Philosophy

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The standard broader view of corporate social responsibility is often referred to as the _____________ model.

stakeholder

As they try and fit into a work world dominated by white men, women and minorities can be disadvantaged by false _____________.

stereotypes

The shareholder primacy paradigm promoted renumeration of executives primarily through _____________.

stock options

According to Jeremy Bentham, the question is not whether animals can feel pain, but whether they can talk and _____________.

think

Mark Shwartz argues that there are _____________ components to his VBA model at the core of the 5 major CSR approaches that he describes.

three

The precedent now established at the US Supreme Court states that affirmative action college admission programs must be limited in _____________.

time

The _____________ demonstrates how the individual pursuit of self-interest can sometimes make everyone worse off.

tragedy of the commons

Class discussion, utilitarians would probably argue that whistleblowing may be a moral obligation so long as _____________ conditions are satisfied.

two

There are generally _____________ distinct types of illegal sexual harassment.

two

Management theorist Douglas McGregor believed that most employees basically like _____________.

work

Some criticisms of advertising contend that materialism may divert us from pursuing a substantially shorter _____________.

workday

The fact that productivity is tied to employee recognition and control of the work environment is often referred to as the _____________ effect.

Hawthorne

Class discussion: There has been discussion in _____________ to only charge the recipient of bribes.

India

As Lanier says, the interned land BUMMER by implication was originally sold as a _____________ deal.

barter

The Doctrine of _____________ worth that men and women should be paid equally, not just for doing the same job but for doing different jobs involving equal skill, effort, and responsibility.

comparable

Regarding the ethics of employee screening tests that intrude on privacy, _____________ is as important as providing full information.

consent

Free media including TV and internet results in far more _____________ than would be the case if users paid for their content.

consumption

Many if not most workplace accidents happen because of factors that the company _____________.

controls

Norman Bowie likens whistleblowing to _____________.

disobedience

Stout speculates that the myopia of the shareholder primacy paradigm stems in part from the fact that its leading exponents were _____________ as opposed to lawyers.

economists

Conservatives such as Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas argue against affirmative action on the grounds that the government cannot make us _____________.

equal

Some lower courts have extended the concept of sexual harassment to include sexual _____________.

favoritism

According to Kenneth _____________, as consumers become wealthier, wants are increasingly created by the process by which they are satisfied.

Galbraith

One of the attitudes prevalent in business that has led to increased environmental problems is the tendency to view the natural world as a _____________ and unlimited good.

free

According to Lanier, the _____________ economy has made a lot of people both emotionally and financially insecure.

gig

The US Federal Trade Commission generally uses the modified _____________ consumer standard for truth.

gullible

A general rule of thumb in whistleblowing ethics is to first voice concerns _____________.

internally

One of the advantages of incorporation is the limitation of _____________ it provides.

liability

Young children are particularly vulnerable to deceptive advertising because they tend to interpret message _____________.

literally

Lynn Stout describes how the shareholder primacy model displaced _____________ since the agents of the corporation were seen as keeping revenue for themselves.

managerialism

Class discussion: a Kansas police officer once tried to accuse Professor Friedland of bribing him with a few _____________.

mangoes

Lanier argues that when social media sites claim to seek to engage, the word they really should be using is _____________.

manipulate

As Lanier points out, empathy is also an epistemic capacity that philosophers refer to as having a theory of _____________.

mind

Jared Lanier says he wont have a facebook, twitter, or google account until he can _____________ for it.

pay

Three approaches have gained the most attention when it comes to achieving our environmental goals: the use of regulations, incentives, and _____________.

pricing mechanisms

Shwartz points out that since Sarbanes Oxley required large U.S. firms to go beyond the classical Friedmanite CSR model, many codes of conduct now requires that _____________ not trump ethics.

profit

The narrow view of corporate social responsibility requires maximizing _____________.

profits

Exaggerating _____________ concerns can allow us to rationalize away the damage we are doing to others.

prudential

Courts generally apply the _____________ person standard when assessing if behavior qualifies as harassment.

reasonable

According to the textbook, best practices in ethical business require employee drug tests to be both reliable and _____________.

relevant

Any equitable solution to the problem of who should pay the bill for environmental cleanup should take into account _____________ as well as benefit.

responsibility


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