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Human beings have fundamental rights and liberties that cannot be taken away by another individual's decision. This ethical decision making approach is known as the:


A) utilitarian approach.
B) individualism approach.
C) moral-rights approach.
D) dualism approach.
E) None of these.

F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

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_____ responsibility is purely voluntary and guided by a company's desire to make social contributions not mandated by economics, law or ethics.

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A(n) _____ is any group within or outside the organization that has a stake in the organization's performance.

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Which of these best illustrates the preconventional stage of moral development?


A) Everybody else is doing it, so it must be okay.
B) What would my boss think if I did this?
C) I know this is not right, and I will not do it, even if everyone else is.
D) What benefits am I going to get from making this moral decision?
E) a to c inclusive.

F) B) and E)
G) A) and B)

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Performing experimental treatment on unconscious trauma patients is mostly the violation of their:


A) right of free consent.
B) right to privacy.
C) right of freedom of conscience.
D) right of free speech.
E) right of due process.

F) A) and B)
G) C) and D)

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A chief ethics officer is a company executive who oversees all aspects of ethics and legal compliance.

A) True
B) False

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The basis for the recent trend among companies to police employee personal habits such as alcohol and tobacco consumption on the job is called the utilitarian ethic.

A) True
B) False

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All stakeholders of an organization are its stockholders but not all stockholders are its stakeholders.

A) True
B) False

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Which of these refers to procedural justice?


A) The concept that different treatment of people should not be based on arbitrary characteristics.
B) The concept that rules should be clearly stated and consistently and impartially enforced.
C) The concept that individuals should be compensated for the cost of their injuries by the party responsible.
D) The concept that people should be treated differently.
E) None of these.

F) C) and E)
G) A) and E)

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In a mixed market economy an organization's decision to produce a new product is in the:


A) domain of codified law.
B) domain of free choice.
C) domain of ethics.
D) domain of compensatory justice.
E) domain of social responsibility.

F) C) and E)
G) B) and D)

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Formal statements that define fundamental values and reference organizational responsibilities, products and employees are often called _____.


A) principle-based
B) policy-based
C) ethically-based
D) codified
E) codes of organizational integrity

F) C) and D)
G) B) and E)

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_____ matches well with the preconventional level of personal moral development.


A) Work group collaboration
B) Task accomplishment
C) Empowered employees
D) Full participation
E) Transforming

F) B) and E)
G) A) and B)

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A(n) _____ arises in a situation when each alternative choice or behaviour is undesirable because of potentially harmful ethical consequences.

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The _____ approach holds that moral decisions must be based on standards of equity, fairness, and impartiality.

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List and define the stages of moral development.

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According to the model in the book, ther...

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The relationship between social responsibility and financial performance has been shown to be _____.

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List three examples of primary stakeholders.

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Investors, shareholders, emplo...

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The _____ approach to ethical decision making sidesteps debates about what is right, good or just and bases decisions on prevailing standards of the profession and the larger society, taking the interests of all stakeholders into account.

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Social responsibility covers a narrow range of issues, many of which are unambiguous with respect to right or wrong.

A) True
B) False

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Briefly explain the justice approach to ethics and then explain the three types of justice.

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The justice approach is the ethical conc...

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