Which of the following is not a provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX)?
a) protection for whistleblowers
b) creation of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
c) establishment of an anonymous reporting mechanism for employees to report fraud
d) auditors cannot engage in consulting work for companies they are auditing without
approval from the client’s audit committee
e) none of the above
___________ represent(s) either or lack of virtue or an excess of virtue.
a) egoism
b) vices
c) deontology
d) self-interest
e) none of the above
Some organizations reduce the carbon waste on Earth by purchasing ______________
equivalent to their carbon footprint.
a) green philanthropy
b) Cap and Trades
c) carbon calculators
d) carbon offsets
e) none of the above
Dependency on slave labor ________________ during the Industrial Revolution.
a) increased
b) decreased
c) stayed the same
d) was outlawed
e) was eliminated
Which of the following is not a factor of organizational citizenship behavior?
a) helping behavior
b) organizational loyalty
c) organizational compliance
d) legal behavior
e) civic virtue
Aristotle professes that the path to individual and community happiness requires
development of all but which of the following factors:
a) health
b) wealth
c) intellectual virtue
d) moral virtue
e) none of the above
The type of ethical role model a manager chooses to be will reflect his/her level of:
a) skill
b) leadership
c) moral development
d) authority
e) none of the above
Tools that can assist with enhancing ethical behavior in the workplace can include all
but which of the following?
a) performance appraisals
b) surveying actual behaviors
c) surveying performance according to the organization’s codes
d) exploring ideal employee attitudes and behaviors
e) none of the above
A concern with the deontological approach to ethical decision making involves
acknowledging:
a) universal principles are relative
b) it may prove impossible, impractical or undesirable in practice
c) managers must make decisions motivated only by virtue
d) all of the above
e) none of the above
_____________ is a particular type of theft and fraud whereby an employee steals
money from his/her employer.
a) Theft
b) Fraud
c) Embezzlement
d) all of the above
e) none of the above
___________ is the use of one’s occupation for personal enrichment through the
deliberate misuse or misapplication of the employing organization’s resources or assets.
a) Theft
b) Fraud
c) Embezzlement
d) all of the above
e) none of the above
The _________________________ was created in 1999 as a way to track the financial
performance of leading sustainability-driven companies.
a) Cap and Trade
b) S&P Index
c) Dow Jones Sustainability Index
d) New York Sustainable Stock Exchange
e) none of the above
When hiring, it is ethical and legal to discriminate based on all but which of the
following characteristics?
a) previous job experience
b) potential productivity
c) national origin
c) educational level
e) none of the above
Which of the following characteristics cannot be measured by personality tests?
a) tendencies toward conscientiousness
b) tendencies toward citizenship behavior
c) tendencies toward social dominance orientation
d) mental disabilities
e) none of the above
______________ refers to the ability of a stakeholder to impose its will on the business;
it can be transitory.
a) Power
b) Legitimacy
c) Urgency
d) Primary
e) none of the above
The type of energy a nation uses to fuel its economy is primarily a ____________
decision.
a) cost-benefit analysis
b) political
c) thoughtful
d) impossible
e) uncontroversial
The team ___________ process described in the chapter helps access each member’s
unique knowledge and helps generate solutions with the highest likelihood of achieving
superior performance.
a) pinch theory
b) constructive conflict
c) problem-solving
d) strategic planning
e) none of the above
Two important levers for ensuring high-quality and ethical performance are:
a) work goals and employee performance appraisals
b) salary caps and incentive compensation
c) incentive compensation and bonuses
d) Codes of Conduct and Codes of Ethics
e) none of the above
Scholars distinguish among four forms of organizational justice: procedural,
informational, interactional and ___________ justice.
a) fair
b) engaged
c) distributive
d) autonomous
e) none of the above
In general, ethically approachable managers embody _____________ behaviors.
a) dissenting
b) virtuous
c) inconsistent
d) all of the above
e) none of the above
Mitchel, Agle and Wood developed a typology of stakeholder characteristics that
categorize stakeholders and issues based on three attributes: power, ____________, and
urgency.
a) primary
b) legitimacy
c) interpenetration
d) all of the above
e) none of the above
Which of the following are not among the six values continually expressed in corporate
Codes of Ethics?
a) caring
b) respect
c) fairness
d) all of the above
e) none of the above
A useful measure for assessing virtue ethics in ethical leaders focuses on the
_____________ emphasized by Aristotle.
a) ten commandments
b) Golden Rule
c) cardinal virtues
d) all of the above
e) none of the above
Unlawful discrimination can occur in which of the following situations?
a) the front end, by excluding candidates from the hiring pool
b) the back end, by intentional or unintentional choices at the hiring stage
c) during employment, in retention and promotion processes
d) all of the above
e) none of the above
Following high-profile corporate scandals including Enron and WorldCom, Congress
passed a set of legislations known as _________________, which requires the
disclosure of the presence or absence of a Code of Ethics for senior financial officers.
a) the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
b) the Corporate Code of Conduct
c) the Federal Sentencing Guidelines
d) the Human Resource Management Code
e) none of the above
Ethical behavior models provide which of the following:
a) rationalizations for questionable decision making
b) frameworks for decision making based on rational principles
c) fail-safe solutions to moral dilemmas
d) all of the above
e) none of the above
In 1990, Congress passed Clean Air Act amendments to address the problem of
__________, associated with destruction caused by fossil fuels originating from
coal-fired power plants.
a) acid rain
b) Cap and Trade
c) CFCs
d) carbon dioxide
e) none of the above
An organization’s ___________ describes what an organization does and for whom.
a) Code of Conduct
b) Code of Ethics
c) vision statement
d) strategic plan
e) mission statement
Which of the following were not among reported ethical misconducts undertaken to
benefit the individual, according to a 2009 Ethics Resource Center survey?
a) improper hiring practices
b) discrimination
c) internet abuse
d) bribes
e) sexual harassment
The position serving as a deterrent against managerial abuse of power and other
unethical activities, a concept which originated in government, is known as a(n)
____________.
a) ethics and compliance officer
b) whistleblower
c) ombudsperson
d) manager
e) none of the above