COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GRADED A+
●● Divine Command Theory.
Answer: Ethical standards are based upon religious beliefs
●● Ethical Egoism.
Answer: we all act in our own self interest and limit our judgments to
our own conduct, not the conduct of others
●● Laura Nash.
Answer: (1) Have you defined the problem accurately? (2) How would
you define the problem if you stood on the other side of the fence? (3)
How did this occur in the first place? (4) To whom and what do you give
your loyalties as a person and as a member of the corporation? (5) What
is your intention in making this decision? (6) How does this intention
compare with the likely results? (7) Whom could your decision or action
injure? (8) Can you engage the affected parties in a discussion of the
problem before you make your decision? (9) Are you confident that your
position will be as valid over a long period of time as it seems now? (10)
Could you disclose without qualm your decision or action to your boss,
your CEO, the board of directors, your family, or society as a whole?
(11) What is the symbolic potential of your action if understood? If
, misunderstood? (12) Under what conditions would you allow exceptions
to your stand?
●● Categories of Ethical Dilemmas.
Answer: a. Taking things that don't belong to you.
b. Saying things you know are not true.
c. Giving or allowing false impressions.
d. Buying influence or engaging in conflicts of interest.
e. Hiding or divulging information.
f. Taking unfair advantage.
g. Committing acts of personal decadence.
h. Perpetrating interpersonal abuse.
i. Permitting organizational abuse.