ethics final

Assets that a person accumulates and owns at a certain point in time are called:

wealth

The Mullahs in Iran is an example of the power of government derived from:

A religious authority.

Because of the risks and opportunities public issues present, organizations need:

A systematic way of identifying, monitoring, and selecting public issues.

A company that has ranked amongst the most ethical firms from 2007 to 2017, according to Forbes magazine, is:

AFLAC

What kind of power might a local community use to influence a company's decisions?

All of these answers are correct

An individual who is a supporter of globalization would argue that it helps the developing world by:

All of these answers are correct.

Businesses are expected to be ethical in their relationships with:

All of these answers are correct.

The fiduciary duty of managers benefits a firm's:

All of these answers are correct.

The reason(s) behind the uncertainty of an ethical or unethical decision is (are) that different people and groups:

All of these answers are correct.

The costs of corporate social responsibility may ultimately be passed on to the:

Consumer through high prices.

Which of these statements is true about the U.K. Bribery Act?

Contains a strict liability offense for failure to prevent bribery by commercial organizations.

A market stakeholder is exemplified by which of the following?

Creditors.

Over time, the nature of business's relationship with its stakeholders often:

Evolves through a series of stages.

Experts attribute the growth of nongovernmental organizations to:

Greater openness in many societies.

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

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

Companies that believe they can make decisions unilaterally, without taking into consideration their impact on others, are:

Inactive.

Advocacy ads are also called:

Issue Advertisements

In the case Insuring Uber's App-On Gap, which type of power do Uber customers have?

Legal and economic.

Legal environmental intelligence includes:

Legal environmental intelligence includes:

The primary purpose of the International Monetary Fund is to:

Lend foreign currency to member countries.

Which country passed major anti-corruption reforms in 2016?

Mexico.

Proactive companies are:

Much less likely to be blindsided by crises and negative surprises.

An example of an economic regulatory agency is:

National Labor Relations Board.

The Heritage Foundation scored which nation of the world among the most repressed in 2018?

North Korea.

Scholars found that spirituality affects employee and organizational performance in what way?

Positively.

To help control political favoritism, there have been global efforts to:

Promote fairness in the electoral process.

Which of these is not an objective of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)?

Providing tax incentives for global corporate citizens.

Which company ethics safeguard is commonly implemented as an employee "helpline"?

Reporting mechanisms.

In Japan's pluralistic public policy process, who are the major participants?

Representatives of big business, agriculture, and labor.

A large sporting goods store that raised the age for purchase of some firearms in response to public concerns for gun control were seen by detractors as:

Risking their reputation by engaging in politics.

The relevance and importance of stakeholders and their issues is known as:

Stakeholder materiality.

One factor in determining the moral intensity of an ethical issue is how quickly the consequences take effect, a factor that is known as:

Temporal immediacy.

Which of the following statements is not true about the interactive social system?

The boundary between business and society is clear and distinct.

Which of these components are not considered during a risk-assessment audit to gauge the effectiveness of a firm's ethics programs?

The financial bottom line.

Representation on the World Bank's board of directors is based on:

The size of the member nation's economy.

The most effective ethics programs utilize which of the following:

all

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

be kind

Reregulation is:

the increase or expansion of government regulation

Which of the following companies is being the most socially responsible?

A company trying its best to operate in a way which will help local students get education and jobs.

Antitrust laws protect consumers from:

Anticompetitive practices by business.

Positive reputation can be valued as an intangible corporate:

Asset.

Government's role is to create and enforce laws that:

Balance the relationship between business and society.

In the case Corporate Social Responsibility at Gravity Payments, which view in support of corporate social responsibility is relevant according to Figure 3.3?

Balances corporate power with responsibility.

Which of the following statements is true about corporate social responsibility?

Both of these answers are correct: Businesses should monitor and prevent social problems in advance of their becoming major issues; and corporations should be accountable for any actions that affect people, their communities, and the environment.

By raising and lowering the interest rates at which private banks borrow money from the government, the Federal Reserve Bank:

Both of these answers are correct: Influences the size of the nation's money supply; and influences the value of the dollar.

To influence government policymakers' actions, an information strategy involves:

Business leaders speaking before government policymakers.

Supporters of advocacy advertisements believe that they:

both of these answers are correct: Identify a company as an interested and active stakeholder; and can help mold public opinion on a particular policy issue

A firm subscribing to the shareholder theory of the firm would mainly be concerned with providing value for its:

investors