The money that PACs donate to political candidates has brought about great benefit to
the political system.
Our goals for business focus solely on the production and distribution of goods and
services.
One of the primary problems associated with electronic commerce has been the
proliferation of online scams.
By definition, sexual harassment cannot take place between two parties of the same sex.
Social screening is the mechanism by which socially conscious investors choose their
investment advisors.
Stakeholders are the owners of shares in a corporation.
Outsourcing has invariably provided excellent results for the companies utilizing that
strategy.
Society’s moral climate does not have a direct impact on organizational ethics.
The category of people labeled as Hispanic is actually a very diverse group.
Traditionally, the Food and Drug Administration’s primary concern has been the “War
on Drugs.”
Social responsible investing is a very new concept, originating in the early 1990s.
Normative ethics depends on whether “everyone is doing it” to justify moral decisions
and actions.
Public interest in business ethics has heightened over each of the past three decades.
The best protection employers can offer is to establish a zero-tolerance policy toward
workplace violence against or by their employees.
In the book Globality, business is about competing with everyone from everywhere for
everything.
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) is attempting to overcome one of the major
obstacles to the advance of effective social auditing by providing standardized measures
for social reporting.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission receives and investigates
employment discrimination charges and complaints.
Corporate philanthropy involves primarily the giving of financial resources, and
managerial time and talent.
In reality, the conventional and strategic management approaches to issues management
have much in common.
The primary ethical argument in favor of drug testing is the responsibility companies
have to their employees and the public to provide safe workplaces, secure asset
protection, and safe places in which to transact business.
A limited warranty means that the company guarantees all parts of the product and all
types of defects, but only for a limited period of time.
The EEOC monitors employer use of background checks.
Cause-related marketing is one of the clearest examples of corporate philanthropy.
Because of widespread concern over water pollution, toxic chemicals are no longer
dumped into U.S. lakes and rivers.
The state laws that address drug testing usually ban them altogether.
Chief Privacy Officers (CPOs) are now primarily using a narrow, legal-compliance
approach to privacy issues.
The overriding principle for corporations collecting employee information is to collect
all information possible.
Consumers are readily pursuing green products.
Descriptive ethics is concerned with studying and describing the morality of a particular
group of people.
Advertising hard liquor on television used to be illegal in the United States.
The narrow view of corporate citizenship focuses solely on
A.ecological issues.
B.employee relations.
C.corporate community relations.
D.stakeholder management.
The most important issue in corporate community involvement is
A.crimes or public safety.
B.K-12 education.
C.housing.
D.health and wellness.
Which of the following is not a reason that PAC money is so influential?
A.It is easy for politicians to get.
B.The cost of getting elected is rising quickly.
C.Politicians are dependent on it.
D.There are no strings attached to it.
Which of the following is not one the broad issues facing MNCs in their relationships
with host countries?
A.cultural aspects
B.business/government interactions
C.exploration of global markets
D.religious and other traditional holidays
Cause branding is similar to cause-related marketing, but
A.is done with more dissimilar organizations.
B.is a more formalized arrangement.
C.is a longer term commitment.
D.is usually less successful.
Boards are now being tougher on CEOs for all of the following reasons except
A.increasing diversity on boards.
B.competitive economic conditions.
C.rising vigilance of outside directors.
D.increasing power of large institutional investors.
Which of the following is not preventing privatization?
A.the global economic recession.
B.service provisions
C.public backlash.
D.high leverage investments in state and local infrastructures.
The Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009
A.statue of limitations is 180 days
B.stipulates that the clock reset each time a paycheck is issued.
C.requires that you be aware of the discrimination promptly.
D.sets discriminatory pay.
Which of the following is not a characteristic of the strategic management approach to
issues management?
A.Issues management is the responsibility of senior management.
B.Issues identification is more important than in more narrowly focused approaches.
C.Issues management helps anticipate and manage internal and external challenges.
D.Issues management is narrowly focused on public policy issues.
All of the following are reasons that government regulation of business is needed
except
A.to ensure that customers and employees are treated fairly.
B.maintain competitive markets.
C.to protect the environment.
D.to ensure that customers and employees are not exposed to unreasonable hazards.
The variation of life forming inside a system is
A.degradation.
B.biodiversity.
C.is an indicator of its efficiency.
D.salinization.
Being a moral manager involves all of the following activities except
A.role modeling.
B.communicating about ethics and values.
C.delegating effectively.
D.using rewards and discipline effectively.
The standard of judicial rule that requires that the policy under review must meet a
compelling government interest and must be narrowly tailored to meet the policy
objectives is called
A.strict interpretation.
B.strict scrutiny.
C.strict construction.
D.strict standard.
All of the following are dimensions of quality except
A.features.
B.conformance.
C.serviceability.
D.objectivity.
An important criticism of total quality management is that it
A.tried to do too much.
B.never did anything to define quality.
C.actually took focus off of the customer.
D.focused too much on adherence to standards, taking the enjoyment out of work.
Three broad ways corporations intersect with society include each of the following
except:
A.generic social issues
B.value chain social impacts
C.strategic social integration
D.social dimensions of competitive context
Provide a short answer to each of these questions. Be sure to fully explain your
answer.
Summarize the concept of African American in Corporate America.
“Functional foods” are all the following except
A.yogurts that claim to ease constipation
B.butter substitutes that reduce your cholesterol
C.Tomato extracts that keep your skill young and ward off cancer
D.foods that claim to negatively affect your health functioning
Advertising claims that cannot be substantiated by evidence are termed
A.misleading.
B.outlandish.
C.understatements.
D.exaggerated claims.
In the Montreal Protocol of 1987, most of the nations that produced or used CFCs
agreed to
A.a gradual phase-out of those materials.
B.limit future use of CFCs to amounts produced in that year.
C.an immediate ban on all CFCs.
D.a quick phase-out of CFCs.
The personal level of ethical challenges include situations we face in our personal lives
A.at work.
B.and in our families.
C.outside of the work context.
D.and spiritual lives.
The exception that protects employees from being fired because they refuse to commit
crimes or take advantage of privileges to which they are entitled by law is
A.common law.
B.the employee protection principle.
C.the public policy exception.
D.the fair employment loophole.
After the 1950s, most Congressional legislation that affected business was
A.economic in nature.
B.concerned largely with the quality of life.
C.supportive of business.
D.aimed at promoting competition.
Chemicals or mixtures that may present unreasonable risks of injury to health or to the
environment are called
A.industrial wastes.
B.water pollution.
C.toxic substances.
D.radioactive material.
The ____ argument against CSR focuses on the consequence of the requirement that
business must internalize costs that it formerly passed on to society in the form of dirty
air run safe products which might necessitate raising prices.
A.Resources Available
B.Business not equipped
C.Dilutes Business purpose
D.Global Competitiveness
Which of the following is not one of the steps in the strategic management process?
A.goal formulation
B.strategy implementation
C.problem identification
D.environmental analysis
Reports of studies explaining and estimating the ecological ramifications of
questionable practices and irreversible uses of resources and proposing detailed,
reasonable alternatives to these practices and uses are
A.triple bottom line reports.
B.social needs statements.
C.environmental impact statements.
D.engineering assessment studies.
Television raises our level of awareness about business in all of the following ways
except
A.news programs.
B.prime-time programs.
C.pay-per-view programs.
D.commercials.
Users of technology in the workplace indicate that all of the following are benefits
except
A.expanding job-related knowledge.
B.relieving job stress.
C.improving communication with clients and customers.
D.allowing more leisure time.
Which of the following did not contribute to the development of the public affairs
function?
A.community relations
B.lobbying
C.public relations
D.marketing
The social movement that seeks to augment the rights and powers of buyers in relation
to sellers is
A.caveat emptor.
B.buyer beware.
C.consumerism.
D.purchaser power.
Selling products and services online is known as
A.e-commerce.
B.e-marketing.
C.electronic persuasion.
D.simulated marketing.
The EEOC defines a disability as
A.anything that keeps a person from doing what an average person can do.
B.limits physical or mental capacities in any way.
C.a condition that substantially limits one or more of the employee’s major life
activities.
D.a state of mind that keeps a person from performing basic life functions.
The part of corporate social responsibility that focuses on activities and practices that
are expected by society, but not codified into law, is
A.economic.
B.legal.
C.ethical.
D.philanthropic.
Provide a short answer to each of these questions. Be sure to fully explain your
answer.
In Carroll’s four-part definition of corporate social responsibility, he includes
philanthropic responsibilities, yet he describes these as voluntary or discretionary.
Explain this seeming contrast between a responsibility and a voluntary activity.
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.
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.
Describe the different types of self-regulation in advertising. Which type do you think is
most effective? Why?
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.
Describe the two types of commonly recognized sexual harassment.
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.
What are the consequences of the rise in older workers in the workplace?
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.
Compare and contrast the models for responding to potential whistle-blowing
situations.
Provide a short answer to each of these questions. Be sure to fully explain your
answer.
Stakeholders present both opportunities and challenges to the firm. Why does the
textbook choose to focus only on the challenges?
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.
Church groups are key members in the shareholder activist movement. One way that
they gain access to corporate executives is by purchasing a small amount of stock and
holding it a certain length of time (state laws usually dictate how much they need to buy
and how long they need to hold it), which then allows them to introduce shareholder
resolutions at stockholder meetings. Should small investors be able to wield influence
like this, which arguably goes beyond their financial stake in the firm?
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.
Provide a short answer to each of these questions. Be sure to fully explain your
answer.
Describe what is meant by “wicked problems” and why they are considered so
problematic.
Provide a short answer to each of these questions. Be sure to fully explain your
answer.
The authors discuss the rights movement as a contributing factor in the climate that is
critical of business. What are “rights?”
Provide a short answer to each of these questions. Be sure to fully explain your
answer.
Discuss the differing philosophies held by MNCs and less-developed host countries.
Which philosophy do you think is more appropriate?
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.
Provide a short answer to each of these questions. Be sure to fully explain your
answer.
Explain why Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) was formed.
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.
Using the managerial approach discussed in the textbook, discuss the topic of
ecological damage and sustainability as they relate to business.