Chp 4

Question 1

Values are personal beliefs that help determine whether a behavior will be considered ethical or unethical. An example of a terminal value is ___

Answer 1

Self-respect

Question 2

Under the __ view of ethical behaviour, a business owner would be considered ethical if she reduced a plant’s work-foce by 10% in order to cut costs to keep the business from failing and thus save jobs for the other 90%

Answer 2

Utilitarian

Question 3

A manager’s failure to enforce a late-to-work policy the same way for all employees is an ethical violation of ___ justice

Answer 3

procedural

Question 4

the Sarbanes-oxley Act of 2002 makes it easier for corporate executives to

Answer 4

be tried and sentenced to jail for financial miscounduct

Question 5

Two “spotlight” questions for conducting the ethics double-check of a decision are (a) “how would I feel if my family found out about this?” and (b) “how would I feel if ___”

Answer 5

this was printed in the local newspaper or appeared on the internet

Question 6

Research on ethical dilemmas indicates that ___ is/are often the cause of unethical behavior by people at work

Answer 6

pressures from bosses and superiors

Question 7

Customers, investors, employees, and regulators are examples of ___ that are important in the analysis of corporate social responsibility

Answer 7

stakeholders

Question 8

Two emplyees are talking about their employers. Sayed says that ethics training and codes of ethical conduct are worthless Maura says these are the best ways to ensure ethical behavior in the organization. Who is right and Why?

Answer 8

Neither, Traning and codes can aid but never gurantee ethical behaviour

Question 9

A proponent of the classical view of corporate social responsibility would most likely agree with which of these statements?

Answer 9

The primary responsibility of business is to max business profits

Question 10

An amoral manager

Answer 10

acts unethically but not inetentionally

Question 11

An organization that take the lead in addressing emerging social issues is being ___, showing the most progressive corporate social responsibility strategy.

Answer 11

proactive

Question 12

the criterion of ___ responsibility identifies the highest level of conviction by an organization to operate in a responsible manner

Answer 12

ethical

Question 13

which ethical position has been criticized as a source of “ethical imperialism”?

Answer 13

utilitarianism

Question 14

A manager supports an origination’s attempts at self-governance when he or she always tries to achieve performance objectives in ways that are ____

Answer 14

cost efficient

Question 15

which of the following is NOT a reason why a company should focus on sustainability

Answer 15

reputation