Chapter 2: Business Ethics

Question 1

Duty to Rescue

Answer 1

You do not owe a legal duty but you owe an ethical duty

Question 2

Culture

Answer 2

Business owner sets the ethical direction of the business (Chik-fil-A)

Question 3

Religious

Answer 3

Concerns teachings and practices of what is right/wrong, good/bad, virtous/vicious, from a religious point of view

Question 4

Professional Code of Ethics

Answer 4

Designed to help professional with transacting business with honesty and integrity

Question 5

Duncan v. State Board of Accountancy

Answer 5

Couple going through divorce and Duncan continues to do tax returns while having relationship with wife; Ruling established that the accountant violated the rule of ethics because he should have disclosed/obtained permission from husband to do work

Question 6

Hippocratic Oath

Answer 6

Requires that medical people treat patients to the best of their ability (criminals)

Question 7

Utilitarian Theory

Answer 7

Looks at the consequences/outcome of the decisions; Result oriented goal; Views slavery as okay because it allows for rest of people to prosper

Question 8

Rights Theory

Answer 8

Concerned with the reason for the action; People’s rights must be valued and protected; Slavery is incorrect because it violates people’s rights

Question 9

Which theory does the USA govern under?

Answer 9

Rights theory

Question 10

Whistleblower

Answer 10

A person who sounds the alarm when wrongdoings occur; Can be seen as martyrs or traitors

Question 11

Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989

Answer 11

Protects federal employees who report fraud, waste, and fraud within the government

Question 12

PA & Whistleblowers

Answer 12

State has a law the provides no employer may discharge or retaliate against an employee because of a good faith report

Question 13

Keveney v. Missouri Military Academy

Answer 13

Employee fired for reporting abuse within academy; Ruling established that employee is allowed to pursue a wrongful discharge action because his failure to report it would be an illegal act

Question 14

Sexual Harassment

Answer 14

A form of gender discrimination

Question 15

Quid Pro Quo

Answer 15

Employee is expected to give into sexual demands or suffer the loss of a benefit

Question 16

Hostile Environment

Answer 16

Employee is subjected to sexual harangues and obscenities in the workplace

Question 17

Lyle v. Warner Brothers

Answer 17

Woman fired and then filed sexual harassment claim against company; Ruling established that Title VII does not prohibit all verbal/physical harassment; Plaintiff lost because FRIENDS was a show about sexual humor

Question 18

International Business Ethics

Answer 18

Attempts to deal with problems of what to do in circumstances where ethical morals and dilemmas exit as a result of different cultural practices

Question 19

Foreign Corruption Practice Act

Answer 19

Prohibits bribing when doing international business

Question 20

Ethics

Answer 20

Moral principles that govern a person’s behavior or the conducting of an activity