Which of the following is an internal mechanism that seeks to ensure ethical corporate
governance?
a. European Union 8th Directive
b. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act
c. The COSO framework
d. European Union 7th directive
According to the tradition of theoretical reason, _____ is the great arbiter of truth.
a. religion
b. perception
c. science
d. ethics
Identify the challenge faced by the acceptable risk approach to health and safety.
a. It is a liberal approach to health and safety that allows employees to recognize the
risk they are likely to face.
b. It involves the determination of ‘relative risks,’ the calculation of which is a
complicated process and not always reliable.
c. It assumes differences between workplace risks and other types of risks when there
are significant similarities between them.
d. It ignores the fundamental deontological right an employee might have to a safe and
healthy working environment.
Which of the following statements is true of conflicts of interests?
a. Self-interest makes it easy for individuals to fulfill their gatekeeper duties.
b. Legal protection cannot shield professionals from conflicts of interests.
c. Cross-selling of consulting services reduces conflicts of interests.
d. Excessive executive compensation involves conflicts of interests.
Consequences, justifications, principles, rights, or duties are all methods to:
a. identify the stakeholders that may be impacted by the decisions.
b. find out about the various available alternatives.
c. compare and weigh alternatives.
d. identify the ethical issues involved.
What is the difference between a principle-based framework of ethics and
utilitarianism?
a. Ethics of principles is based on self-interest, whereas utilitarianism is based on
human rights.
b. Ethics of principles is based on human rights, whereas utilitarianism is based on
self-interest.
c. Ethics of principles is based on rules, whereas utilitarianism is based on
consequences.
d. Ethics of principles is based on consequences, whereas utilitarianism is based on
rules.
Critics in both industry and government argue that OSHA should aim to achieve the
optimal, rather than highest feasible, level of safety. Which of the following can be used
to achieve this goal?
a. Cost-utility analysis
b. Cost-minimization analysis
c. Cost-benefit analysis
d. Cost-effectiveness analysis
The essence of utilitarianism is its:
a. focus on personal character.
b. reliance on consequences.
c. focus on principles.
d. reliance on moral systems.
When faced with a situation that suggests two clear alternative resolutions, we often
consider only those two clear paths, missing the fact that other alternatives might be
possible. Considering limited alternatives is a stumbling block to responsible action that
can be categorized as a(n) _____.
a. personality barrier
b. perceptual barrier
c. cognitive barrier
d. individuality barrier
Enlightened self-interest, an important justification offered for corporate social
responsibility, presumes that:
a. measurement of bottom-line impact of ethical decision making is unimportant.
b. profits are independent of ethics.
c. bottom-line impact of ethical decision making can be measured and compared.
d. good ethics can also be good business.
Which of the following affirmative action plans would include training plans and
programs, focused recruiting activity, or the elimination of discrimination?
a. Quasi-affirmative action
b. Executive affirmation action
c. Judicial affirmative action
d. Voluntary affirmative action
Which of the following best describe the norms that guide employees, implicitly more
often than not, to behave in ways that the firm values and finds worthy?
a. Organizational culture
b. Government’s financial regulations
c. Industrial norms
d. Legal statutes
Which of the following traditions seeks a full and detailed description of those character
traits that would constitute a good and full human life?
a. Kantian ethics
b. Principle-based ethics
c. Utilitarianism
d. Virtue ethics
Identify the gatekeepers who evaluate a company’s financial prospects or
creditworthiness, so that banks and investors can make informed decisions.
a. Investors
b. Attorneys
c. Auditors
d. Analysts
In an ethical decision-making process, moral imagination helps individuals make
ethically responsible decisions. Identify the step in which moral imagination is critical.
a. Determining the facts
b. Considering the available alternatives
c. Identifying the ethical issues
d. Identifying and consider impact of decision on stakeholders
Explain the contractual standards for product safety.
The _____ Act expanded states’ rights with regard to Internet surveillance technology,
including workplace surveillance, and amended the Electronic Communications Privacy
Act.
The term _____ refers to a policy or a program that tries to respond to instances of past
discrimination by implementing proactive measures to ensure equal opportunity today.
A long tradition in philosophical ethics argues that a key test for _____ is whether or
not a decision would be acceptable from the point of view of all parties involved.
Describe in brief, the two approaches to employee treatment discussed in this chapter.
The economic model is a narrow view of CSR. What are the alternative broader models
of CSR?
List out all the factors considered and the decisions made in the process of marketing.
‘invasion of privacy’ claim developed through case law called ‘_____’.
Discuss the philanthropic model of CSR.
In addition to attitudes and behaviors, list the other determinants of culture within an
organization.