WGU D072 LEARNING CHECKS
MODULE 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS 100%
CORRECT RATED A+
Core Definitions: Values, Morals & Ethics
Values
ANSWER ✔✔ A person's or organization's fundamental principles and standards;
enduring judgments of what is important, desirable, and meaningful in life.
Morals
ANSWER ✔✔ A person's internal standards of behavior or cultural beliefs
concerning what is right and wrong, traditionally shaped and passed down through
generations.
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
ANSWER ✔✔ Promoting positive public relations, environmental sustainability,
and high ethical standards while maintaining long-term profitability and building
shareholder trust.
Ethical Dilemmas & Organizational Levels
Illegal-Ethical Dilemma
ANSWER ✔✔ Gene has cancer, and his treatment is making him severely ill.
Marijuana helps reduce his nausea and gives him a better quality of life, but he
lives in a state where it remains illegal.
Rationale: Using an unauthorized substance violates statutory law (Illegal),
but doing so to alleviate severe medical suffering and improve basic quality
of life is morally justifiable (Ethical).
Internal Issue (Organizational Ethics Level)
ANSWER ✔✔ An employee shares confidential company information with a
friend at a competing firm, who then leaks it to the press. The company files an
internal grievance against the employee.
MODULE 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS 100%
CORRECT RATED A+
Core Definitions: Values, Morals & Ethics
Values
ANSWER ✔✔ A person's or organization's fundamental principles and standards;
enduring judgments of what is important, desirable, and meaningful in life.
Morals
ANSWER ✔✔ A person's internal standards of behavior or cultural beliefs
concerning what is right and wrong, traditionally shaped and passed down through
generations.
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
ANSWER ✔✔ Promoting positive public relations, environmental sustainability,
and high ethical standards while maintaining long-term profitability and building
shareholder trust.
Ethical Dilemmas & Organizational Levels
Illegal-Ethical Dilemma
ANSWER ✔✔ Gene has cancer, and his treatment is making him severely ill.
Marijuana helps reduce his nausea and gives him a better quality of life, but he
lives in a state where it remains illegal.
Rationale: Using an unauthorized substance violates statutory law (Illegal),
but doing so to alleviate severe medical suffering and improve basic quality
of life is morally justifiable (Ethical).
Internal Issue (Organizational Ethics Level)
ANSWER ✔✔ An employee shares confidential company information with a
friend at a competing firm, who then leaks it to the press. The company files an
internal grievance against the employee.
