Which of the following is the philosopher who argued that the “invisible hand” of the
market will be a greater benefit to society than any attempt to directly benefit society?
A. Adam Smith
B. John Stuart Mill
C. John Rawls
D. Immanuel Kant
Answer:
According to Kant, the third form of the Categorical Imperative is which of the
following?
A. Act so that you treat humanity, whether in your own person or in that of another,
always as an end and never as a means only.
B. Act only in that way that you would want another to act toward you.
C. Act only according to that maxim by which you can at the same time will that it
should become a universal law
D. Act only so that the will through its maxims could regard itself at the same time as
universally lawgiving.
Answer:
Which of the following is a moral basis for disclosure of corporate information?
A. Each person has the right to know those actions of others that could benefit him.
B. Each person has the right to any information about a company he desires.
C. Each person has the right to enter a transaction fairly and thus is required to inform
others of his intent.
D. Each person has the right to know those actions of others that will serious and
adversely affect him.
Answer:
Which of the following rights involves the punishment due a law-breaker or evildoer?
A. distributive justice
B. retributive justice
C. commutative justice
D. procedural justice
Answer:
Which of the following is an example of screening information that is provided for one
purpose to see if new useful information can be derived about customers?
A. Data mining
B. Hacking
C. Cracking
D. Monitoring
Answer:
For a virtue ethicist, which of the following would be why bribery would be considered
wrong?
A. it is not universalizable
B. it is contrary to developing good character
C. it treats peoples as means to an end
D. it does not bring about the greatest good
Answer:
For the EU and the WTO, a small business is one with how many employees?
A. 51-100
B. 50 or fewer
C. 101-200
D. 201-300
Answer:
Which of the following is the Marxist response to the notion of a just wage?
A. A just wage is a wage that provides the worker with the means to live a prosperous
life.
B. A just wage is whatever the market will bear.
C. Wages cannot ever by just because all wage labor involves exploitation.
D. Wages can only be just if the wage is just compensation for the labor expended.
Answer:
What is the second step in the assessment of safety?
A. Deciding how much safety is demanded with respect to a particular product or
activity.
B. Determining how much safety is attainable and how to attain it in a given endeavor.
C. Ascertaining whether a particular instance of a product or activity comes up to
standards of safety.
D. Lowering the level of risk until it is found, by the ordinary person, to be acceptable.
Answer:
Which of the following is not a Marxist critique of nineteenth-century capitalism?
A. Capitalism is inherently immoral because it promotes the benefit of the whole of
society rather than any particular group.
B. Capitalism is inherently immoral because it cannot exist without robbing the worker
of his due.
C. Capitalism is inherently immoral because it necessarily involves the alienation of
human beings.
D. Capitalism is inherently immoral because it protects the vested interest of the few.
Answer:
Which of the following is the non-Marxist critique of American capitalism that involves
the view that the government overtaxes the population to produce unnecessary war
materiel?
A. The military-industrial complex
B. False needs and overproduction
C. Inequalities inherent in the system
D. Exploitation
Answer:
From an ethical perspective, which is the proper response with regards to the length of a
copyright?
A. Ethics cannot provide a specific period.
B. The longer contemporary period is better than the shorter historical period.
C. The shorter historical period is better than the longer contemporary period.
D. Both the shorter historical period and the longer contemporary period are best for
their time periods
Answer:
Which of the following would justify paying a professor of humanities a different
amount that paying a professor of computer science if all other things like publications,
class sizes, and the like were equal?
A. Computer science is a harder discipline than the humanities.
B. The humanities are harder disciplines than computer science.
C. Professors of computer science tend to be paid more, and thus, it is reasonable to
continue the practice.
D. A professor of humanities is in less demand outside academia than a professor of
computer science.
Answer:
The rule of “last on, first off” with respect to firing policies protects which of the
following?
A. The rights of junior members of a firm to job security
B. The job security of middle management.
C. Seniority rights to job security
D. The pension rights of new employees.
Answer:
If a bank robber puts a gun to a bank teller’s head and tells him to hand over the money
in the cash drawer, which of the following excusing conditions would limit the teller’s
moral responsibility?
A. lack of control
B. external coercion
C. the absence of alternatives
D. internal coercion
Answer:
According to Kant, all people should be treated in which of the following ways?
A. As an end in themselves.
B. As a means, if the end is desired.
C. As a means to an end.
D. As an end as long as the means are considered.
Answer:
Which of the following common business practices is roughly analogous to the utility
calculus?
A. system analysis
B. marketing research
C. public relations
D. cost-benefit analysis
Answer:
Which of the following is expressed by the norm to “do no intentional direct harm?”
A. the moral maximum
B. the moral mean
C. the moral median
D. the moral minimum
Answer:
Which of the following conditions is necessary for whistle-blowing to be morally
permissible, but not morally obligatory?
A. The whistle-blower has documented evidence that would convince a reasonable,
impartial observer that one’s view of the situation is correct, and that the company’s
product poses a serious danger to the public.
B. The employee has good reason to believe that by going public, the necessary changes
will be brought about.
C. The whistle-blower has reason to believe that he/she will be seen as failing to be
loyal to the company.
D. The employee has exhausted the internal procedures and possibilities within the
firm, maybe even to the board of directors.
Answer:
Which of the following represent reasons for multinational corporations to operate in
less developed countries (LDCs)?
A. highly trained labor, tax incentives, scarce resources
B. cheap labor, available resources, tax shelters
C. good infrastructure, well-educated populace, textile factories
D. strong currency, developed bureaucracies, decent healthcare
Answer:
Which level of moral development does Kohlberg call the “principled level”?
A. Level I
B. Level IV
C. Level III
D. Level II
Answer:
Which of the following is necessary for sound moral action, on a virtue view?
A. Moral luck
B. An attention paid to the means
C. Strong emotional commitments
D. Sound moral judgment
Answer:
Which of the following aspects of the quality of work life has to do with the greater and
greater repetition of tasks?
A. The Attitude of the Worker toward Work
B. Relations of the Workers among Themselves
C. Organization of the Work Performed
D. Conditions of Labor
Answer:
Which of the following needs that the American government has sought to meet has to
do with caring for those ignored by the free enterprise system?
A. Development of a welfare safety net
B. Provision of common goods
C. Control of economic cycles
D. Correction of unfair tendencies and of market failures
Answer:
The restriction of multinationals from lobbying against reforms or laws that protect
workers or consumers is an expression of which norm?
A. Promote the development of just background institutions internally.
B. Respect the human rights of workers
C. Do no intentional direct harm
D. Respect the laws of a host country.
Answer:
Which of the following would be the conclusion a virtue ethicist might make of one
who reacts to strong temptation by habitually giving in to it?
A. The person has an excellent character.
B. The person has an immoral character.
C. The person has a strong character.
D. The person has a weak character.
Answer:
Which of the following categories would knowledge, technology, organization, talents,
and skills fall under?
A. Developed resources
B. Natural resources
C. Manufactured goods
D. Non-manufactured goods
Answer:
Which of the following makes the issue of vehicular pollution different from
industry/factory pollution?
A. The pollution is the result of creating a product for wide consumer consumption.
B. Companies produce the vast majority of their goods for individual consumption.
C. Individuals cannot control the kinds of materials used in the manufacturing process.
D. Individual cars, and thus individual drivers, are the source of the pollution.
Answer:
If I fainted and in the process of fainting, knocked over a lamp, which started a fire,
which sort of excusing condition would limit my moral responsibility for the fire?
A. lack of control
B. external coercion
C. the absence of alternatives
D. internal coercion
Answer:
What does it mean for an action to be subjectively right?
A. An action is subjectively right if it is in conformity with the moral law.
B. An action is subjectively right if a person believes that the action is moral.
C. An action is subjectively right if it promotes the greater good.
D. An action is subjectively right if it advances one’s own self-interest.
Answer:
To which of the following is email legally comparable?
A. regular mail
B. telephone use
C. certified mail
D. none of these
Answer:
For someone in the Kantian tradition, to be moral is the same as being which of the
following?
A. emotional
B. free
C. obedient
D. rational
Answer:
Which of the following is not a criticism of the employment-at-will doctrine.
A. The relationship is not symmetrical because the employee can set the conditions of
employment because it is his or her labor that is purchased.
B. The relationship is not symmetrical because ordinary workers must work to get the
wherewithal to live, and so he is both forced to work and lives in fear of losing his job
if he has no contract guaranteeing him a secure position.
C. The relationship is not symmetrical because ordinary workers are not free to set the
conditions of employment they way the employer is free to set the conditions for the
potential employee.
D. The relationship is not symmetrical because the employee cannot work for whatever
company he or she chooses, but is limited by the openings available and by the choice
or choices offered.
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