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Understanding Business Ethics
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which approach to ethics uses the outcomes or results of an individual's, group's, or organization's actions to
determine its ethicality?
A. universalism
B. egoism
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C. consequentialism
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D. virtue ethics
Correct Answer: C. consequentialism
2. The ______ approach to ethics applies when the motive is the greatest good for the greatest number of
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people or organizations.
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A. utilitarian
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B. deontological
C. consequentialist
D. teleological
Correct Answer: A. utilitarian
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3. What is one benefit of celebrating business ethics victories?
A. It reduces the need for ethical guidelines.
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B. It encourages learning from mistakes.
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C. It justifies ethical actions.
D. It creates a competitive environment.
Correct Answer: B. It encourages learning from mistakes.
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4. The focus of teleological ethics is the ______.
A. means of an action
B. personal traits involved
C. outcomes or results of actions
D. legal standards
Correct Answer: C. outcomes or results of actions
5. What is the final step in the 3-Dimensional Problem-Solving approach for ethics?
A. define the problem
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B. determine the causes
C. describe the solutions
D. solve the problem
Correct Answer: C. describe the solutions
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6. What does "teleos" mean in the context of teleological ethics?
A. means
B. ends
C. actions
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D. intentions
Correct Answer: B. ends
7. Which describes the relationship between legality and ethics?
A. Legal actions are always ethical.
B. Legal and ethical actions are synonymous.
C. Many legal actions are unethical.
D. Ethical actions are always legal.
Correct Answer: C. Many legal actions are unethical.
8. Which of the following is true about most unethical business conduct?
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A. It is legal.
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B. It is unavoidable.
C. It is always reported.
D. It results in legal action.
Correct Answer: A. It is legal.
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9. What does the term "stakeholders" refer to in this chapter?
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A. shareholders and employees
B. entities affected by or affecting an organization
C. legal bodies that govern organizations
co B
D. competitors in the market
Correct Answer: B. entities affected by or affecting an organization
10. What is one main benefit of remote work?
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A. higher salaries
D es
B. greater employee flexibility
C. reduced employee work hours
D. lower tax costs for the employer
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Correct Answer: B. greater employee flexibility
11. What does the term "moral humility" mean?
A. recognizing that ethical misconduct is common
B. being humble in all of your interactions
C. avoiding ethical mistakes
D. acknowledging that everyone makes mistakes
Correct Answer: D. acknowledging that everyone makes mistakes
12. Which question do people who take a virtuous approach to business ethics ask before making a decision?
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A. What will maximize profitability?
B. What will produce the most desirable outcome?
C. What should I do?
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D. What type of person do I want to be?
Correct Answer: D. What type of person do I want to be?
13. What differentiates ethical conduct from legal conduct in business?
A. Ethical conduct is always supported by law.
B. Legal conduct is based on personal virtues.
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C. Ethical conduct focuses on moral principles.
D. Legal conduct focuses on fair outcomes.
Correct Answer: C. Ethical conduct focuses on moral principles.
14. Which describes the relationship between unethical conduct and its visibility in the media?
A. The media often makes unethical behavior seem common.
B. Unethical behavior is rarely reported by the media.
C. The media usually hides unethical behavior.
D. Media is regulated regarding their right to report unethical behavior.
Correct Answer: A. The media often makes unethical behavior seem common.
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15. How does remote work impact organizational culture?
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A. It has increases team collaboration.
B. It significantly improves productivity.
C. It consistently improves employee mental health.
D. It affects mentoring and career development.
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Correct Answer: D. It affects mentoring and career development.
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16. Stakeholders are categorized as primary or secondary based on their ______.
A. legal standing
B. leadership structure
co B
C. potential for financial gain
D. influence on organizational survival
Correct Answer: D. influence on organizational survival
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17. How does remote work impact employee flexibility?
D es
A. It offers flexibility for salary adjustments.
B. It offers employee flexibility only on certain days of the week.
C. It offers flexibility for work arrangements.
D. It decreases employee flexibility.
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Correct Answer: C. It offers flexibility for work arrangements.
18. How does the concept of moral humility contribute to ethical decision-making?
A. It recognizes the unavoidability of mistakes and learning from them.
B. It discourages employees from displaying arrogance in their decisions.
C. It denies that there is a possibility of making mistakes in the decision process.
D. It contributes to the idea that mistakes are avoidable in business decisions.
Correct Answer: A. It recognizes the unavoidability of mistakes and learning from them.
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19. When using the stakeholder approach to decision-making, which affected group should be considered first?
A. special interest groups
B. customers
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C. media outlets
D. trade groups
Correct Answer: B. customers
20. A U.S. employer is faced with a hiring decision involving potential nepotism. What ethical considerations
should they consider before moving forward?
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A. personal benefits
B. company profits
C. candidate qualifications
D. employee requests
Correct Answer: C. candidate qualifications
21. When making a decision about the future of their company's sustainability efforts, an employer seeks to
understand how their local community would be affected by their proposed actions. What ethical approach is the
employer using in this scenario?
A. deontological ethics
B. stakeholder approach
)
C. virtue ethics
(?
D. shareholder approach
Correct Answer: B. stakeholder approach
22. Apply the 3-Dimensional Problem Solving for Ethics (3D PSE) to an ethical dilemma at work. What is the first
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step?
A. discuss the solutions
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B. determine the causes
C. define the problem
D. describe stakeholder impact
co B
Correct Answer: C. define the problem
23. An employee wants to find work that is socially and personally significant. This employee is looking to find a
career that includes ______.
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A. meaningful work
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B. remote work
C. virtue ethics
D. relativistic ethics
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Correct Answer: A. meaningful work
24. How would you apply the concept of "moral humility" in a leadership role?
A. avoid admitting misconduct to your employees
B. recognize that everyone can make ethical mistakes
C. limit discussions of ethical misconduct in the workplace
D. ignore ethical issues unless they affect the profitability
Correct Answer: B. recognize that everyone can make ethical mistakes
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Chapter 1 Test Bank
Understanding Business Ethics
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which approach to ethics uses the outcomes or results of an individual's, group's, or organization's actions to
determine its ethicality?
A. universalism
B. egoism
)
C. consequentialism
(?
D. virtue ethics
Correct Answer: C. consequentialism
2. The ______ approach to ethics applies when the motive is the greatest good for the greatest number of
tS k
people or organizations.
p
A. utilitarian
un an
ho
B. deontological
C. consequentialist
D. teleological
Correct Answer: A. utilitarian
co B
3. What is one benefit of celebrating business ethics victories?
A. It reduces the need for ethical guidelines.
is t
B. It encourages learning from mistakes.
D es
C. It justifies ethical actions.
D. It creates a competitive environment.
Correct Answer: B. It encourages learning from mistakes.
T
4. The focus of teleological ethics is the ______.
A. means of an action
B. personal traits involved
C. outcomes or results of actions
D. legal standards
Correct Answer: C. outcomes or results of actions
5. What is the final step in the 3-Dimensional Problem-Solving approach for ethics?
A. define the problem
)e
B. determine the causes
C. describe the solutions
D. solve the problem
Correct Answer: C. describe the solutions
(?
6. What does "teleos" mean in the context of teleological ethics?
A. means
B. ends
C. actions
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D. intentions
Correct Answer: B. ends
7. Which describes the relationship between legality and ethics?
A. Legal actions are always ethical.
B. Legal and ethical actions are synonymous.
C. Many legal actions are unethical.
D. Ethical actions are always legal.
Correct Answer: C. Many legal actions are unethical.
8. Which of the following is true about most unethical business conduct?
)
A. It is legal.
(?
B. It is unavoidable.
C. It is always reported.
D. It results in legal action.
Correct Answer: A. It is legal.
tS k
p
9. What does the term "stakeholders" refer to in this chapter?
un an
ho
A. shareholders and employees
B. entities affected by or affecting an organization
C. legal bodies that govern organizations
co B
D. competitors in the market
Correct Answer: B. entities affected by or affecting an organization
10. What is one main benefit of remote work?
is t
A. higher salaries
D es
B. greater employee flexibility
C. reduced employee work hours
D. lower tax costs for the employer
T
Correct Answer: B. greater employee flexibility
11. What does the term "moral humility" mean?
A. recognizing that ethical misconduct is common
B. being humble in all of your interactions
C. avoiding ethical mistakes
D. acknowledging that everyone makes mistakes
Correct Answer: D. acknowledging that everyone makes mistakes
12. Which question do people who take a virtuous approach to business ethics ask before making a decision?
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A. What will maximize profitability?
B. What will produce the most desirable outcome?
C. What should I do?
(?
D. What type of person do I want to be?
Correct Answer: D. What type of person do I want to be?
13. What differentiates ethical conduct from legal conduct in business?
A. Ethical conduct is always supported by law.
B. Legal conduct is based on personal virtues.
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C. Ethical conduct focuses on moral principles.
D. Legal conduct focuses on fair outcomes.
Correct Answer: C. Ethical conduct focuses on moral principles.
14. Which describes the relationship between unethical conduct and its visibility in the media?
A. The media often makes unethical behavior seem common.
B. Unethical behavior is rarely reported by the media.
C. The media usually hides unethical behavior.
D. Media is regulated regarding their right to report unethical behavior.
Correct Answer: A. The media often makes unethical behavior seem common.
)
15. How does remote work impact organizational culture?
(?
A. It has increases team collaboration.
B. It significantly improves productivity.
C. It consistently improves employee mental health.
D. It affects mentoring and career development.
tS k
p
Correct Answer: D. It affects mentoring and career development.
un an
ho
16. Stakeholders are categorized as primary or secondary based on their ______.
A. legal standing
B. leadership structure
co B
C. potential for financial gain
D. influence on organizational survival
Correct Answer: D. influence on organizational survival
is t
17. How does remote work impact employee flexibility?
D es
A. It offers flexibility for salary adjustments.
B. It offers employee flexibility only on certain days of the week.
C. It offers flexibility for work arrangements.
D. It decreases employee flexibility.
T
Correct Answer: C. It offers flexibility for work arrangements.
18. How does the concept of moral humility contribute to ethical decision-making?
A. It recognizes the unavoidability of mistakes and learning from them.
B. It discourages employees from displaying arrogance in their decisions.
C. It denies that there is a possibility of making mistakes in the decision process.
D. It contributes to the idea that mistakes are avoidable in business decisions.
Correct Answer: A. It recognizes the unavoidability of mistakes and learning from them.
)e
19. When using the stakeholder approach to decision-making, which affected group should be considered first?
A. special interest groups
B. customers
(?
C. media outlets
D. trade groups
Correct Answer: B. customers
20. A U.S. employer is faced with a hiring decision involving potential nepotism. What ethical considerations
should they consider before moving forward?
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A. personal benefits
B. company profits
C. candidate qualifications
D. employee requests
Correct Answer: C. candidate qualifications
21. When making a decision about the future of their company's sustainability efforts, an employer seeks to
understand how their local community would be affected by their proposed actions. What ethical approach is the
employer using in this scenario?
A. deontological ethics
B. stakeholder approach
)
C. virtue ethics
(?
D. shareholder approach
Correct Answer: B. stakeholder approach
22. Apply the 3-Dimensional Problem Solving for Ethics (3D PSE) to an ethical dilemma at work. What is the first
tS k
p
step?
A. discuss the solutions
un an
ho
B. determine the causes
C. define the problem
D. describe stakeholder impact
co B
Correct Answer: C. define the problem
23. An employee wants to find work that is socially and personally significant. This employee is looking to find a
career that includes ______.
is t
A. meaningful work
D es
B. remote work
C. virtue ethics
D. relativistic ethics
T
Correct Answer: A. meaningful work
24. How would you apply the concept of "moral humility" in a leadership role?
A. avoid admitting misconduct to your employees
B. recognize that everyone can make ethical mistakes
C. limit discussions of ethical misconduct in the workplace
D. ignore ethical issues unless they affect the profitability
Correct Answer: B. recognize that everyone can make ethical mistakes
)e
(?
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