Course Post-Assessment CH 03
Williams Effective Management 6e
TRUE/FALSE
1. Ethics is the set of moral principles or values that defines right and wrong for a person or group.
2. Under the U.S. Sentencing Commission Guidelines, companies can be prosecuted and punished for the
illegal or unethical actions of employees, even if management didn’t know about the unethical
behavior.
3. The stakeholder model holds that the only social responsibility that businesses have is to maximize
profits.
4. The categories of social responsibility for a company are economic, legal, ethical, and discretionary
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which of the following statements about ethics is true?
a.
Acting ethically is always easier than any other form of action.
b.
Employees assume no risk when they conduct themselves ethically.
c.
Like other laws, ethics can be defined.
d.
If an act is legal, it must by definition be ethical.
e.
Ethics is the set of moral principles or values that defines right and wrong for a person or
group.
2. The ____ determined that companies can be prosecuted and punished for the illegal or unethical
actions of employees, even if management didn’t know about the unethical behavior.
a.
U.S. Sentencing Commission Guidelines
b.
U.S. Supreme Court
c.
U.S. Department of Labor
d.
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
e.
Federal Trade Commission
3. According to Kohlberg’s model of moral development, people at the ____ make decisions that conform
to societal expectations.
a.
unconventional level
b.
preconventional level
c.
conventional level
d.
postconventional level
e.
amoral level
4. ____ integrity tests indirectly estimate employee honesty by measuring psychological traits.
a.
Overt
b.
Psychographic-based
c.
Covert
d.
Personality-based
e.
Attitudinal
5. After identifying the problem in the basic model of ethical decision making, the next step is to:
a.
diagnose the situation
b.
identify the constituents
c.
determine alternative solutions
d.
analyze your options
e.
create a forecast of what is to be accomplished
6. Which of the following is NOT an example of a stakeholder group that an organization must satisfy to
assure long-term survival?
a.
investors
b.
customers
c.
the media
d.
employees
e.
governments
7. A company implementing a(n) ____ strategy would demonstrate the greatest willingness on the part of
the company to meet or exceed society’s expectations.
a.
reactive
b.
defensive
c.
productive
d.
proactive
e.
accommodative