The 2010 passage of the Dodd-Frank Act proposed additional monetary incentives for
whistle-blowers. A primary concern about these new incentives is
a. they will encourage too many employees to attempt to blow the whistle on firms,
even those that have done nothing wrong.
b. people do not generally respond at all to monetary incentives.
c. whistle-blowers might be tempted to report to the SEC with their reports and not
report the misconduct to the
company’s internal compliance program.
d. people may exaggerate their claims in order to get a reward.
e. the funds paid out to whistle-blower might bankrupt companies.
Having acceptable personal ethics is probably notgoing to be sufficient to handle
complex business ethical issues when an individual has
a. family concerns.
b. an unethical boss.
c. limited business experience.
d. financial training.
e. a marketing background.
_____________assumes that humans may not act rationally because of genetics,
learned behavior, and rules of thumb.
a. Rational economics
b. Socialism
c. Cultural relativism
d. National culture
e. Behavioral economics
Which of the following is a possible unintended consequence of an organization’s
focusing more on ethics planning
than on implementation?
a. Unethical conduct is viewed as acceptable behavior.
b. The government implements its own audits.
c. The ethics program is poorly designed.
d. Employees become annoyed.
e. The implementation process incurs large costs for the organization.
Accountability, oversight, and control all fall under the definition and implementation
of corporate
a. profit.
b. loyalty.
c. care.
d. governance.
e. diligence.
Marcus is the top-performing development director his non-profit organization has ever
had. He possesses countless tricks and tips to continue to bring in donations, positive
publicity, and supporters. Marcus would likely have over new development department
staff.
a. coercive power
b. group power
c. legitimate power
d. expert power
e. democratic power
Shareholders provide resources to an organization that are critical to long term success.
Which of the following does the book suggest that suppliers offer?
a. The promise of customer loyalty
b. Material resources and/or intangible knowledge
c. Infrastructure
d. Revenue
e. Leadership skills
The term used to express how a firm meets its stakeholder expectations of its economic,
legal, ethical, and philanthropic responsibilities is
a. reputation.
b. corporate citizenship.
c. corporate ethical audit.
d. ethical citizenship.
e. fiduciary duties.
_________is the ability to perceive whether a situation or decision has an ethical
dimension.
a. Ethical issue intensity
b. Locus of control
c. Ethical awareness
d. Moral intensity
e. Opportunity
What is a primary reason why some small businesses resist the opening of large chain
retailers like Walmart or
Home Depot?
a. Because the large size creates economies of scale and they can charge lower prices b.
Because the selection in the stores is too large
c. Because large retailers attract crime to neighborhoods in which they are based d.
Because community leaders do not like the top management
e. Because large retailers almost never hire local workers as employees
Sherry’s leadership style often creates a negative working climate because of the high
standards she sets. Sherry is most likely a(n) leader.
a. autocratic
b. democratic
c. pacesetting
d. empathetic
e. coercive
Which option includes the assessment and improvement of business strategies,
economic ectors, work practices, technologies, and lifestyles while maintaining the
natural environment?
a. Competitive advantage
b. Marketing
c. Sustainability
d. Green washing
e. Risk analysis
Public health and safety and support of local organizations are issues most relevant to
which stakeholder group?
a. Investors
b. Community
c. Suppliers
d. Customers
e. Employees
A _________generates an ethical program that creates orders
by requiring that employees identify with and commit to specific required conduct
using legal terms and statutes.
a. values orientation
b. code of conduct
c. statement of values
d. code of ethics
e. compliance orientation
Management’s sense of the organization’s culture
a. is always the same as employees’ perceptions.
b. is usually easily adopted by employees.
c. is always readily evident to employees.
d. may be quite different from employees’ perceptions.
e. is always different from employees’ perceptions.
40.The______________ rule explain variatioi employee conduct through generalizing
the percentage of employee any given organization who will seek to do right versus
how many will be indifferent.
a. 10-30-40-20
b. 20-30-30-20
c. 40-10-10-40
d. 10-40-40-10
e. 80-20
Which of the following organizations emerged from the Bretton Woods agreement of
1944, where a group of international leaders decided that the primary responsibility for
the regulation of monetary relationships among national economies should rest in an
extra-national body?
a. International Monetary Fund
b. United Nations
c. World Trade Organization
d. North American Free Trade Act
e. European Union
Anticompetitive strategies that focus on weakening or destroying a competitor have
spurred antitrust legislation and include all of the following except
a. sustained price cuts.
b. free samples.
c. discriminatory pricing.
d. price collusion.
e. corporate espionage.
Which of the following industries tends to generate a highlevel of trust from consumers
and stakeholders?
a. Insurance
b. Technology
c. Banks
d. Mortgage lenders
e. Financial services
In corporate governance, is the process of auditing and improving organizational
decisions and actions.
a. profit
b. loyalty
c. accountability
d. control
e. diligence
An unconscious reference to one’s own cultural values, experiences, and knowledge is
referred to as the
a. cultural reference criterion.
b. unconscious cultural criterion.
c. cultural-self criterion.
d. self-reference criterion.
e. unconscious cultural-self criterion.
What ethical issues affecting consumers and society as a whole are created by unfair
competition?
Discuss the difference between primary and secondary stakeholders in the stakeholder
interaction model and give examples for each type.
Discuss three corporate governance issues, why they are defined as issues, and how you
would solve them. Use examples in your answer.
Trace the ethical decision-making process. You may find it helpful to apply the model
to a real business situation or to a hypothetical ethical issue you develop yourself.
Explain how the levels of Kohlberg’s model of cognitive moral development may
influence a person’s perception of and response to an ethical issue.
What are some of the ways that organizations can develop effective ethics programs?