a. 

Acting ethically is always easier than any other form of action.

b. 

The ethics of an organization has little effect on the overall performance and popularity of that organization.

c. 

Ethics can be specifically defined, like other laws.

d. 

If an act is legal, it must by definition be ethical.

e. 

When people believe their work environment is ethical, they are six times more likely to stay with that company.

a. 

U.S. Sentencing Commission Guidelines

b. 

World Trade Organization

c. 

U.S. Department of Labor

d. 

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

e. 

Federal Trade Commission

a. 

have never before violated ethics principles

b. 

voluntarily disclose illegal activities to federal authorities

c. 

have already established an affirmative action program

d. 

were unaware of the unethical behavior of employees

e. 

are not concerned with the ethical behavior of employees

a. 

Examining the personal codes of ethics of top managers of offending companies

b. 

Examining the loss incurred by the victims

c. 

Determining how much competitive advantage was created by the offense

d. 

Looking at industry standards

e. 

Studying the organization's code of ethics

a. 

Ethical intensity

b. 

Social consensus

c. 

Temporal immediacy

d. 

Magnitude of consequences

e. 

Ethical valence

a. 

temporal immediacy

b. 

probability of effect

c. 

proximity of effect

d. 

individual commitment

e. 

concentration of effect

d

a. 

competition perception

b. 

peer acceptance

c. 

intent of the manager

d. 

probability of synergy

e. 

temporal immediacy

a. 

Ethical variance

b. 

Probability of effect

c. 

Proximity of effect

d. 

Norm compliance

e. 

Situational morality

a. 

the amoral level, the moral level, and the post-moral level

b. 

the preconventional level, the conventional level, and the postconventional level

c. 

the introductory stage, the growth stage, and the maturity stage

d. 

the individual stage, the organizational stage, and the industry-wide stage

e. 

the unconventional level, the conformity level, and the nonconformity level

a. 

conventional level 

b. 

temporal level 

c. 

postconventional level 

d. 

proximal level 

e. 

preconventional level 

a. 

amoral level

b. 

preconventional level

c. 

conventional level

d. 

postconventional level

e. 

unconventional level

a. 

unconventional level

b. 

preconventional level

c. 

conventional level

d. 

postconventional level

e. 

amoral level

a. 

select and hire ethical employees

b. 

force the use of the principle of distributive justice when dealing with customers

c. 

differentiate primary and secondary stakeholders

d. 

determine which principle of ethical decision making is most appropriate to the situation

e. 

assess the ethical intensity of an issue

a. 

situational-based integrity test

b. 

personality-based integrity test

c. 

behavioral integrity test

d. 

framed integrity test

e. 

overt integrity test

a. 

Overt

b. 

Psychographic-based

c. 

Covert

d. 

Personality-based

e. 

Attitudinal

a. 

To assign upper-level managers to be in charge of operations

b. 

To discourage employees from reporting violations

c. 

To bring in flexibility in ethical standards

d. 

To achieve credibility with employees

e. 

To delegate decision-making authorities to all employees

a. 

diagnose the situation

b. 

identify the constituents

c. 

determine alternative solutions

d. 

analyze your options

e. 

create a forecast of what is to be accomplished

a. 

Eliminating grapevine communication in the organization

b. 

Allowing flexibility in ethical standards

c. 

Limiting bottom-up communication in the organization

d. 

Discouraging employees from reporting ethical violations

e. 

The top managers behaving ethically

a. 

monitor the results

b. 

determine benchmarks

c. 

act on the situation

d. 

make a choice

e. 

select an ethical leader

a. 

personal examples set by company management

b. 

official approval of a company's ethics code by government regulators

c. 

fair but consistent punishment of violators

d. 

a reporting system that encourages whistleblowers to report potential ethics violations

e. 

top management's active involvement in an ethics training program

a. 

whistleblower

b. 

ombudsman

c. 

secondary stakeholder

d. 

covert stakeholder

e. 

secondary shareholder

a. 

It is a business' obligation to pursue policies, make decisions, and take actions that benefit society.

b. 

It is a business tactic used to gather society trends.

c. 

It is what companies are legally obliged to do to protect their external environments.

d. 

It is a business' responsibility to its shareholders.

e. 

It is a business' responsibility follow societal mores.

a. 

Lawrence Kohlberg

b. 

LaRue Hosmer

c. 

Milton Friedman

d. 

Mary Parker Follett

e. 

Max Weber

a. 

economic

b. 

stakeholder

c. 

shareholder

d. 

accounting

e. 

fiscal

a. 

economic

b. 

stakeholder

c. 

societal

d. 

social welfare

e. 

shareholder

a. 

stakeholders

b. 

whistleblowers

c. 

self-dealers

d. 

boundary spanners

e. 

gatekeepers

a. 

primary and secondary

b. 

reactive and proactive

c. 

business and nonbusiness

d. 

relevant and irrelevant

e. 

pioneering and selective

a. 

primary

b. 

secondary

c. 

functional

d. 

conventional

e. 

proactive

a. 

investors

b. 

customers

c. 

the media

d. 

employees

e. 

governments

a. 

the media

b. 

trade associations

c. 

special interests groups

d. 

customers

e. 

advocacy groups

a. 

major investors

b. 

customers

c. 

employees

d. 

trade associations

e. 

governments

a. 

raw material suppliers

b. 

customers

c. 

employees

d. 

governments

e. 

special interest groups

a. 

Preliminary stakeholders

b. 

Secondary stakeholders

c. 

Covert stakeholders

d. 

Conventional stakeholders

e. 

Reactive stakeholders

a. 

the media

b. 

suppliers

c. 

governments

d. 

employees

e. 

shareholders

a. 

governments

b. 

suppliers

c. 

the media

d. 

employees

e. 

shareholders

a. 

the company depends on them for long-term survival

b. 

they can affect public perceptions and opinions

c. 

the company is endangered by a termination of their relationship

d. 

they have the direct power to control management decisions

e. 

they are involved in day-to-day transactions with the company

a. 

Discretionary

b. 

Ethical

c. 

Legal

d. 

Fiscal

e. 

Economic

a. 

Stakeholder responsibilities

b. 

Overt responsibilities

c. 

Discretionary responsibilities

d. 

Social expectations

e. 

Stakeholders' expectations

a. 

legal

b. 

ethical

c. 

discretionary

d. 

social

e. 

organizational

a. 

offensive

b. 

reactive

c. 

proactive

d. 

accommodative

e. 

adaptive

a. 

reactive

b. 

defensive

c. 

communicative

d. 

proactive

e. 

accommodative

a. 

reactive

b. 

defensive

c. 

accommodative

d. 

proactive

e. 

connotative

a. 

reactive

b. 

defensive

c. 

productive

d. 

proactive

e. 

accommodative

a. 

The costs of being socially responsible can be very high early on.?

b. 

Social responsibility guarantees profitability.

c. 

Reactive strategies result in profitability and social responsibility.

d. 

There is a strong inherent relationship between social responsibility and economic performance.

e. 

Social responsibility adversely affects sustainability and profitability in the long run.