Question: 1) A recent report found that costs associated with ______ are the equivalent of thirty-three percent of an employees salary for a company. a. lawsuits
1) A recent report found that costs associated with ______ are the equivalent of thirty-three percent of an employees salary for a company.
a. lawsuits
b. theft
c. burnout
d. turnover
2) in the legal profession, a common unethical behavior is for lawyers and consultants to ______.
a. lie while under oath
b. fabricate expense reports
c. rushing through cases
d. claim unearned billable hours
3) Some researchers have argued that infants exhibit preferences for helpful actions, compassion, and pleasing situations along with an aversion to harmful or unwelcome behaviors.
True
False
4) According to moral development theory, one of the earliest patterns children form regarding ethics is ______.
a. a strong sense of moral principles
b, preferences for which parent they like the most
c. a desire for pleasure and avoidance of pain
d. preferences for colors and shapes
5) If a manager believes that their organization is at war with its competitors, they are justified in behaving unethically in order to win at business.
True
False
6) Even if they behave ethically, companies should still expect to pay high costs of monitoring employees, high turnover, and legal fees.
True
False
7) he separation thesis argues that business or economic concerns can be separated from ethical concerns.
true
False
8) Lying serves the common social function of ______.
a. entertaining people with fanciful tales
b.providing cover for mistakes made by ones colleagues
c. promoting an inflated version of oneself for easier promotion
d. warding off threats to ones identity
9) Audre has caught one of her employees engaging in unethical behavior. She does not want to fire the employee but needs a plan to address the behavior. What should she do?
a. Ask the employee to apologize.
b. Set up heightened supervision and increase employee scrutiny until trust is restored.
c. Request that the employee make amends for their behavior.
d. Report the employee to a relevant federal agency and allow them to handle it.
10) Zapata works for an apparel company and has an employee who is known for wanting to help those in need. The employee got permission to gather leftover clothing stock and send it in bulk to a country where the poverty rate is very high. Zapata is initially in favor of this, but later finds out that this plan has resulted in harming the businesses of local street vendors who cannot compete with free apparel. How should Zapata correct his employee in this situation?
a. tell his employee they had good intentions, but they have unintentionally caused harm
b. ask the employee to keep the overstock for sale on the company website
c. reprimand his employee for knowingly harming others in order to be seen as virtuous
d. require that no employees engage in charitable actions while at the company
11)For theologians in a variety of faith traditions, ______ is the voice of pure goodness within a person. a
. the will ,
b. the soul
c. instinct
d. conscience
12) Why can managers make better-informed decisions in ethical organizations?
a. The organizations guidelines and policies mandate data-sharing.
b. Managers hired by ethical organizations have higher standards.
c. Managers know the information supplied by others is trustworthy.
d. The corporate culture is superior to unethical culture.
13) Seventy-five percent of employees have ______ from their employer at least once
. a. taken bribes
b.accepted benefits
c. stolen
d.refused gifts
14) infants who tend to demonstrate emotional security, trust in their environment, and maintain positive emotions can largely attribute this to ______.
a. religious upbringing
b. extended family
c. cultural environment
d. parent modelling
15) Tabitha is trying to decide whether or not to accept a job offer from a company she knows has an unethical behavior. She decides to follow her gut reaction to the offer and declines it. Based on this scenario, Tabitha is ______.
a. exhibiting the separation thesis
b. ignoring moral imperatives
c.acting out moral sense
d. experiencing cognitive dissonance
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