Question 1

Three Torque Inc.,a U.S.-based multinational company,allows its managers to make facilitating payments in host countries to expedite government formalities.However,in countries where such payments are considered as unethical,the company restricts its managers from indulging in such activities.This behavior of the company illustrates the straw man approach of

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A)  the righteous moralist.
B)  cultural relativism.
C)  ethnocentrism.
D)  just distribution.
E)  cultural convergence.F) A) and B)
G) C) and D)

Question 2

Leon Sullivan argued that it was ethically justified for Western businesses to operate in South Africa so long as the companies obeyed the apartheid laws.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Societal business ethics are not divorced from personal ethics.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Which of the following terms,developed by Rawls,indicates that inequalities are justified if they benefit the position of the least-advantaged members of society?

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A)  difference principle
B)  tragedy of the global commons
C)  theory of private equity
D)  unity of command
E)  laws of equivalent tradeF) B) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 5

Cadmium Technologies Inc.believes that the sole purpose of its existence is to maximize profits for its stockholders.The firm has often been criticized for not engaging in any social investments.However,the firm has been appreciated for abiding by the laws while earning profits.According to this information,which of the following approaches to ethics is most likely being adopted by Cadmium Technologies?

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A)  Friedman doctrine
B)  Utilitarianism
C)  Kantian ethics
D)  Sullivan's principles
E)  Naive immoralistF) A) and B)
G) B) and D)

Question 6

Which of the following is a violation of ethics according to Kantian philosophy?

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A)  employing people to work at sweatshops
B)  treating people as ends rather than as means
C)  practicing superior standards of employment in the host country
D)  empowering people with fundamental rights and privileges
E)  treating employees as conscious moral beingsF) B) and E)
G) D) and E)

Question 7

Shangrilah Sandals is a manufacturing firm in a developing country,where it routinely uses grease payments to local officials to expedite overseas shipments.It has decided to open a plant in the United States,and has determined that it would not offer any facilitating payments to U.S.officials.Shangrilah's behavior illustrates the straw man approach of

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A)  the righteous moralist.
B)  cultural relativism.
C)  ethnocentrism.
D)  just distribution.
E)  cultural convergence.F) B) and E)
G) C) and E)

Question 8

An American manager of a multinational company who is working in one of the company's production plants located in the country of Cadmia employs child labor at the manufacturing unit he is in charge of.On being criticized as unethical,the manager argues that such actions are ethically defensible because everyone in Cadmia is doing it.Which of the following straw men approaches to ethics is most likely demonstrated by the manager?

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A)  utilitarianism
B)  righteous moralist
C)  naive immoralist
D)  Kantian ethics
E)  ethnocentrismF) A) and D)
G) B) and C)

Question 9

Justice theories primarily focus on

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A)  minimizing the amount of political liberty permitted to each person.
B)  the attainment of fair and equitable distribution of economic goods and services.
C)  the attainment of maximum business profits.
D)  protecting multinationals in case they violate fundamental human rights.
E)  minimizing the amount of economic freedom permitted to each person.F) B) and D)
G) C) and D)

Question 10

The righteous moralist's approach to ethics is typically associated with managers from developed nations.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

The best decisions,from a utilitarian perspective,are those that

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A)  maximize a firm's profit.
B)  maximize stockholders' wealth.
C)  have greater social costs than benefits.
D)  produce the greatest good for the greatest number of people.
E)  result in the justified treatment of a minority.F) None of the above
G) A) and B)

Question 12

The Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions obliges member-states and other signatories to make the bribery of foreign public officials a criminal offense.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Multinational corporations do not qualify to act as moral agents within the framework of rights theories.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Suburbia Electronics follows a "when in Rome,do as the Romans" philosophy when it comes to ethics .According to this information,which of the following approaches to ethics is most likely being adopted by Suburbia Electronics?

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A)  Cultural relativism
B)  Utilitarianism
C)  Kantian ethics
D)  Sullivan's principles
E)  Naive immoralistF) None of the above
G) B) and E)

Question 15

Which of the following steps in ethical decision making is most likely to help businesspeople know if their decision process is working and if changes should be made to ensure greater compliance with a code of ethics?

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A)  judging the ethics of the proposed decision
B)  auditing past decisions
C)  establishing a moral intent
D)  involving in moral imagination
E)  identifying the concerned stakeholdersF) C) and D)
G) B) and D)

Question 16

Which of the following best exemplifies an ethical dilemma?

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A)  Javier has been doubtful about a car he purchased recently,and hence has been reading only good reviews about the car to console himself.
B)  After seeing a whole new collection of phones at a store,Max is regretting the purchase of an outdated phone he made last month.
C)  The manager at Almas Inc.has to make a vendor choice between his under-qualified cousin and a highly-experienced,trusted supplier.
D)  Andrew is responsible for deciding whether he should upgrade the manufacturing unit with new machines and reduce costs for clients,or retain the impoverished manual labor.
E)  Samantha has to decide whether the annual profits of the company should be distributed to the employees as a salary hike or in the form of non-monetary benefits.F) A) and B)
G) B) and D)

Question 17

Which of the following best exemplifies noblesse oblige?

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A)  multinational corporations gaining monopoly rights in developing countries in order to weaken the local competition
B)  multinational corporations funding schools,universities,and hospitals in developing countries
C)  multinational corporations altering the laws of a host country to suit their businesses
D)  multinational corporations bribing poorly paid government officials in a foreign market
E)  multinational corporations moving production to developing countries to exploit their lower employment standardsF) B) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 18

In a business setting,managers sometimes do not realize they are behaving unethically,primarily because they

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A)  fail to take into account the ethical dimension of business decisions.
B)  ignore business variables such as cost,delivery,and product quality.
C)  have a strong system of personal ethics.
D)  abide by the concept of noblesse oblige.
E)  believe that social investments made by their companies can always compensate for their unethical actions.F) C) and E)
G) B) and C)

Question 19

Discuss the concept of an ethical dilemma.

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Question 20

In stating that all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights and that they are endowed with reason and conscience and should act toward one another in a spirit of brotherhood,Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights echoes

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A)  the Friedman doctrine.
B)  naive immoralism.
C)  cultural relativism.
D)  Kantian ethics.
E)  teleological theory.F) B) and E)
G) D) and E)

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Leon Sullivan argued that it was ethically justified for Western businesses to operate in South Africa so long as the companies obeyed the apartheid laws.

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Multinational corporations do not qualify to act as moral agents within the framework of rights theories.

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