Strayer bus309 Week 11 Final Quiz June 2015

here is no minimum passing score for this assessment.

Question 1

A firm that has become a "neighbor of choice" builds and sustains ________ within the community.

• a) Commitment

• b) Trust

• c) Educational opportunities

• d) Political clout

Question 2

According to utilitarianism:

• a) An action is morally right if it results in the greatest amount of good for the greatest amount of people affected by the action.

• b) An action is morally right if it results in the greatest amount of good possible in the given situation.

• c) If you behave morally, you are serving the community.

• d) An action is morally right if it results in the least amount of negativity possible.

Question 3

Morality is best defined as:

• a) What is considered as correct within a society.

• b) Making the right decision's where there is a chance to do wrong.

• c) Defining what is right and wrong for an individual or a community.

• d) Where individuals have a conscious choice to make a right and ethical decision.

Question 4

Most companies begin the process of establishing organizational ethics programs by developing:

• a) Ethics training programs

• b) Codes of conduct

• c) Ethics enforcement mechanisms

• d) Hidden agendas

Question 5

Stakeholders are considered more important to an organization when:

• a) They can make use of their power on the organization.

• b) They do not emphasize the urgency of their issues.

• c) Their issues are not legitimate.

• d) They can express themselves articulately.

Question 6

The ability to interpret and adapt successfully to different national, organizational, and professional cultures is called:

• a) National competitiveness

• b) Global development

• c) Cultural intelligence

• d) Stakeholder sensitivity

Question 7

The absolutist/cognitive perspective divides into:

• a) Ethical relativism/Non-relativism

• b) Cognitivism/Non-cognitivism

• c) Consequentialists/Non-consequentialists

• d) External/Internal

Question 8

The area where ethics and law overlap is called:

• a) Yellow area

• b) White area

• c) Black area

• d) Grey area

Question 9

The community relations function should develop community mission statements, assess opportunities, and identify priorities for the types of contributions a business will make by:

• a) Consistently privileging one stakeholder group.

• b) Considering only internal constituents.

• c) Remaining independent of all stakeholder groups.

• d) Cooperating with various internal and external constituents.

Question 10

The first step in the auditing process should be to secure the commitment of:

• a) employees

• b) top executives and directors

• c) stockholders

• d) customers

Question 11

The ________ dimension of social responsibility refers to a business's societal contribution of time, money, and other resources.

• a) ethical

• b) philanthropic

• c) volunteerism

• d) strategic

Question 12

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.

Question 13

Virtue ethics:

• a) Assumes good businesses will make good decisions.

• b) Assumes good government good ethical practices on their businesses.

• c) Assumes good persons will make good decisions and personal qualities affect decisions.

• d) Assumes good persons will make good decisions but it has nothing to do with personal qualities.

Question 14

What are ethical theories?

• a) Ethical theories are conduct that should be followed in order to have good ethical practice.

• b) Ethical theories are the rules and principles that determine right and wrong for any given situation.

• c) Ethical theories are ancient hypotheses on how to create good business practice.

• d) Ethical theories give guidelines on how to achieve a good corporate image.

Question 15

What is business ethics?

• a) The study of business situations, activities, and decisions where issues of right and wrong are addressed.

• b) Defined as decisions organizations make on issues that could be considered right or wrong.

• c) Ethics that can be applied to an organization’s practices.

• d) Ethical processes businesses use in order to achieve a good ethical standard.

Question 16

What type of justice exists if employees are being open, honest, and truthful in their communications at work?

• a) Procedural

• b) Distributive

• c) Ethical

• d) Interactional

Question 17

Which is NOT a reason a business engages in business ethics?

• a) To recover a company’s image after a notorious business scandal.

• b) To avoid the loss of a good corporate image or being sued for misconduct.

• c) To enhance global relationships.

• d) To act with real commitment.

Question 18

Which is NOT a reason why business ethics is important?

• a) Stakeholders increasingly demand ethical behavior.

• b) Continued occurrence of ethical infractions shows it is needed.

• c) Ethical companies have been found to be performers that are more effective.

• d) Ethical companies are more likely to achieve government funding and local funds.

Question 19

Which of the following are considered ethics of justice?

• a) Innocent justice, guilty justice, intuitional justice

• b) Retributive justice, processes justice, compliant justice

• c) Innocent justice, fraudulent justice, negligent justice

• d) retributive justice, procedural justice, distributive justice

Question 20

Which of the following are Plato's Virtues?

• a) Wisdom, courage, self-control, and justice

• b) Confidence, motivation, and control

• c) Happiness, goodness, and love

• d) Wisdom, confidence, happiness, and justice

Question 21

Which of the following is a problem presented by ethics audits?

• a) They may be used to reallocate resources.

• b) They identify practices that need improvement.

• c) Selecting auditors may be difficult.

• d) They may pinpoint problems with stakeholder relationships.

Question 22

Which of the following is NOT a driver of responsible competitiveness?

• a) Policy drivers

• b) Development drivers

• c) Business action

• d) Social enablers

Question 23

Which of the following is NOT one of the primary elements of a strong organizational compliance program?

• a) A written code of conduct

• b) An ethics officer

• c) Significant financial expenditures

• d) A formal ethics training program

Question 24

Which of the following is the best definition for "ethical"?

• a) Global, strict, and absolute rules on right and wrong according to ethical conduct.

• b) Claims morality is context dependent and subjective there are no universal right and wrongs that can be rationally determined.

• c) Right and wrong is objective and determined by the organizations culture.

• d) Claims there are eternal, universally applicable moral principles. Right and wrong are objective qualities.

Question 25

______________ are standards of behavior that groups expect of their members.

• a) Codes of conduct

• b) Group values

• c) Group norms

• d) Organizational norms