Global Bus Final CH 7 – Flashcards
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The majority of Americans think that the need for ethics is about the same as it was fifty years ago.
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False
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Descriptive ethics is concerned with studying and describing the morality of a particular group of people.
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True
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A recent NBES survey indicated that ethical misconduct at work was up slightly.
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False
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The best reason to base one's ethics on societal norms is that the norms do not conflict; thus they provide clear guidance to "right" and "wrong."
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False
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The ethics scandal that has come to define modern business ethics is the Enron debacle.
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True
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Virtually all companies that exhibit moral management have had that outlook since they were founded.
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False
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Researchers have found that many business people go through life thinking that they are objective.
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True
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The major questions related to the conventional approach to business ethics are "Whose norms do we use?" and "What norms are prevailing?"
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True
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Ethical behavior is generally considered to be on a higher plane than legal behavior.
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True
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The public's opinion of business ethics may be reported at two levels - a high level and a low level.
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False
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Which of the following is not one of the major approaches to thinking about business ethics? A. conventional approach B. rights and duties approach C. principles approach D. ethical tests approach
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B. rights and duties approach
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The most serious danger of using the conventional approach to business ethics is A. reliance on normative ethics without regard to descriptive ethics. B. lapsing into ethical relativism. C. lack of innovation in ethical judgments. D. stunting one's moral development.
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B. lapsing into ethical relativism.
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The "integrity strategy" espoused by Lynn Sharp Paine is similar to the A. immoral management model. B. moral management model. C. semi-moral management model. D. amoral management model.
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B. moral management model.
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A doctrine or system of moral conduct is called A. ethics. B. deontology. C. morality. D. moral philosophy.
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C. morality.
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An NBES Survey concluded that ethical misconduct A. whistle-blowing had decreased. B. In pressure to cut corners had increased. C. at work was down slightly D. was observed more on the job.
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C. at work was down slightly
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Concepts of right and wrong are increasingly being interpreted today to include all of the following except A. fairness. B. justice. C. equity. D. equality.
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D. equality.
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Lawrence Kohlberg's model of moral development includes all of the following levels except A. the preconventional level. B. the conventional level. C. the postconventional level. D. law and order morality.
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D. law and order morality.
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Managers who simply fail to consider moral questions when making business decisions use the A. immoral management model. B. moral management model. C. intentional amoral management model. D. unintentional amoral management model.
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D. unintentional amoral management model.
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Which of the following is not a source of a manager's values that is external to the firm? A. religion B. philosophy C. scientific D. legal
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C. scientific
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The key operating question of amoral management is A. can we make money with this action, regardless of what it takes? B. will this action be fair to all stakeholders? C. what effects will this action have on our stakeholders? D. can we make money with this action?
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D. can we make money with this action?
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The Wall Street financial scandals involved all the following except A. recklessness about risk B. ethical lending C. subprime lending calculations D. greed
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B. ethical lending
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Which of the following is not a structural aspect of unconscious accounting bias? A. ambiguity B. attachment C. approval D. ambivalence
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D. ambivalence
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The discipline that deals with what is good and bad and with moral duty and obligation is A. morality. B. deontology. C. ethics. D. moral philosophy.
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C. ethics.
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Managers who believe that business decisions are not subject to moral constraints tend to utilize the A. immoral management model. B. moral management model. C. intentional amoral management model. D. unintentional amoral management model.
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C. intentional amoral management model.
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The key operating question of moral management is A. can we make money with this action, regardless of what it takes? B. will this action be fair to all stakeholders? C. what effects will this action have on our stakeholders? D. can we make money with this action?
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B. will this action be fair to all stakeholders?
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There is no doubt that the media are A. ignoring ethical violations in their own industry. B. reporting ethical problems more frequently and fervently. C. defending the right of business to be conducted amorally. D. reporting breaches of ethics in politics more than they are reporting business ethics violations.
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B. reporting ethical problems more frequently and fervently.
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The ethics question "how do we get from what is to what ought to be?" is A. descriptive. B. normative. C. practical. D. motivational.
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C. practical.
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The area of ethics that is concerned with supplying and justifying a coherent moral system of thinking and judging is called A. normative ethics. B. descriptive ethics. C. business ethics. D. virtue ethics.
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A. normative ethics.
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Moral imagination is: A. imagining the best possible outcome. B. being able to see economic and moral relationships C. the ability to see the relevance or nonrelevance of issues D. deciding which course of action to adopt.
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B. being able to see economic and moral relationships
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The model of ethical management in which managers fail to take morality into account when making decisions is A. immoral management. B. moral management. C. semi-moral management. D. amoral management.
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D. amoral management.
