Aplia Chapter 5

Domain of Free Choice

Personal Standard

Principle-based statement

Google has this type of statement in its code of conduct that starts "Don't be evil." The code goes on to say that Google employees must "Respect each other."

Level B: Conventional

Lives up to expectation of others. Fulfills duties and obligations of the social system. Uphold laws. Guiding/encouraging, team oriented Work group collaboration

Ethics Committee

When managing corporate ethics, this group is specifically charged with determining how ethical dilemmas will be resolved.

People who put money into an organization deserve the maximum possible return on their investment. People should be allowed to choose their charities for themselves. When organizations donate money to charity, the bottom line suffers.

The managers at Johnson & Johnson who authorized the buyback of defective products might have endorsed Milton Friedman's shareholder, or profit-maximizing, view. Which of the following arguments also support Friedman's position? Check all that apply.

Procedural Justice

This idea of justice is concerned with rules and how they are applied. Among other things, it says that rules should be based on prevailing ethical standards and they should be consistently and accurately applied.

Level A: Pre conventional

Follows rules of avoid punishment. Acts in own interest. Obedience for its own sake. Autocratic/coercive Task Accomplishment

Level C: Post Conventional

Follows self chosen principles of justice and right. Aware that people hold different values and seeks creative solutions to ethical dilemmas. Balances concerns for individual with concern for common good. Transforming or Servant leadership empowered employees of full participation

Domain of Codified Law

Legal Standard

Legal Responsibility

Obey the Law

Utilitarian Approach

As CEO, I have to think about the interests of a large number of stakeholders. There may be a few individuals who are concerned about Facebook's privacy policies, but far more people receive a benefit from those same policies, because they don't have to see a bunch of ads that aren't relevant to them.

Ethical Responsibility

Be Ethical. Do whats right. Avoid Harm

Discretionary Responsibility

Contribute to the community. Be a good corporate citizen

Justice Approach

If we're going to talk about privacy, let's talk about applying the rules of privacy equally to everyone. Yes, Facebook customers have the right to privacy, but I have the right to keep my decisions about how I run my business private. The rules have to apply the same way in both cases

Providing ethics training only to students who admitted to cheating Punishing the entire class when an ethical violation occurred

In handling the ethics problem in his class, Professor Quinn acted as an ethical leader by supporting and enforcing the ethical statement in his syllabus. But Professor Quinn also made some mistakes in helping his students to act ethically. Which of the following actions helped to reduce the likelihood that Professor Quinn's students would act ethically in the future? Check all that apply.

Moral rights approach

People who are in the business community have the right to make money. I don't think it is ethical for any individual to take that freedom away from me or my company.

Domain of Ethics

Social Standard

conventional

The partner who gave you this advice is probably at the___ stage of moral development.

Individualism Approach

This ethical code says that people should do whatever is right for them personally in the long run.

I think that Janis made the right choice. She and her mom made a deal and, unless there was some risk of actual physical danger, that deal should be honored.

Janis wants to go to a concert with a few of her friends. She asks her mom for permission, who says, "If you save up enough money for the ticket, you can go." A few days before the concert, Janis's mom listens to the band's CD and is shocked by the lyrics. She tells Janis, "This is nothing but vile profanity, and you are not going to that concert!" Janis decides to go to the concert anyway and tells her mom that she will be studying at a friend's house that night. Did Janis do the right thing? Which of the following responses best represents reasoning from the postconventional level?

policy-based statement

Most professors and publishers will tell you that there is nothing unethical about using prepublished test banks. But suppose that the University of Central Florida decided to tell their professors explicitly that using prepublished test banks is unethical at UCF and that any professor who uses such test banks will be fired for doing so. This information would be found in the university's code of ethics, more specifically in a

Conventional

Stelios's reaction to this scenario is: "That's not a good decision. She'll probably wind up needing one, if not several, of her friends to cover for her. How do you think that's going to make them feel?" Which of Kohlberg's levels of development does this response represent?

a whistleblower

Suppose that after watching this video, you reported an incident of academic dishonesty to one of your professors. Your actions would be most similar to those of_________ in an organization.

An organization that meets the needs of current and future generations by protecting the environment

The corporate environmental performance rating is a measure of sustainability. Select the best definition for a sustainable organization.

a legal

The fact that there is a criminal investigation pending against Johnson & Johnson suggests that regulators feel that the company is not meeting its obligations at_______ level of corporate responsibility.

Justice

The reason that the partner gave you for investing in Latin America is based on a ____ approach to ethics

Economic Responsibility

Be Profitable

enforced

To be effective, codes of ethics must be supported and_________ by senior management.

Legal Responsibility

This term refers to the idea that organizations must abide by the rules and standards codified by the courts and justice system.

People with MBAs are more likely to lead a sustainable organization than people without MBAs. Sustainability is positively related to CEO education.

Which of the following statements are consistent with the findings of Slater and Dixon-Fowler? Check all that apply.