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You are in a business meeting at work that requires your group to make an ethical decision. Your willingness to post the final decision on the bulletin board in the break room for all to see passes the test: "How will it make me feel about myself?"

A) True
B) False

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A growing number of people feel that an employee's ethics are a personal matter, and have nothing to do with management.

A) True
B) False

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Effective corporate values start with employees and develop throughout the organization to include top management.

A) True
B) False

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A recent study revealed that most Americans have


A) strong moral values.
B) a strong desire to do what is right.
C) few moral absolutes.
D) a great desire to help their community.

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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Studies show that consumers are not concerned about the socially conscious behavior of the firms with which they do business.

A) True
B) False

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Corporate social responsibility describes the firm's


A) exclusive responsibility to its stockholders.
B) ability to plan for the unexpected.
C) commitment to a management training program.
D) concern for the welfare of society.

E) B) and D)
F) C) and D)

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Although college graduates would prefer to work for socially responsible companies,


A) they would not consider less pay to do so.
B) they are not interested in companies that spend resources for corporate social initiatives.
C) they are not in agreement as to what it means to be socially responsible.
D) they favor Milton Friedman's philosophy on the subject.

E) B) and C)
F) All of the above

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Making businesspeople more accountable for company actions may help restore trust in the free-market system and leaders in general.

A) True
B) False

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In a famous speech, former President John F. Kennedy proposed that businesses had four basic rights, and in his own words, he proclaimed that "each one of them leads us back to the right to keep the profits from one's business."

A) True
B) False

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Surveys show that students are willing to agree to lower salaries if they know their employer is participating in socially responsible activities.

A) True
B) False

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Recently, Bob was trying to choose among three mutual fund investments for his retirement account. As a socially conscious investor, he will prefer to invest in funds that hold the stocks of oil and coal companies, as opposed to wind-turbine and renewable energy companies.

A) True
B) False

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Given the ethical lapses that are prevalent today in our businesses, which of the following can be done to restore trust in the free-market system and leaders in general?


A) Business leaders that have broken the law should be given another chance.
B) New laws making accounting records transparent may help restore trust.
C) Making the government accountable for business leader behavior will restore trust.
D) It's up to the government to pass laws requiring ethical behavior of all leaders, business and otherwise.

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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A phone call to a government official by an employee of the Enron Corporation disclosed the deception and dishonesty of the firm's accounting records. This employee played the role of a


A) whistleblower.
B) horn blower.
C) ethics officer.
D) moral policeman.

E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

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Due to the fact that American ethical standards are very clear-cut, international suppliers do not have difficulty adhering to them.

A) True
B) False

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The purpose of a(n) ________ is to evaluate an organization's progress toward implementing programs that are socially responsible and responsive.


A) accountability review
B) social audit
C) federal disclosure statement
D) annual report

E) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

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Following an ethics-based approach to decision making will normally lead to


A) higher profits.
B) lower employee turnover.
C) lower prices.
D) more competition.

E) None of the above
F) B) and C)

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Defining a socially responsible company is complicated. Businesses differ from other businesses, as well as the people they serve, on what we mean by "socially responsible."

A) True
B) False

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Identify the three questions that an ethics-based manager should ask when facing a potentially unethical action, and provide an example of a situation where you would use these questions to evaluate a decision.

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Is it legal? Am I violating any law or c...

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The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) plans to publish a standard on social responsibility called ISO 26000.

A) True
B) False

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The position a firm takes on issues that affect the corporation as well as society is known as its


A) political philanthropy.
B) corporate policy.
C) target posturing.
D) structural positioning.

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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