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A reason or desire that acts as a catalyst o spur one to a specific action is called:

A motive

All of the following would be considered and allied service EXCEPT:

A public agency

The ethical funeral director should NOT:

Advise each family what casket they should select.

An ethical funeral director is expected to be knowledgeable and give factual representation of all of the following except:

All known religious practices.

Which of the following terms means related as in related professions?

Allied

With respect to the funeral industry, private and governmental agencies are examples of:

Allied services

Which of the following is not considered ethical in regard to a deceased body?

Allowing a personal friend to watch the embalming procedure.

If a funeral director receives the remains from another funeral home and the conditions are below standard, he/she should:

Attempt to make the remains presentable before viewing.

Which of the following is not an allied profession or service o the funeral industry?

Banking professional

When dealing responsibly with the media, an ethical funeral director should:

Be discrete in the information he/she releases.

When a funeral director makes funeral arrangements with a family, he/she should:

Be factual and knwledgeable

Which of the following is a desirable characteristic of an ethical funeral director?

Compassionate

Maintaining discreet client relationships would fulfill what ethical practice?

Confidential responsibility

A stage of moral development in which the expectations of the social group (Family, community and nation) and supported and maintained is known as:

Conventional Stage

In regard to an ethical funeral director's relationship with his competitors, which of the following is considered a proper goal?

Cooperation

In reference to ethics, advice given to someone else to help them with a problem is called:

Counseling

In regards to competitive relationships, which of the following is not a good ethical practice?

Defamation of a competitor

Which of the following should not be discussed in the funeral arrangements conference?

Educational Programs

All of the following ethical standards apply to the deceased while under the care of the funeral home or embalming service except:

Embalming should be completed as quickly as possible without regard to proper case analysis.

Which of he following is an ethical consideration in regard to the care of the deceased body?

Entrusted care by the family.

Principles of morality, including both the science of good and the nature of right is:

Ethics

The cultural heritage or identity of a group, a based on factors such as language or country of origin is known as:

Ethnicity

Which of the following is not a good personal ethical trait?

Infidelity

Fidelity to moral principles is the definition of:

Integrity

Which of the following would be he best example of ethnicity?

Jewish

All of the following wold be considered fiduciary components of pre-funded funeral arrangements EXCEPT:

Maintaining the privacy and security of the arrangements.

Which of he following is considered unethical publicity for a funeral director?

Misrepresentation in warranties

A term that is synonymous with ethical and that refers to the customs, values and standards of practice of a group, age of theory intended to be timeless is:

Moral

In recognizing ethical standards in his/her professional responsibility to the press, the funeral director:

Must exercise discretion in releasing confidential information.

Which of the following is not good ethical behavior in regard to treatment of the deceased?

Necromania

A philosophy that does not focus on the worship of a god or gods is considered to be:

Non-heistic

In regard to professional boards, the ethical funeral director should not:

Only abide by the rules that he/she agrees with.

Which of the following is an allied professional or service that the ethical funeral director is professionally concerned with?

Organ donation

Which of the following is an ethical obligation that a funeral director owes to his professional association?

Participate in continuing education.

The set of values, ideas, and opinions of an individual or group is known as:

Philosophy

With personal effects of a deceased in his custody, the ethical funeral director should not:

Place them in a bag and leave them in the prep room.

According to Kohlberg, state of moral development in which the individual considers universal moral principles which supersede the authority of the group is called:

Post-conventional stage

Kohlbergs stage of moral development in which moral reasoning is based on reward and punishment from those in authority is the:

Pre-conventional stage

Kohlbergs stage of moral development in which the individual is characterized as not understanding the rules or feeling a sense of obligation to them:

Pre-moral stage

With respect to pre-need funeral arrangements, all of the following records should be kept on file a hte funeral home except:

Preferences of the family members who have not signed the contract.

Which of the following would be a part of a funeral director's individual/personal ethics:

Professionalism

In regard to employer-employee relationships, the ethical funeral director should:

Provide environmentally safe working conditions.

The ethical funeral director should:

Provide professional service to all who seek it.

In regard o empolyer-employee relationships, he ethical funeral director should:

Provide thorough training

A culturally entrenched pattern of behavior made up of sacred beliefs, emotional feelings accompanying the beliefs, and overt conduct, presumably implementing the beliefs and feelings is known as:

Religion

In maintaining a high standard of conduct with a competitor, the funeral director would be wise to:

Respect the bereaved family's choice of a funeral establishment.

When making pre-need arrangements, a good ethical practice is o:

Secure all funeral home records in a safe place.

With regard to colleagues, an ethical funeral director should be willing to do all the following EXCEPT:

Share profits with less fortunate funeral directors

Which of the following denotes good professional ethics in community relationships?

Speaking to a local church group

All of the following statements are true about ethics except:

That ethics are imposed externally

Which of the following is a rule of ethical conduct that is found in most major religions?

The Golden Rule

With respect to ethics, the term citizenship refers to:

The behavior or character of an individual viewed as a member of society.

All the following would be considered components of an ethical funeral directors employer-employee relationship EXCEPT:

The employees religious background.

Which of the following is a consideration in the funeral director's community relationships?

The funeral director's honesty

All of the following are examples of Kohlbergs stages of moral development EXCEPT:

The moral stage

If a person considers universal moral principles to supersede the authority of the group, he/she is complying with which of Kohlbergs sages of moral development?

The post-conventional stage

If a person complies with the laws of his or her community solely because of fear of going to prison, which stage of Kohlbergs moral development are they complying with:

The pre-conventional stage

Law is defined as:

The rules that govern society.

All of the following are true about laws, except:

They are imposed internally.

Which of the following would be an ethical obligation o your professional association?

To share time and talents

In her/his ethical obligation to various professional associations, the funeral director should:

Urge professional solidarity

Beliefs that are held in high esteem are:

Values

Which of the following consists of the rules, ideas, and beliefs shared by members of society for living and dying, which are learned directly or indirectly?

culture

When with a family during an arrangement conference, it is good ethical practice to:

provide the family with documentation of all business transactions..

A philosophy hat focuses on the worship of a god or gods is called:

theistic philosophy

The state Attorney General of a given state requires a $10 fee for each pre-need contact written. This would be an example of:

A law

In choosing your source of supply of caskets the most important qualification of the manufacturer is:

A policy of standing behind their product.

Ethics is probably best defined:

As the discipline of dealing with moral duty and obligation.

What is good and moral in business transactions is the definition of:

Business ethics

Which of the following is a good ethical behavior in regard to treatment of the deceased?

Cleanliness in the prep room

A declaration or public statement of professional standards of right and wrong conduct defines a:

Code of ethics

A system or code of morals of a particular philosopher, religion, group or profession is called?

Code of ethics

The branch of philosophy dealing with values relating to human conduct, with respect to the rightness and wrongness of certain actions and to the goodness and badness of the motives and ends of such actions:

Ethics

Moral Principles that vary with circumstances are referred to as:

Situational ethics

Which of the following is not a good example of ethical employer-employee relationships?

Favoritism

Which of the following is an example of unethical publicity?

Fraudulent Promotion

Which of the following is a reason to have continued education in funeral service?

Good for self-improvement

All of the following would be considered part of a funeral directors individual/personal ethics EXCEPT:

His or her relationship to allied professions

Which of the following is considered to be a component of a funeral director's individual relationships?

His/her relationship with family.

Which of the following terms is defined as having a sense of honor, and fair dealings?

Honesty