Ethics for Accountants - D550 (Chapter 2)
Exam Questions With Correct Answers
Ethnocentrism |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-•Thinking |of |ourselves |and |those |most |similar |to |us |as
|better |than |others.
Leon |Festinger |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-•Recognized |the |limitation |of |philosophical |reasoning |
approaches |integrated |into |decision |making |models.
•How |we |think |we |should |behave |is |different |from |how |we |decide |to |behave.
•Coined |term |of |Cognitive |Dissonance |in |19 |56.
Sample |Responses |to |the |Heinz |Dilemma |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-•Egoism: |Steal |the |drug, |
depending |on |how |much |Heinz |likes |his |wife |and |how |much |risk |to |stealing.
•Ends |justify |the |means: |Steal |the |drug, |due |to |loving |the |wife |so |much |and |cannot |watch |her
|die.
•Act |Utilitarianism: |Weigh |the |costs |and |benefits |of |alternative |actions.
•Rule |Utilitarianism; |justice: |Do |not |steal |the |drug, |since |stealing |is |against |the |law.
•Rights: |Right |to |life |above |all |else |(Constitutionally: |life, |liberty, |and |the |pursuit |of |happiness).
Kohlberg's |Stages |of |Moral |Development |(Preconventional) |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Rules |are |
seen |as |something |external |imposed |on |one's |self.
Individual |is |very |self-centered.
Kohlberg's |Stages |of |Moral |Development |(Conventional) |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Individual |
becomes |aware |of |the |interests |of |others |and |one's |duty |to |society.
Exam Questions With Correct Answers
Ethnocentrism |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-•Thinking |of |ourselves |and |those |most |similar |to |us |as
|better |than |others.
Leon |Festinger |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-•Recognized |the |limitation |of |philosophical |reasoning |
approaches |integrated |into |decision |making |models.
•How |we |think |we |should |behave |is |different |from |how |we |decide |to |behave.
•Coined |term |of |Cognitive |Dissonance |in |19 |56.
Sample |Responses |to |the |Heinz |Dilemma |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-•Egoism: |Steal |the |drug, |
depending |on |how |much |Heinz |likes |his |wife |and |how |much |risk |to |stealing.
•Ends |justify |the |means: |Steal |the |drug, |due |to |loving |the |wife |so |much |and |cannot |watch |her
|die.
•Act |Utilitarianism: |Weigh |the |costs |and |benefits |of |alternative |actions.
•Rule |Utilitarianism; |justice: |Do |not |steal |the |drug, |since |stealing |is |against |the |law.
•Rights: |Right |to |life |above |all |else |(Constitutionally: |life, |liberty, |and |the |pursuit |of |happiness).
Kohlberg's |Stages |of |Moral |Development |(Preconventional) |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Rules |are |
seen |as |something |external |imposed |on |one's |self.
Individual |is |very |self-centered.
Kohlberg's |Stages |of |Moral |Development |(Conventional) |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Individual |
becomes |aware |of |the |interests |of |others |and |one's |duty |to |society.
