MGT3000 Test #2 Study Guide (Chapters.
4, 5, & 6) 2025/2026 Exam Questions and
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Photos emerged of a college basketball coach partying and drinking
alcohol with college co-ed students. Although not illegal, the situation is not
considered acceptable by the community at large. The college
administration fired the coach. Which approach to ethical decision making
was at work here? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Practical
In the Enron scandal (2001), the company found a way to avoid reporting
huge debts. A whistle-blower alerted authorities. Enron's CEO was clearly
engaged in unethical behavior. He was sentenced to prison because: - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔values and standards that say a company can't falsify its
financial documents are codified law.
Green Cleaning Service has decided to hire three additional employees for
a new cleaning crew. This decision falls within the domain of: - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔free choice
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,Which of the following statements best describes the individualism
approach as a guide for ethical decision making? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔It sees
acts as moral when they promote an individual's best long-term interests.
_____ statements define fundamental values and reference organizational
responsibilities, products, and employees. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Principle-based
As a definition for ethics, which of the following statements is true? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔It sets standards as to what is good or bad in conduct and
decision making.
Melanie believes that men and women should not receive different salaries
if they have the same qualifications and are performing the same job. This
belief comes out of her sense of: - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔distributive justice
Which of the following best describes a corporation's economic
responsibility? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔To produce the goods and services that
society wants and to maximize profits for its owners and shareholders
Most ethical dilemmas involve a conflict between: - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the
needs of the part and the whole.
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,Companies that embrace sustainability measure performance outcomes at
several different levels in a triple bottom line. Which of the following is NOT
included in the triple bottom line? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Moral performance
The social performance model for evaluating a company's social
responsiveness uses four criteria. They are: - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔economic,
legal, ethical, and discretionary.
In the case of emergencies, setbacks, or unexpected conditions, a
company's responses would be guided by its: - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔contingency
plans.
The production line that Hugo oversees has just malfunctioned and caused
an accident that injured one worker. Hugo, to fulfill the company's _____
responsibility, will file a report and cooperate with OSHA inspectors in their
investigation of the accident. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔legal
One of your employees has just come to you saying that he is being
sexually harassed by a coworker. He shows you suggestive notes and
cartoons that have been left at his desk. He asks you to speak to other
coworkers, who confirm the behavior has occurred. You must, as a(n)
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, _____, reprimand the perpetrator and refer the perpetrator's employment
status to the human resources department. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔moral agent
After reading about a study by Adam Grant, Malcolm decided to try _____
in order to increase his team's effectiveness based on Grant's claim that
this approach was the biggest single predictor of team productivity. - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔encouraging greater help and support among team members
is the code of moral principles and values that governs the behaviors of
individuals or groups. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Ethics
Franklin is part of a management team that has used the MBO system for a
number of years. It is now moving toward _____, a more systematic
approach that focuses attention on the methods and processes used to
achieve goals rather than just on reaching the goals. - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔management by means
Carolyn's CEO has tasked her with creating a blueprint that specifies the
resource allocation schedules and other actions necessary for attaining the
company's stated goals. The CEO has asked for a: - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔plan
Managers who follow ethical leadership: - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔are fair in their
dealings with employees and customers.
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4, 5, & 6) 2025/2026 Exam Questions and
Answers | 100% Solved
Photos emerged of a college basketball coach partying and drinking
alcohol with college co-ed students. Although not illegal, the situation is not
considered acceptable by the community at large. The college
administration fired the coach. Which approach to ethical decision making
was at work here? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Practical
In the Enron scandal (2001), the company found a way to avoid reporting
huge debts. A whistle-blower alerted authorities. Enron's CEO was clearly
engaged in unethical behavior. He was sentenced to prison because: - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔values and standards that say a company can't falsify its
financial documents are codified law.
Green Cleaning Service has decided to hire three additional employees for
a new cleaning crew. This decision falls within the domain of: - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔free choice
COPYRIGHT©BLAIRALISTERNEWTON 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE.
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PRIVACY STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
,Which of the following statements best describes the individualism
approach as a guide for ethical decision making? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔It sees
acts as moral when they promote an individual's best long-term interests.
_____ statements define fundamental values and reference organizational
responsibilities, products, and employees. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Principle-based
As a definition for ethics, which of the following statements is true? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔It sets standards as to what is good or bad in conduct and
decision making.
Melanie believes that men and women should not receive different salaries
if they have the same qualifications and are performing the same job. This
belief comes out of her sense of: - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔distributive justice
Which of the following best describes a corporation's economic
responsibility? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔To produce the goods and services that
society wants and to maximize profits for its owners and shareholders
Most ethical dilemmas involve a conflict between: - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the
needs of the part and the whole.
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,Companies that embrace sustainability measure performance outcomes at
several different levels in a triple bottom line. Which of the following is NOT
included in the triple bottom line? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Moral performance
The social performance model for evaluating a company's social
responsiveness uses four criteria. They are: - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔economic,
legal, ethical, and discretionary.
In the case of emergencies, setbacks, or unexpected conditions, a
company's responses would be guided by its: - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔contingency
plans.
The production line that Hugo oversees has just malfunctioned and caused
an accident that injured one worker. Hugo, to fulfill the company's _____
responsibility, will file a report and cooperate with OSHA inspectors in their
investigation of the accident. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔legal
One of your employees has just come to you saying that he is being
sexually harassed by a coworker. He shows you suggestive notes and
cartoons that have been left at his desk. He asks you to speak to other
coworkers, who confirm the behavior has occurred. You must, as a(n)
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, _____, reprimand the perpetrator and refer the perpetrator's employment
status to the human resources department. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔moral agent
After reading about a study by Adam Grant, Malcolm decided to try _____
in order to increase his team's effectiveness based on Grant's claim that
this approach was the biggest single predictor of team productivity. - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔encouraging greater help and support among team members
is the code of moral principles and values that governs the behaviors of
individuals or groups. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Ethics
Franklin is part of a management team that has used the MBO system for a
number of years. It is now moving toward _____, a more systematic
approach that focuses attention on the methods and processes used to
achieve goals rather than just on reaching the goals. - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔management by means
Carolyn's CEO has tasked her with creating a blueprint that specifies the
resource allocation schedules and other actions necessary for attaining the
company's stated goals. The CEO has asked for a: - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔plan
Managers who follow ethical leadership: - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔are fair in their
dealings with employees and customers.
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