Among the most important features employees want in a job are all but which of the
following?
a) job security
b) benefits
c) compensation
d) opportunities to use skills
e) none of the above
Legislation developed in response to the 2008-2010 financial crisis, which includes
rewards for information about securities violations successfully enforced by the
Securities and Exchange Commission, is called the ______________.
a) Dodd-Frank Act
b) Sarbanes-Oxley Act
c) Civil Rights Act
d) False Claims Act
e) none of the above
Illegal or undocumented workers account for approximately what percentage of the
U.S. labor force?
a) 40%
b) 25%
c) 10%
d) 5%
e) none of the above
The U.S. Constitution was written without addressing the issue of slavery to:
a) recognize that slaves were fundamental to the growth of the new nation
b) appease southern states whose economies depended on slaves
c) protect the rights of paid workers
d) all of the above
e) none of the above
Violations are harm-generating behaviors that require forgiveness, which can be applied
through a four-phase model for managers including 1) uncovering phase, 2) decision
phase, 3) ____________, 4) outcome phase.
a) termination phase
b) violation phase
c) forgiveness phase
d) work phase
e) none of the above
Anti-immigration sentiments are often correlated with which of the following factors?
a) the number of laborers exceeding job availability
b) insurmountable differences between ethnic groups
c) wage increases
d) all of the above
e) none of the above
The work of which theorist complements Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, emphasizing the
importance of employees experiencing a need for affiliation and achievement, and adds
the element of a need for power or authority?
a) Jeffrey Skilling
b) David McClelland
c) Abraham Maslow
d) Frederick Herzberg
e) none of the above
Invoking the three “C’s” of engagement is helpful when corporations form long-term
volunteer partnerships, including all but which of the following:
a) compatibility
b) commitment
c) communication
d) cash donations
e) none of the above
Managers can and should serve as _______________ within the organization.
a) ethical role models
b) authoritarian leaders
c) ombudspersons
d) all of the above
e) none of the above
The movement, identified with essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David
Thoreau, called ________________, emphasized the importance of individualism, and
that an ideal spiritual state transcended physical existence.
a) anthropologism
b) transcendentalism
c) environmentalism
d) pacifism
e) none of the above
Which of the following is not among the factors impacting job dissatisfaction?
a) quality of supervision
b) relationship with boss
c) the work itself
d) relationship with peers
e) none of the above
Legislation that includes protections for whistleblowers includes all but which of the
following?
a) the False Claims Act
b) the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
c) the Dodd-Frank Act
d) the Civil Rights Act
e) none of the above
The federal government passed the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) to
protect LGBT people from job discrimination based on sexual orientation.
The relationship between corporate philanthropy and financial performance can be
described as:
a) positive ” the more philanthropic behavior, the better the firm’s financial performance
b) negative ” the more philanthropic behavior, the worse the firm’s financial
performance
c) inverse U-shaped ” up to a point, philanthropy and performance increase together; at
a certain point, the relationship levels off and then declines
d) U-shaped ” up to a point, philanthropy and performance decline together; at a certain
point, the relationship levels off and then increases
e) none of the above
Which of the following early leaders was not among the authors of the Declaration of
Independence?
a) Thomas Jefferson
b) James Madison
c) Benjamin Franklin
d) all of the above
e) none of the above
Which of the following characteristics is considered a permanent dimension of
diversity?
a) race
b) ethnicity
c) gender
d) sexual orientation
e) all of the above
Workplace substance abuse is associated with which of the following?
a) discrimination
b) productivity and safety costs
c) civil rights violations
d) all of the above
e) none of the above
Which of the following duties is not consistent with those of the ethics and compliance
officer?
a) managing internal reporting systems
b) offering guidance
c) developing and interpreting ethics policies
d) assigning all ethical issues equal standing
e) none of the above
Power obtained because people want to be like you is called _____________ power.
a) legitimate
b) reward
c) coercive
d) referent
e) expert
According to Lips-Wiersma and Morris, the four sources of meaningful work include
serving others, unity with others, _____________, and expressing one’s full potential.
a) developing and becoming self
b) working independently
c) working diligently
d) all of the above
e) none of the above
Three major exemptions to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act include:
a) small businesses (under 15 employees) are exempted so as not to overwhelm them
with regulatory compliance burdens
b) organizations that serve religious purposes
c) preference for certain occupational qualifications that are related to the essence or
central mission of the business
d) all of the above
e) none of the above
The EEOC primarily focuses on which of the following dimensions of diversity?
a) permanent
b) evolving
c) organizational
d) personality
e) none of the above
Which of the following groups or individuals are considered stakeholders in business?
a) employees
b) competitors
c) suppliers
d) consumers
e) all of the above
Diversity can be conceptualized in terms of four unique dimensions, including:
permanent, evolving, ___________ and organizational.
a) racial
b) personality
c) religious
d) all of the above
e) none of the above
Which legislation, passed in 1921, placed limits on the number of immigrants admitted
into the United States?
a) Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
b) Title VII Civil Rights Act
c) Emergency Quota Act
d) Fair Labor Standards Act
e) none of the above
The Interpenetrating Systems Model area where all four subsystems overlap is typically
one of __________ interest, reflecting that changes can come from any person or group
in any subsystem.
a) individual
b) organizational
c) regulatory
d) judicial
e) none of the above
___________ justice is associated with fair treatment of employees.
a) procedural
b) informational
c) interactional
d) distributive
e) none of the above
_________ is the donation of money or property to assist a nonprofit organization or
people in need.
a) Giving
b) Philanthropy
c) Volunteerism
d) Citizenship
e) none of the above
Which of the following best practices are consistent with the Optimal Ethics Systems
Model:
a) hiring ethical people
b) codes of ethics and codes of conduct
c) environmental management
d) all of the above
e) none of the above
A good first step to formalize an organization’s ethics program is to:
a) develop a Code of Ethics
b) develop a mission statement
c) develop an employee handbook
d) all of the above
e) none of the above
Which of the following can influence Codes of Conduct?
a) shifting legal obligations
b) changing moral expectations
c) new technologies
d) all of the above
e) none of the above
The U.S. company long disparaged by community activists for poor environmental and
social policies, now among the leading corporations to capitalize on the link between
eco-friendliness and profits, is:
a) Green Mountain Coffee
b) Seventh Generation
c) Whole Foods
d) Walmart
e) none of the above
Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics concludes that ___________ “is the meaning and the
purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.”
a) money
b) success
c) hard work
d) happiness
e) none of the above
According to Ajzen’s theory of __________________, formulating an intention to act
ethically is a function of a person’s attitudes toward the behavior, subjective norms, and
perceived behavioral control.
a) moral development
b) ethical sensitivity
c) planned behavior
d) moral reasoning
e) none of the above