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✔✔a (n) ____________ dilemma is one in which the right answer is not always clearcut
- ✔✔ethical
✔✔____________ ethics holds that once we put ourselves in another person's "shoes,"
we can evaluate whether that person's action was ethical - ✔✔situational
✔✔the morality or ethics of a decision to terminate an employee, when considered
under the theory of absolutism, considers only whether the termination - ✔✔concerns to
a set of ethical rules
✔✔____________ urges managers to take those actions that provide the greatest
pleasure after having subtracted the pain or harm associated with the action in question.
- ✔✔utilitarianism
✔✔when a business manager makes a decision that takes into account the harm and
benefit caused by that decision, the manager is actually applying the theory of business
ethics known as - ✔✔consequentialism
✔✔ethical ____________ is a theory of Ethics that denies the existence of objective
moral standards - ✔✔relativism
✔✔in some countries, bribery of local officials is essential to complete a business
transaction. Although these countries may not prohibit this practice, bribing local officials
may still be considered - ✔✔unethical
✔✔which of the following statements is true of business ethics - ✔✔ethical conceptions
shape business law and business relationships uniquely in each country
✔✔the minimum standard to be an ethical business includes - ✔✔choosing a lawful way
to compete against rival firms
✔✔stakeholders include - ✔✔management, customers, and employees
✔✔____________ are people affected by a firm's decisions - ✔✔stakeholders
✔✔business ethics involves the application of Ethics to the special problems and
opportunities experienced by - ✔✔businesspeople
, ✔✔under deontology, the categorical imperative proposed to determine whether an
action is Right states that a(n) - ✔✔action is moral only if it would be consistent for
everyone in society to act in the same way
✔✔the value of "security" includes all of the following alternative meanings except -
✔✔a Citizens willingness to compromise basic constitutional freedoms in return for
government-provided security
✔✔which of the following considerations is not included in the "WPH Framework" for
business ethics - ✔✔managerial decisions are made an attempt to circumvent the law
✔✔the ____________ holds that the right course of action is the option most consistent
with the building and maintaining of Human Relationships - ✔✔ethics of care
✔✔positive abstractions that capture one's sense of what is good or desirable are
known as - ✔✔values
✔✔why is ethical fundamentalism difficult to follow - ✔✔it provides a rigid set of rules to
follow regardless of the situation
✔✔the corporate and Criminal Fraud Accountability Act is also known as the
_____________ Act - ✔✔Sarbanes-Oxley
✔✔the value of "efficiency" includes which of the following meanings - ✔✔to maximize
the amount of wealth in society
✔✔the ____________is also called the "television test," for it requires us to imagine that
our actions are being broadcast on National Television - ✔✔public disclosure test
✔✔the value of "Justice" includes all but which of the following alternative meanings -
✔✔escaping the cares and demands of this world entirely
✔✔the value of ____________ includes the following alternative meanings: the ability to
act without restriction from Rules imposed by others; the right to possess a capacity of
resources to act as one wishes; and the choice to escape the chairs and demands of
this world entirely - ✔✔freedom
✔✔the human resource policy of a company states that the company aims to treat All
Humans identically, regardless of race, class, gender, age, and sexual preference.
Which of the following values influencing business ethics does this best illustrate -
✔✔Justice