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What are the two major problems that affirmative action programs have faced?

A) Quotas and lack of acceptance by some businesspeople
B) Unrealistic expectations and strict enforcement
C) Lack of enforcement and lack of acceptance
D) Reverse discrimination and lawsuits
E) Quotas and the EEOC

F) A) and E)
G) B) and D)

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The fundamental issues concerning land pollution are how to restore already contaminated land and how to prevent further contamination.

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B) False

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One major reason for improving product safety is the consumer's demand for safe products.

Of the three factors mentioned as contributors to air pollution, only the combination of weather and geography cannot be changed.

When medical research indicated that a high-fiber diet might help reduce one's risk of colon cancer, a few producers of fiber cereals suggested in their advertisements that if you eat fiber cereal, you will not get cancer. This is an example of

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

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

The right to choose means that consumers must have a choice of products offered by different manufacturers and sellers.

Fortunately, the acid-rain problem has been solved in recent years.

Affirmative action plans encompass all areas of human resources management, including recruiting, hiring, training, promotion, and pay.

A major way technology affects land pollution is the potential for

During the 1980s, very few organizations created and implemented ethics codes.

Investors expect management to do all of the following except

A code of ethics is a written guide to acceptable and ethical behavior as defined by an organization.

Which of the following is the most important legislation in improving the condition of U.S. waters?

Mattel, the maker of Barbie dolls, frequently shows television ads aimed at children on Saturday mornings, when many children are known to watch cartoons. Some of these ads mix cartoon-type animation and "real" shots of the dolls so that it is sometimes difficult for even an adult to determine what the doll can or cannot do. This most likely represents

The economic model of social responsibility was developed in a period when the primary concern of firms was

Social responsibility

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

Publix, a southeastern grocery store chain, has signs saying that tips are not accepted and employees are all informed of this policy. However, many of the baggers commonly accept tips from customers anyway and they often compare to see who makes the most. The factor affecting the ethical behavior of Publix's employees is