CSUEB, Bus. and Professional Ethics Name________________________
MGMT 3560,Summer
2016
Instructor: Tod Zuckerman
Date: Friday 15 July, 2016
Due Date: NLT start of class on
Thursday, 21 July
HW#3(
Team Assignment) – Please Use Scantron Card
Instructions: There is only one correct
answer. Also, I want only one Scantron card per team – please write the names
of all team members on the card.
1.
Identify the costs for
businesses associated with unethical behaviors.
a.
Legal costs
b.
Theft costs
c.
Recruitment and turnover cost
d.
Monitoring costs
e.
All of the above
2.
Who theorized that individuals
are born with a soul- consisting of mind, emotions,
and desires- that forms an individual’s inner essence?
a.
Socrates
b.
Plato
c.
Warren Buffet
d.
Mark Zuckerberg
e.
(a) and (b)
3.
The famous “Heinz Dilemma”
concerned:
a.
Whether
– during the height of the Great Recession (October 2008) – the company that
produces Heinz Ketchup should have laid off 2500 of its most senior employees.
b.
The stages of cognitive
development.
c.
The stage of moral development.
d.
The moral dimensions of human
nature at birth.
e.
(a) and (d)
4.
Please identifya reason employees often do not speak up when
they observe unethical conduct.
a.
Fear others will view them as a “rat,” “fink,” “ratfink,”
“troublemaker,” “sh_ _disturber,” etc.
b.
Fear of damaging his/her
relationship with the person committing the unethical act.
c.
Fear of retaliation from the individual committing the unethical act.
d.
The belief that management – even if informed
about the ethical transgression – would not respond adequately, and,
thus, nobody would gain anything by him/her speaking up.
e.
All of the above.
5.
The term stakeholder is synonymous with shareholder:
a.
True
b.
False
6.
The individual who formulated
the Heinz Dilemma:
a.
Jean Piaget
b.
Lawrence Kohlberg
c.
Teresa Heinz
d.
Joseph Heinz
e.
Andrew Carnegie
7.
A mission statement declares
what an organization aspires to become.
a.
True
b.
False
8.
A vision statement explains why
an organization exists.
a.
True
b.
False
9.
A Code of Conduct is a bit like
the Ten Commandments, as it can be printed on the back of a business card.
a.
True
b.
False
10. The SEC _________ that public companies have Codes of Ethics.:
a.
Recommends
b.
Requires
c.
Neither recommends nor requires
d.
None of the above
11. Which is a false statement?
a.
Both the New York Stock
Exchange and NASDAQ require member companies to have codes of conduct.
b.
In many situations, a company
will not be able to obtain a federal government contract (for goods or
services) unless it has a code of conduct.
c.
Both A and b are false.
12.
Regarding ethical decision making, Microsoft’s
Code of Conduct is patterned after Prof. Collins’s
“Ethics Decision-Making Framework.”
a.
True.
b.
False
13. Concerning
the five major ethical theories, the most
demanding (and highest level) is Utilitarianism.
a.
True
b.
False
14. Regarding Social Group Relativism and Cultural Relativism, which is
viewed as a higher level on the moral ladder?
a.
Social Group Relativism
b.
Cultural Relativism
15. A Code of Ethics provides substance to a
Code of Conduct.
a.
True
b.
False
16. Typically, a Code of Conduct requires the input of attorneys.
a.
True
b.
False
17. Your instructor believes (as does Prof. Collins) that, when
preparing a Code of Ethics, it is best first to
brainstorm within the organization – without reviewing Codes of Ethics
from other companies/agencies/associations.
This is because adopting ethical principles from other organizations would be plagiarism and this would be unethical.
a.True
b. False
18. Adam Smith believed in which
of the following:
a.
Freedom and liberty are
essential values.
b.
The vast
majority of free people naturally are selfish.
c.
A large
majority offree people will elect to enter product and
labor markets where there are the
greatest needs and opportunities.
d.
All of theabove
e.
A and c.
19. According to Collins, most managers are social group relativists or
cultural relativists.
a.
True.
b.
False
20. Cultural relativists are mainly concerned with making a decision
that will do the greatest good for the greatest number of people.
a.
True
b.
False
21. It is illegal to ask an ex-employer: “would you hire this person
again?”
a.
True
b.
False
22. The FBI is disallowed (by
law) from conducting background checks for private businesses.
a.
True
b.
False
23. Prof. Collins discusses how each decision and action is subject to
ethical analysis. An “action sequence” is comprised of how many parts ?
a.
One
b.
Two
c.
Three
d.
Four
24. There is a federal statute
which regulates the use of polygraph tests in hiring.
a.
True
b.
False
25. Which of the statements below
can be an “ethical hazard approaching” sign?
a.
If it is legal, it is ethical.
b.
If it is essential, it is
ethical.
c.
If it is for a good reason, it
is ethical.
d.
All of the above.
e.
B and c.
26. The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act outlaws so-called
“facilitating payments.”
a.
True
b.
False
27. Which company below paid the most in penalties and fines after being convicted of FCPA violations?
a.
Siemens
b.
Microsoft
c.
Walmart
d.
Nike
e.
Facebook
28. Enactment of the FCPA was not controversial. In fact, its passage
was nearly unanimous as all but just a few
members of Congress realized just how dangerous paying bribes to foreign
officials was to our long-term
national security.
a.
True
b.
False
29. Corporations can be fined and otherwise
penalized under the FCPA. However, as a corporation is an artificial legal
entity, courts never impose prison time as part of asentence for any FCPA defendant .
a.
True
b.
False
30. TileVII of the Federal Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits employers
from discriminating against an employee or job applicant because of that
person’s race, color, sex, national; origin or religion,.
However, only employers with 15 or more employees are coveredfall within the
purview of Tile VII.Therefore, employers with fewer than 15 employees can
discriminate against persons based on race, religion, sex, national origin, and
color with impunity. That is, such employers are “off the hook” for
discriminatory conduct.
a.
True
b.
False
31. The Federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act prohibits allemployers from discriminating
against employees and job applicants aged
30 and older on the basis of their age.
a.
True
b.
False
32. Discrimination is always unethical and almost always illegal.
a.True
b.False
33. Several states have anti-discrimination/equal employment laws that
ban employment discrimination against the same protected classes included
in Tile VII of the Federal Civil Rights
Act plus bar employment
discrimination based on other characteristics, including but not limited to
disability, sexual orientation, and sexual identity.
a True
b. False
34. The Code of Conduct for United States Judges ( federal court judges)
includes a general statement that judges should “avoid impropriety and the
appearance of impropriety,”
Additionally, it contains an explicit
directive that a judge must not
“make speeches for a political organization or candidate, or publicly
endorse or oppose a candidate for public office.”
Which U.S.
Supreme Court Justice apologized this week
for violating
this ethical rule?
a.
Justice Breyer
b.
Chief Justice Roberts
c.
Justice Thomas
d.
Justice Ginsburg
e.
None of the above
35. What well known sports figure ( currentathlete, retired athlete,
college administrator, or professional sports club executive) recently made
news when it was reported that he , his daughter, and sister-in-law made $2.4
million from just working a part-time ( very, very part-time) job for a
charitable foundation that exists to provide financial aid to needy students.
a.
Willie Mays
b.
Jack Nicklaus
c.
Arnold Palmer
d.
Pat Haden
e.
Michael Jordan
36. A leading California university administrator is facing considerable
criticism ( including calls for his/her resignation/firing) for:
a.
Accepting a $70,000./year board
of directors position with DeVry University ( which is a defendant in several
lawsuits for various allegedly unethical practices).
b.
For making more than $400,
000.(from 2012-2014) as a member of the John Wiley&Sons Board of Directors
(this company publishes textbooks and other college materials).
c.
Both a and b.
d.
None of the above.
37. According to psychologists, people with mored education tend to be better ethical decision makers.
a.
True
b.
False
38. One of the six ethical theories, deontology,
emphasizes the results of an action on all those impacted by it. Thus, when
faced with an ethical decision, a deontologist
asks: ” How does the action relate
to everyone who is affected by it?If it is beneficial to the majority, then it
is right. If it is detrimental to the majority, then it is wrong.”
a.
True
b.
False
39. In class, Zuckerman said that
– looking back at his legal career – he was a:
a.
Virtue ethicist
b.
Deontologist
c.
Cultural relativist
d.
Social group relativist
e.
Utilitarian
40. Generally ( not always), ethical
beliefs generate ethicalintentions and result in ethical actions/behaviors. Also,
according to the research of psychologists James Weber and Janet Gillespie (
involving almost 400 students enrolled in an Executive MBA program), there is
typically only a very insignificant drop off going from one step to the next.
a.
True
b.
False
