Emerging Business Ethics Issues (Quiz 3)

An employee can only ​successfully accuse a co-worker of sexual harassment if it seriously affected his or her psychological well-being or caused injury. Select one: True False

False

Developing ethical issue awareness ​is the first step toward understanding business ethics. Select one: True False

True

Examples of consumer fraud include shoplifting, collusion, guile, and duplicity​. Select one: True False

True

_____ are used to obtain or retain business and are not generally considered illegal in the U.S. Select one: a. Facilitation payments b. Bribes c. Gifts d. Coercive techniques e. Threats

a. Facilitation payments

Which of the following is not a question you need to ask when you suspect that workplace bullying has occurred? Select one: a. Has your boss given you a raise within the last year? b. Is your boss asking obviously impossible things from you without training and stating that, once completed, the work is never good enough? c. Are surprise meetings called without your knowledge? d. Have others at work told you to stop working, talking, or socializing with them? e. Are you never left alone to do your job without interference?

a. Has your boss given you a raise within the last year?

The _____ makes it illegal for individuals, firms, or third parties doing business in American markets to "make payments to foreign government officials to assist in obtaining or retaining business." Select one: a. U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) b. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act c. World Trade Organization (WTO) d. Consumer Protection Act e. Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act

a. U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)

Conflicts of interest exist when employees must choose whether to Select one: a. advance their own personal interests, those of the organization, or those of some other group. b. advance the interests of the organization or those of society. c. communicate in ways that decieve, manipulate, or conceal facts in order to harm others. d. carry out an assignment they perceive to be unethical. e. report an unethical coworker to outside authorities.

a. advance their own personal interests, those of the organization, or those of some other group.

An activity is probably ethical if it Select one: a. is approved of by most individuals in the organization and is customary in the industry. b. is approved of by no one in the organization, but has been carried out in the industry before. c. is customary in the industry. d. does not violate any laws. e. does not make consumers feel cheated, deceived, or manipulated.

a. is approved of by most individuals in the organization and is customary in the industry.

ANo _______ requires an individual to choose ​among several actions that have negative outcomes. Select one: a. ​ethical dilemma b. ​ethical issue c. ​unethical decision d. ​dual relationship e. ​privacy issue

a. ​ethical dilemma

Accountants must abide by a strict code of ethics that defines their responsibilities to Select one: a. their clients only. b. their clients and the public interest. c. the public only. d. their investors and shareholders. e. government regulators.

b. their clients and the public interest.

A secret agreement between two or more parties for a fraudulent, illegal, or deceitful purpose is known as Select one: a. optimization. b. insider trading. c. collusion. d. a dilemma. e. a conflict of interest.

c. collusion.

Ethical issues in business typically arise because of conflicts among individuals' morals and Select one: a. the type of organization in which they work. b. values and attitudes of the society in which they live. c. the core values and culture of the organizations where they work. d. laws and regulations of the country in which they live. e. values and attitudes of their parents and religion.

c. the core values and culture of the organizations where they work.

The ethical decision-making process begins Select one: a. with a conflict of interest. b. when an individual experiences a conflict between his or her values and those of his or her firm. c. when stakeholders trigger ethical issue awareness and individuals openly discuss it with others. d. with a conflict in values. e. when an individual experiences a conflict between his or her values and those of society.

c. when stakeholders trigger ethical issue awareness and individuals openly discuss it with others.

The Age Discrimination in Employment Act specifically outlaws hiring practices that discriminate against people Select one: a. who are under the age of 18. b. who are between 16 and 20. c. who are 40 and over. d. who are between 39-69. e. who are younger than 18 and older than 39.

c. who are 40 and over.

Issues related to fairness and honesty may arise because business is sometimes regarded as a Select one: a. legal case, where everything must be done to the letter of the law. b. contest, with the most ethical firm "winning." c. guerilla war where businesses seek to destroy each other. d. game governed by its own rules rather than those of society. e. game governed by social values.

d. game governed by its own rules rather than those of society.

A company can be sued for discrimination if it Select one: a. abuses or intimidates its employees. b. creates an anticompetitive corporate culture. c. discharges a minority individual, but has a just cause for doing so. d. uses age as a hiring or firing criterion. e. has more men than women on staff.

d. uses age as a hiring or firing criterion.

_____ is an important element of virtue and means being whole, sound, and in unimpaired condition. Select one: a. Optimization b. Ethical issue c. Honesty d. Trust e. Integrity

e. Integrity

Concerns involving copyright infringement on books, movies and music, and other illegally produced goods relate to which type of ethical issue? Select one: a. Conflict of interest b. Honesty c. Communications d. Discrimination e. Intellectual property rights

e. Intellectual property rights

Abusive or intimidating behavior is the most common ethical problem for employees. Which of the following is not related to this concept? Select one: a. Physical threats b. False accusations c. Being annoying d. Profanity e. Performance probation

e. Performance probation

Affirmative action programs Select one: a. involve the promotion of unqualified employees. b. are not imposed by federal law on employers. c. are not very commonly used anymore because of reverse discrimination concerns. d. only involve the training of individuals. e. involve the recruitment, hiring, promotion, and training of qualified individuals.

e. involve the recruitment, hiring, promotion, and training of qualified individuals.