Which of the following is not true about the Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission (EEOC)?
A. It is charged with enforcing federal equal employment opportunity laws and
executive orders.
B. It was created in 1964.
C. It monitors foreign governments’ employment practices.
D. It was given added enforcement powers in 1972 and 1990.
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Which of the following statements is true of air pollution?
A. Air pollution occurs when more pollutants are emitted into the atmosphere than can
be safely absorbed and diluted by natural processes.
B. A majority of the people in the U.S. breathe unsafe air for at least part of the year.
C. Air pollution caused by particulate matter is responsible for fewer than 600
premature or unnecessary deaths annually.
D. The EPA has identified hundreds of “criteria” pollutants, relatively common harmful
substances that serve as indicators of overall levels of air pollution.
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The fiduciary duty of managers benefits a firm’s:
A. Stockholders.
B. Customers.
C. Employees.
D. All of the above.
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Positive reputation can be valued as an intangible corporate:
A. Asset.
B. Liability.
C. Charity.
D. Expense.
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Which of the following statements is true about the right to free speech?
A. Free speech is not an unrestricted right.
B. Free speech comes with the obligation of acting in the best interest of the public.
C. Free speech requires adhering to ethical principles.
D. All of the above.
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The phase of technology that focuses on building material goods and manual labor is:
A. Agrarian.
B. Service.
C. Industrial.
D. Information.
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As communications improve and people around the world are able to witness the
horrors of natural disasters, terrorism, and war, international relief efforts by
corporations are becoming:
A. Less important.
B. More important.
C. Obsolete because of social media.
D. A liability because of negative media.
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The commitments of the Convention on Biological Diversity include:
A. Developing national conservation strategies.
B. Eliminating CFC production.
C. Population control education.
D. Massive irrigation projects in developing countries.
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Which of the following examples best illustrates the boundary exchanges a company
would encounter according to the general systems theory?
A. An industrial company installs new equipment in its plant to comply with
environmental regulations.
B. A software company develops an application for a client.
C. A purchasing department employee negotiates a price on parts from a supplier.
D. All of the above.
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This term refers to the practical applications of science and knowledge to commercial
and organizational activities.
A. Technology.
B. E-commerce.
C. Agarian.
D. Semantic.
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In 2008 and early 2009, share values declined sharply as the global economy fell into a
severe recession. This type of stock market is referred to as a:
A. Bull market.
B. Volatile market.
C. Bear market.
D. None of the above.
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People everywhere depend on ethical systems to tell them whether their actions are:
A. Legal or illegal.
B. Right or wrong.
C. Financially attainable or not.
D. Logical and reasonable judgment.
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The instrumental argument says stakeholder management is:
A. A more realistic description of how companies really work.
B. More effective as a corporate strategy.
C. Simply the right thing to do.
D. Determined by the amount of stock owned in the firm.
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A leadership role in addressing emerging management issues in often taken by:
A. The public affairs department.
B. The government relations department.
C. The department of sustainability or environmental, health and safety.
D. All of the above.
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The practice of downloading copyrighted songs was challenged because it:
A. Created congestion and overloaded demands on the servers.
B. Denied legitimate compensation to the recording artists.
C. Favored major recording companies and selective artists over others.
D. Resulted in bankruptcy for retail music outlets across the country.
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Which of the following are examples of natural monopolies?
A. Electric utilities and railroads.
B. Cable television and the media.
C. Internet services and trucking.
D. None of the above.
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Which of the following is true about romantic relationships in the workplace?
A. Most businesses have strict policies forbidding all romantic relationships in the
workplace.
B. OSHA requires businesses to forbid workplace romantic relationships.
C. Many companies allow managers to become romantically involved with
subordinates, so long as they do not supervise them directly.
D. Many companies allow managers to become romantically involved with
subordinates if the subordinate has been working at the company for at least 18 months.
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The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission was created in:
A. 1932.
B. 1964.
C. 1972.
D. 1990.
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The main responsibility of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is to:
A. Set a uniform national speed limit.
B. Set airline safety standards.
C. Set motor vehicle safety standards.
D. Safeguard consumers from altered odometers.
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All of the following values are present in most ethical decisions except:
A. Be fair and just.
B. Be respectful.
C. Act responsibly.
D. Be honest.
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Stakeholders have been able to form international coalitions more successfully through
use of:
A. Government regulation.
B. Community involvement.
C. Communications technology.
D. Unions.
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According to Bill Joy, Sun Microsystems’ chief scientist, the 21st century technologies:
A. Are the safest and most human friendly know to civilization.
B. Must be controlled by the companies that invest in them to protect society.
C. Can be used for good if government and business work together.
D. Are so powerful they can spawn whole new classes of accidents and abuses.
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The Council of Economic Priorities has developed a set of workplace rules called:
A. ISO 9000.
B. Social Accountability 8000.
C. Global Compact.
D. Caux Roundtable.
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Public policy is a basic set of goals, plans and actions undertaken by:
A. Political lobbyists.
B. A government.
C. Business advocacy groups.
D. Police and fire departments.
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Under proposals to establish uniform federal standards for determining liability:
A. Plaintiffs would be discouraged from proceeding to trial.
B. Companies would not have to go through repeated trials on the same charges in
different states.
C. Judges rather than juries would determine the original amount of punitive damages.
D. Consumers would have to prove that a manufacturer knew or should have known
that a product design was defective.
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According to the textbook, under the existing U.S. campaign contributions law,
individuals can contribute:
A. Up to $1,400 to any candidate per election.
B. Up to $2,500 to any candidate per election.
C. Up to $5,400 to any candidate per election.
D. Nothing, only organizations can contribute to candidates.
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Which of the following is not included among purposes for establishing community
relations departments by businesses?
A. To work with local governments.
B. To manage donations of goods and services.
C. To encourage employee volunteerism in nonprofit and civic groups.
D. Manage international relations projects for economic development.
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In 2011, 1.2 billion people worldwide used social networking sites:
A. Once per hour.
B. Once per day.
C. Once per week.
D. Once per month.
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When a firm solicits its stockholders for political contributions for a particular
candidate by letter and then sends those contributions to the candidate on behalf of its
stockholders, it is called:
A. Lobbying.
B. Bundling.
C. Collating.
D. Constituency building.
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A 2012 study found that Internet access in African-American homes was how much less
than Caucasian homes?
A. 10 percent.
B. 25 percent.
C. 42 percent.
D. 60 percent.
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Ethics deal with human dilemmas that frequently go beyond the formal language of
law.
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Predatory pricing is a violation of antitrust laws.
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Global corporate citizenship activities help companies create legitimacy, reputation, and
competitive advantage.
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Most Americans mistakenly believe that if a website has a privacy policy that those
sites are not collecting or selling their personal information and online activities to
others.
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Some people believe that the right of privacy should be extended to the workplace.
Others feel that, on the contrary, that such an extension would constitute an
unwarranted incursion into management’s right to manage. Please comment on this
debate, using examples from the text discussion of electronic monitoring, romance in
the workplace, employee drug testing, and employee honesty testing. Are there
particular circumstances under which it is, or is not, appropriate for employers to
monitor employee behavior?
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Define and discuss the six stages of moral development. What is the ethics referent at
each stage? What is the basis of ethics reasoning at each stage?
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What have businesses done to address the number, severity, and ease of hacker attacks
on firms?
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The consumer movement exists because consumers want to be treated fairly and
honestly in the marketplace. Outline and explain the additional reasons for the existence
of the consumer movement.
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The capability of corporations to influence government, the economy, and society,
based on their organizational resources is called the big business principle.
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Discuss the pros and cons of the new social contract from the viewpoint of an employer
and employee. What duty does an employer have to provide job security to its workers?
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Define and provide an example of a business practicing enlightened self-interest.
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In U.S. vs. O’Hagen, the court ruled that someone who traded on the basis of inside
information when he or she knew the information was confidential was guilty of
misappropriation.
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Employees would rather work for companies who promote their personal values.
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What is a stakeholder map? Why is it a useful tool?
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In 2011 only 14 percent of chief executive officers of the Fortune 500 companies were
women. What factor best explains this fact: women’s education and job experience,
discrimination against women by companies, preferences of women employees,
different family roles and responsibilities between women and men, or something else?
Why do you think so?
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How can global action networks help global problem solving?
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Ethical ideas are present in all societies, all organizations, and all individual persons.
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Corporate power says that in the long run, those who do not use power in ways that
society considers responsible will tend to lose it.
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