What Is Business Ethics?
True/False Questions
1. Business ethics deals with values, facts, and arguments.
True; Easy
2. The complexities of real life frequently allow absolute proofs.
False; Easy
3. Doing ethics is equal to brainwashing.
False; Easy
4. One test of an ethical argument lies in the fact that others need to be able to follow the
reasoning to the same result.
True; Easy
5. Well-reasoned arguments, by reason of their clarity, invite counterarguments.
True; Easy
6. In the matters of ethics, conclusions are only taken seriously if composed from clear
values, recognized facts, and solid arguments.
True; Easy
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7. In the matters of ethics, the actual result or the conclusion is more important than the
process.
False; Easy
8. Two of the most common moral dictates are don’t lie and don’t steal.
True; Easy
9. In the practical field of business ethics, morality and ethics mean the same.
False; Easy
10. Morality involves the debate about what rules should guide our actions.
False; Easy
11. Questions in the field of metaethics include queries about where ethics and morality
originally come from.
True; Easy
12. Business ethics is descriptive in nature.
False; Easy
13. The rules of religion trace back to beliefs and faith, while ethics goes back to rational
arguments.
True; Easy
14. Apart from authority figures, urges to conformity and peer pressure also sometimes guide
an individual’s decisions.
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