Managing Human Capital C202
Which situation is an example of a managerial ethical dilemma? - correct answer ✔✔Being asked to
directly supervise a family member
A human resource manual specifies that employees cannot be terminated or punished for refusing to
follow an illegal request made by a supervisor.
Which standard is being applied to resolve this ethical dilemma? - correct answer ✔✔Rights Standard
Utilitarian Standard - correct answer ✔✔The ethical action best balances good over harm by doing the
most good or doing the least harm. When Southwest Airlines cuts all employees' pay rather than laying
anyone off, it is following a utilitarian standard.
Rights Standard - correct answer ✔✔The ethical action is the one that best respects and protects the
moral rights of everyone affected by the action, including the right to privacy, to be told the truth, or to
be safe. If a supervisor tells an employee to handle a toxic substance without appropriate protective
gear, the employee has a right to refuse.
Fairness Standard - correct answer ✔✔The ethical action treats all people equally, or at least fairly, based
on some defensible standard. The fairness standard is central in the debate over the appropriateness of
CEO salaries and bonuses that are hundreds of times larger than the pay of the average employee.
Common Good Standard - correct answer ✔✔The ethical action shows respect and compassion for
everyone, especially the most vulnerable. Ensuring that suppliers do not employ child labor or provide
unsafe working conditions is an example of applying the common good standard.
Virtue Standard - correct answer ✔✔The ethical action is consistent with certain ideal virtues including
civility, compassion, and benevolence. This standard asks, "Is this action consistent with my behaving at
my best?" A company that values honesty quickly recalling products that might be defective or
dangerous reflects the virtue standard.
, What is the goal of affirmative action? - correct answer ✔✔To seek to remedy past practices that
innately caused an adverse effect on applicants
A female employer is accused of having an employment practice that negatively impacts women. The
employer responds that she has the same requirements for male and female applicants and wants to
hire other women.
Why is this case a potential demonstration of adverse impact? - correct answer ✔✔Adverse impact is
unintentional and relates to policies applied to all employees.
Adverse Impact - correct answer ✔✔Adverse impact - An employment practice has a disproportionate
effect on a protected group, regardless of its intent. Employment practices that are facially neutral in
their treatment of different groups but that have a significantly adverse effect on a protected group can
be legally challenged.
Disparate Treatment - correct answer ✔✔Disparate treatment - Intentional discrimination based on a
person's protected characteristic. Disparate treatment occurs if an employment decision would change if
the applicant's race, religion, national origin, color, sex, disability, or age were different.
Which protected classes must a company set hiring goals for under Executive Order 11246? - correct
answer ✔✔Minorities and women
An employer terminates an employee for being unattractive and putting less effort in personal
appearance.
Why is this permitted under an at-will employment relationship? - correct answer ✔✔An employer can
terminate an employee for an immoral reason.
Which law guarantees that a woman can take unpaid time off following the birth of her child without
fear of losing her job? - correct answer ✔✔The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993
What is the goal of the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994? -
correct answer ✔✔To prevent discrimination against employees who may be called into active military
service
Which situation is an example of a managerial ethical dilemma? - correct answer ✔✔Being asked to
directly supervise a family member
A human resource manual specifies that employees cannot be terminated or punished for refusing to
follow an illegal request made by a supervisor.
Which standard is being applied to resolve this ethical dilemma? - correct answer ✔✔Rights Standard
Utilitarian Standard - correct answer ✔✔The ethical action best balances good over harm by doing the
most good or doing the least harm. When Southwest Airlines cuts all employees' pay rather than laying
anyone off, it is following a utilitarian standard.
Rights Standard - correct answer ✔✔The ethical action is the one that best respects and protects the
moral rights of everyone affected by the action, including the right to privacy, to be told the truth, or to
be safe. If a supervisor tells an employee to handle a toxic substance without appropriate protective
gear, the employee has a right to refuse.
Fairness Standard - correct answer ✔✔The ethical action treats all people equally, or at least fairly, based
on some defensible standard. The fairness standard is central in the debate over the appropriateness of
CEO salaries and bonuses that are hundreds of times larger than the pay of the average employee.
Common Good Standard - correct answer ✔✔The ethical action shows respect and compassion for
everyone, especially the most vulnerable. Ensuring that suppliers do not employ child labor or provide
unsafe working conditions is an example of applying the common good standard.
Virtue Standard - correct answer ✔✔The ethical action is consistent with certain ideal virtues including
civility, compassion, and benevolence. This standard asks, "Is this action consistent with my behaving at
my best?" A company that values honesty quickly recalling products that might be defective or
dangerous reflects the virtue standard.
, What is the goal of affirmative action? - correct answer ✔✔To seek to remedy past practices that
innately caused an adverse effect on applicants
A female employer is accused of having an employment practice that negatively impacts women. The
employer responds that she has the same requirements for male and female applicants and wants to
hire other women.
Why is this case a potential demonstration of adverse impact? - correct answer ✔✔Adverse impact is
unintentional and relates to policies applied to all employees.
Adverse Impact - correct answer ✔✔Adverse impact - An employment practice has a disproportionate
effect on a protected group, regardless of its intent. Employment practices that are facially neutral in
their treatment of different groups but that have a significantly adverse effect on a protected group can
be legally challenged.
Disparate Treatment - correct answer ✔✔Disparate treatment - Intentional discrimination based on a
person's protected characteristic. Disparate treatment occurs if an employment decision would change if
the applicant's race, religion, national origin, color, sex, disability, or age were different.
Which protected classes must a company set hiring goals for under Executive Order 11246? - correct
answer ✔✔Minorities and women
An employer terminates an employee for being unattractive and putting less effort in personal
appearance.
Why is this permitted under an at-will employment relationship? - correct answer ✔✔An employer can
terminate an employee for an immoral reason.
Which law guarantees that a woman can take unpaid time off following the birth of her child without
fear of losing her job? - correct answer ✔✔The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993
What is the goal of the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994? -
correct answer ✔✔To prevent discrimination against employees who may be called into active military
service
