BUSN 48 - Mod. 5 Chapter 15 Quiz: Enhancing Ethical Behavior

An ethical guideline for dealing with confidential information is not to pass it along unless the welfare of others is at stake.

True

Bart, a human resources specialist, sees the big picture when he thinks, "If I recommend that we hire this under-qualified candidate for a key position just because she is a friend, will I be contributing to making the company weaker?"

True

Ethics helps us turn our values into action.

True

Sally is a production manager in a processing plant that makes fruit juice for babies. She waters down the juice to cut costs, and says the practice is okay because the babies won't know the difference-showing that Sally has a utilitarian perspective.

True

The symbolic consequences of a decision refer to the message sent by a particular decision, such as the lesson communicated when a company fires people in November mainly to avoid paying them a year-end bonus.

True

Sexual harassment is considered to be an ethical issue because

all acts of sexual harassment flunk an ethics test.

With respect to ethics, moral intensity refers to how

deeply others might be affected by one's actions.

Karl, a small business owner, practices cronyism when he gives a job to an unqualified friend who

helps shovel his driveway.

Restaurant manager Sue has a utilitarian predisposition, so she doesn't mind serving customers food that fell on the floor so long as

no customer gets sick.

It is considered ethical to divulge confidential information when

the welfare of others is at stake.