Question 1 Understanding the change in attitude towards
studying business ethics includes the understanding that corporate scandals in
the recent past have largely affected _____.
Select one:
a. stockholders
b. employees
c. directors
d. stakeholders
Question 2 The Americans with Disabilities Act is an example
best describing the fact that
Select one:
a. societies valuing
freedom welcome laws that require more than the ethical minimum.
b. a perspective that
compliance is enough relies on a misleading understanding of law.
c. obedience to law
is sufficient to fulfill one’s ethical duties.
d. laws cannot
anticipate every new business dilemma that might be faced.
Question 3 Upon discovering a lost baseball glove, Joe
decides to keep it, concluding that if he did not keep it, someone else would
anyway. He figures, that if not the owner, at least he may benefit from it.
This is an indication of a cognitive barrier arising from
Select one:
a. considering only
limited alternatives.
b. an intentional
ignorance.
c. satisfying a
minimum decision criteria.
d. feeling
comfortable with simplified decision rules.
Question 4 _____ was part of the same social movement that
gave rise to modern democratic market capitalism.
Select one:
a.
Utilitarianism
b. Virtue ethics
c. Deontological
ethics
d. Ethical relativism
Question 5 The primary aim of ethical values is that the
well-being promoted through it is not of a/an _____ and _____ nature.
Select one:
a. religious,
theological
b. altruistic,
familial
c. personal,
selfish
d. esoteric,
technological
Question 6 The utilitarian tradition has a long history of
relying on _____ for deciding on the ethical legitimacy of alternative
decisions.
Select one:
a. intuition
b. experience
c. variable analysis
d. social
sciences
Question 7 One of the major challenges associated with
ethical decision-making is better understood by realizing that decisions
involve
Select one:
a. religious aspects
to the process.
b. the interests of
multiple stakeholders.
c. social norms beset
by public expectations.
d. financial
obligations.
Question 8 Which ethical framework is based on the
foundations of rules and the need for them to be followed, no matter the
consequences?
Select one:
a. Virtue ethics
framework of ethics.
b. Social justice
through fairness framework of ethics.
c. Utilitarian
framework of ethics.
d. Deontological
framework of ethics.
Question 9 Which among the following branches of study raises
questions about justice, law, civic virtues, and political philosophy?
Select one:
a. Business studies
b. Morality
c. Descriptive ethics
d. Social ethics
Question 10 In context to the subject, Nazi Germany and
apartheid in South Africa reflect that
Select one:
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 insufficient to fulfill one’s ethical duties.
d. laws cannot
anticipate every new business dilemma that might be faced.
Question 11 The branch of ethics that deals with the
reasoning about how one should act is called
Select one:
a. meta-ethics.
b. humanistic ethics.
c. normative
ethics.
d. descriptive
ethics.
Question 12 _____ set the standards or guidelines for
determining what one should do, how one should act, what type of person one
should be.
Select one:
a. Roles
b. Attitudes
c. Norms
d. Social ethics
Question 13 Even if it may not be the best decision made,
using a simple _____ might appear to relieve one of accountability for the
decision.
Select one:
a. analogy
b. decision criteria
c. manner of
satisficing
d. decision rule
Question 14 Kant’s version which directs us to act according
to those rules that could be universally agreed by all people forms part of the
famous “Kantian _____.”
Select one:
a. hypothetical
imperative
b. decisive
correlations
c. categorical
imperative
d. moral objectivism
Question 15 Philosophical ethics seeks foundations that all
reasonable people can accept, regardless of their
Select one:
a. educational
background.
b. economical
background.
c. cultural
background.
d. religious
background.
Question 16 One helpful exercise for considering the effects
of a decision on others is to
Select one:
a. conduct a private
debate.
b. speak to a trusted
friend.
c. shift one’s
role.
d. practice everyday,
what one preaches.
Question 17 In the context of satisficing, the very fact
that a decision was reached by _____ can convince everyone involved that it
must be the most reasonable decision.
Select one:
a. consensus
b. normative channels
c. descriptive
channels
d. analysis
Question 18 Which of the following focuses on the concept of
practices and what type of people these practices are creating?
Select one:
a. Virtue ethics
framework of ethics.
b. Social justice
through fairness framework of ethics.
c. Utilitarian
framework of ethics.
d. Deontological
framework of ethics.
Question 19 Specifically, in some people, a set of _____
inclines them to, without deliberation, act ethically.
Select one:
a. moralities
b. do’s and don’ts
c. codes
d. ethical
habits
Question 20 At its most basic level, _____ is/ are concerned
with how we act and how we live our lives.
Select one:
a. laws
b. regulations
c. values
d. ethics
Question 21 Different types of values are typically
distinguished in terms of
Select one:
a. the history of its
inceptions.
b. the importance
associated to it by a majority.
c. the ends they
serve.
d. the geographic
reach and acceptance of that value.
Question 22 Consequences, justifications, principles,
rights, or duties are all methods to
Select one:
a. identify the
stakeholders that may be impacted by the decisions.
b. consider the
various available alternatives.
c. compare and weigh
alternatives.
d. identify the
ethical issues involved.
Question 23 The essence of utilitarianism is
Select one:
a. to compare the
consequences of alternative actions.
b. its reliance on
consequences.
c. its focus on just
one consequence.
d. to ignore harmful
consequences.
Question 24 A person who acts in a way that is based upon a
careful consideration of _____ has acted in a more ethically responsible way
than a person who acts without deliberation.
Select one:
a. the ethical issues
b. all stakeholders
c. their morals
d. the facts
Question 25 The study of ethics is different from the study
of psychology and sociology in that the latter fields are
Select one:
a. narrative in
nature.
b. descriptive in
nature.
c. quasi-experimental
in nature.
d. developmental in
nature.
Question 26 Individual codes of conduct regarding how one
should live, how one should act, what one should do, what kind of a person
should one be, etc. is sometimes referred to as:
Select one:
a. morality.
b. independence.
c. leadership.
d. rational motives.
Question 27 What according to the authors will prove best
for optimally satisfying the various interests in the two approaches to
utilitarianism?
Select one:
a. Market-based
solutions
b. Consumer-supplier
partnerships
c. Deontological
practices
d. Strict
governmental regulations
Question 28 Monitoring one’s actions accordingly when faced
with similar challenges in the future, and to evaluate the implications of
one’s decisions are all an ongoing part of
Select one:
a. comparing and
weighing alternatives based on consequences.
b. monitoring and
learning from the outcomes of the decisions.
c. comparing and
weighing alternatives based implications for personal integrity.
d. identifying
stakeholders and the effect of the decision on them.
Question 29 Philosophical ethics argues that a key test of
_____ is whether or not a decision would be acceptable from the point of view
of all parts involved.
Select one:
a. ethical
legitimacy
b. responsibility
c. morality
d. normative studies
Question 30 Which among the following provides a strong
support for democratic institutions and policies?
Select one:
a.
Utilitarianism
b. Virtue ethics
c. Deontological
ethics
d. Social justice
Question 31 The study of various character traits that can
contribute to, or obstruct, a happy and meaningful human life is part of
Select one:
a. philosophical
ethics.
b. virtue ethics.
c. deontological
ethics.
d. utilitarianism.
Question 32 Which among the following can result in a
scenario where the number of regulated areas becomes improbable and
unmanageable?
Select one:
a. Telling businesses
that its ethical responsibilities end with obedience to law.
b. Assuming that law
can anticipate every new dilemma that businesses might face.
c. Maintaining that
obedience to law is sufficient to fulfill one’s ethical duties.
d. Assuming that
freedom valuing societies welcome laws requiring more than just an ethical
minimum.
Question 33 The ability of losing sight of the ethical
aspects while involved in the financial aspect of decisions is called
Select one:
a. moral imagination.
b. descriptive
ignorance.
c. morality lapse.
d. normative
myopia.
Question 34 A manager
honoring a commitment, although resulting in unfavorable consequences, is
highlighting the difficulties associated with which type of ethical framework?
Select one:
a. Virtue ethics
framework of ethics.
b. Utilitarian
framework of ethics.
c. Social justice
through fairness framework of ethics.
d. Deontological
framework of ethics.
Question 35 Many businesses looking to hire graduates expect
an impetus on teaching not just information and knowledge about ethics, but
also:
Select one:
a. ethical
behavior.
b. to train others at
the workplace.
c. intervention in
case of unethical practices.
d. humanitarian,
political and psychological perspectives.
Question 36 This signifies the fact that no group could
function if members were free at all times to decide for themselves what to do
and how to act.
Select one:
a. Ethical standards
b. Social
contract
c. Social mores
d. Personal norms
Question 37 Identify the step that precedes monitoring the
outcome in making an ethically responsible decision.
Select one:
a. Identifying the
ethical issues involved
b. Comparing and
weighing the alternatives based on consequences
c. Making a
decision
d. Considering how
the decision affects stakeholders involved
Question 38 One sector of economists that view profit
maximization as a central idea to corporate social responsibility are following
the
Select one:
a. social justice
through fairness framework of ethics.
b. deontological
framework of ethics.
c. utilitarian
framework of ethics.
d. virtue-based
framework of ethics.
Question 39 Which among the following frameworks of ethics
becomes less practical with an increase in the number of people, animals, etc
that could be affected by decisions made?
Select one:
a. Virtue ethics
framework of ethics.
b. Utilitarian
framework of ethics.
c. Social justice
through fairness framework of ethics.
d. Deontological
framework of ethics.
Question 40Identify, among the following, one that is not a
cognitive barrier to responsible, ethical decision-making.
Select one:
a. An ignorance that
is willful and intentional
b. Considering
limited alternatives
c. Not following
simplified decision rules
d. Satisficing
