BOMI - ETHICS IS GOOD BUSINESS
All of the following were major ethical dilemmas of the 1990s except:
a. unsafe work practices in third world countries.
b. increased corporate liability for personal damage.
c. financial mismanagement and fraud.
d. employee militancy. - ANSWER-employee militancy
All of the following are major ethical dilemmas of the 2000s except:
a. cybercrime.
b. privacy issues/data mining.
c. deceptive advertising.
d. intellectual property theft. - ANSWER-deceptive advertising
In response to ethical breaches by organizations, the U.S. federal government in 1991
added a chapter to the:
a. Legal Code of Business Ethics.
b. Corporate Interest in Ethics Guidelines.
c. Federal Sentencing Guidelines.
d. U.S. Code of Ethics for Government Service. - ANSWER-Federal Sentencing
Guidelines
All of the following are potential outcomes of unethical business decisions except:
a. bad public relations.
b. increased corporate transparency.
c. increased government scrutiny.
d. public reluctance to use a company's products or services. - ANSWER-increased
corporate transparency
By valuing ethics, an organization promotes and rewards all of the following except:
a. honesty.
b. punctuality.
c. fairness
d. integrity. - ANSWER-punctuality
(True/ False) The role of civil rights in the workplace was a major ethical dilemma faced
in the 1960s. - ANSWER-True
(True/ False) Research, newspaper, and magazine articles have suggested that an
organization's bottom line is strengthened when the business acts in an ethical, legal,
and socially responsible manner. - ANSWER-True
, (True/ False) Boards of directors and managers are not expected to take responsibility
for overseeing and managing compliance and ethics programs. - ANSWER-False
(True/ False) Federal guidelines are the only reason that an organization needs to
consider its ethical practices. - ANSWER-False
(True/ False) According to the National Business Ethics Survey, ethical problems have
been basically eradicated from the workplace by the 1991 Federal Sentencing
Guidelines. - ANSWER-False
The foundation of the Western ethical tradition is the:
a. Torah.
b. New Testament.
c. Ten Commandments.
d. works of Socrates. - ANSWER-Ten Commandments.
All of the following are distinctions that can be drawn between religion and morality
except:
a. people do good for nonreligious reasons such as altruism or a fear of punishment.
b. moral instructions allow for bad deeds as long as they are done in the name of
religion.
c. people do good out of habit, or as a result of their upbringing.
moral instructions from religions can be general and vague. - ANSWER-moral
instructions allow for bad deeds as long as they are done in the name of religion
A system or code of morals that provides a code for living is referred to as:
a. values.
b. integrity.
c. laws.
d. ethics. - ANSWER-ethics
Adherence to a moral code in daily decision making is referred to as:
a. character.
b. ethics.
c. integrity.
d. lawfulness. - ANSWER-integrity
Character - ANSWER-A personality trait or pattern of behavior that denotes moral
strength.
governs behavior when no one else is looking.
Laws - ANSWER-A set of rules and regulations designed to express the needs of a
society.
All of the following were major ethical dilemmas of the 1990s except:
a. unsafe work practices in third world countries.
b. increased corporate liability for personal damage.
c. financial mismanagement and fraud.
d. employee militancy. - ANSWER-employee militancy
All of the following are major ethical dilemmas of the 2000s except:
a. cybercrime.
b. privacy issues/data mining.
c. deceptive advertising.
d. intellectual property theft. - ANSWER-deceptive advertising
In response to ethical breaches by organizations, the U.S. federal government in 1991
added a chapter to the:
a. Legal Code of Business Ethics.
b. Corporate Interest in Ethics Guidelines.
c. Federal Sentencing Guidelines.
d. U.S. Code of Ethics for Government Service. - ANSWER-Federal Sentencing
Guidelines
All of the following are potential outcomes of unethical business decisions except:
a. bad public relations.
b. increased corporate transparency.
c. increased government scrutiny.
d. public reluctance to use a company's products or services. - ANSWER-increased
corporate transparency
By valuing ethics, an organization promotes and rewards all of the following except:
a. honesty.
b. punctuality.
c. fairness
d. integrity. - ANSWER-punctuality
(True/ False) The role of civil rights in the workplace was a major ethical dilemma faced
in the 1960s. - ANSWER-True
(True/ False) Research, newspaper, and magazine articles have suggested that an
organization's bottom line is strengthened when the business acts in an ethical, legal,
and socially responsible manner. - ANSWER-True
, (True/ False) Boards of directors and managers are not expected to take responsibility
for overseeing and managing compliance and ethics programs. - ANSWER-False
(True/ False) Federal guidelines are the only reason that an organization needs to
consider its ethical practices. - ANSWER-False
(True/ False) According to the National Business Ethics Survey, ethical problems have
been basically eradicated from the workplace by the 1991 Federal Sentencing
Guidelines. - ANSWER-False
The foundation of the Western ethical tradition is the:
a. Torah.
b. New Testament.
c. Ten Commandments.
d. works of Socrates. - ANSWER-Ten Commandments.
All of the following are distinctions that can be drawn between religion and morality
except:
a. people do good for nonreligious reasons such as altruism or a fear of punishment.
b. moral instructions allow for bad deeds as long as they are done in the name of
religion.
c. people do good out of habit, or as a result of their upbringing.
moral instructions from religions can be general and vague. - ANSWER-moral
instructions allow for bad deeds as long as they are done in the name of religion
A system or code of morals that provides a code for living is referred to as:
a. values.
b. integrity.
c. laws.
d. ethics. - ANSWER-ethics
Adherence to a moral code in daily decision making is referred to as:
a. character.
b. ethics.
c. integrity.
d. lawfulness. - ANSWER-integrity
Character - ANSWER-A personality trait or pattern of behavior that denotes moral
strength.
governs behavior when no one else is looking.
Laws - ANSWER-A set of rules and regulations designed to express the needs of a
society.
