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Thanks to the EPA, the federal government long ago eliminated the problem of potentially harmful pesticides and other chemical residues in food. Answer: According to Norman Bowie, a discussion of whistle blowing in the 1990s parallels the discussion of civil […]

In the essay, “Is Business Bluffing Ethical?” Albert Carr insists that business a. requires people to behave unethically. b. has nothing to do with morality. c. has its own special moral rules, divorced from ordinary morality. d. requires employees to […]

Economists can prove, if we grant them enough assumptions, that free-market buying and selling lead to optimal results. One of those assumptions is that everyone has full and complete information, on the basis of which they then buy and sell. […]

Deceptive advertising is always legal because we have freedom of speech. Answer: When used properly, personality tests can help screen applicants for jobs by indicating areas of adequacy and inadequacy. Answer: T Many philosophers believe (as Aristotle did) that we […]

The case of MacPherson v. Buick Motor Car in 1916 changed product liability law. As a result of it, the courts a. permitted consumers to sue manufacturers with whom they had no contractual relationships. b. adopted the principle of caveat […]

Kant believed that we should always act a. in such a way that we can will the maxim of our action to be a local law. b. in a way that treats success as an end in itself, never merely […]

Any drug-testing program, assuming it is warranted, must be careful to respect the dignity and rights of the persons to be tested. Answer: Libertarians reject inheritance as a legitimate means of acquiring wealth. Answer: F According to W. D. Ross, […]

The Wagner Act of 1935 a. established the Food and Drug Administration. b. prohibits employers from interfering with employees trying to organize unions. c. guaranteed employers the right of refusing to bargain with union representatives. d. guaranteed the right to […]

Milton Friedman’s perspective is that the only social responsibility of a business is to a. provide social benefit for the messes. b. give jobs to the hard workers. c. pay taxes to keep the government operating. d. make money for […]

The sense of private property that is central to capitalism is the ownership of the means of production and distribution. Answer: Sympathetic strikes are ineffective. Answer: F The idea that corporations will impose their values on us supports one of […]

The 1984 Supreme Court decision in Memphis Firefighters v. Stotts a. treated sexual harassment as a form of discrimination. b. upheld seniority over affirmative action. c. upheld the legality of hiring quotas. d. upheld the legality of mandatory drug testing. […]

Which of the following is true regarding Immanuel Kant’s beliefs? a. He defended a consequentialist theory of right and wrong. b. He believed that all duties are prima facie duties. c. He believed that moral principles rest on empirical data, […]

Male managers frequently assume that women a. will not place family demands above work considerations. b. possess the necessary drive to succeed in business. c. take negative feedback professionally rather than personally. d. are too emotional to be good managers. […]

According to Tom Regan, our considered moral beliefs are those we hold only after we have made a conscientious effort (a) to attain maximum conceptual clarity, (b) to acquire all relevant information, (c) to think about the belief and its […]

A kickback is a kind of bribe. Answer: Fatigue and sleep deprivation are no longer prime causes of industrial accidents. Answer: F An argument is a group of statements, one of which is claimed to follow from the others. Answer: […]

The rights guaranteed in the Bill of Rights are positive rights, not negative rights. Answer: There is a general consensus among philosophers and lawyers about how to define the right to privacy. Answer: F Sympathetic strikes are ineffective. Answer: F […]

Choose the most accurate statement concerning the workplace: a. If wages conform with the law, they are fair wages. b. Employers have no obligation to dismiss workers as painlessly as possible. c. An employer’s financial capabilities affect what constitutes a […]

Which act provides sweeping new legal protection for employees who report possible securities fraud, making it unlawful for companies to “discharge, demote, suspend, threaten, harass, or in any other manner discriminate against” them? a. Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 b. Foreign […]

An assessment of work in America is a. American manufacturing is growing faster than ever. b. American corporations ignore short-term performance. c. manufacturing still employs more people than government. d. many manufacturing companies have become “hollow” or “weightless”. Answer: The […]

John Rawls’ Theory of Justice lays within which type of tradition? a. All for one and one for all. b. Principled living. c. Feudal society. d. Social contract. Answer: The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) outlaws grease payments. Answer: F […]

Which of the following considerations about utilitarianism is correct? a. The great 19th century utilitarians, Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill, believed that pleasure and happiness were different things. b. Unlike Mill, Bentham was only concerned with the amount of […]

Statistics by themselves do not prove discrimination. Answer: Capitalism is possible without private property. Answer: F Egoists only do what they feel like doing. Answer: F What we call capitalism did not fully emerge until the Renaissance in Europe during […]

The Wagner Act of 1935 permitted firing workers because of union membership or union activities. Answer: John Kenneth Galbraith rejects the assumption that Smith’s invisible hand will solve all social and economic problems. Answer: T Externalities are the unintended negative […]

Granting workers new responsibilities and respect can benefit the entire organization. Answer: Job discrimination can be individual or intentional. What are two other forms that job discrimination can take? Answer: It can be individual or institutional, and it can be […]

Rule utilitarians a. believe that the optimal moral code will not normally produce 100% compliance. b. believe that the optimal moral code would consist of only one rule, namely, always act so as to maximize happiness. c. assume that everyone […]

A survey shows that three out of four whites believe that African Americans and Hispanics are more likely than whites to prefer living on welfare, and a majority of whites also believe that African Americans and Hispanics are more likely […]

Anti-discrimination laws do not address the present-day effects of past discrimination. Answer: One of the major characteristics of an organization is the shared acceptance of organizational rules by its members. Answer: T An effective professional or business moral code-as well […]

The “rules of the game” for corporate work are intended to a. let the games begin. b. promote open and free competition. c. destroy the competition. d. make business fun. Answer: Which of the following is true of a regulatory […]

A hypothetical imperative tells us to act as we would want everyone to act in that situation. Answer: Legal paternalism is the doctrine that the law should not be used to restrict the freedom of individuals for their own good. […]

Which of the following is a drawback to the regulatory approach? a. regulation can take away an industry’s incentive to do more than the minimum b. regulation is an incentive to an industry to do more than the minimum c. […]

Job performance and the fairness of the work contract are relevant to the issue of fair wages. Answer: An early 1970s government survey of worker dissatisfaction identified that worker dissatisfaction has been linked to the industry’s preoccupation with quantity, not […]

Which of the following is an accurate statement? a. There is a complete list of adequacy criteria for moral judgments that philosophers all agree on. b. Professional codes are the rules that are supposed to govern the conduct of members […]