Reading Quiz 4

By law, the financial records of publicly held companies are required to be:

Audited by a certified professional accounting firm.

All of the following values are present in most ethical decisions except:

Be cruel.

Integrity-based ethics programs: Selected Answer:

Combines concern for the law with an emphasis on employee responsibility.

Under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, corporations are required to:

Have executives vouch for the accuracy of a firm's financial reports.

The main drawback to utilitarian reasoning is that:

It is difficult to accurately measure both costs and benefits.

Which of the following examples best illustrate an ethics issue based on cross-cultural contradictions?

Legally marketing a pesticide abroad that has been banned in the U.S.

Most ethics or compliance officers are generally entrusted to:

Reduce the risks to the company of employee misconduct.