Business Ethics 2019/20 Quiz/Mock Exam

Which of the following is the first step in the ethical decision making process?

Which of the following is NOT one of the six "spheres of influence" to which individuals are subject when confronted with an ethical issue?

The perceived relevance or importance of an ethical issue to the individual, work group, or organization is ____

Studies have found that more than a third of the unethical situations that lower and middle-level managers face come from ___.

According to the ethical decision-making framework, the absence of punishment provides a(n) _____ for unethical behavior.

_____ have been found to decrease unethical practices and increase positive work behavior.

____ involves subordinates simply following the directives of a superior without question. It demonstrates the influence that significant other can exert in the workplace.

Multiple elements work on individuals to affect their behavior. While an individual may intend to do the right thing, ____ can alter this intent.

If management fails to identify and educate employees about ethical problem areas, ethical issues may not reach the critical ___

The ____ can be defined as a set of values, norms, and artifacts, including ways of solving problems shared by members of an organization.

Principles are

Social responsibility is

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

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

Which of the following is NOT one of the rights spelled out by JFK in his Consumers Bill of Rights?

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

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

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

An ethical issue is a problem, situation or opportunity

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

____ is an important element of virute and means being whole, sound, and in unimpaired condition.

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

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

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

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

Conflicts of interest exist when employees must choose whether to

____ is the offering of something of value in order to gain an illicit advantage.

Cocnerns involving copyright infringement on books, movies and music, and other illegally produced goods relate to which type of ethical issue?

All of the following are facts about water pollution, EXCEPT:

Trying to pinpoint who is responsible for environmental degradation is not always easy, especially when it involves ____.

One of the biggest factors in land pollution is the dumping of waste into landfills.  _____  consumers are by far the worlds biggest wasters.

The world's forests are being destroyed at a rate of nearly 50'000 square miles annually. The reason for this wide-scale destruction are varied and include all EXCEPT:

Because genetically modified seeds are____, farmers cannot keep any of the seed themselves but must purchase seeds each year from companies such as Monsanto.

The first Earth Day, increasing stakeholder awareness of environmental concerns and the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency brought ___ to the forefront.

All of the following are goals of the Environmental Protection Agency, EXCEPT:

The Clean Water Act makes it illegal for anyone to discharge any pollutant from a point source directly into navigable waters without a_____.

____ identified four cultural dimensions that can have a profound impact on the business environment:
individualism/collectivism, power distance, uncertainty avoidance, and masculinity/femininity

____ products encourage consumers to return and buy more. This approach is also known as planned obsolence.

____ is a term used by Adam Smith to explain the inherent mechanisms at work in free market systems that keep commerce in equilibrium. It is also known as the "invisible hand".

Which of the following statements about multinational corporations MNCs is false?