MNGT 310 Chapter 4 Exam Questions
with Actual Answers.
Which of the following statements about ethics is true? - CORRECT ANSWER Ethics is the set of moral
principles or values that defines right and wrong for a person or group.
The ____ determined that companies can be prosecuted and punished for the illegal or unethical actions
of employees even if management didn't know about the unethical behavior. - CORRECT ANSWER U.S.
Sentencing Commission Guidelines.
Which of the following organizations are covered by the U.S. Sentencing Commission Guidelines? -
CORRECT ANSWER All of these.
If a catalog retailer promised customers it would not sell their information (addresses, phone numbers,
e-mail addresses, etc.) to another direct marketing company, and it did, the catalog retailer would be
found guilty of invasion of privacy. Its sentence would be determined by ____. - CORRECT ANSWER The
U.S. Sentencing Commission Guidelines.
The U.S. Sentencing Commission Guidelines impose smaller fines on companies that ____. - CORRECT
ANSWER Have already established a specific type of compliance program.
According to the U.S. Sentencing Commission Guidelines, what is one method used to determine the
level of the offense (i.e., the seriousness of the problem)? - CORRECT ANSWER Examining the loss
incurred by the victims.
What does it mean when the text says that the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines use a "carrot and stick"
approach? - CORRECT ANSWER The Guidelines offer lower fines to companies that take proactive steps.
To create a compliance program that is acceptable under the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, a company
should ____. - CORRECT ANSWER Do all of these.
, When addressing issues of high ____ , managers are more aware of the impact their decisions have on
others, they are more likely to view the decision as an ethical decision, and they are more likely to worry
about doing the right thing. - CORRECT ANSWER Ethical intensity.
What term describes the degree of concern people have about an ethical issue? - CORRECT ANSWER
Ethical intensity.
Ethical intensity depends on all of the following EXCEPT ____. - CORRECT ANSWER Social commitment.
Ethical intensity depends in part upon ____. - CORRECT ANSWER Temporal immediacy.
According to a GAO report, the Department of Defense alone maintains an inventory of at least $100
billion in spare parts, clothing, medical supplies, and fuel. Even though the Department of Defense
doesn't classify pilferage as a major problem, its annual inventory shrinkage alone runs $1-2 billion a
year. The intentional theft and sale of defense secrets would have greater ethical intensity than this
pilferage due to ____. - CORRECT ANSWER Magnitude of influence.
IAG (Individualized Apparel Group) formally closed its H. Freeman factory in Philadelphia in May. Jim
Brubaker, IAG's division president of clothing, informed the workers of this closing in April. Due to ____,
this decision produced strong ethical intensity. - CORRECT ANSWER Temporal immediacy.
Due to ____ , the intentional pollution of a metropolitan water supply would have greater ethical
intensity than insider trading in which a few participants netted less than $10,000. - CORRECT ANSWER
All of these.
____ is strong when decisions have large, certain, immediate consequences and when we are physically
or psychologically close to those affected by the decision. - CORRECT ANSWER Ethical intensity.
Shell Oil Company's plan to sink Brent Spar, an abandoned offshore oil-storage buoy, had a massive
effect on employee motivation and recruitment. The number of qualified people applying for jobs at
Shell plummeted, and many employees looked for positions in other companies. The plan caused much
greater harm than Shell's managers had ever imagined it would. In other words, the plan had a much
greater ____ than predicted. - CORRECT ANSWER Magnitude of consequences.
with Actual Answers.
Which of the following statements about ethics is true? - CORRECT ANSWER Ethics is the set of moral
principles or values that defines right and wrong for a person or group.
The ____ determined that companies can be prosecuted and punished for the illegal or unethical actions
of employees even if management didn't know about the unethical behavior. - CORRECT ANSWER U.S.
Sentencing Commission Guidelines.
Which of the following organizations are covered by the U.S. Sentencing Commission Guidelines? -
CORRECT ANSWER All of these.
If a catalog retailer promised customers it would not sell their information (addresses, phone numbers,
e-mail addresses, etc.) to another direct marketing company, and it did, the catalog retailer would be
found guilty of invasion of privacy. Its sentence would be determined by ____. - CORRECT ANSWER The
U.S. Sentencing Commission Guidelines.
The U.S. Sentencing Commission Guidelines impose smaller fines on companies that ____. - CORRECT
ANSWER Have already established a specific type of compliance program.
According to the U.S. Sentencing Commission Guidelines, what is one method used to determine the
level of the offense (i.e., the seriousness of the problem)? - CORRECT ANSWER Examining the loss
incurred by the victims.
What does it mean when the text says that the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines use a "carrot and stick"
approach? - CORRECT ANSWER The Guidelines offer lower fines to companies that take proactive steps.
To create a compliance program that is acceptable under the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, a company
should ____. - CORRECT ANSWER Do all of these.
, When addressing issues of high ____ , managers are more aware of the impact their decisions have on
others, they are more likely to view the decision as an ethical decision, and they are more likely to worry
about doing the right thing. - CORRECT ANSWER Ethical intensity.
What term describes the degree of concern people have about an ethical issue? - CORRECT ANSWER
Ethical intensity.
Ethical intensity depends on all of the following EXCEPT ____. - CORRECT ANSWER Social commitment.
Ethical intensity depends in part upon ____. - CORRECT ANSWER Temporal immediacy.
According to a GAO report, the Department of Defense alone maintains an inventory of at least $100
billion in spare parts, clothing, medical supplies, and fuel. Even though the Department of Defense
doesn't classify pilferage as a major problem, its annual inventory shrinkage alone runs $1-2 billion a
year. The intentional theft and sale of defense secrets would have greater ethical intensity than this
pilferage due to ____. - CORRECT ANSWER Magnitude of influence.
IAG (Individualized Apparel Group) formally closed its H. Freeman factory in Philadelphia in May. Jim
Brubaker, IAG's division president of clothing, informed the workers of this closing in April. Due to ____,
this decision produced strong ethical intensity. - CORRECT ANSWER Temporal immediacy.
Due to ____ , the intentional pollution of a metropolitan water supply would have greater ethical
intensity than insider trading in which a few participants netted less than $10,000. - CORRECT ANSWER
All of these.
____ is strong when decisions have large, certain, immediate consequences and when we are physically
or psychologically close to those affected by the decision. - CORRECT ANSWER Ethical intensity.
Shell Oil Company's plan to sink Brent Spar, an abandoned offshore oil-storage buoy, had a massive
effect on employee motivation and recruitment. The number of qualified people applying for jobs at
Shell plummeted, and many employees looked for positions in other companies. The plan caused much
greater harm than Shell's managers had ever imagined it would. In other words, the plan had a much
greater ____ than predicted. - CORRECT ANSWER Magnitude of consequences.
