The leading cause of death on the job is due to:
A. Falls.
B. Vehicle accidents.
C. Contact with equipment.
D. Murder.
The Securities and Exchange Commission outlaws:
A. Any manipulative or deceptive device used to trade stocks.
B. Compensating company executives with stock options.
C. Trading in stocks by institutions.
D. Buying stock in a company for which you work.
Some argue that publishing personal DNA sequencing results is unethical because:
A. The results could compromise one’s employment situation.
B. Life insurance could be denied.
C. The cost of health insurance could rise.
D. All of the above.
Which of the following is not a possible cost of environmental regulation?
A. Unemployment.
B. Reduced capital investment.
C. Corporate restructuring.
D. Lowered productivity.
One of the main reasons that American executives are paid so much is:
A. Pay is set by the compensation committees of the board, largely comprised of other
CEOs who have an interest in pushing compensation up.
B. Qualified individuals are scarce, because most current CEOs were born during the
“baby bust” years of the Great Depression.
C. High executive compensation in other nations puts upward pressure on the salaries
of U.S. executives.
D. Most executives are paid based on their performance, and rising compensation
reflects the excellent performance of their firms.
According to a Forbes study, what percentage of executives agreed that diversity
encourages innovation?
A. 10 percent.
B. 50 percent.
C. 68 percent.
D. 85 percent.
When managers become personally involved in developing public policy, the firm is at
what level of business political involvement?
A. Limited organizational involvement.
B. Moderate organizational involvement.
C. Aggressive organizational involvement.
D. Holistic organizational involvement.
Scenario-based press releases, key discussion points, and procedures to activate the
organization’s website are all part of which step in an effective crisis management plan?
A. Get ready before the crisis hits.
B. Communicate quickly, but accurately.
C. Use the Internet.
D. Do the right thing.
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.
Stakeholders stand out to managers when they exhibit:
A. Integrity, power, and legitimacy.
B. Power, legitimacy, and urgency.
C. Integrity, loyalty, and power.
D. Legitimacy, loyalty, and urgency.
Which of the following is not true about employee theft?
A. Almost half of all inventory losses are due to employee theft in the U.S.
B. It is a significant economic, social, and ethical problem in the workplace.
C. Almost half of all employees have stolen from an employer at least once in his or her
career.
D. Employees damage coworkers and their employers by stealing from the company.
When environmentally proactive companies seek out imaginative, innovative new
methods for reducing pollution and increasing efficiency, they are adopting which
strategy?
A. Technological innovation.
B. Product differentiation.
C. Brand differentiation.
D. Cost savings.
Which of the following is not a reason for businesses to establish community relations
departments?
A. Working with local governments.
B. Managing donations of goods and services.
C. Encouraging employee volunteerism.
D. Managing international relations projects for economic development.
Supporters of digitized medical records claim that:
A. The number of common medical errors has remained constant.
B. Computerized prescription-ordering systems avoided over seven million mistakes.
C. Electronic alerts prevented dangerous drug combinations from being prescribed.
D. Both B and C, but not A.
The directors of a company are a central factor in corporate governance because they:
A. Exercise formal legal authority over company policy.
B. Have the highest stake in the performance of the company.
C. Have a moral responsibility to fulfill the needs of both the company’s employees and
customers.
D. Inherited the business from their predecessors.
Which of the following is the result of the inseparable relationship between business
and society?
A. All business decisions have a social impact.
B. The vitality of business depends on society’s actions and attitudes.
C. The survival of business is independent of society.
D. Both A and B, but not C.
Economic leverage occurs when a business uses it economic power to:
A. Hire lobbyists to gain a desired political action.
B. Pay for the costs of regulation to acquire a desired political action.
C. Threaten to leave a location unless a desired political action is taken.
D. Buyout another firm to acquire a desired political action.
Sexual harassment applies to:
A. Only men who are being harassed.
B. Only women who are being harassed.
C. Either men or women who are being harassed.
D. Only attractive employees who are being harassed.
Policies that affect the supply, demand, and value of a nation’s currency are:
A. International standards policies.
B. Social assistance policies.
C. Fiscal policies.
D. Monetary policies.
People’s ethical beliefs come from:
A. Legislative action and judicial decisions.
B. Reading the company’s profit and loss statements.
C. Their religious background, family, and education.
D. The organization’s code of ethics.
The Heritage Foundation scored which nation of the world among the most repressed in
2012?
A. Hong Kong.
B. Australia.
C. North Korea.
D. Singapore.
Businesses can take a number of measures to respond voluntarily to consumer demands.
Which of the following is an example of such a measure?
A. Product liability law reform.
B. Customer call centers.
C. Consumer advocacy groups.
D. Alternative dispute resolution policies.
The emergence of a public issue indicates that:
A. A gap has developed between what stakeholders expect and what an organization is
actually doing.
B. Technology is forcing ethics and business strategy closer together.
C. Consumers are unaware of how an organization’s actions affect them.
D. All of the above.
In 2014, what was the most valuable brand according to Brand Directory?
A. Facebook.
B. Apple.
C. Samsung.
D. Amazon.
Purposefully planned messages sent to selected media promoting the company without
payment to the media is called:
A. Advertising.
B. Corporate sponsorship.
C. Publicity.
D. Internal communications.
Which of the following statements is(are) true about global warming?
A. The earth has already warmed by between 0.7 and 1.1 degrees Celsius over the past
century.
B. Burning fossil fuels is the leading contributor of global warming.
C. The amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere has increased by as much as 40
percent since the Industrial Revolution.
D. All of the above.
Antitrust laws protect consumers from:
A. Anticompetitive practices by business.
B. Selling products above cost to drive away rivals.
C. Conspiring with business partners to increase competition.
D. Firms using market dominance to expand commerce.
Another name for unsolicited commercial emails is:
A. Spam.
B. Junk e-mail.
C. UCE.
D. All of the above.
According to the U.S Department of Labor:
A. Annually, more than 3 million workers in the private sector are hurt or become ill on
the job.
B. Annually, more than 3 million workers in the public sector are hurt or become ill on
the job.
C. Three out of every 100 workers are hurt or become ill on the job annually.
D. Both A and C, not B.
Which of these actions have Western nations taken to fight cybercrime?
A. Protected only the individual’s intellectual property.
B. Guaranteed only personal information privacy.
C. Accessed public information strictly for the private good.
D. Some nations protected personal privacy and others accessed private information for
the public good.
An analysis of the stability or instability of a government is an example of scanning the:
A. Social environment.
B. Legal environment.
C. Geophysical environment.
D. Political environment.
This international gathering brought together leaders from the United States and dozens
of European countries to address the global nature of cyberattacks:
A. Cyberattack Awareness Day.
B. Anti-cyber International.
C. International Defense Against Web Attacks (IDAWA).
D. Data Privacy Day.