Test Bank
1. An Organization’s Mission Statement Highlights Its Key Ethical Issues And Identifies The Overarching Values And
Principles That Are Important To The Organization And Its Decision Making.
a. True
b. False
Ans: F
2. Line Operations Personnel Can Be Appointed As Corporate Ethics Officers.
a. True
b. False
Ans: T
3. In A Nonprofit Organization, The Board Of Directors Reports To The Local Community That It Serves.
a. True
b. False
Ans: T
4. Consistency Means That Shareholders, Customers, Suppliers, And The Community Know What They Can Expect Of
An
Organization—That It Will Behave In The Future Much As It Has In The Past.
a. True
b. False
Ans: T
5. The Greater Reliance Of Information Systems In All Aspects Of Life Has Decreased The Risk That Information
Technology Will Be Used Unethically.
a. True
b. False
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Ans: F
6. Increasingly, Managers Are Including Ethical Conduct As Part Of An Employee’s Performance Appraisal.
a. True
b. False
Ans: T
7. Employees May Suppress Their Tendency To Act In A Manner That Seems Ethical To Them And Instead Act In
A Manner That Will Protect Them Against Anticipated Punishment.
a. True
b. False
Ans: T
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8. The Term Morality Refers To Social Conventions About Right And Wrong That Are So Widely Shared That They
Become The Basis For An Established Consensus.
a. True
b. False
Ans: T
9. Laws Can Proclaim An Act As Legal, Although Many People May Consider The Act Immoral.
a. True
b. False
Ans: T
10. Fairness And Generosity Are Examples Of Virtues.
a. True
b. False
Ans: T
11. Lawrence Kohlberg Found That The Most Crucial Factor That Stimulates A Person’s Moral Development Is
Monetary
Reward For Good Behavior.
a. True
b. False
Ans: F
12. Multinational And Global Organizations Must Not Present A Consistent Face To Their Shareholders,
Customers, And Suppliers But Instead Must Operate With A Different Value System In Each Country They Do
Business In.
a. True
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b. False
Ans: F
13. Legal Acts Conform To What An Individual Believes To Be The Right Thing To Do.
a. True
b. False
Ans: F
14. Ethics Has Risen To The Top Of The Business Agenda Because Risks Associated With Inappropriate
Behavior Have Increased, Both In Their Likelihood And In Their Potential Negative Impact.
a. True
b. False
Ans: T
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1. An Organization’s Mission Statement Highlights Its Key Ethical Issues And Identifies The Overarching Values And
Principles That Are Important To The Organization And Its Decision Making.
a. True
b. False
Ans: F
2. Line Operations Personnel Can Be Appointed As Corporate Ethics Officers.
a. True
b. False
Ans: T
3. In A Nonprofit Organization, The Board Of Directors Reports To The Local Community That It Serves.
a. True
b. False
Ans: T
4. Consistency Means That Shareholders, Customers, Suppliers, And The Community Know What They Can Expect Of
An
Organization—That It Will Behave In The Future Much As It Has In The Past.
a. True
b. False
Ans: T
5. The Greater Reliance Of Information Systems In All Aspects Of Life Has Decreased The Risk That Information
Technology Will Be Used Unethically.
a. True
b. False
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Ans: F
6. Increasingly, Managers Are Including Ethical Conduct As Part Of An Employee’s Performance Appraisal.
a. True
b. False
Ans: T
7. Employees May Suppress Their Tendency To Act In A Manner That Seems Ethical To Them And Instead Act In
A Manner That Will Protect Them Against Anticipated Punishment.
a. True
b. False
Ans: T
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8. The Term Morality Refers To Social Conventions About Right And Wrong That Are So Widely Shared That They
Become The Basis For An Established Consensus.
a. True
b. False
Ans: T
9. Laws Can Proclaim An Act As Legal, Although Many People May Consider The Act Immoral.
a. True
b. False
Ans: T
10. Fairness And Generosity Are Examples Of Virtues.
a. True
b. False
Ans: T
11. Lawrence Kohlberg Found That The Most Crucial Factor That Stimulates A Person’s Moral Development Is
Monetary
Reward For Good Behavior.
a. True
b. False
Ans: F
12. Multinational And Global Organizations Must Not Present A Consistent Face To Their Shareholders,
Customers, And Suppliers But Instead Must Operate With A Different Value System In Each Country They Do
Business In.
a. True
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b. False
Ans: F
13. Legal Acts Conform To What An Individual Believes To Be The Right Thing To Do.
a. True
b. False
Ans: F
14. Ethics Has Risen To The Top Of The Business Agenda Because Risks Associated With Inappropriate
Behavior Have Increased, Both In Their Likelihood And In Their Potential Negative Impact.
a. True
b. False
Ans: T
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