LES 305 Exam 1-Vocab UPDATED
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Blanchard and Peale - CORRECT ANSWER - Is it legal? Is it balanced? How does it
make me feel?
Categorical Imperative (Kant) - CORRECT ANSWER - One ought only to act such that
the principle of one's act could become a universal law of human action in a world in which one
would hope to live
Contractarians and Justice - CORRECT ANSWER - Putting ethical standards in place by a
social contract; using rational thinking people develop a set of rules for everyone
Divine Command Theory - CORRECT ANSWER - Ethical standards are based upon
religious beliefs
Ethical Egoism - CORRECT ANSWER - We all act in our own self-interest and limit our
judgments to our own conduct, not the conduct of others
Ethics - CORRECT ANSWER - The unwritten rules we have developed for our interaction
with eachother
Front Page of the Newspaper Test - CORRECT ANSWER - "Contemplating any business
act, an employee should ask himself whether he would be willing to see it immediately described
by an informed and critical reporter on the front page of his local paper, there to be read by his
spouse, children, and friends."
Laura Nash - CORRECT ANSWER - Have you defined the problem accurately?
How would you define the problem if you stood on the other side of the fence?
How did this occur in the first place?
To whom and what do you give your loyalties as a person and member of the corporation?
, What is your intention in making this decision?
How does this intention compare with the likely results?
Whom could your decision or action injure?
Can you engage the affected parties in a discussion of the problem before you make your
decision?
Are you confident that your position will be as valid over a long period of time as it seems now?
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?
What is the symbolic potential of your action if understood? If misunderstood?
Under what conditions would you allow expectations to stand?
Categories of Ethical Dilemmas - CORRECT ANSWER - Taking things that don't belong
to you
Saying things you know are not true
Giving or allowing false impressions
Buying influence or engaging in conflicts of interest
Hiding or divulging information
Taking unfair advantage
Committing acts of personal decadence
Perpetrating interpersonal abuse
Permitting organizational abuse
Violating rules
Condoning unethical conduct
Balancing ethical dilemmas
Methods we use to avoid analyzing ethical dilemmas - CORRECT ANSWER - Relabeling
(copyright infringement vs peer to peer file sharing and rationalizing
Moral Relativists - CORRECT ANSWER - Time-and-place ethics; making ethical choices
based on the circumstances
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Blanchard and Peale - CORRECT ANSWER - Is it legal? Is it balanced? How does it
make me feel?
Categorical Imperative (Kant) - CORRECT ANSWER - One ought only to act such that
the principle of one's act could become a universal law of human action in a world in which one
would hope to live
Contractarians and Justice - CORRECT ANSWER - Putting ethical standards in place by a
social contract; using rational thinking people develop a set of rules for everyone
Divine Command Theory - CORRECT ANSWER - Ethical standards are based upon
religious beliefs
Ethical Egoism - CORRECT ANSWER - We all act in our own self-interest and limit our
judgments to our own conduct, not the conduct of others
Ethics - CORRECT ANSWER - The unwritten rules we have developed for our interaction
with eachother
Front Page of the Newspaper Test - CORRECT ANSWER - "Contemplating any business
act, an employee should ask himself whether he would be willing to see it immediately described
by an informed and critical reporter on the front page of his local paper, there to be read by his
spouse, children, and friends."
Laura Nash - CORRECT ANSWER - Have you defined the problem accurately?
How would you define the problem if you stood on the other side of the fence?
How did this occur in the first place?
To whom and what do you give your loyalties as a person and member of the corporation?
, What is your intention in making this decision?
How does this intention compare with the likely results?
Whom could your decision or action injure?
Can you engage the affected parties in a discussion of the problem before you make your
decision?
Are you confident that your position will be as valid over a long period of time as it seems now?
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?
What is the symbolic potential of your action if understood? If misunderstood?
Under what conditions would you allow expectations to stand?
Categories of Ethical Dilemmas - CORRECT ANSWER - Taking things that don't belong
to you
Saying things you know are not true
Giving or allowing false impressions
Buying influence or engaging in conflicts of interest
Hiding or divulging information
Taking unfair advantage
Committing acts of personal decadence
Perpetrating interpersonal abuse
Permitting organizational abuse
Violating rules
Condoning unethical conduct
Balancing ethical dilemmas
Methods we use to avoid analyzing ethical dilemmas - CORRECT ANSWER - Relabeling
(copyright infringement vs peer to peer file sharing and rationalizing
Moral Relativists - CORRECT ANSWER - Time-and-place ethics; making ethical choices
based on the circumstances
