1. Several studies of unethical behavior in business have concluded that business people do not realize they are acting
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2022 1:28 pm
1. Several studies of unethical behavior in business have
concluded that business people do not realize they are acting
unethically, primarily because _________________.
A) Their personal ethics are not as demanding as business
ethics
B) Profit is a more important business goal than ethical
behavior
C) They learned their decision-making skills before it became a
standard practice to incorporate an ethical dimension
D) They apply a business calculus to what they perceive to be a
business decision forgetting that the decision may also have an
important ethical dimension.
2. Using Hofstede's dimensions of social culture, a recent study
found that cultures, where individualism and
________________________ were high, were more likely to emphasize
the importance of behaving ethically than firms headquartered in
cultures that emphasized other attributes.
A) Uncertainty avoidance
B) Masculinity
C) Power distance
D) Confucian dynamism
3. The Friedman doctrine, cultural relativism, the righteous
moralist, and the naïve immoralist are approaches that have some
value but are unsatisfactory in important ways. Companies do adopt
these approaches, but they are generally known as
__________________.
A) Philosophical exercises
B) Straw men theory
C) Corporate practical necessities
D) Neoclassical ethics
4. __________________ approaches to ethics hold that the moral
worth of actions or practices is determined by their
consequences.
A) Naive moralist
B) Rights theories
C) Kantian
D) Utilitarian
39. According to _______, employing people in sweatshops, making
them work long hours for low pay in poor work conditions, is a
violation of ethics.
A) Utilitarian
B) Kantian ethics
C) The Friedman doctrine
D) Cultural relativism
5. Which of the intellectual property protection laws can be
used for registering the Blueprints of the new iPhone 6s? *
A) Trademark
B) Copyright
C) Patent
D) None of the above
6. Why do international business people need to study
culture?
A) because investors respect a well-rounded education
B) to prepare themselves for work in a social environment
C) because there are no cultural universals to help understand a
new market
D) to better understand buying habits of people in the past
concluded that business people do not realize they are acting
unethically, primarily because _________________.
A) Their personal ethics are not as demanding as business
ethics
B) Profit is a more important business goal than ethical
behavior
C) They learned their decision-making skills before it became a
standard practice to incorporate an ethical dimension
D) They apply a business calculus to what they perceive to be a
business decision forgetting that the decision may also have an
important ethical dimension.
2. Using Hofstede's dimensions of social culture, a recent study
found that cultures, where individualism and
________________________ were high, were more likely to emphasize
the importance of behaving ethically than firms headquartered in
cultures that emphasized other attributes.
A) Uncertainty avoidance
B) Masculinity
C) Power distance
D) Confucian dynamism
3. The Friedman doctrine, cultural relativism, the righteous
moralist, and the naïve immoralist are approaches that have some
value but are unsatisfactory in important ways. Companies do adopt
these approaches, but they are generally known as
__________________.
A) Philosophical exercises
B) Straw men theory
C) Corporate practical necessities
D) Neoclassical ethics
4. __________________ approaches to ethics hold that the moral
worth of actions or practices is determined by their
consequences.
A) Naive moralist
B) Rights theories
C) Kantian
D) Utilitarian
39. According to _______, employing people in sweatshops, making
them work long hours for low pay in poor work conditions, is a
violation of ethics.
A) Utilitarian
B) Kantian ethics
C) The Friedman doctrine
D) Cultural relativism
5. Which of the intellectual property protection laws can be
used for registering the Blueprints of the new iPhone 6s? *
A) Trademark
B) Copyright
C) Patent
D) None of the above
6. Why do international business people need to study
culture?
A) because investors respect a well-rounded education
B) to prepare themselves for work in a social environment
C) because there are no cultural universals to help understand a
new market
D) to better understand buying habits of people in the past