Chapter 4 and 5 Quiz

Question 1

How are the moral worth of actions determined with a utilitarian approach to ethics?

Answer 1

By their ultimate consequences

Question 2

Should all economic goods and services be distributed equally apart from when unequal distribution would work to everyone’s advantage?

Answer 2

Yes

Question 3

What is speed money?

Answer 3

Making legal payments to the government officials of the host nation to build large production units and expedite certain routine government actions related to this

Question 4

Do righteous moralists claim that a multinational’s home-country standards of ethics are the appropriate ones for companies to follow in foreign countries?

Answer 4

Yes

Question 5

What does the veil of ignorance support?

Answer 5

Impartiality in justice

Question 6

Does culture refer to the inherited attitudinal traits of an individual?

Answer 6

Yes

Question 7

In collectivist societies, is competition for resources the norm, with those who compete best being rewarded financially?

Answer 7

Yes

Question 8

Do businesses based in societies characterised by high uncertainty avoidance encourage managers to take risks and make quick decisions?

Answer 8

No

Question 9

Which ethical system has influenced behaviour and shaped culture in parts of Asia, but is not considered a religion?

Answer 9

Confucianism

Question 10

Will a country characterised by low uncertainty avoidance be less resistant to change?

Answer 10

Yes

Question 11

Can multinational enterprises be engines of cultural change?

Answer 11

Yes

Question 12

Are firms with power distance more likely to be characterised by a concentrated power among executives and little autonomy for subordinates?

Answer 12

Yes