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Customers are so used to misleading advertising that it does not infuriate them anymore.

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Employees have an easier time determining what is acceptable behavior if their company provides them with a code of ethics.

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An individual's moral values and central, value-related attitudes clearly influence one's business behavior.

The hard-core unemployed are made up of mentally ill individuals and those with prior criminal convictions.

Within a firm, social responsibility begins with management's attitude.

Ethical issues often arise out of business's relationships with investors, customers, employees, creditors, or competitors.

Businesspeople, by the very nature of their work, rarely face ethical issues to resolve.

A firm's social responsibility program will be ineffective if it has less than the total commitment of the company's top business officials.

Once they are made aware of the pollution problem, most firms respond rather than waiting to be cited by the EPA.

The economic model of social responsibility emphasizes the effect of business decisions on society.

Increasing numbers of managers have adopted the socioeconomic model of social responsibility.

In support of their position, proponents of the socioeconomic model argue that businesses should be allowed to ignore social issues.

Sponsors of advertisements aimed at children must be especially careful to avoid misleading messages.

The economic model of social responsibility emphasizes profits.

During the first quarter of the twentieth century, working conditions were deplorable by today's standards.

False and misleading advertising is illegal and unethical.

An ethical decision or action is one that is right according to some standard of behavior.

The planning stage of a social responsibility program can involve outside consultants to help develop it.

Manufacturers are not required by law to inform consumers about the potential dangers of using their products.

The lesser the competition, the greater the choice available to consumers.