A BC D E
1
… is defined as any actions that violate accepted
societal norms.
Unethical Behavior Moral awareness Ethical Awareness Moral Judgment None of the above
2
…refers to the ability of an individual to understand
the ethicality of a situation or behavior
Unethical Behavior Moral awareness Ethical Awareness Moral Judgment Moral indecision
3
… refers to the process by which someone reasons
about how to deal with an ethical situation
Unethical Behavior Moral awareness Ethical Awareness Moral Judgment None of the above
4
The deactivation processes where, when faced with
potential behavior counter to his or her own personal
standards, a person may choose to deactivate the
standard and still participate in the behavior is
known as
Dehumanization
Moral
disengagement
Moral justification Advantageous comparison None of the above
5
When individuals justify certain actions to make
them seem more morally acceptable.
Dehumanization
occurs
Moral
disengagement
occurs
Moral justification
occurs
Advantageous comparison
occurs
Moral indecision
occurs
6
Advantageous comparison occurs when someone
compares a worse behavior with another behavior
and rationalizes the behavior on that basis.
Dehumanization
occurs
Moral
disengagement
occurs
Moral justification
occurs
Advantageous comparison
occurs
None of the above
7
When a company justifies dumping toxic pollutants
in a river because the wildlife destroyed by the act
may not be seen as worth saving because they are
seen as sub-humans, the company is engaging in
Dehumanization
Moral
disengagement
Moral justification Advantageous comparison Moral indecision
8
When a person can blame the misreporting of sales
figures for a quarter because the boss wanted the
behavior, this is called a (n)
Attribution of blame
Diffusion of
responsibility
Distortion of
consequences
Displacement of
responsibility
Moral indecision
9
When a specific member of a board of directors can
attribute the decision to close a plant to the group
rather than an individual decision, this is called a (n)
Attribution of blame
Diffusion of
responsibility
Distortion of
consequences
Displacement of
responsibility
None of the above
10
When a customer returns a used product by
justifying that the unethical behavior will clearly not
impact the large company from which the product
was purchased, this called a (n)
Attribution of blame
Diffusion of
responsibility
Distortion of
consequences
Displacement of
responsibility
Attribution of
responsibility
11
When the decision maker ascribes the fault for the
decision to the target, this is called
Attribution of
responsibility
Diffusion of
responsibility
Distortion of
consequences
Displacement of
responsibility
Attribution of blame
12
This occur when the “most well-meaning person
unwittingly allows unconscious thoughts and feelings
to influence seemingly objective decisions”
Conscious biases
Motivated
blindness
Unconscious
blindness
Unconscious biases Attribution of blame
Question
13
When people tend to make associations between
employee characteristics and organizational
outcomes that may not be accurate, this is called
Attribution of blame Implicit prejudice Unconscious biases Motivated blindness Attribution of blame
14
According to Banaji et al. (2003), in-group
favoritism occurs because people tend to favor those
individuals who share similar
School Social class Religion None of the above All of the above
15
Decision-making that can be unconsciously affected
because the decision maker may benefit from the
chosen decision is
Motivated blindness
Unconscious
Biases
Conflict of interest Conscious Biases None of the above
16
When a manager may turn overlooks a salesperson
filing a fraudulent expense claim because the
salesperson is one of the best performers in the
company, he or she is engaging in which of the
following?
Motivated blindness
Unconscious
Biases
Implicit prejudice Conscious Biases None of the above
17
… refers to the ability of individuals to access and
interpret the moral context of information and stimuli
they are presented with
Moral awareness
Moral
attentiveness
Moral
disengagement
Ethical awareness None of the above
18
… refers to the cognitive framework individuals
prefer to use in moral decision making
Ethical
predispositions
Moral awareness Moral Judgment Unethical behavior None of the above
19
When a company executive may unconsciously
prefer a job applicant who also holds an MBA from
the same school that the executive went to, they are
demonstrating?
Motivated
blindness
Moral
disengagement
In-group favoritism Unconscious Biases None of the above
20
When employees justify unethical behavior as orders
that came from their managers, they are refering to?
Obedience to
authority
Conscious Biases
Displacement of
Responsibility
Advantageous comparison Moral indecision
21 Incrementalism refers to:
Justifying unethical
behaviors as orders
from their manager
Employee has
tendoncy of
imitating or
accepting the
values of others
Turning a blind eye
to unethical
behavior because if
is beneficial to
them
Employees that engage in
minor unethical infractions
that eventually leads to
major ethical infractions
None of the above
22
Moral intensity is dependent on how many different
elements?
Five One Six Three Eight
23
When tabacco executive deny the link between
smoking and cancer despite decades of evidence
suggesting a link, this is called:
Moral Justification
Moral
Disengagement
Displacement of
Responsibility
Attribution of Responsibility None of the above
24
The use of morally neutral language to make
something seem less immoral refers to:
Euphemistic
Labeling
Adventageous
comparision
Moral Justification
Displacement of
Responsibility
None of the above
25
Under this principle,the torturing of terrorists is
acceptable, as they have brough such actions to
themselves is referred to as:
Attribution of
blame
Dehumanization
Distortion of
Consequences
Diffusion of responsibility None of the above
Answer
Question
What is moral awareness? Discuss briefly the six basic elements of moral awareness.
Discuss Kohlberg’s six stages of moral reasoning. How can companies use Kohlberg’s stages
of moral reasoning to help its employees make more ethical decisions?
Compare and contrast idealism with relativism.
You have been asked to decide whether you should close a plant or not. Discuss how you
would apply utilitarian ethics to make the decision. How would use of Kantian ethics help
you make the decision?
What is moral disengagement? Briefly discuss each of the 8 elements of moral
disengagement.