167. What specific gas is internationally considered a top concern for air pollution?
a. Carbon monoxide
b. Nitrogen dioxide
c. Carbon dioxide
d. Greenhouse gas
e. Hydrogen monoxide
168. Vicky drives a four-door sedan to work and other places everyday. How does her car affect the environment now
compared to a similar car thirty years ago?
a. A car is a car, so the environmental impact is likely the same.
b. Her car is more economical today than it would have been thirty years ago.
c. There are so many cars today that air pollution laws are nearly worthless.
d. Today’s car has a pollution-control device that reduces harmful emissions.
e. Technology now produces cars that are completely harmless to the environment.
169. Which type of pollution has seen the least improvement since environmental issues became important?
a. Land
b. Air
c. Ocean
d. Water
e. Factory
170. Congress created the in 1980 to help pay for cleaning up land polluted with chemicals and toxic wastes.
a. Environmental Protection Agency
b. Land Pollution Act
c. Clean-Up Fund
d. Landfill Recovery Fund
e. Superfund
171. Kathy has noticed that the airport in her city is away from where most people live and work, and it takes a while to
get there. This location was probably strategically designed to reduce
a. air pollution.
b. noise pollution.
c. highway traffic.
d. air traffic.
e. land pollution.
172. Dinesh lives in Phoenix where he hears almost daily reports about the high levels of ozone along with suggestions
on when individuals should purchase gasoline. As he views the hazy condition in the sky, he decides the government
is basically ignoring environmental problems. Which statement best describes the government’s involvement?
a. The government relies mostly on businesses to control various types of pollution and expects them to cover
the costs.
b. Although the government has established several environmental agencies, actual spending on reducing
pollution is only about $100 million per year.
c. The government is delegating most of the responsibility for a cleaner environment to individuals and nonprofit
organizations.
d. The government is encouraging technology that will eliminate pollution but not supporting this research
financially.
e. The government is spending several billions of dollars a year to reduce various types of pollution.
173. A major way technology affects land pollution is the potential for
a. worsening the problem.
b. creating resource scarcity.
c. decreasing pollution problems.
d. exploitation.
e. increasing pollution control.
174. Noise pollution can be reduced by
a. cleaning up land polluted with chemicals and industrial waste.
b. modifying machinery and equipment.
c. banning strip-mining of coal.
d. nonselective cutting of forests.
e. the development of agricultural land for housing and industry.
175. Residents living near Los Angeles International Airport complained to the city that the airport was guilty of
pollution.
a. land
b. noise
c. air
d. water
e. business
176. The Noise Control Act of 1972 established noise emission standards for all of the following except
a. aircraft.
b. airports.
c. railroads.
d. intracity cab services.
e. interstate motor carriers.
177. Gabriel is an environmentalist with very strong beliefs about who should pay for environmental cleanup. What is
most likely to be Gabriel’s view?
a. He believes that tax money should be used for environmental cleanup because everyone contributes to
pollution.
b. He feels that there should be a governmental tax imposed on every item to cover the cost of its pollution.
c. He feels that individuals, not businesses, should foot the bill for environmental cleanup because individuals
are the ones who benefit.
d. He feels environmental costs are a part of doing business, which should be paid by businesses and in turn by
higher prices for consumers.
e. He believes those who are concerned about the environment and pollution should pay the costs.
178. A program to implement social responsibility in business begins with
a. total commitment of top management.
b. careful planning.
c. appointment of a director.
d. a board of directors meeting.
e. conducting a social audit.
179. Babkok Corporation set up an effective program for social responsibility. Its top managers developed a policy
statement outlining key areas of concern. This statement will serve as a guide for other employees as they become
involved in the program. Now
a. a committee of managers should be appointed to plan the program.
b. employees should be appointed to submit suggestions to management.
c. a top-level executive should be appointed to direct implementation of the program.
d. employees should evaluate the program.
e. the program director should prepare a social audit for the firm at specified intervals.
180. Which of the following is not one of the steps in developing and implementing a program of social responsibility?
a. Planning
b. The social audit
c. Commitment of employees
d. Appointment of a director
e. Commitment of top executives
181. Travis is in charge of writing a report for his company that talks about the quality and safety of his company’s
products, business practices, involvement in the community, human resources, and efforts to reduce pollution. This
is called a(n)
a. ethics report.
b. social audit.
c. compliance review.
d. responsibility policy.
e. citizenship report.
182. A social audit is a
a. review of the costs of operating a social program.
b. report of what a business has done and is doing about social issues.
c. review of a tax statement by the Internal Revenue Service.
d. review of management’s social activity for the year.
e. report filed by social sector accountants.
183. The company you work for recently has committed itself to implementing a program of social responsibility. After
the company has gotten the commitment of top executives, planned the program, and appointed a program director,
you suggest that a(n) be prepared periodically to evaluate the success of the program.
a. research report
b. social audit
c. ethics evaluation
d. departmental memorandum
e. social actions report
184. Ethics is the study of right and wrong and of the morality of the choices we make.
a. True
b. False
185. An ethical decision or action is one that is right according to some standard of behavior.
a. True
b. False
186. The field of business ethics applies moral standards to business situations.
a. True
b. False
187. Business ethics rarely involves the application of moral standards to the business activity of a normal company.
a. True
b. False
188. Ethical issues often arise out of business’s relationships with investors, customers, employees, creditors, or
competitors.
a. True
b. False
189. Businesspeople face ethical issues every day, and some of these issues can be difficult to assess.
a. True
b. False
190. Businesspeople, by the very nature of their work, rarely face ethical issues to resolve.
a. True
b. False
191. Fairness and honesty in business are two important ethical concerns.
a. True
b. False
192. Relationships with customers and coworkers rarely create ethical problems.
a. True
b. False
193. False and misleading advertising is illegal and unethical.
a. True
b. False
194. All bribes are unethical.
a. True
b. False
195. Customers are so used to misleading advertising that it does not infuriate them anymore.
a. True
b. False
196. Sponsors of advertisements aimed at children must be especially careful to avoid misleading messages.
a. True
b. False
197. There is nothing unethical about accepting payments to do something you would normally do in your job anyway.
a. True
b. False
198. Ethical behavior is most likely to be compromised when the personal ethics of businesspeople are high.
a. True
b. False
199. An individual’s moral values and central, value-related attitudes clearly influence one’s business behavior.
a. True
b. False
200. Most authorities agree that business ethics should be improved.
a. True
b. False
201. Employees have an easier time determining what is acceptable behavior if their company provides them with a
code of ethics.
a. True
b. False
202. A personnel manager of a large company would probably agree that the more ethical the company, the easier it is
to attract good people.
a. True
b. False
203. A code of ethics is a written guide to acceptable and ethical behavior as defined by an organization.
a. True
b. False
204. During the 1980s, very few organizations created and implemented ethics codes.
a. True
b. False
205. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 deals with corporate responsibility, conflicts of interest, and corporate
accountability.
a. True
b. False
206. A corporate code of ethics officer informs the press about unethical practices within the organization.
a. True
b. False
207. A businessperson can take some comfort when faced with an ethical dilemma by talking openly about it with
management because ethical decisions will always withstand scrutiny.
a. True
b. False
208. Those who “blow whistles” sometimes lose their jobs.
a. True
b. False
209. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 gives those who report corporate misconduct sweeping new legal protection.
a. True
b. False
210. It is easy for an organization to develop ethics codes, policies, and procedures to deal with all relationships and
every situation.
a. True
b. False
211. All companies practice social responsibility in the same manner.
a. True
b. False
212. Generally, social responsibility does not cost money.
a. True
b. False
213. Social responsibility is good business, but it does cost money.
a. True
b. False
214. Customers can’t find out which firms are acting responsibly and which are not.
a. True
b. False