Test Bank For Canadian Business & Society Ethics, Responsibilities, And Sustainability 5th Canadian Edition Author:Robert Sexty All Chapters(1-16) LATEST VERSION

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, Chapter 1 – The Relationship between Business and Society
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True / False Questions
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1. A shift has occurred in what society believes business responsibilities should be;
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today there is a greater emphasis on the bottom line than ever before.
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FALSE


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2. Responses to social and environmental issues will determine which corporations are a
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ble to survive in today's competitive environment.
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3. Integrity refers to the appropriateness of a corporation's behaviour, not to its adher
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ence to moral principles.
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,4. Ethics apply to business in the same manner as they apply to religion.
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TRUE


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5. A responsible corporation is a business undertaking that responds to social, ethica
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l, and environmental responsibilities in addition to its economic obligations.
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TRUE


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6. The triple- #$1


E bottom line (3E) is the evaluation of a corporation's performance according to a su
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mmary of the economic, social or ethical, and environmental value the corporation a
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dds or destroys.
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7. There is little concern that a lack of academic integrity will have an influence on
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business integrity. #$1


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, 8. Until recently, business schools had largely neglected ethics and emphasized func
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tional areas, some of which have focused on the financial rather than the social resp
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onsibilities of business. #$1 #$1


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9. Most people agree there is a universal way to approach ethics and as such,
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there is widespread agreement as to the appropriate behaviour by business in
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society. FALSE
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10. Deontological theories of ethics are rule-based. #$1 #$1 #$1 #$1 #$1


TRUE


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11. Virtue ethics emphasizes the situation that individuals find themselves in and focu
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ses on what they are doing.
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FALSE


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