Question 1

the term ethics refers to accepted principles of right or wrong that govern the conduct of a person, the members of a profession, or the actions of an organization

Accepted Answer

T

Question 2

many of the ethical issues in international business are rooted in the fact that political systems, law, economic development, and culture vary significantly from nation to nation

Accepted Answer

T

Question 3

the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act outlawed the paying of bribes to foreign government officials to gain business

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T

Question 4

\"Facilitating payments\" are payments to secure contracts that would not otherwise be secured

Accepted Answer

F

Question 5

the Convention of Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions obliges member-states and other signatores to make the bribery of foreign public officials a criminal offense

Accepted Answer

T

Question 6

The concept of corporate social responsibility (CSR) refers to the idea that businesspeople should consider the social consequences of economic actions when making business decisions

Accepted Answer

T

Question 7

The power of a multinational corporation is constrained not only by laws and regulations, but also by the discipline of the market and the competitive process

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T

Question 8

Ethical dilemmas are situations in which only one of the available alternatives seems ethically acceptable

Accepted Answer

F

Question 9

societal business ethics are not divorced from personal ethics

Accepted Answer

T

Question 10

an organization culture that requires to be purely economic allows unethical behavior to flourish and persist

Accepted Answer

T

Question 11

according to Milton Friedman, businesses should undertake social expenditures beyond those mandated by the law and required for the efficient running of a business

Accepted Answer

F

Question 12

according to the concept of cultural relativism, a firm, while operating in any host country, should adopt the ethics of the culture that is predominant in its home country

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F

Question 13

a righteous moralist claims that while operating in a foreign country, a multinational company should follow the ethical standards of the host country

Accepted Answer

F

Question 14

the righteous moralist\'s approach to ethics is typically associated with managers from developed nations

Accepted Answer

T

Question 15

Kantian ethics asserts that if a manager of a multinational sees that firms from other nations are not following ethical norms in a host nation, the manager should not either

Accepted Answer

F

Question 16

according to John Rawl\'s difference principle, wide variations in income and wealth can be considered just if the market based system that produces this unequal distribution also benefits the least-advantaged members of society

Accepted Answer

T

Question 17

business leaders should use every relevant opportunity to stress the importance of business ethics and make sure that key business decisions not only make good economic sense but also are ethical

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T

Question 18

the internal stakeholders of a company do not have an exchange relationship with the company

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F

Question 19

ethics officers act as an internal ombudsperson with responsibility for handling confidential inquiries from employees

Accepted Answer

T

Question 20

refers to accepted principles of right or wrong that govern the conduct of a person, the members of a profession, or the actions of an organization

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Ethics

Question 21

the Sullivan principles attempted to fight against

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apartheid laws

Question 22

true about Sullivan principles

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they promoted the abolition of apartheid laws

Question 23

due to certain strict environmental and employment standards in its home nation, Taurus Inc. has shifted its operations to developing nations. Hence, the firm has now been able to gain competitive advantage by avoiding costly pollution controls. This strategic move of Taurus Inc. will be considered

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immoral

Question 24

most likely to be considered unethical

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orion Inc. sends its waste products for disposal to a developing nation because the pollution control laws in its home country are much more strict than those in the developing nation

Question 25

global commons refers to

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natural resources from which everyone benefits but for which no one is specifically responsible

Question 26

what occurs when a resource held jointly by all, but owned by no one, is overused by individuals, resulting in its degradation

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the tragedy of the commons

Question 27

in the modern world, corporations can worsen the global tragedy of the commons by

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moving production to locations where they are free to pump pollutants into the environemtn

Question 28

Brian Wing Inc. has won the bid to build airplanes for a host country government. however, the execution of the contract has been delayed due to certain unproductive, bureaucratic procedures in the less developed nation. In order to legally overcome this problem, Brian Wing Inc. could resort to the payment of

Accepted Answer

speed money

Question 29

Which of the following refers to the idea that businesspeople should consider the social consequences of economic action when making business decisions, and that there should be presumption in favor of decisions that have both good economic and social consequences

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social responsiblity

Question 30

in a business setting, the term noblesse oblige refers to

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a benevolent behavior that is considered the responsibility of successful enterprises

Question 31

the practice of \"gift giving\" between the parties to a business negotiation is considered right and proper behavior in many Asian cultures. However, some Westerners view the practice as a form of bribery, and therefore unethical, particularly if the gifts are substantial. This reflects that

Accepted Answer

what is ethical depends on one\'s cultural perspective

Question 32

Davis is the manager of a pharmaceutical manufacturing facility in a developing country. The manufacturing unit does not meet the acceptable standards of the manufacturing facility in the home nation. He knows that demanding a better manufacturing unit will raise the cost of the drugs mainly exported to other less developed countries, and hence its price. But he also realizes that by not demanding a better unit, the employees are prone to serious health issues. Davis is facing

Accepted Answer

an ethical dilemma

Question 33

best exemplifies an ethical dilemma

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Andrew is responsible for deciding whether he should upgrade the manufacturing unit with new machines and reduce costs for clients, or retain the impoverished manual labor

Question 34

most likely to reduce the pressure on managers to violate their personal ethics

Accepted Answer

keeping managers psychologically and geographically close to the parent company

Question 35

Unipeg Corporation has uniform high sales targets for its employees all across the globe, regardless of the environmental constraints in each market. Employees are penalized for any shortfall. This has caused many employees to falsify the values of their sales. In this context, the roots of unethical behavior can be traced to

Accepted Answer

unrealistic performance expectations

Question 36

the CEO of Cold Chip Software engages in corruption and uses his power in the company to enrich himself and his family members. Consequently, his employees also engage in the same behavior. In this case, the roots of unethical behavior can be traced to

Accepted Answer

organizational leadership

Question 37

What explicitly rejects the idea that businesses should undertake social expenditures beyond those mandated by the law and required for the efficient running of a business

Accepted Answer

the Friedman doctrin

Question 38

who asserted that the only social responsibility is to increase profits, so long as the company stays within the rules of law

Accepted Answer

Milton Friedman

Question 39

What straw man approaches to business ethics is best summarized by the maxim \"When in Rome, do as the Romans\"

Accepted Answer

Cultural relativism

Question 40

Neon Synergy Inc. operates in three different countries, and is headed by a CEO who believes that the best approach to ethics is cultural relativism. In this context, what is most likely to be true regarding Neon Synergy

Accepted Answer

the business units of Neon Synergy will be solely based on the goal of maximization of societal goods

Question 41

Three Torque Inc., a US based multidimensional company, allows its managers to make facilitating payments in host countries to expedite government formalities. However, in countries where such payments are considered as unethical, the company restricts its managers from indulging in such activities. This behavior of the company illustrates the straw man approach of

Accepted Answer

cultural relativism

Question 42

Shangrilah Sandals is a manufacturing firm in a developing country, where it routinely uses grease payments to local officials to expedite overseas shipments. It has decided to open a plant in the US, and has determined that it would not offer any facilitating payments to US officials. Shangrilah\'s behavior illustrates the straw man approach of

Accepted Answer

cultural relativism

Question 43

A righteous moralist is most likely to claim that

Accepted Answer

a multinational home-country standards of ethics are the appropriate ones for companies to follow in foreign countries

Question 44

Jonathan is the manager of his company\'s facilities in the Philippines. He believes in ensuring the exact same standards of working conditions, wages, and labor management in the Philippines as practiced by the company\'s corporate office in its home country, the US. His policy does not always lead to profits because of the vast cultural differences between the two nations. Which of the following straw men approaches to ethics is most likely being adopted by Jonathan

Accepted Answer

righteous moralism

Question 45

A multinational corporation that adopts the naÃ¯ve immoralist approach to ethics will most likely

Accepted Answer

believe that, in a host country, any action is ethically justified if everyone is doing it

Question 46

the utilitarian philosophy for business ethics primarily focuses on

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weighting the benefits, costs, and risks associated with a course of action

Question 47

Ethics approach that holds an action is judged desirable if it leads to the best possible balance of good consequences over bad consequences

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utilitarian

Question 48

Drawback of the utilitarian approach to business ethics

Accepted Answer

it omits the consideration of justice

Question 49

Philosophy of ethics hold that people should be treated as ends and never purely as means to the ends of others

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Kantian ethics

Question 50

Violation of ethics according to Kantian Philosophy

Accepted Answer

employing people to work at sweatshops

Question 51

according to the theory of rights

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fundamental human rights and privileges

Question 52

true about the universal declaration of human rights

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according to this declaration, it is unethical to employ child labor in sweatshops even if that happens to be common in some countries

Question 53

in stating that all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights and that they are endowed with reason and conscience and should act toward one another in a spirit of brotherhood, article 1 of the Universal declaration of human rights echoes

Accepted Answer

Kantian ethics

Question 54

justice theories primarily focus on

Accepted Answer

the attainment of fair and equitable distribution of economic goods and services

Question 55

Concept developed by John Rawls and posited that everyone is imagined to be oblivious to all of his or her particular characteristics such as race, se, intelligence, nationality, family background, and special talents

Accepted Answer

veil of ignorance

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