Business Ethics

Increasing the wealth gap between nations and misusing and misallocating scarce resources are ethical issue accusations related to

Please fill in the missing part in a manner consistent with business ethics.

_____ is the concept that morality varies from one culture to another and that “right” and “wrong” are defined differently.

Which-one of the following statements is least likely to be true?

Stakeholders' power over businesses stems from their

_____ is defined as any purposeful communication that deceives, manipulates, or conceals facts in order to create a false impression.

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

A stakeholder group that is absolutely necessary for a firm’s survival is defined as

Obedience to authority relates to the influence of corporate culture.

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Please fill in the missing part in a manner consistent with business ethics.

_____ is based on the assumption that people are predictable and will maximise the utility of their choices relative to their needs and wants.

A coaching leader builds a positive climate by

The most significant influence on ethical behavior in an organization is the opportunity to engage in unethical behavior.

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The first step toward understanding business ethics is to

A stakeholder orientation can be viewed as a(n)

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

At the heart of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines for Organizations is a

Which-one(s) of the following statement(s) is(are) correct?

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. The failure to include the issue of living wages in a company’s ethics program can possibly damage a company’s reputation if the public perceives the company as paying foreign workers unfair wages.

Which-one(s) of the following statement(s) is(are) correct?

1. A person who offers a facilitation payment in order to secure a contract that will keep her company from going bankrupt and laying off hundreds of employees may be a utilitarian.

2. A person who offers a facilitation payment in order to secure a personal career advancement may be a teleologist.

3. A person who absolutely declines to offer a facilitation payment even if it helped to secure a contract that will keep her company from going bankrupt and laying off hundreds of employees may be a rule deontologist.

Please fill in the missing part in a manner consistent with business ethics.

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.

More than a compliance program, business ethics is becoming

What is the AACSB?

Which of the following do not typically engage in transactions with a company and thus are not essential for its survival?

The accountability and responsibility for appropriate business conduct rests with top management.

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

Which-one(s) of the following statement(s) is(are) correct?

1. Fraud is the engagement of one or more individuals in intentional deceptive practices to advance their own interests over those of the organisation or some other group.

2. Commission lying is creating a perception or belief by words that intentionally deceive the receiver of the message.

3. Omission lying is intentionally not informing others of any differences, problems, safety warnings, or negative issues relating to the product or company that significantly affect awareness, intention, or behaviour.

Ethical compliance can be measured by observing employees as well as through investigating and reporting mechanisms.

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Discovery in the RADAR model involves proactively trying to uncover ethical risk areas that could lead to misconduct.

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All of these are ways of reducing pollution, except:

What concept refers to economic theories advocating the creation of a society where wealth and power are distributed evenly, relative to the amount of work expended in production?

Only 10% of employees observe abusive behavior in the workplace.

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

Which of the following is not a benefit that primary stakeholders tend to provide to organizations?

Which of the following is not a conflict management style?

The stakeholder perspective is useful in managing social responsibility and business ethics.

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

According to Kohlberg's model, as a person progresses through the stages of moral development, and with time, education, and experience, he/she

For an ethical compliance program to properly function,

Having acceptable personal ethics is probably not going to be sufficient to handle complex business ethical issues when an individual has

Which-one(s) of the following statement(s) is(are) correct?

1. An important part of leadership is the implementation of employee-centred leadership. Employee-centred leadership recognizes that while not everyone will be a manager, every employee can and should practice leadership skills to support ethical decision making.

2. An essential component of employee-centred leadership is communication. Without communication all attempts at maintaining an ethical culture fail.

3. Evidence suggests that most firms understand the importance of communication in connection to leadership and that top management puts special emphasis on getting feedback from employees, listening to their concerns.

Which-one(s) of the following statement(s) is(are) correct?

1. Moral intensity and ethical issue intensity are similar concepts because they both relate to the individual’s perception of social or organisational pressure and the harm they believe their decisions will have on others.

2. Moral intensity is different from ethical issue intensity because the former relates to a company’s moral obligations regarding its corporate citizenship, and the latter relates to the importance of an event in the eyes of an individual person.

3. Regarding ethical issue intensity, it can be argued that senior employees and those with administrative authority play an important role as they typically dictate an organisation’s stance on ethical issues.

Sustainability is the potential for the long-term well-being of the natural environment including all biological entities, as well as the mutually beneficial interactions among nature and individuals, organizations, and business strategies.

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