Which of the following are beliefs and principles that provide the ultimate guide to a
company’s decision making?
a. Mission statement
b. Core values
c. Historical milestones
d. Vision statement
Which of the following holds that a business is responsible for the entire life of its
products, including the ultimate disposal even after the sale?
a. The cradle-to-grave model
b. The take-make-waste appoach
c. The cradle-to-cradle model
d. The eco-efficiency principle
_____ is one element that distinguishes good people who make ethically responsible
decisions from good people who do not.
a. Normative myopia
b. Inattentional blindness
c. Change blindness
d. Moral imagination
Which of the following statements about the Electronic Communications Privacy Act of
1986 is true?
a. Courts have ruled that the ‘interception’ of stored communications applies only to
messages that have actually reached company computers.
b. A firm that secures employee consent to monitoring at the time of hire is immune
from ECPA liability.
c. The impact of the ECPA is to punish electronic monitoring only by employers.
d. The ECPA does not allow interception even when consent has been granted.
In the ethical decision-making process, once one examines the facts and identifies the
ethical issues involved, one should next _____.
a. make the decision
b. consider the available alternatives
c. monitor and learn from the outcomes
d. identify the stakeholders
Cradle-to-grave and cradle-to-cradle responsibilities are part of the _____ sustainable
business principle.
a. eco-efficiency
b. backcasting
c. biomimicry
d. take-make-waste
Which of the following best describes corporate social responsibility?
a. It refers to the dedication that employees show in meeting organizational goals.
b. It refers to the accountability that a manager has over his subordinates.
c. It refers to the actions for which a business can be held accountable.
d. It refers to the actions that maximize the profit of an organization.
Which of the following statements reflects the concept of normative myopia?
a. ‘I was so involved in our debate that I missed the red light.’
b. ‘I never expected Draco to steal from me; he has been my friend for so long.’
c. ‘Brad met with an accident because he was drunk while driving. I hope he has learnt
his lesson.’
d. ‘I may have exaggerated the features of the product to get this sale. You knew how
important this deal was for me.’
Which of the following is true of inattentional blindness?
a. It occurs when decision makers fail to notice gradual changes over time.
b. It refers to the shortsightedness about values.
c. It distinguishes good people who make ethically responsible decisions from good
people who do not.
d. It results from focusing failures.
What is the term used to describe a potentially damaging or ethically challenged
corporate culture?
a. ‘Caustic’ culture
b. ‘Pyrophoric’ culture
c. ‘Corrosive’ culture
d. ‘Toxic’ culture
Dramatic examples from history, including Nazi Germany and apartheid in South
Africa, demonstrate that:
a. societies valuing freedom welcome laws that require more than the ethical minimum.
b. ethical responsibilities give rise to more and more regulations.
c. obedience to law is sufficient to fulfill one’s ethical duties.
d. one’s ethical responsibility may run counter to the law.
Which of the following is true of the sustainability model in terms of environmental
responsibilities?
a. Sustainability reduces competitive advantage.
b. Sustainability is not a prudent long-term strategy.
c. Sustainability is a good risk management strategy.
d. Sustainability leads to reduced cost-savings.
Which of the following observations is true of ethics?
a. It is descriptive in nature.
b. It deals with our reasoning about how we should act.
c. It provides an account of how and why people act the way they do.
d. It is equivalent to law-abiding behavior.
According to David Vogel, which of the following should a firm be most cautious about
when engaging in CSR activities?
a. Investing in CSR when consumers are not willing to pay higher prices to support that
investment.
b. Employees may become over-indulgent in activities related to social causes.
c. Attrition levels may rise due to indifference among employees engaging in activities
related to social responsibility.
d. The easily measurable ethical pay off can turn out to be lower than the anticipated
levels.
Which of the following explains the term ‘satisficing?’
a. Striving to select only the best alternative
b. Following simplified decision rules
c. Selecting the alternative simply because it is the easy way out
d. Selecting the alternative that meets minimum decision criteria
Some companies have a(n) _____ policy under which an employer refuses to hire or
terminates a worker on the basis of the spouse’s working at the same firm.
a. anti-nepotism
b. conflict-of-interest
c. anti-fraternization
d. antitrust
Which of the following recommends cycling the waste of one activity into the resource
of another?
a. The biomimicry principle
b. The cradle-to-grave model
c. The cradle-to-cradle model
d. The eco- efficiency principle
A challenge associated with utilitarianism is that the essence of utilitarianism is its
reliance on _____.
How does perception affect the culture within an organization?
Outline the duties under a contract model, and the ethical perspective that underlies tort
law.
Discuss the impact of maintaining that holding to the law is sufficient to fulfill one’s
ethical duties, and what it says about the law itself.
With regard to medical information specifically, employers’ decisions are not only
governed by the Americans with Disabilities Act but also restricted by the _____ Act.
Explain the concept of hypernorms, and moral free space.
Philosopher William Parent conceives the right to privacy as the right to _____.
Identify the ‘Four Ps’ of marketing.
_____ ethics asks us to simply step back from implicit everyday decisions to examine
and evaluate them.
A(n) _____ environment is one in which employees act in responsible ways, even when
the law does not require it.