Which of the following does the term Corporate Social Responsibility relate to?
A. Ethical conduct
B. Environmental practice
C. Community investment
D. All of these
ANSWER: D
What is Ethics to do with?
A. The wider community
B. Business
C. Right and wrong
D. Nothing
ANSWER: C
Most companies begin the process of establishing organizational ethics programs by
developing:
A. Ethics Training Programs
B. Code of Conduct
C. Ethics Enforcement Mechanisms
D. Hidden Agenda
ANSWER: B
An organisation's obligation to act to protect and improve society's welfare as well as its own
interests is referred to as
A. A Organisational Social Responsibility
B. B Organisational Social Responsiveness
C. C Corporate Obligation
D. D Business Ethics
ANSWER: A
Which of the following is an example of an area where business ethics apply?
A. A Conduct of international operations
B. B Nowhere
C. C In the personal life of staff
D. D None of these
ANSWER: A
Which statement is/are true?
A) Ethics is not synonymous to religious morality or moral theology
B) Ethics is the principle that guide the human behaviour
C) The terms 'ethics' and 'morality' are not synonymous terms
D) All of these
ANSWER: D
Codes of conduct and codes of ethics
A. are formal statements that describe what an organization expects of its employees.
B. become necessary only after a company has been in legal trouble.
C. are designed for top executives and managers, not regular employees.
D. rarely become an effective component of the ethics and compliance program.
ANSWER: A
To be successful, business ethics training programs need to:
A. focus on personal opinions of employees.
B. be limited to upper executives.
C. educate employees on formal ethical frameworks and models of ethical decision
making.
D. promote the use of emotions in making tough ethical decisions
ANSWER: C
Situation in which a business decision may be influenced for personal gain is _____.
A. Ethical dilemma
B. Conflict of Interest
C. Insider trading
D. Whistle blowing
ANSWER: B
Employee’s disclosure of illegal, immoral, or unethical practices in the organization is ____
A. Honesty and integrity
B. Conflict of Interest
C. Insider trading
D. Whistle blowing
ANSWER: D
Business ethics are
A. the application of general ethical rules to business behavior.
B. rules of business by which propriety of business activity may be judged
C. the systematic handling of values in business and industry
D. All of these
ANSWER: D
‘The rightness or wrongness of any action must be viewed in terms of the consequences that
the action produces.’ This statement is ___ theory of ethics.
A. Consequentialism
B. Kantian Deontologism (Deontology)
C. Natural Law
D. Virtue Ethics
ANSWER: A
Following is NOT an ethical issue faced by the organizations:
A. Should firms use child labour?
B. To what extent should firms seek to be environmentally friendly?
C. Is animal testing needed in products and ingredients?
D. All are ethical issues
ANSWER: D
Roots of unethical behavior are:
A. Poor leadership
B. Personal ethics
C. Organizational culture
D. All of these
ANSWER: D
‘An act must be performed because the act in some way is characterized by universality (i.e.
appropriate for everyone) or that it conforms to moral law.’ This statement is ____ theory of
ethics.
A. Consequentialism
B. Kantian Deontologism (Deontology)
C. Natural Law
D. Virtue Ethics
ANSWER: B
‘One may, through rational reflection on nature (especially human nature), discover principles
of good and bad that can guide our actions in such a way that we will move toward human
fulfillment or flourishing.’ This statement is ____ theory of ethics.
A. Consequentialism
B. Kantian Deontologism (Deontology)
C. Natural Law
D. Virtue Ethics
ANSWER: C
According to ___ theory of ethics, there are two differing approaches to ethics.
A. Consequentialism
B. Kantian Deontologism (Deontology)
C. Natural Law
D. Virtue Ethics
ANSWER: D
