Business Ethics Now Test (Ch. 1-2)

Government

All of the following are sources of individual's moral standard except: - Family - Religion - Government - Friends

Scrooge McDuck

All of the follwing represent the ideal of personal integrity except: - Spider-Man - Batman - Superman - Scrooge McDuch

What are the alternatives

All the following are questions identified by Aurthor Dorbin to resolve an ethical delemma except: -What do your feelings tell you? - What are the alternatives? - What are the facts? - What will you think of yourself if you decide one thing or another?

Intristic Value

An ____ is a value that is a good thing in itself and is pursued for its own sake.

True

An ethical delemma occurs when there is no obvious right or wrong decision. (true/false)

Rational Ethics

Ethical theories can be divided into the follwing categories except: -Virtue ethics -Ethics for the greater good -Rational ethics - Universal ethics

False

Fortunately, the terms morals and values do not mean the same thing. (true/false)

Ethical Reasoning

Looks at the information avaiable to us in resolving an ethical dilemma and draws conclusions based on that information in relation to our own ehtical standards.

Analyze the actions

The second step in the three-step process for solving an ethical problem is to ___.

Ethics

Refers to a study of how people try to live their lives according to a standard of "right" or "wrong" behavior.

True

Superman has become a fictional representation of personal integrity. (true/false)

Virtue Ethics

The Greek Philosopher Aristotle's belief in individual character and integrity established the concept of ___.

True

The field of ethics is the study of how people try to live their lives according to a standard of "right" or "wrong" behavior. (true/false)

Analyse the consequences

The first step in the three-step process for solving an ethical problem is to:

False

The problem with virtue ethics is that this approach to ethics posts that the ends justify the means.

Social-contract legalistic orientation

This stage focuses on individual rights and the development of standards based on critical examination.

Obedience and Punishment Orientation

This stage focuses on the avoidance of punishment and deference to power and authority

Universal Ethics

This theory of ethics places actions within a strictly moral contest instead of basing actions on the needs of a particular situation

The grey area

What is it that makes the study of ethics so complex?

Virtue Ethics

Which of the following faces the problem that societies can place different empasis on different virtues?