Business Ethics 6-10
A "trade secret" - ✔✔can be almost any information not generally known if it is valuable to its possessor and
treated confidentially.
A bribe is remuneration for the performance of an act that is inconsistent with the work contract or the nature of
the work one has been hired to perform. - ✔✔True
A moral of Garrett Hardin's parable "The Tragedy of the Commons" is that there can be a difference between
the private costs and the social costs of a business activity. - ✔✔True
A psychological appeal is one that aims to persuade by appealing primarily to reason and not to human
emotional needs. - ✔✔False
A workplace environment in which employees are treated fairly and their inherent dignity respected is
compatible with a firm's business goals. - ✔✔True
According to common law, to legally terminate an employee, an employer - ✔✔can have any reason or no
reason.
According to David Ewing, two factors explain the absence of civil liberties and the prevalence of
authoritarianism in the workplace. Which of the following is one of them? - ✔✔the rise of personnel
engineering and professional management
According to Jeremy Bentham, the question is not whether animals can feel pain, but whether they can talk
and reason. - ✔✔False
According to Professor Norman Bowie, which of the following factors is primarily relevant to the motivation of
whistle-blowers? - ✔✔public interest morally outweighs loyalty to the organization.
According to the anthropocentric (or human-oriented) ethic of Baxter and others, - ✔✔the Grand Canyon is
valuable only because people care about it
According to the legal doctrine of strict product liability, - ✔✔a manufacturer need not be negligent to be held
liable for a defective product.
According to the philosopher Joel Feinberg, - ✔✔the rights of future generations are contingent upon those
people coming into existence.
According to the traditional law of agency, which statement is true? - ✔✔Employees are under a legal
obligation to act loyally and in good faith and to carry out lawful instructions.
Advertising is best known for - ✔✔the persuasion to purchase the product.
, Advocates of a naturalistic ethic contend that some natural objects are morally considerable in their own right,
apart from human interests. - ✔✔True
All gifts are bribes. - ✔✔False
An early 1970s government survey of worker dissatisfaction identified the lack of opportunities to be one's own
boss as one of the three chief sources of worker dissatisfaction. - ✔✔True
An employee can have a conflict of interest even if he or she does not act to the detriment of the organization. -
✔✔True
Any equitable solution to the problem of who should pay the bill for environmental cleanup should take into
account responsibility as well as benefit. - ✔✔True
As a general rule, the burden is on an organization to establish the legitimacy of infringing on what would
normally be considered the personal sphere of the individual. - ✔✔True
Before the case of MacPherson v. Buick Motor Car in 1916, injured consumers could recover damages only
from the retailer of the defective product. - ✔✔True
Business has considered the environment to be - ✔✔free and nearly limitless.
Business must be sensitive to its impacts on the physical environment primarily because of the -
✔✔interdependence of an ecosystem's elements.
Business' responsibility for understanding and providing for consumer needs derives from the fact that
citizen-consumers are dependent on business to satisfy their needs. - ✔✔True
Businesses often claim polygraphs are a fast and economical way to verify the information provided by a job
applicant. - ✔✔True
By definition, whistle-blowing can only be done by a past or present member of the organization. - ✔✔True
Choose the factual precept concerning wages: - ✔✔a fair wage presupposes a fair work contract
Companies have a right to prevent employees in technical fields from quitting and working for another
company. - ✔✔False
Conflicts of interest - ✔✔occur when employees' have special or private interests that are substantial enough
to interfere with their job duties.
Conflicts of interest may exist when employees have financial investments - ✔✔in suppliers, customers, or
distributors with whom their organizations do business.
A "trade secret" - ✔✔can be almost any information not generally known if it is valuable to its possessor and
treated confidentially.
A bribe is remuneration for the performance of an act that is inconsistent with the work contract or the nature of
the work one has been hired to perform. - ✔✔True
A moral of Garrett Hardin's parable "The Tragedy of the Commons" is that there can be a difference between
the private costs and the social costs of a business activity. - ✔✔True
A psychological appeal is one that aims to persuade by appealing primarily to reason and not to human
emotional needs. - ✔✔False
A workplace environment in which employees are treated fairly and their inherent dignity respected is
compatible with a firm's business goals. - ✔✔True
According to common law, to legally terminate an employee, an employer - ✔✔can have any reason or no
reason.
According to David Ewing, two factors explain the absence of civil liberties and the prevalence of
authoritarianism in the workplace. Which of the following is one of them? - ✔✔the rise of personnel
engineering and professional management
According to Jeremy Bentham, the question is not whether animals can feel pain, but whether they can talk
and reason. - ✔✔False
According to Professor Norman Bowie, which of the following factors is primarily relevant to the motivation of
whistle-blowers? - ✔✔public interest morally outweighs loyalty to the organization.
According to the anthropocentric (or human-oriented) ethic of Baxter and others, - ✔✔the Grand Canyon is
valuable only because people care about it
According to the legal doctrine of strict product liability, - ✔✔a manufacturer need not be negligent to be held
liable for a defective product.
According to the philosopher Joel Feinberg, - ✔✔the rights of future generations are contingent upon those
people coming into existence.
According to the traditional law of agency, which statement is true? - ✔✔Employees are under a legal
obligation to act loyally and in good faith and to carry out lawful instructions.
Advertising is best known for - ✔✔the persuasion to purchase the product.
, Advocates of a naturalistic ethic contend that some natural objects are morally considerable in their own right,
apart from human interests. - ✔✔True
All gifts are bribes. - ✔✔False
An early 1970s government survey of worker dissatisfaction identified the lack of opportunities to be one's own
boss as one of the three chief sources of worker dissatisfaction. - ✔✔True
An employee can have a conflict of interest even if he or she does not act to the detriment of the organization. -
✔✔True
Any equitable solution to the problem of who should pay the bill for environmental cleanup should take into
account responsibility as well as benefit. - ✔✔True
As a general rule, the burden is on an organization to establish the legitimacy of infringing on what would
normally be considered the personal sphere of the individual. - ✔✔True
Before the case of MacPherson v. Buick Motor Car in 1916, injured consumers could recover damages only
from the retailer of the defective product. - ✔✔True
Business has considered the environment to be - ✔✔free and nearly limitless.
Business must be sensitive to its impacts on the physical environment primarily because of the -
✔✔interdependence of an ecosystem's elements.
Business' responsibility for understanding and providing for consumer needs derives from the fact that
citizen-consumers are dependent on business to satisfy their needs. - ✔✔True
Businesses often claim polygraphs are a fast and economical way to verify the information provided by a job
applicant. - ✔✔True
By definition, whistle-blowing can only be done by a past or present member of the organization. - ✔✔True
Choose the factual precept concerning wages: - ✔✔a fair wage presupposes a fair work contract
Companies have a right to prevent employees in technical fields from quitting and working for another
company. - ✔✔False
Conflicts of interest - ✔✔occur when employees' have special or private interests that are substantial enough
to interfere with their job duties.
Conflicts of interest may exist when employees have financial investments - ✔✔in suppliers, customers, or
distributors with whom their organizations do business.
