Funeral Service Compend: Ethics

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

Cooperation

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

Ethics

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

Non-theistic

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

Participate in continuing education

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

Speaking to a local church group

With respect to ethics, the term citizenship refers to:

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

Law is defined as:

The rules that govern society

Beliefs that are held hi in esteem are:

Values

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

All known religious practices

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

Be factual and knowledgeable

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 preparation room

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

Defamation of competitor

Which of the following will not be discussed in funeral arrangements conference:

Educational programs

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

Ethnicity

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

Favoritism

Which of the following terms is defined as having a sense of honor, and fair dealing:

Honesty

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

Moral

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

Organ donation

The ethical funeral director should:

Provide professional service to all who apply

All of the following is true of laws EXCEPT:

They are imposed internally

The state Attorney General of a given state requires a $10 fee for each preneed contract written. This would be an example of:

A law

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

A motive

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

Entrusted care by the family

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

Allowing a personal friend to watch the embalming procedure

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

A policy of standing behind their product

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

A public agency

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

The Golden rule

Which of the following would be an ethical obligation to your professional association:

To share time and talents

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

Culture

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

Professionalism

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

Conventional stage

That 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 action is:

Ethics

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

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

A theistic philosophy

The ethical funeral director should not:

Advise each family what casket they should select

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

Attempt to make remains presentable before viewing

Which of the following is not an allied profession or service to the funeral industry:

Banking professional

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

Be discrete in the information he or she releases

In references to ethics, advice should be given to someone else to help them with a problem is termed:

Counseling

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 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 director's 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 relationship:

His or her relationship with family

All of the following are examples of Kohlberg's stages of moral development EXCEPT:

Moral stage

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

Necromania

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

Only abide by the rules that he agrees with

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

Philosophy

With personal effects of a deceased body in his custody, the ethical funeral director should

Place them in a bag and leave them in the preparation room

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

Pre-conventional stage

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

Pre-moral stage

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

Preferences of the family who have not signed the contract

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

Provide environmentally safe working conditions

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

Provide the family with documentation of all business transactions

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

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

When making preneed arrangements, a good ethical practice is to:

Secure all funeral director records in a safe place

Moral principles that vary with circumstance are referred to as:

Situational ethics

In his ethical obligations to various professional associations, the funeral director should:

Urge professional solidarity

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

post-conventional stage

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

Share profits with less fortunate funeral directors

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

Ethics is possibly best defined:

As the discipline dealing with moral duty and obligation

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

Code of ethics

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

Code of ethics

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

Compassionate

Maintaining discreet client relationship would fulfill what ethical practice:

Confidential responsibility

Which of the following is an example of unethical publicity:

Fraudulent promotion

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

Infidelit

Which of the following would be the best example of ethnicity:

Jewish

All of the following would be considered fiduciary components of prefunded funeral arrangements EXCEPT:

Maintaining the privacy and security of arrangements

Which of the following is considered unethical publicity for a funeral director:

Misrepresentation in warranties

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

Must exercise discretion in releasing confidential information

If a person considers universal moral principles to supersede the authority of the group, he or she is complying with which of Kohlberg's stages of moral development:

Post-conventional stage

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

Pre-conventional stage

All of the following statements are true of ethics EXCEPT:

That ethics are imposed internally

Which of the following is considered in the funeral director's community relationships:

That ethics is concerned with the interest of society

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

The employees religious background

Fidelity to moral principles is the definition to:

Integrity