Question $1$

Effective ethics programs:

A$.$ increases the chances of employees reporting observed misconduct at work.

B$.$ decrease pressure on employees to compromise their ethical standards.

C$.$ decrease the likelihood of employees observing misconduct within their organizations.

D$.$ All of these answers are correct.

Question $2$

What is the definition of Business Ethics?

A$.$ The application of general ethics ideas in business behavior.

B$.$ Development of positive alliances among business partners.

C$.$ The trade$-$offs business engaging in when deciding what is right and wrong conduct.

D$.$ The basic rules and behavior that managers should follow in the Business Environment.

Question $3$

Why should business be ethical?

A$.$ Most people want to act in ways that are consistent with their own sense of right and wrong.

B$.$ Ethical behavior protects business firms from abuse by unethical employees and competitors.

C$.$ Society$$s stakeholders expect it from businesses.

D$.$ All of these answers are correct.

Question $4$

A purchasing agent directing her company's orders to a firm from which she received a valuable gift, is an example of:

A$.$ Conflict of interest.

B$.$ Moral relativism.

C$.$ Egotism.

D$.$ Cultural contradictions.

Question $5$

Faced with an ethical dilemma, a manager decides that the best decision would be the one in which benefits and burdens are distributed equally among stakeholders affected by this issue. What type of prescriptive ethical decision$-$making approach did this manager use?

A$.$ Utilitarian.

B$.$ Justice.

C$.$ Rights.

D$.$ Virtues.

Question $6$

Which of the following attitudes reflect companies that place high competitive pressure on profits:

A$.$Foreigners have a funny notion of what's right and wrong.$$

B$.$We have to beat the others at all costs.$$

C$.$I want it$!$

D$.$Help yourself and those closest to you!$$

Question $7$

An employee steals money from the company she works for because of debts she has accrued from her gambling addiction. For what reason did this ethical problem occur?

A$.$ Conflicts of interest

B$.$ Personal gain and self$-$interest

C$.$ Competitive pressures on profits

D$.$ Cross$-$cultural contradictions

Question $8$

The unspoken understanding among employees of what is and is not acceptable behavior is called a$($n$)$:

A$.$ Business ethics.

B$.$ Code of ethics.

C$.$ Corporate sustainability.

D$.$ Ethical climate.

Question $9$

Corporations can institutionalize ethical behavior among employees by:

A$.$ having an ethics hotline.

B$.$ providing ethics training program.

C$.$ conducting an ethics audit.

D$.$ all of these answers are correct.

Question $10$

A conception of right and wrong is:

A$.$ Impossible to know.

B$.$ The definition of ethics.

C$.$ Determined by power.

D$.$ Based on stakeholder dialogue.

Question $11$

People's ethical beliefs come from:

A$.$ Legislative action and judicial decisions.

B$.$ Reading the company's profit and loss statements.

C$.$ Their religious background, family, and education.

D$.$ The organization's code of ethics.

Question $12$

Under the Sarbanes$-$Oxley Act, corporations are required to:

A$.$ Have executives vouch for the accuracy of a firm's financial reports.

B$.$ Have their audit committee comprised of only executives employed by the firm.

C$.$ Collect reimbursements from the U$.$S$.$ government if financial restatements occur.

D$.$ All of these answers are correct.

Question $13$

The core components upon which a company's ethical performance depends include:

A$.$ The values and virtues of the managers.

B$.$ The personal character of the managers and employees.

C$.$ The traditions, attitudes, and business practices built into a company's culture.

D$.$ All of these answers are correct.

Question $14$

If a manager approaches ethics with benevolence in mind, he or she would stress what?

A$.$ Friendly relations with an employee.

B$.$ Company rules and procedures.

C$.$ Laws and professional codes.

D$.$ Economic efficiency.

Question $15$

A company that channels employee behavior in a lawful direction by emphasizing the threat of detection and punishment is:

A$.$ Operating under the compliance$-$based approach.

B$.$ Practicing "tone at the top."

C$.$ Operating under the integrity$-$based approach.

D$.$ Operating under the instrumental policy approach.