The technology related to the Internet has shifted the burden onto individual employees
to monitor their own workplace activities.
The stages of the issues management process are easily separable; thus each can be
assigned to a specialist with the public affairs office.
News shows are the only type of programming on television that has contributed to
criticism of business.
Some authors now argue that stakeholder inclusion is the key to corporate success.
Penalties under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act can include fines and prison terms.
The primary factor behind the transition from a relatively simple business model to the
highly complex state we now have is public recognition that the business organization
is no longer the sole property or interest of its owners.
The CSR Pyramid is a stakeholder model–that is, each of its components addresses
different stakeholders.
The effects of advertising have clearly had a net negative effect on society.
Like most activist groups, the environmental interest groups have had little success
dealing with business.
Over one-half of the world’s largest economies are not nation-states, but are MNCs.
In practical terms, the socially responsible firm must be a good corporate citizen.
The forces that most often come into conflict with ethics in a business setting are
economic and social.
Public interest in the relationship between government and business has always been
low.
The main reason for global warming is overpopulation.
Studies of whistle-blowers indicate that many are praised by their peers and managers,
and often receive promotions for their actions.
Integrity tests, unlike the polygraph, are not subject to legal constraints on their use.
The most effective form of communication during a crisis is one that is reactive.
One way to resolve ethical conflicts between an MNC’s home country and host country
is to simply stop doing business in the host country.
Federal privacy protections were eroded after the 9/11 attacks.
The issue at the heart of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act is protection for whistle-blowers.
Because of the difficulty in coordinating the effort, grassroots lobbying is no longer
used extensively.
Some people in the United States are concerned that the legitimate protective status of
certain categories is giving way to victim status.
The ethical principle of rights is categorized as a teleological theory.
The greening of business is limited to industrialized countries and advanced economies.
The transactional level of stakeholder management capability requires companies to
compete on the basis of their financial strength and tangible assets.
The basis of the employment-at-will doctrine is found in common law principles.
Surveys in the United States show that people are about evenly split on the idea of
human cloning.
A child’s assumption that he or she will have a higher standard of living than the
previous generation is called the revolution of rising expectations.
The formulation stage of the issues management process involves designing the firm’s
response to the issues facing it.
The relationship between government and business is limited to government’s influence
over business.
So many loopholes in federal regulations have been closed that the only way for
business to circumvent regulations is by avoiding taxes.
Leadership is the primary factor in improving an organization’s ethical climate.
Part of the price we pay for the advances in technology is that information about us is
stored in dozens of places.
Making profits and addressing social concerns are not mutually exclusive.
Most of the challenges to the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act were based on the right
to free speech.
Top managers who adopt a more open mindset for the issues that their subordinates
consider important are said to be “buying” those issues.
Provide a short answer to each of these questions. Be sure to fully explain your
answer.
Provide and example of how the FCPA has cracked down on corrupt practices.
In 2010, OSHA created a sever violator enforcement program designed.
A.increase inspections and fines for all employers
B.target employers with continual non-compliance
C.to be easy to maintain
D.limit OSHA staffing due to the global recession
Which of the following is not one of the top consumer product categories most
frequently associated with injuries requiring hospital treatment?
A.sports and recreational activities
B.home structures and construction materials
C.home furnishings and fixtures
D.automobiles
Ethical leadership is founded on two pillars. These are
A.rewards and punishments.
B.the manager as a moral person and a moral manager.
C.ethical climate and ethics training.
D.ethics principles and ethics tests.
Which of the following is not part of CARU’s guidelines for advertising directed toward
children under the age of twelve?
A.take into account the maturity, knowledge, and sophistication of the audience
B.do not exploit the imaginations of young children
C.incorporate minority and other groups into the advertising
D.consider the socioeconomic level of the audience
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Regulation FD is designed to
A.streamline the trading process.
B.change stock trading prices to the decimal system.
C.allow small investors to benefit from insider trading.
D.limit the common practice of selective disclosure.
Which of the following is not an assumption we make when we use issues
management?
A.Issues can be identified earlier and more completely than in the past.
B.Early anticipation of issues gives the firm more options.
C.Issues are so complex that firms have little chance to resolve them favorably.
D.The firm will be able to identify stakeholders earlier than in the past.
Most people use some type of ethical principle when making decisions about a moral
dilemma.
The dilemma of deregulation is
A.to enhance competition within the industry without harming workers’ status.
B.to enhance competition within the industry without sacrificing applicable social
regulations.
C.to prevent monopolies without allowing hypercompetition.
D.to provide business more freedom without completely abandoning governmental
authority.
Employee rights can be based on any of the following except
A.economic grounds.
B.religious grounds.
C.legal grounds.
D.ethical grounds.
The ____ is a result of the growing numbers of individuals and groups who see
themselves as having been victimized by society.
A.Rights Movement
B.Entitlement Mentality
C.Revolution of Rising Expectations
D.Victimization philosophy
Provide a short answer to each of these questions. Be sure to fully explain your
answer.
The diversity chair for the Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM) stated,
“Race was the sacrificial lamb to launch diversity and make it palatable to corporate
America.” What does she mean?
The implementation phase of the issues management process does not include
A.formulation of responses.
B.putting the plan into action.
C.evaluating the results of the response.
D.monitoring the results.
Which of the following is not an element of effective ethics programs?
A.compliance standards
B.systems for monitoring, auditing, and reporting
C.delegation of authority
D.enforcement
Personal liability for a corporate board member means that
A.directors have a legal obligation to pay all debts of the corporation.
B.directors have a legal obligation to pay all debts of the corporation if the company
cannot.
C.directors may be sued for breach of fiduciary duty.
D.directors have a personal responsibility to the shareholders.
Many think of Asian Americans’ quiet achievements as
A.evidence of their superior intelligence.
B.unfair because they have been given preferential treatment.
C.a temporary situation that will change with education reform.
D.passivity.
The perceived validity or appropriateness of a stakeholder’s claim is referred to as
A.power.
B.legitimacy.
C.urgency.
D.coercion.
Workers’ trust in their employers is
A.at an all-time high.
B.a reciprocal relationship.
C.based on the employee rights movement.
D.higher in small companies than in large firms.
The right to receive an impartial review of one’s complaints and to be dealt with fairly
is known as
A.the right to a fair and speedy trial.
B.the right to trial by a jury of one’s peers.
C.good faith bargaining.
D.due process.
A community, nation, or broad grouping of people having common traditions, values,
institutions, and collective activities and interests is a
A.society.
B.culture.
C.population.
D.network.
A strong industrial policy:
A.is present in most developing countries.
B.is a term heard continuously.
C.is government intervention.
D.helps firms compete in a fast-moving global economy.
Which one of the following is not a difference between the old social contract and the
new?
A.lifetime careers with one employer vs. fewer life careers
B.loyalty to employer vs. loyalty to self and profession
C.focus on team accomplishments vs. focus on team building
D.stable positions vs. temporary assignments
Government influences business through all of the following nonregulatory methods
except
A.being a major employer.
B.being a standard setter.
C.requiring equal employment opportunities be granted to job applicants.
D.providing transfer payments.
Orphan sites are
A.land sites with renewable energy sources
B.superfund sites where money from the original polluter has been exhausted or no
responsibility party can be found
C.deforestation plots
D.water spills
The strategic management approach to issues management takes a ____ view of the
process.
A.narrow
B.broad
C.futuristic
D.historical
What is the final stage in Business Week’s five-step process in managing crises?
A.identifying areas of vulnerability
B.developing a plan for dealing with threats
C.forming crisis teams
D.learning from experience
The ethics and global strategy plan for improving global business ethics has as its
central idea
A.placing ethics ahead of profits as the number one priority.
B.focusing on human rights rather than profits.
C.employing only hypernorms for the MNC’s ethical standards.
D.utilizing ethical standards as significant inputs into top-level strategy formulation and
implementation.
If we consider the stakeholder typology, and the three attributes of power, group
number one on the top outside is called:
A.A dormant stakeholder
B.A dangerous stakeholder
C.A demanding stakeholder
D.A nonstakeholder
Guidelines for designing a drug testing program include all of the following except
A.any report to the employer should provide only the information needed for work
placement purposes or as required by government regulations.
B.companies would provide clear documentation of the reason for conducting the drug
testing.
C.companies should have written policies and procedures applied impartially.
D.all level of employees should be subject to drug testing.
A survey by the American Management Association revealed that
A.66 percent of employers monitor their employees.
B.virtually every company has an emergency plan for terrorist attacks.
C.over 90 percent of American companies have employee assistance programs (EAPs).
D.obtain express consent from employees before they begin monitoring efforts.
All of the following are questions that capture the central meaning of ethics except
A.what is?
B.what happened?
C.what ought to be?
D.what is our motivation?
Most experts say that privacy means
A.being able to approve all uses of personal information.
B.the right to keep personal affairs to oneself and to know how information about one is
being used.
C.the right to deny all requests for personal information.
D.the right for personal information to not be shared with any users other than the ones
that already have access to it.
Provide a short answer to each of these questions. Be sure to fully explain your
answer.
According the text, the overriding questions that enterprise-level strategy needs to
address is, “What do we stand for?” Why is that question considered so important?
Provide a short answer to each of these questions. Be sure to fully explain your
answer.
Discuss the benefits and problems associated with labeling genetically modified foods
(GMFs).
Provide a short answer to each of these questions. Be sure to fully explain your
answer.
Briefly explain how reverse discrimination evolves from affirmative action.
Provide a short answer to each of these questions. Be sure to fully explain your
answer.
Evaluate the use of GPS to monitor the activities and locales of employees.
Provide a short answer to each of these questions. Be sure to fully explain your
answer.
Consider an anecdote of a woman renting a car in California and being charged a large
penalty because she drove out of state. The rental car company had tracked her locales
through a global positioning system (GPS), allegedly without telling the woman that
they would be doing so. Apparently the woman was upset because she was not told
about the GPS. Is the failure to tell her the main issue?
Provide a short answer to each of these questions. Be sure to fully explain your
answer.
The Food and Drug Administration may be asked to regulate the pet food industry, over
the objections of some who claim that to do so would be a way to protect the industry.
Evaluate both sides of this debate.
Utilize the knowledge you have gained to respond to the following essay questions.
Your answers should state your position and use logical arguments and content
from this and other chapters in the textbook to support it.
In the example of whistle-blowing in which the Bradley Fighting Vehicle was
improperly manufactured and tested, the U.S. Army attempted to avoid an investigation
into the matter. Why would the Army, whose soldiers would be using the defective
vehicles, want to cover it up?
Utilize the knowledge you have gained to respond to the following essay questions.
Your answers should state your position and use logical arguments and content
from this and other chapters in the textbook to support it.
Pick a company that you are interested in (maybe you or your parent work there, or it is
a company that you would like to work for). Research its giving history. What did you
find out? Is it clear how the program fits with the firm’s business activities?
Utilize the knowledge you have gained to respond to the following essay questions.
Your answers should state your position and use logical arguments and content
from this and other chapters in the textbook to support it.
Evaluate the Minnesota HEALS project, funded by General Mills. Was this an
appropriate use of corporate funds?
Provide a short answer to each of these questions. Be sure to fully explain your
answer.
What impact did the Lily Ledbetter Act have on employee testing?
Provide a short answer to each of these questions. Be sure to fully explain your
answer.
One answer that has been provided to combat the sinking status of ethics officers is for
them to “manage ethics upward,” i.e., overseeing the ethical practices of officers above
them in the organization chart. Evaluate the potential effectiveness of this solution.
Provide a short answer to each of these questions. Be sure to fully explain your
answer.
According to the textbook, Dow Chemical, which bought Union Carbide in 2001, is
still subjected to claims by the survivors of the Bhopal disaster. Based on your
understanding of the incident and its aftermath, determine whether or not Dow should
continue to be liable to the victims of Bhopal.
Provide a short answer to each of these questions. Be sure to fully explain your
answer.
Assume that you are the general manager at a plant that will be closing in one year. It is
a small plant, and so is not subject to the Worker Adjustment and Retraining
Notification Act (WARN). Should you give your employees advance notice of the
closing? Why or why not?
Provide a short answer to each of these questions. Be sure to fully explain your
answer.
What is the focus of sustainability?
Provide a short answer to each of these questions. Be sure to fully explain your
answer.
Describe the issues development process.
Utilize the knowledge you have gained to respond to the following essay questions.
Your answers should state your position and use logical arguments and content
from this and other chapters in the textbook to support it.
Powers and Vogel have suggested that there are six major elements or capacities that are
essential to making moral judgments: (1) moral imagination, (2) moral identification
and ordering, (3) moral evaluation, (4) tolerance of moral disagreement and ambiguity,
(5) integration of managerial and moral competence, and (6) a sense of moral
obligation. What is the link of each of these to personal and organizational ethics?
Provide a short answer to each of these questions. Be sure to fully explain your
answer.
Discuss the shortcomings of the whistle-blower portion of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
Provide a short answer to each of these questions. Be sure to fully explain your
answer.
The Workplace Violence Research Institute reports that each workday an estimated
16,400 threats are made, 723 workers are attacked, and 43,800 are harassed. Discuss
OSHA’s Recommendations for preventing workplace violence and how firms can use
the recommendations to protect their employees.
Provide a short answer to each of these questions. Be sure to fully explain your
answer.
Describe what the text means by ‘sustainable strategic management.”