The model of ethical management that implies a positive and active opposition to what
is right is called
A.immoral management.
B.moral management.
C.semi-moral management.
D.amoral management.
The due-process resistance to drug testing is based on
A.protecting employees’ constitutional rights.
B.the poor conviction record of drug-related crimes in the court systems.
C.the questionable accuracy of the tests.
D.potential harm to the accuser.
According to Braithwaite, advice for communicating with employees who are being lad
off include all the following except
A.Be complete.
B.Be consistent.
C.Inform affected employees first.
D.Inform competitors.
The affirmative action posture that involves a concerted effort to enlarge the pool of
applicants so that no one is excluded because of past or present discrimination is called
A.passive nondiscrimination.
B.pure affirmative action.
C.affirmative action with preferential hiring.
D.hard quotas.
Argument against bribery include all the following except
A.you shouldn’t compromise your beliefs.
B.bribery is illegal in the United States.
C.managers can deal with corrupt governments.
D.one should take a stand for honesty.
The good cause norm is
A.the employment at will doctrine.
B.the reason for wrongful discharge.
C.the belief that employees should be discharged only for good reasons.
D.based on private property rights.
Private corporations have not had to recognize employee rights because
A.they are exempted from doing so by federal law.
B.society has honored the corporation’s private property rights.
C.employees have never demanded them.
D.management has been separated from ownership.
All of the following are technological means by which companies invade consumer
privacy except
A.cookies
B.spam
C.botnets
D.facebook
Carrying the idea of a pluralistic society to an extreme leads to
A.anarchy.
B.totalitarian government.
C.a special-interest society.
D.a free market economy.
A group of people who represents the interests of a nonhuman species (such as the
natural environment) and does not have a direct stake in the firm is known as
A.primary social stakeholders.
B.secondary social stakeholders.
C.primary nonsocial stakeholders.
D.secondary nonsocial stakeholders.
The Employee Polygraph Protection Act (EPPA) of 1988
A.requires employee consent before administration of a polygraph test.
B.banned most private sector uses of the lie detector.
C.allows lie detector tests to be admitted as evidence in cases involving fraud.
D.banned all uses of the lie detector.
Environmental interest groups believe that the threat of confrontation motivates
companies to
A.undergone a series of bitter court cases.
B.be more cooperative with them.
C.joined forces to lobby Congress for more stringent environmental laws.
D.been forced to stop conferring, due to antitrust concerns.
The Triple Bottom Line encompasses all of the following spheres of performance
except
A.economic.
B.social.
C.environmental.
D.philanthropic.
Simple correlations indicate that there is a connection between PAC giving and
A.growth in the number of PACs.
B.membership in PACs.
C.congressional voting.
D.tax loopholes.
Early research conducted in the organization later known as the Food and Drug
Administration fed small doses of poison to
A.rats.
B.chimpanzees.
C.the “Death Squad.”
D.the “Poison Squad.”
One of the benefits of the portfolio approach is that it helps
A.identify issues.
B.prioritize issues.
C.resolve issues.
D.spread authority among managers to deal with issues.
U.S. based MNCs are increasingly interested in cases brought under the Alien Tort
Claims Act because
A.they could allow the firm to recoup some costs of incorporating overseas.
B.they could allow the firm to sue foreign firms on a reciprocal basis.
C.they provide an insight in the customs of the host country.
D.they are increasingly being named as defendants in tort cases for doing business in
countries with repressive governments.
To be viewed as legitimate in their host countries, MNCs must fulfill their social
responsibilities, including all of the following except
A.economic functions.
B.legal duties.
C.philanthropic opportunities.
D.technological functions.
According to research done by David Callahan, all of the following are reasons why
cheating is on the rise except
A.bigger rewards for winning.
B.declining wages.
C.temptation.
D.trickle-down corruption.
The population hypothesis regarding ethical management models is
A.the three models approximate a normal, bell-shaped curve.
B.that the moral management model is the largest segment of the normal curve.
C.that the immoral management model is the largest segment of the normal curve.
D.the three models exhibit a skewed curve, weighted toward either moral or immoral
management models, depending on the society being studied.
The key to the Golden Rule is
A.caring.
B.duty.
C.justice.
D.impartiality.
Advances in information technology and biotechnology are
A.slowing down.
B.accelerating.
C.occurring mainly in the United States.
D.being used primarily to improve the lives of people in developing countries.
The principle that reparation is owed to the person or people harmed by an injustice is
A.distributive justice.
B.procedural justice.
C.contributive justice.
D.compensatory justice.
The traditional term that was used for advertising located in novel locations (now called
ad creep) was
A.ambiguous advertising.
B.stealth marketing.
C.ambient advertising.
D.undercover promotion.
The processes by which laws are enacted and government officials are elected are part
of the
A.social environment.
B.economic environment.
C.political environment.
D.technological environment.
The two central issues of goods and services are
A.price and warranties.
B.reliability and durability.
C.quality and safety.
D.value and function.
Businesses are paying close attention to all of the following green groups except
A.consumers.
B.legislators.
C.employees.
D.investors.
With regard to employee monitoring, websites of concern to employers include all of
the following except
A.gorilla sites.
B.adult sites.
C.gaming sites.
D.social networking sites.
The affirmative action posture that specifies numbers or proportions of minority group
members that must be hired is called
A.passive nondiscrimination.
B.pure affirmative action.
C.affirmative action with preferential hiring.
D.hard quotas.
Which of the following is not a CERES principle?
A.protection of the biosphere
B.sustainable use of natural resources
C.reduction of waste
D.cooperation with business and government
The Hazard Communication Standard requires that covered employers take certain
steps to achieve compliance, including all of the following except
A.update inventories of hazardous chemicals in the workplace.
B.assemble material safety data sheets for all hazardous chemicals.
C.instruct workers on the importance of using protective gear when handling hazardous
chemicals.
D.provide workers with training on the use of hazardous chemicals.