Business Ethics Chapter 08

Which of the following is the most comprehensive?

Code of ethics

Which of the following strives to create order by requiring that employees identify with and commit to specific required conduct?

Compliance orientation

Which of the following is a common mistake made in implementing an ethics program?

Developing materials that are not understandable by the average employee

Companies should model their ethics training and communication initiatives after those of their competitors'.

False

The best way to develop an ethical corporate culture is to provide character education to existing employees or hire employees with good character and sensitize them to ethical issues.​

False

____ serve as a central contact point where critical comments, dilemmas, and advice can be assigned to the person most appropriate for handling a specific case.

Hotlines

Which of the following statements about training is false?

It can dictate personal ethics on the job so employees no longer have differences in beliefs.

What is one of the responsibilities of an ethics officer?

Monitoring and auditing ethical conduct

Which of the following legislation has increased the responsibilities on ethics officers and boards of directors to monitor financial reporting?

Sarbanes-Oxley Act

Which of the following statements about codes of conduct is false?

They address every ethical issue that an employee may face.

What is one of the goals of ethics training?

To identify key risk areas employees will face.

What is a major problem organizations tend to have when implementing organizational ethics program?

Top managers don't integrate codes, values, and standards into their firms' corporate cultures.

The FSGO encourages federal judges to reduce or eliminate fines for firms with extensive compliance programs that make due diligence attempts to abide by ethical and legal standards.

True

The ​most effective hotlines operate on an anonymous basis and are supported 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

True

A strong ethics program includes all of the following elements except

a clause promising good stock market performance.

A(n) _____ orientation creates order by requiring that employees identify with and commit to specific required conduct, whereas a(n) _____ orientation strives to develop shared standards.

compliance; values

The individual responsible for implementing disciplinary action for violation of a firm's ethics standards is usually the

ethics officer.

One of the main reasons employees do not report observed misconduct is

fear of retaliation.

When measuring the effectiveness of an ethics program, it is important to

get input from employees.

In the absence of ethics programs, employees are likely to make decisions based on

their observations of how their coworkers and superiors behave.