Needing the answers to these questions
What is the theory of ethical relativism?
| A. the theory that there are universal ethical standards that people should adhere to |
| B. the theory that there are no ethical standards whatsoever |
| C. the theory that ethical standards are dependent on each particular culture |
| D. the theory that ethical standards are dependent on the culture's level of technology and advancement |
What happened when Stalney Milgram tested subjects' willingness to follow the orders of an authority figure to give electric shocks to someone else?
| A. No subjects were willing to harm other people. |
| B. One-third of subjects were willing to harm other people. |
| C. Two-thirds of subjects were willing to harm other people. |
| D. 90% of the subjects were willing to harm other people. |
How do we stimulate moral development in ourselves?
A. experience difficult ethical decisions ourselves |
| B. engage in interaction and discussion of moral issues with people around us |
| C. read about how others have dealt with ethical decisions |
| D. avoid ethically dubious situations |
refers to the reasoning process by which human behaviors, institutions, or policies are judged to be in accordance with or in violation of moral standards.
| A. Critical thinking |
| B. Ethical evaluation |
| C. Interpersonal concordance |
| D. Moral reasoning |
In the Integrative Social Contracts Theory, what is the term for moral standards that differ from one community to another?
A. social norms |
| B. microsocial norms |
| C. hypernorms |
| D. communal norms |
What ethical stance should managers adopt when in a foreign country whose laws and culture are different than what they are used to?
| A. Judge each case as it comes along. |
| B. Stick to the higher standards that are typical in their home country. |
| C. Always follow local practices and laws. |
| D. Follow their own personal code of ethics. |
A. Judge each case as it comes along.
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| B. Stick to the higher standards that are typical in their home country. |
| C. Always follow local practices and laws. |
| D. Follow their own personal code of ethics. |
attempt(s) to explain the world without reaching any conclusions about whether the world is as it ought to be.
| A. Ethics |
| B. A descriptive study |
| C. Social responsibility |
| D. Moral standards |
At this first post-conventional stage, the person becomes aware that people hold a variety of conflicting personal views and opinions and emphasizes fair ways of reaching consensus by agreement, contract, and due process.
| A. Social Contract Orientation |
| B. Universal Ethical Principles Orientation |
| C. Interpersonal Concordance Orientation |
| D. Law and Order Orientation |
The ISCT framework describes two kinds of moral standards: hypernorms and microsocial norms. What does ISCT stand for?
A. Implicit Social Cognitive Transition |
| B. Integrative Social Contracts Theory |
| C. International Social Consensus Theory |
| D. Integral Society Cognition Theory |
Which of the following is NOT one of the three basic types of issues covered by business ethics?
| A. Systemic issues |
| B. Moral issues |
| C. Corporate issues |
| D. Individual issues |
Richard Scrushy, former CEO of HealthSouth, was convicted of:
A. Defrauding Medicare & falsifying reports |
| B. Stealing company property |
| C. Bribery, conspiracy and mail fraud |
| D. Bigamy |
In the Integrative Social Contracts Theory, what is the term for moral standards that should be applied to people in all societies?What is an example of a microsocial norm?
| A. prohibition of murder |
| B. prohibition of alcohol |
| C. prohibition of torture |
| D. prohibition of stealing |
What happens during the Conventional Stages of Kohlberg's Three Levels of Moral Development?
| A. Children can see moral rights and wrongs. |
| B. Children can apply the labels good, bad, right, and wrong. |
| C. Children satisfy their own needs through right actions. |
| D. The person tries to see right and wrong impartially. |
Why do many Ivory Coast cocoa farmers use young boys as slave labor?
| A. It is the cheapest farming method, and the farmers are only interested in their huge profits. |
| B. There are no other people available to work the land in such remote areas due to civil war. |
| C. The farmers have no control over their selling prices due to middlemen, so some resort to child labor to cut costs. |
D. The chocolate companies force them to use child labor.
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criticized Kohlberg's theory on the grounds that it describes male and not female patterns of moral development.
| A. Carol Gilligan |
| B. David Reed |
| C. James Rachels |
| D. Edward Freeman |
What does the "Loyal Agent Argument" state?
| A. An employer would want to be served in whatever ways will advance his or her self-interests. |
| B. A customer expects to be served in whatever ways will ensure their loyalty to the company or brand. |
| C. An employee has a duty only to themselves as a loyal agent, and nobody else. |
| D. Companies will not waste time serving ethical needs because acting ethically does not advance their self-interests. |
Though business ethics covers a variety of topics, three basic types of issues are:
| A. systematic, corporate, and public. |
| B. systematic, corporate, and individual. |
| C. individual, group, and social. |
| D. systematic, corporate, and group. |
The term for the worldwide process by which the economic and social systems of nations become connected is called:
| A. connectivity. |
| B. internationalization. |
| C. multinationalism. |
| D. globalization. |
stated that businesses are obligated only to the stockholders and that owners have the right to say how the corporation should be run.
| A. David Reed |
| B. James Rachels |
| C. Milton Friedman |
D. Edward Freeman
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