Business Ethics

To ensure that an ethics program addresses the needs of the average employee, it should include all of the following except

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What is AACSB?

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What is a living wage?

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Which one of the following statements is correct? ch. 10

I. The failure to include the issue of living wages in a company's ethics program is highly likely to issue in subsequent legal problems. Moreover, such a company acts in highly unethical ways.

II. It is in many cases in the long-term interest of a company to also include potentially difficult issues related to different and differing religious beliefs in an ethics program.

III. As more and more countries are adopting policies of state-financed national healthcare programs, including associates in a company healthcare program is no longer an important issue in business ethics.

Which of the following is not a way to avoid groupthink in small-group decision making?

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This occurs when leaders and followers share the same vision, ethical expectations, and objectives for the company.

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All of these are true about feedback except

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Which two steps of the RADAR model occur when a firm is faced with an ethical conflict or dilemma?

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From an ethical standpoint, leaders should take time during this strep of the RADAR model to fix any weaknesses in the ethics program and develop improved ways of detecting misconduct.

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Last year you were promoted to lead a department with 80 associates. In your new function, you had to introduce the newly established company code of ethics serving as the basis for rules of conduct. Your associates receive regular training and the feedback you get is mostly positive. However, James, a 64-year-old associate, who will retire in a few months, isn't at all happy with the idea that associates are now expected to implement and follow what he considers a set of unnecessary rules.
In a way, you'd prefer not to bother about James. However, he is very popular and,  over the years, has become an opinion leader. Many of your associates look up to him and see him as a sort of unofficial boss.

Which ones of the following statements are correct? Might be none, all,1, or multiple

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Which one of the following statements is correct?

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There exist positive links between environmental and economic performance. In connection thereto, a firm's innovation strategy might lead to better economic performance for all of the subsequent reasons except

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Green marketing is a strategic process involving stakeholder assessment to create meaningful ___ relationships with customers while maintaining, supporting, and enhancing the ___.

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A ___ business attempts to avoid dealing with environmental issues and hopes nothing bad happens or no one ever finds out about an environmental accident or abuse.

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Which one(s) of the following statement(s) is/are entirely correct? 366

I. The so-called triple bottom line approach takes social and environmental performance variables into consideration. Moreover, it also includes variables measuring a company's economic performance.

II. The process by which a company can improve its environmental performance may also lead to better economic performance, for example through the development and subsequent sale of environmentally friendly production technology.

III. Even though many NGOs claim that a company's improved environmental performance is often connected to a cost reduction due to more resource-efficient ways of production, there is no data that supports that claim.

Social responsibility is

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The ___ was/were enacted to restore confidence in financial reporting and business ethics after the accounting scandals of the early 2000s.

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The term business ethics is best described by the following statement:

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Which of the following is not one of the rights spelled out by John F. Kennedy in his "Consumers' Bill of Rights"?

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During 1990s the institutionalization of business ethics was largely driven by which piece of legislation?

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Business ethics, as a field, has passed through which of the following states?

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The 1960s saw a rise of consumerism. What is consumerism?

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An ethical issue is a problem, situation, or opportunity

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Ethical issues in business typically arise because of conflicts between individuals' personal moral philosophies and values and the 

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___ is an important element of virtue and means being whole, sound, and in unimpaired condition

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A court found an oil company guilty of placing profits over the safety and well-being of its employees. This situation can be classified as

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A person uncomfortable with his employer's unspoken policy of hiring only white men is experiencing 

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Issues related to fairness and honesty may arise because business is sometimes regarded as a

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War metaphors are common in business. This kind of mindset can be dangerous for business leaders because

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