105) The ________ step in ethical decision making helps businesspeople know if their decision
process is working and if changes should be made to ensure greater compliance with a code of
ethics.
A) judging the ethics of the proposed decision
B) auditing past decisions
C) establishing a moral intent
D) involving moral imagination
E) identifying the concerned stakeholders
106) Jalen is the ethics officer at TurboLife. His responsibilities would include
A) auditing decisions to make sure they are consistent with the company’s moral principles.
B) implementing ethnocentric principles.
C) ensuring that the economic interest of stakeholders is given prime importance.
D) training managers to avoid moral imagination and veil of ignorance.
E) informing external stakeholders about the moral consequences of a decision.
107) When an employee says no to a supervisor because what he or she was asked to do was
unethical, it exhibits the employee’s
A) moral courage.
B) organizational citizenship.
C) ethical dilemma.
D) cross-cultural literacy.
E) cultural relativism.
108) ________ is the idea that businesspeople should consider the social consequences of
economic actions when making business decisions, and that there should be a presumption in favor
of decisions that have both good economic and social consequences.
A) Factor endowment
B) Tragedy of the commons
C) Corporate dynamism
D) Corporate social responsibility
E) Economies of scale
109) In a business setting, the term noblesse oblige refers to
A) benevolent behavior that is considered the responsibility of successful enterprises.
B) obliging a government official with the expectation of a reciprocal favor.
C) wealthy corporations abusing their power for private gain.
D) preferential treatment received by successful companies from governments.
E) tax exemptions that are given only to local companies but not to foreign companies.
110) Describe how violation of the apartheid laws by Western businesses helped improve human
rights in South Africa.
111) Discuss how ethical choices and social responsibility issues come up because of differing
environmental regulations.
112) Describe the global tragedy of the commons and provide an example of this situation.
113) Describe the relationship between corrupt practices and grease payments.
114) Define an ethical dilemma and describe a hypothetical situation in which a manager faces an
ethical dilemma while working in a host country.
115) Discuss any two straw men approaches to business ethics.
116) Compare and contrast cultural relativism and righteous moralism.
117) Discuss the utilitarian approach to business ethics and examine its weaknesses.
118) Describe how the veil of ignorance plays a role in John Rawls’s principles of justice.
119) Discuss some steps an international business and its managers can take to make sure ethical
issues are considered in business decisions.
120) Discuss the link between the concept of sustainability and the tragedy of the commons.
121) Explain corporate social responsibility and describe how the concept of noblesse oblige
factors into this concept.