Business Ethics

Codes, rules, and compliance are essential in organizations. However, an organization built on _____ is more likely to develop a high integrity corporate culture.

Which of the following would not be considered a negative reinforcement of employee behavior?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1. 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.

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

3. 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.

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.

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

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

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

All of these are ways of reducing pollution, except:

Which-one of the following statements is correct?

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 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.

In view of the above-described situation, which-one(s) of the following statement(s) is(are) correct?

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

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

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

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

All of these are true about feedback except ...

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

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

A fundamental problem in traditional personal character development is that specific vales are used to teach about a philosophy, which may be inappropriate where cultural diversity and privacy must be respected. A solution is ...

^*Canon refers to a rule and a list of books containing names of important books serves as a rule or guide for reading. A literary canon automatically suggests a reading list which belongs to a country or a certain period in time.

Strong ethical leaders have a passion for all of the following except to ...

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

1. 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.

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. 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.

What is a living wage?

What is the AACSB?

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

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

Those who ascribe to consumerism, ...

Power distance dimension refers to the “power inequality” between superiors and subordinates. Which of the following countries probably ranks high on the power distance scale?

An unconscious reference to one's own cultural values, experiences, and knowledge is referred to as the ...

_____ occurs when the middle class shrinks, resulting in highly concentrated wealth amongst the rich and a large number of poor people with very few resources.

Which of the following is not a criticism of or charge against multinational corporations (MNCs)?

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

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 an advantage of having a comprehensive code of conduct?

Which of the following is a common mistake made in implementing an ethics program?