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?