Chapter 3 Quiz Flashcards
Lia works for Media Marketing Company. Her job includes putting “spin” on the firm’s successes and failures. In this context, ethics consist of
a. “bad” versus “good” publicity.
b. questions of rightness and wrongness.
c. the firm’s quarterly revenue.
d. whatever is legal.
b
DeLouse Plastics Corporation pays its executives an excessive amount relative to other employees and to what executives at competitive companies are paid. This is most likely to be challenged as
a. illegal and unethical.
b. illegal only.
c. neither illegal nor unethical.
d. unethical only.
d
Sharon, the human resources director for Tempo Corporation, attempts to comply with the law in dealing with applicants and employees. One of the challenges Sharon faces is that the legality of an action is
a. always clear.
b. never clear.
c. sometimes clear.
d. obviously clear.
c
Straitway Company encourages its managers to behave ethically, reasoning that the employees will take their cues from management. One of the most important ways to create and maintain an ethical behavior workplace is for management to
a. demonstrate a commitment to ethical decision making.
b. discreetly engage in unethical or illegal acts.
c. look the other way when an employee engages in an unethical act.
d. direct employees to “do as we say, not as we do.”
a
In business deals, Felipe, the chief executive officer of Glazed Donuts, Inc., follows duty-based ethical standards. These are most likely derived from
a. a corporate ethics code.
b. a cost-benefit analysis.
c. ethical reasoning.
d. the law.
c
Dion, an accountant for Entertainment Sports, Inc., attempts to apply a duty-based approach to ethical reasoning in conflicts that occur on the job. This approach is based on the idea that a person must
a. achieve the greatest good for the most people.
b. avoid unethical behavior regardless of the consequences.
c. conform to society’s ethical standards.
d. place his or her employer’s interest first.
b
Brewster, the chief executive officer of Cog & Gear Lubricants Corporation, wants to ensure that Cog & Gear’s activities are legal and ethical. The best course for Brewster and Cog & Gear is to act
a. in their own self-interest.
b. in good faith.
c. out of ignorance of the law.
d. with regard for the firm’s shareholders only.
b
Corporate Security Company provides other firms with security services. Questions of what is ethical involve the extent to which Corporate Security has
a. a legal duty beyond those duties mandated by ethics.
b. an ethical duty beyond those duties mandated by law.
c. any duty beyond those mandated by both ethics and the law.
d. any duty when it is uncertain whether a legal duty exists.
b
Morgan and other executive officers of Regional Economic Development Associates, Inc., apply the utilitarian theory of ethics in business contexts. Utilitarianism focuses on
a. the consequences of an action.
b. religious beliefs.
c. moral values.
d. the nature of an action.
a
Ricardo suspects his supervisor Simone of unethical accounting practices. But Ricardo does not want to report Simone if she will find out who reported her and fire Ricardo. An important feature of online reporting systems like EthicsPoint is that an employee reporting unethical behavior
a. is financially compensated if he or she is fired as a result of a report.
b. must fully identify themselves when making a report.
c. can do so anonymously.
d. must have additional employee support to make a report.
c
