliance, auditing and monitoring compliance, reporting criminal misconduct, punishing wrongdoers, and taking steps to prevent offenses in the future. |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Analyze Difficulty: 3 Hard Learning Objective: 05-02 Explain how companies influence their ethics environment. Topic: Ethics |
| 105. | Which of the following types of ethics program does Eli prefer for the company?
Integrity-based ethics programs go beyond the mere avoidance of illegality; they are concerned with the law but also with instilling in people a personal responsibility for ethical behavior, which Eli exhibits in the scenario. |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Analyze Difficulty: 3 Hard Learning Objective: 05-02 Explain how companies influence their ethics environment. Topic: Ethics |
| Scenario D: Lily and Amare are colleagues who witnessed one of their team members, Elspeth, making a personal purchase over the Internet, which is prohibited in their company. The management had previously announced that those who report wrongdoing of fellow employees will be rewarded. Lily decided not to report Elspeth’s act to the management since it was done after hours. However, Amare decided to do so with the hope of being rewarded. |
| 106. | In Scenario D, according to Kohlberg’s model of cognitive moral development, Lily can be categorized as being in the _____ stage.
Individuals differ in this regard. Kohlberg’s model of cognitive moral development classifies people into categories based on their level of moral judgment. People in the principled stage see beyond authority, laws, and norms and follow their self-chosen ethical principles. |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Apply Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 05-01 Describe how different ethical perspectives guide decision making. Topic: Ethics |
| 107. | In Scenario D, according to Kohlberg’s model of cognitive moral development, Amare can be categorized as being in the _____ stage.
Individuals differ in this regard. Kohlberg’s model of cognitive moral development classifies people into categories based on their level of moral judgment. People in the preconventional stage make decisions based on concrete rewards and punishments and immediate self-interest. |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Apply Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 05-01 Describe how different ethical perspectives guide decision making. Topic: Ethics |
| Scenario E: Senior management at Futura Development is attending a corporate retreat, and the first item for discussion is corporate social responsibility (CSR). The group has discussed this before and then shot it down because it generally costs Futura’s shareholders in the form of reduced distributions. But the new VP, Gwen, is about to explain why she believes CSR will actually benefit the shareholders and Futura management alike. Her team begins the presentation with a discussion of CSR, both its current definition and reconciliation of past views. Sergei then discusses the importance of being a good global corporate citizen by supporting the local school system. Madison takes the floor to make the case for doing what is expected by global stakeholders even though there are no laws requiring those actions. Finally Gwen wraps the discussion up by defining why Futura should take legal responsibility for the firm’s performance. |
| 108. | In Scenario E, Sergei’s presentation most likely focuses on the _____ responsibility of the firm.
Philanthropic responsibilities are additional behaviors and activities that society finds desirable and that the values of the business support. Sergei discussing the importance of being a good global citizen by supporting the local school system focuses on the philanthropic responsibility of the firm. |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Analyze Difficulty: 3 Hard Learning Objective: 05-04 Summarize the important issues surrounding corporate social responsibility. Topic: Corporate Social Responsibility |
| 109. | In Scenario E, Madison’s presentation most likely focused on the _____ responsibility of the firm.
Ethical responsibilities include meeting other societal expectations, not written as law. It involves doing what is expected by global stakeholders. This is what Madison is most likely to focus on. |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Analyze Difficulty: 3 Hard Learning Objective: 05-04 Summarize the important issues surrounding corporate social responsibility. Topic: Corporate Social Responsibility |
| 110. | Gwen’s presentation most likely centered on taking which of the following actions?
Legal responsibilities are to obey local, state, federal, and relevant international laws. This is likely to have been the central theme of Gwen’s presentation. |
| AACSB: Ethics Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Blooms: Analyze Difficulty: 3 Hard Learning Objective: 05-04 Summarize the important issues surrounding corporate social responsibility. Topic: Corporate Social Responsibility |
Essay Questions
| 111. | Explain the terms ethical issue, business ethics, and moral philosophy.
Answers will vary. |
| AACSB: Ethics Blooms: Understand Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 05-01 Describe how different ethical perspectives guide decision making. Topic: Ethics |
| 112. | Discuss the five basic types of ethical systems and provide an example for each.
Answers will vary. |
| AACSB: Ethics Blooms: Understand Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 05-01 Describe how different ethical perspectives guide decision making. Topic: Ethics |
| 113. | Describe Kohlberg’s model of cognitive moral development. Give an example for each of the stages.
Answers will vary. |
| AACSB: Ethics Blooms: Analyze Difficulty: 3 Hard Learning Objective: 05-01 Describe how different ethical perspectives guide decision making. Topic: Ethics |
| 114. | Explain the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and describe how some executives have reacted to it.
Answers will vary. |
| AACSB: Ethics Blooms: Understand Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 05-02 Explain how companies influence their ethics environment. Topic: Ethics |
| 115. | Contrast compliance-based ethics programs and integrity-based ethics programs.
Answers will vary. |
| AACSB: Ethics Blooms: Understand Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 05-02 Explain how companies influence their ethics environment. Topic: Ethics |
| 116. | Making ethical decisions takes moral awareness, moral judgment, and moral character. Define each term and explain how you would use it in business.
Answers will vary. |
| AACSB: Ethics Blooms: Understand Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 05-03 Outline a process for making ethical decisions. Topic: Ethics |
| 117. | Explain the process for ethical decision making.
Answers will vary. |
| AACSB: Ethics Blooms: Understand Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 05-03 Outline a process for making ethical decisions. Topic: Ethics |
| 118. | Write an essay on whistleblowing.
Answers will vary. |
| AACSB: Ethics Blooms: Understand Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 05-03 Outline a process for making ethical decisions. Topic: Ethics |
| 119. | Explain the pyramid of global corporate social responsibility and performance.
Answers will vary. |
| AACSB: Ethics Blooms: Understand Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 05-04 Summarize the important issues surrounding corporate social responsibility. Topic: Corporate Social Responsibility |
| 120. | Define transcendent education and explain the five higher goals associated with it.
Answers will vary. |
| AACSB: Ethics Blooms: Understand Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 05-04 Summarize the important issues surrounding corporate social responsibility. Topic: Corporate Social Responsibility |
| 121. | Build a case for the convergence of profit maximization and corporate social responsibility.
Answers will vary. |
| AACSB: Ethics Blooms: Evaluate Difficulty: 3 Hard Learning Objective: 05-04 Summarize the important issues surrounding corporate social responsibility. Topic: Corporate Social Responsibility |
| 122. | Explain how environmental issues and sustainability can be business opportunities rather than burdens.
Answers will vary. |
| AACSB: Ethics Blooms: Analyze Difficulty: 3 Hard Learning Objective: 05-05 Discuss reasons for businesses’ growing interest in the natural environment. Topic: The Natural Environment and Sustainability |
| 123. | Explain the idea of a risk society.
Answers will vary. |
| AACSB: Ethics Blooms: Understand Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 05-05 Discuss reasons for businesses’ growing interest in the natural environment. Topic: The Natural Environment and Sustainability |
| 124. | Explain life-cycle analysis and how organizations are using it to pay more attention to the total environmental impact.
Answers will vary. |
| AACSB: Ethics Blooms: Understand Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 05-06 Identify actions managers can take to manage with the environment in mind. Topic: The Natural Environment and Sustainability |
| 125. | Discuss ecocentric management.
Answers will vary. |
| AACSB: Ethics Blooms: Understand Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 05-06 Identify actions managers can take to manage with the environment in mind. Topic: The Natural Environment and Sustainability |
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