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D072 - Fundamentals for Success in Business Pre-
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A U.S. company hires a new employee from Germany. The new employee is
being trained by other employees on the company's conflict resolution practices
in alignment with the company's mission and ethical standards. As part of the
training, the employee identifies how the ethical values of the company are
consistent with the employee's values.Which aspect of the company is the
employee learning?
Organizational culture
Organizational leadership
International business culture
International business success
Ans: Organizational culture
A senior manager asks an employee to omit a key section from a financial report
to hide some distressing data.Which aspect of the organization is being violated
by the manager's behavior?
Beliefs
Norms
Culture
Ethics
Ans: Ethics
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An employee overhears an office manager telling a prospective client that the
company does not work with people from a particular ethnicity even though the
company has a nondiscrimination policy.Which element is violated by the actions
of this office manager?
Personal ethics
Employee handbook guidelines
Established state law
Personal culture
Ans: Employee handbook guidelines
A young, unmarried employee who is an only child has a conversation with an
older, married employee with siblings about the corporate decision to enter into
a lucrative contract with a firm that legally supplies substandard medications to
developing countries. The two employees disagree as to whether the company's
decision was ethical.What is the primary demographic trait that influences the
values of these employees?
Age
Birth order
Employment
Marital status
Ans: Age
A corporation's code of ethics endorses a green work place.Which employee
activity models this code?
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Starting an office recycling program
Organizing a community cleanup day for a local park
Raising money to support the science club at a local high school
Riding a bicycle to work to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
Ans: Starting an office recycling program
A company advertises that it uses environmentally safe practices in all business
processes; however, the chief financial officer (CFO) has blocked the adoption of
many environmentally safe practices because of the additional costs to the
company.Which controversial business practice is this company using?
Whistleblowing
Sheltering
Greenwashing
Cherry picking
Ans: Greenwashing
An organization plans to close its local factory and shift manufacturing operations
overseas. This brings opposition from employees.Which terms describes this
organizational move?
Legal-ethical
Legal-unethical
Illegal-ethical
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Illegal-unethical
Ans: Legal-ethical
Individual authors wrote books about the negative environmental impacts of some
industries, including the coal industry.Which benefit did the authors' work have
on society?
It helped the authors to become more popular.
It drew the public's attention to the targeted issue.
It increased the economic welfare of the community.
It resulted in increased government funding for the industries.
Ans: It drew the public's attention to the targeted issue.
The accountant of a company was asked to change the current quarterly sales
results by adding sales that were set to occur next quarter.Which stakeholder
group is directly impacted by this action?
Suppliers
Employees
Customers
Shareholders
Ans: Shareholders
A new manager in a restaurant decides to cut costs by purchasing sub-standard
materials. What are the implications of this manager's actions?
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D072 - Fundamentals for Success in Business Pre-
Assessment Questions and Correct Answers/ Latest
Update / Already Graded
A U.S. company hires a new employee from Germany. The new employee is
being trained by other employees on the company's conflict resolution practices
in alignment with the company's mission and ethical standards. As part of the
training, the employee identifies how the ethical values of the company are
consistent with the employee's values.Which aspect of the company is the
employee learning?
Organizational culture
Organizational leadership
International business culture
International business success
Ans: Organizational culture
A senior manager asks an employee to omit a key section from a financial report
to hide some distressing data.Which aspect of the organization is being violated
by the manager's behavior?
Beliefs
Norms
Culture
Ethics
Ans: Ethics
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An employee overhears an office manager telling a prospective client that the
company does not work with people from a particular ethnicity even though the
company has a nondiscrimination policy.Which element is violated by the actions
of this office manager?
Personal ethics
Employee handbook guidelines
Established state law
Personal culture
Ans: Employee handbook guidelines
A young, unmarried employee who is an only child has a conversation with an
older, married employee with siblings about the corporate decision to enter into
a lucrative contract with a firm that legally supplies substandard medications to
developing countries. The two employees disagree as to whether the company's
decision was ethical.What is the primary demographic trait that influences the
values of these employees?
Age
Birth order
Employment
Marital status
Ans: Age
A corporation's code of ethics endorses a green work place.Which employee
activity models this code?
© 2025/ 2026 | ® All rights reserved
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Starting an office recycling program
Organizing a community cleanup day for a local park
Raising money to support the science club at a local high school
Riding a bicycle to work to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
Ans: Starting an office recycling program
A company advertises that it uses environmentally safe practices in all business
processes; however, the chief financial officer (CFO) has blocked the adoption of
many environmentally safe practices because of the additional costs to the
company.Which controversial business practice is this company using?
Whistleblowing
Sheltering
Greenwashing
Cherry picking
Ans: Greenwashing
An organization plans to close its local factory and shift manufacturing operations
overseas. This brings opposition from employees.Which terms describes this
organizational move?
Legal-ethical
Legal-unethical
Illegal-ethical
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Illegal-unethical
Ans: Legal-ethical
Individual authors wrote books about the negative environmental impacts of some
industries, including the coal industry.Which benefit did the authors' work have
on society?
It helped the authors to become more popular.
It drew the public's attention to the targeted issue.
It increased the economic welfare of the community.
It resulted in increased government funding for the industries.
Ans: It drew the public's attention to the targeted issue.
The accountant of a company was asked to change the current quarterly sales
results by adding sales that were set to occur next quarter.Which stakeholder
group is directly impacted by this action?
Suppliers
Employees
Customers
Shareholders
Ans: Shareholders
A new manager in a restaurant decides to cut costs by purchasing sub-standard
materials. What are the implications of this manager's actions?
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