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CHAPTER 2 - BUSINESS ETHICS AND SOCIAL
RESPONSIBILITY
Student: ____
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1. Ethics is the
study of how people should act.
True
False
2. An investor who
wants to comply with her ethical choice to follow
Islamic law could invest in the Amana
Fund, which will not invest in holdings
that earn interest.
True False
3. There is strong
evidence that ethical behavior pays off
financially for businesses.
True
False
4. Unethical
behavior can be costly.
True False
5. The ethics checklist
provided in the textbook serves two purposes: it
helps clarify the issues and it produces
the one correct answer to an ethical
dilemma.
True False
6. Society benefits when business
managers behave ethically.
True
False
7. Researchers who
study happiness find that people expect material
goods to make them happier than they
actually do.
True False
8. Generally, ethical
managers have happier, more satisfying lives.
True False
9. The behavior of top executives
regarding ethical issues has little effect on the
behavior of the employees of
the
organization.
True False
10. A company that engages
in unethical behavior may suffer severe
consequences.
True False
11. Wever, Inc. is
considering relocating a facility to Mexico. The
interests of the various stakeholders affected
by this decision may conflict.
True False
12. In analyzing ethical dilemmas using
the ethics checklist presented in the textbook, it
is best to narrow your
focus to
encompass only one or two major issues.
True False
13. Compassion and integrity are
generally not considered universal.
True False
14. Because of the increasing medical
concern over obesity in the United States, federal
regulation of
advertising has
effectively reduced to one-tenth of all
advertising during
children
’
s television
programs
advertisements for foods high
in fat, sugar, and salt and low in nutrition.
True False
15. Advertising provides a good example
of a sector where ethics is critical.
True False
16. In analyzing a situation to
determine how to act ethically, a business manager
should:
A. gather background
information by either talking firsthand with the
people involved or by talking to those
who gained information informally
through the company
“
grapevi
ne.
”
B. narrowly
focus on a single issue.
C. determine
whether an alternative violates important values.
D. All of the answers are correct.
17. Zeno, Inc. is
considering relocating its manufacturing facility
from Illinois to Mexico City. The stakeholders
in this decision might include:
A. Zeno's shareholders.
B.
customers.
C. the Illinois community in
which Zeno operates.
D. All of the
above.
18. Ethics is the
study of:
A. how managers should act
to maximize profits.
B. how people
should act.
C. what employers should do
to avoid liability.
D. all of the above
19. Does ethical behavior
maximize profitability?
A. Yes, there
is concrete evidence that ethical behavior
maximizes profitability.
B.
No, there is concrete evidence that unethical
companies outperform ethical companies.
C. Although there is no guarantee that
ethical behavior pays in the short or long run,
there is evidence that the
ethical
company is more likely to win financially.
D. There is strong evidence that
ethical behavior pays financially in the long run,
but not in the short run.
20. Why should ethics be a concern to
business?
A. Society as a whole
benefits from ethical behavior.
B.
People feel better when they behave ethically.
C. Unethical behavior can be very
costly.
D. All of the above.
21. Which of the following
values are considered almost universal?
A. Courage.
B. Compassion.
C. Integrity.
D. All of the
above.
22. Which of the
following are alternatives in dealing with issues
of ethics in advertising?
A. Try, in a
general way, to minimize racism, sexism, and other
exploitation.
B. Include, as
part of the development process, a systematic,
focused review of the underlying messages
contained in advertisements.
C. Refuse to create ads that are
potentially demeaning, insensitive, or dangerous,
recognizing that such a stand
may lead
to a loss of clients.
D. All of the
above are alternatives in dealing with issues of
ethics in advertising.
23.
A manager making a decision without fraud,
prejudice, or favoritism is exhibiting the value
of:
A. compassion.
B.
integrity.
C. fairness.
D.
responsibility.
24.
Research has shown that the least important
motivation for managers in behaving ethically is:
A. they want to feel good about
themselves.
B. they want to feel good
about the decisions they make.
C. they
value their reputation.
D.
profitability.
25. Why do
many major corporations actively encourage ethical
behavior?
A. Unethical behavior always
damages a business.
B. Unethical
behavior can quickly destroy a business.
C. Unethical acts are always illegal.
D. All of the above are reasons that
corporations actively encourage ethical behavior.
26. Stakeholders include:
A. Members of the community.
B. Customers.
C. Managers.
D. All of the above.
27. The observation that
n
be
attributed to:
A.
Justice Potter Stewart.
B. John Akers.
C. Milton Friedman.
D.
Jeffrey Sachs.
28.
E-presto, Inc. has established an EthicsLine.
EthicsLine is a toll-free phone number that
employees can call
any time of the day,
any day of the week to discuss ethics and report
suspected unethical or improper conduct.
Why would E-presto establish the
EthicsLine?
A. Ethical behavior
improves productivity.
B. Ethical
behavior increases job stability.
C.
Unethical behavior can destroy a business.
D. All of the above are reasons that
would justify establishing an
EthicsLine.
29.
Alternatives that advertising firms have when
dealing with ethics include:
A. Ignore
ethics.
B. Refuse to create harmful
ads..
C. Try to minimize racism.
D. All of the above.
30. One result of the Gillette Co. sale
to Procter & Gamble Co. discussed in the textbook
was that:
A. four percent of the
Gillette workforce, or about 6,000 employees, were
fired.
B. ten percent of the
Gillette workforce, or about 35,000 employees,
were fired.
C.
Gillette
’
s stock price went
down 13 percent in one day when the sale was
announced.
D. Kilts, the CEO
of Gillette, became unemployed.
31. Ethical companies:
A.
tend to earn higher returns than companies that
engage in wrong-doing.
B. tend to have
more creative employees than companies that engage
in wrong-doing.
C. are guaranteed to be
more profitable in the long run than companies
that engage in wrong-doing.
D. All of
the above..
E. Both (a) and (b).
32. Frank is the director
of quality control. He rejected some parts as non-
conforming to the specifications.
However, he is told by his to accept
the parts. Which value might give Frank the
strength to oppose his
supervisor?
A. Consideration.
B.
Courage.
C. Integrity.
D.
Compassion.
33. Paul
decided he did not want the new jeans he had
purchased from a large discount department store.
He
had worn them three times and
decided he just did not like them. The jeans fit
him fine and there is nothing
wrong
with them. He takes the jeans back to the store
and, as is its policy, the store gave him a full
refund of his
money. Which statement is
correct?
A. Paul's conduct was not
unethical since the store's policy of giving full
cash funds applied.
B.
Paul's conduct was unethical.
C. Paul's
conduct was unethical, even though the store had a
legal obligation to return his money.
D. Paul's conduct was ethical since the
store has a legal duty to return his money when he
returned the jeans.
34. The Chief Executive Officer of
Ticor, Inc. must decide about the disposal of
toxic waste materials. Which of
the
following considerations should help the CEO reach
an ethical business decision?
A. Toxic
waste disposal law.
B. The harm the
disposal could cause to the environment.
C. The impact on the business if the
decision is publicly disclosed through the news
media.
D. All of the above.
35. Don runs a construction company. He
hires people to work on his projects and tells
them they are all
come to
work, how long to work, what days to work, what
they are to do each day, and so forth. At the end
of
each week, Don pays his workers in
cash rather than with a check. Also, he does not
withhold any state, federal
or local
withholding tax (since he claims the workers are
independent contractors). Which statement is
correct?
A. Don has committed both
unethical and illegal conduct.
B. Don
has committed unethical conduct, but it is legal.
C. Don has committed ethical conduct
but it is illegal.
D. Don has committed
both ethical and legal conduct.
36. Which of the following is NOT a
question in the ethics checklist?
A.
How much profit will an alternative earn for my
company?
B. Who are the stakeholders?
C. Is more than one alternative right?
D. What are the facts?
37. Nortron Corporation wants to create
an ethical environment in its company. Which of
the following has
been found to help
foster a sense of ethics within an organization?
A. The company may develop a formal,
written ethics code.
B. The company may
institute a formal ethics training program for the
employees.
C. The top
executives may provide good examples by behaving
ethically themselves.
D. All
of the above alternatives have been used by U.S.
companies to create an ethical environment in
their
organizations.
38. Arthur is running for political
office. He trails the incumbent and decides to
start running a series of
ads.
his opponent. Arthur
admits that the attack ads were exaggerations and
contained so
me distortions. Which
statement is correct?
A.
Arthur has engaged in unethical behavior.
B. Arthur has not engaged in unethical
behavior since ethics usually do not apply to
political campaigns.
C. It
is not possible to determine whether
Arthur
’
s attack ads were
ethical or unethical without seeing them.
D. Arthur
’
s
attack ads would be unethical unless his opponent
did the same.
39. Jeffrey
Sachs, a leading economist and adviser to
developing nations, has expressed concern that:
A. there are too few sweatshops.
B. there are too many sweatshops.
C. children are being forced to work in
developing nations.
D. the United
States is not involved enough in forcing
developing nations to eliminate both child labor
and
sweatshops.
40. John discovered his company's
accountant was
agreed to pay John a
one-time payment of $$25,000 not to report the
skimming to company officials. The
accountant promised she would pay the
money back when she could. John accepted the money
and never
reported what he knew. A year
later the accountant was fired when the
embezzlement was discovered. She was
also prosecuted for theft. The payment
to John was never discovered. Which statement is
correct?
A. John's act was unethical
and illegal.
B. John's act was
unethical but not necessarily illegal.
C. John's act was ethical since he
believed the accountant would return the money;
however, it was illegal.
D.
Based on the facts, John's conduct was both
ethical and legal given the special circumstances
of this case.
41. Oxtron,
Inc. arranged for two employees, Kaiya and Gary,
to attend
Maintaining
Credibility
conference. Instead, he
takes in the local attractions. Kaiya fully
participated in the conference. Use the ethics
checklist to decide what Kaiya should
do about Gary's failure to participate in the
conference.
42. Tianhui
was recently hired as a sales representative by
Oxtron, Inc. Before leaving on his first sales
trip, a
number of the other sales
representatives take Tianhui aside and tell him
that it is customary for the sales
representatives to
what
Tianhui should do about the expense report he
submits to Oxtron.
43. Identify and discuss six values
that are almost universal.
44. Li is the vice president of
marketing for Felson, Inc., a manufacturer of
alcoholic beverages. One of Li's
directors has suggested that a cartoon
character be used to promote a new alcoholic
beverage. Use the ethics
checklist to
decide whether Li should follow the director's
suggestion.
45. Define
and discuss the concept of stakeholder.
CHAPTER 2 -
BUSINESS ETHICS AND SOCIAL
RESPONSIBILITY
Key
1. Ethics is the study of how people
should act.
TRUE
2. An investor who wants to comply with
her ethical choice to follow Islamic law could
invest in the Amana
Fund, which will
not invest in holdings that earn interest.
TRUE
3. There
is strong evidence that ethical behavior pays off
financially for businesses.
FALSE
4. Unethical behavior can
be costly.
TRUE
5. The ethics checklist provided in the
textbook serves two purposes: it helps clarify the
issues and it produces
the one correct
answer to an ethical dilemma.
FALSE
6. Society benefits when
business managers behave ethically.
TRUE
7.
Researchers who study happiness find that people
expect material goods to make them happier than
they
actually do.
TRUE
8. Generally, ethical
managers have happier, more satisfying lives.
TRUE
9. The
behavior of top executives regarding ethical
issues has little effect on the behavior of the
employees of
the organization.
FALSE
10. A
company that engages in unethical behavior may
suffer severe consequences.
TRUE
11. Wever, Inc. is
considering relocating a facility to Mexico. The
interests of the various stakeholders affected
by this decision may conflict.
TRUE
12. In
analyzing ethical dilemmas using the ethics
checklist presented in the textbook, it is best to
narrow your
focus to encompass only one
or two major issues.
FALSE
13. Compassion and integrity are
generally not considered universal.
FALSE
14.
Because of the increasing medical concern over
obesity in the United States, federal regulation
of
advertising has effectively reduced
to one-tenth of all advertising during
children
’
s television
programs
advertisements for foods high
in fat, sugar, and salt and low in nutrition.
FALSE
15.
Advertising provides a good example of a sector
where ethics is critical.
TRUE
16. In analyzing a
situation to determine how to act ethically, a
business manager should:
A.
gather background information by either talking
firsthand with the people involved or by talking
to those
who gained information
informally through the company
“
grapevine.
”
B.
narrowly focus on a
single issue.
C.
determine
whether an alternative violates important values.
D.
All of the answers are
correct.
17. Zeno, Inc. is
considering relocating its manufacturing facility
from Illinois to Mexico City. The stakeholders
in this decision might include:
A.
Zeno's shareholders.
B.
customers.
C.
the Illinois community in
which Zeno operates.
D.
All
of the above.
18. Ethics
is the study of:
A.
how
managers should act to maximize profits.
B.
how people should act.
C.
what employers should do
to avoid liability.
D.
all
of the above
19. Does
ethical behavior maximize profitability?
A.
Yes, there is concrete
evidence that ethical behavior maximizes
profitability.
B.
No, there is concrete evidence that unethical
companies outperform ethical companies.
C.
Although there is no
guarantee that ethical behavior pays in the short
or long run, there is evidence that the
ethical company is more likely to win
financially.
D.
There is
strong evidence that ethical behavior pays
financially in the long run, but not in the short
run.
20. Why
should ethics be a concern to business?
A.
Society as a whole
benefits from ethical behavior.
B.
People feel better when
they behave ethically.
C.
Unethical behavior can be very costly.
D.
All of the above.
21. Which of the following
values are considered almost universal?
A.
Courage.
B.
Compassion.
C.
Integrity.
D.
All of the above.
22. Which of the following
are alternatives in dealing with issues of ethics
in advertising?
A.
Try, in
a general way, to minimize racism, sexism, and
other exploitation.
B.
Include, as part of the
development process, a systematic, focused review
of the underlying messages
contained in
advertisements.
C.
Refuse to
create ads that are potentially demeaning,
insensitive, or dangerous, recognizing that such a
stand
may lead to a loss of clients.
D.
All of the above are
alternatives in dealing with issues of ethics in
advertising.
23. A manager
making a decision without fraud, prejudice, or
favoritism is exhibiting the value of:
A.
compassion.
B.
integrity.
C.
fairness.
D.
responsibility.
24. Research has shown
that the least important motivation for managers
in behaving ethically is:
A.
they want to feel good
about themselves.
B.
they
want to feel good about the decisions they make.
C.
they value their
reputation.
D.
profitability.
25. Why do
many major corporations actively encourage ethical
behavior?
A.
Unethical
behavior always damages a business.
B.
Unethical behavior can
quickly destroy a business.
C.
Unethical acts are always
illegal.
D.
All of the above
are reasons that corporations actively encourage
ethical behavior.
26. Stakeholders include:
A.
Members of the community.
B.
Customers.
C.
Managers.
D.
All of the above.
27. The observation that
attributed to:
A.
Justice Potter Stewart.
B.
John Akers.
C.
Milton Friedman.
D.
Jeffrey Sachs.
28. E-presto, Inc. has
established an EthicsLine. EthicsLine is a toll-
free phone number that employees can call
any time of the day, any day of the
week to discuss ethics and report suspected
unethical or improper conduct.
Why
would E-presto establish the EthicsLine?
A.
Ethical behavior improves
productivity.
B.
Ethical
behavior increases job stability.
C.
Unethical behavior can
destroy a business.
D.
All
of the above are reasons that would justify
establishing an EthicsLine.
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