Business Ethics MCQs

Business Ethics MCQs

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1: Technology has ________ ethical issues.

A.   Expanded the range of

B.   Reduced the range of

C.   Made little difference on the range of

D.   Made a little difference on the range of

2: ____ is the process of moving an organization toward its vision.

A.   Transference

B.   Avoidance

C.   Strategic planning

D.   Mitigation

3: Auditors are considered the ______________ for the stakeholders.

A.   Influencers

B.   Decision makers

C.   Gatekeepers

D.   Specifiers

4: _____ are internet-based companies specializing in securing the electronic transfer of funds.

A.   Leverage ratio

B.   Spyware

C.   Cybermediary

D.   Efficiency

5: _____ are marketing intermediaries that sell directly to final consumers.

A.   Retailers

B.   Profitability

C.   Prestige pricing

D.   Inventories

6: A service pack ____

A.   Requires a service call to a technician

B.   Updates the services your computer performs

C.   Provides updates to the operating system

D.   Repairs and fixes the hardware

7: An increase in quantity supplied is represented by _____.

A.   A shift to the left of supply curve

B.   An upward movement along the supply curve.

C.   A downward movement along the supply curve.

D.   A shift to the right of the supply curve

8: A(n) _______ requires an individual to choose among several actions that have negative outcomes.

A.   Problem

B.   Situation

C.   Opportunity

D.   All of the above

9: Stakeholder assessment is an important part of a ______________ approach to environmental issues.

A.   Low-commitment

B.   Medium-commitment

C.   High-commitment

D.   Hands-off

E.   Hands-on

10: Price controls can cause _____.

A.   Shortages

B.   Efficiency

C.   Equilibrium prices

11: Ethical constraints allow companies to ______.

A.   Give employees bonuses

B.   Show employees trust

C.   Fire employees easily

D.   Excuse employee behavior

12: Bad ethics can ________ strategic plans.

A.   Erail all but the best

B.   Derail even the best

C.   Derail only poorly-intentioned

D.   Derail only ill-conceived

E.   Never affect

13: A(n) _____ is a social responsiveness strategy in which a company does less than society expects.

A.   Reactive

B.   Defensive

C.   Accommodative

D.   Proaction

14: _____ have been found to decrease unethical practices and increase positive work behavior.

A.   Good personal values

B.   High levels of community involvement

C.   Charismatic leaders

D.   Strong religious beliefs

15: The false claims act was enacted during _____.

A.   The U.S. Civil War

B.   Certificate of incorporation

C.   Mission statement

D.   Code of conduct

16: _____ tie(s) an organization?s product(s) directly to a social concern through a marketing program.

A.   Strategic marketing

B.   Cause-related marketing

C.   Business ethics

D.   Strategic philanthropy

17: Positive abstractions that capture our sense of what is good or desirable are ______.

A.   Ethical ideas

B.   Values

C.   Conscience demands

D.   Desirable principles

18: Companies that _____ will most likely be found in violation of procompetitive legislation.

A.   Pollute waterways

B.   Knowingly harm consumers

C.   Contract with sweatshops

D.   Establish monopolies

19: According to the _____ ethics tradition, people act out of habit than out of deliberations.

A.   Kantian

B.   Virtue,.

C.   Utilitarian,.

D.   Principle-based.

20: According to the tradition of theoretical reason, _____ is the great arbiter of truth.

A.   Science

B.   Religion

C.   Customs

D.   Norms

21: We describe charitable donations by corporations to nonprofit organizations as ________.

A.   Corporate philanthropy

B.   Each of us

C.   Engaged in illegal business manner

D.   Corporate social initiatives

22: Among retail stores, _____ is a larger problem than customer shoplifting.

A.   Internal employee theft

B.   Collusion

C.   Increased sales

D.   Misuse of company resources

23: Individuals who report unethical practices by their employer to outsiders are known as ________.

A.   Stakeholders.

B.   Whistleblowers.

C.   Moral relativists.

D.   Retaliators.

24: ____ is (are) most likely to improve ethical behavior in a marketing organization.

A.   Hiring goal-directed employees

B.   Allowing employees to follow their own ethical standards

C.   Encouraging employees to identify ethical issues and to decide what is right

D.   Obeying the law and accepting all other behavior

25: Various persons or groups with a legitimate interest in a company's actions are called ____.

A.   Shareholder model

B.   Stakeholder model

C.   Stakeholders

D.   Ethical climate

26: _____ believe that no one thing is intrinsically good.

A.   Hedonists

B.   Pluralists

C.   Relativists

D.   Deontologists

E.   Teleologists.

F.   Pluralists.

27: _____ law defines the rights and duties of individuals and organizations (including businesses).

A.   Civil

B.   Criminal

C.   Competitive

D.   Administrative

28: A u.s. business that provides on-site childcare facilities for employees is ________.

A.   Being socially responsive

B.   Fulfilling its social obligations

C.   Adopting social screening

D.   Practicing green management

29: The _____ model is founded in classic economic precepts.

A.   Economic

B.   Shareholder

C.   Stakeholder

D.   Board

E.   ISO

30: The textile industry has faced serious ethical issues recently due to the ____ in _____.

A.   Factory disasters; Bangladesh.

B.   Conduct a corporate social audit

C.   Creating local competition

D.   The creation of the League of Nations

31: _____ is an important element of virtue and means being whole, sound, and in unimpaired condition.

A.   Altruism

B.   Morality

C.   Integrity

D.   Autonomy

32: If your coworker is making a quick private call, you should ______.

A.   Respect

B.   Ignore them, so you can concentrate on your work

C.   Take care to be thoughtful about your coworker's needs

D.   All of the this

33: All of the following are types of details except __________. spatial facts examples anecdotes

A.   Spatial

B.   Facts

C.   Examples

D.   Anecdotes

34: _____ tie(s) an organizations product(s) directly to a social concern through a marketing program.

A.   Voluntary contributions

B.   Cause-related marketing

C.   Strategic philanthropy

D.   Corporate giving

E.   Employee benefits

35: _____________ is a serious breach that results in harm to clients and is therefore unethical.

A.   A slippery slope

B.   A dual relationship

C.   A boundary violation

36: Ethics codes are _____________ for exercising ethical responsibility.

A.   Identifying the problem or delemma

B.   Necessary, but not sufficient

C.   Reading and reflecting on the standards.

D.   Their professional judgement

E.   Reactive rather than proactive

37: ________ is most likely to be outsourced to the lowest bidder.

A.   Ability to experiment

B.   Routine skill

C.   Ability to collaborate

D.   Abstract

38: _____ are used to subdivide duties within functional areas of a company.

A.   .Work groups

B.   Individuals

C.   Experts

D.   Consultants

E.   Committees.

39: ______ is a certification program that recognizes sustainable building practices and strategies.

A.   Brundtland Report

B.   WasteWise

C.   LEED

D.   Kyoto Protocol

E.   Cancun Package

40: A high concern for people but minimal concern for performance can best describe the _____ culture.

A.   Integrative

B.   Caring

C.   Reward power.

D.   Work groups

41: The _____ of 2002 incorporates the "comply or else" approach to corporate governance.

A.   Gramm-leach-bliley Act

B.   Sarbanes-Oxley Act

C.   Sherman Antitrust Act

D.   Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

42: In one sense, microevolution is _______________ and macroevolution is _______________.

A.   Punctuated; random

B.   Process; result

C.   Gradual; punctuated

D.   Result; process

E.   Adaptive; innovative

43: Federal law requires bilingual ballots in voting districts where at least ________.

A.   50 percent of the population back up democratic candidates

B.   5 percent voters do not speak English

C.   71 percent voters in the district are ineligible to vote due to insolvency or lunacy

D.   10 percent of the population is physically disabled or handicapped

A.   Guardian

B.   Mentally incompetent

C.   Informed consent

D.   Express consent

45: The world-journal ________ that the justices of the supreme court ________ wrong in this case.

A.   ​thinks; is

B.   ​thinks; are

C.   ​think; is

D.   Think; are

46: The swim team likes to celebrate, but finally __________ on the bus.

A.   Are

B.   Sit

C.   Gather

D.   Is

47: ____________ must be trusted to make business work properly and includes accountants.

A.   Gatekeepers

B.   Federal regulators

C.   Ethics officers

D.   The buying center

48: Today, ____________________ of the major u.s. cities have some form of citizen oversight in place.

A.   A few

B.   About half

C.   None

D.   Most

49: In the context of the it job market, the top information systems job belongs to the ____.

A.   Chief technology officer

B.   Systems analyst

C.   Webmaster

D.   Computer programmer

50: With regard to health and safety at workplace, _____ can be defined as the probability of harm.

A.   Obstacles

B.   Impediments

C.   Risks

D.   Barriers

51: Corporate responsibility deals with the _____ that corporations owe to their constituents

A.   Loyalty

B.   Accountability

C.   Obligations

D.   Returns

52: When a business fails or does not make a profit, _____ have the most to lose in terms of finances.

A.   Consumers

B.   Media agencies

C.   Government bodies

D.   None of these

53: The grade you earn for a specific college course is _____ and your overall gpa is ____.

A.   Knowledge; business intelligence

B.   Data; information

C.   Information; data

D.   Business intelligence; information system

54: _____ are used to subdivide duties within functional areas of a company.

A.   Work groups

B.   Teams

C.   Informal groups.

D.   Committees

55: _____ believe that no one thing is intrinsically good.

A.   Hedonists

B.   Pluralists

C.   Relativists

D.   Deontologists

56: _____ is an important element of virtue and means being whole, sound, and in unimpaired condition.

A.   Morality

B.   Autonomy

C.   Altruism

D.   Integrity

57: ______ is a certification program that recognizes sustainable building practices and strategies.

A.   Recycling

B.   Greenwashing

C.   Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design

58: ________ means the message has a tendency to mislead, confuse, or deceive the public.

A.   Collusion

B.   Puffery

C.   Literally false

D.   Implied falsity

59: Before anything else, businesses must _____ to survive.

A.   Be popular

B.   Make a profit

C.   Sell internationally

D.   Have a great reputation

60: Labor unions tend to financially back _____ (by a ten-to-one margin, in recent elections).

A.   Democrats.

B.   Republicans.

C.   Libertarians.

D.   None of these

61: The number of interstate compacts began to grow in 1921 with creation of _____.

A.   Full Faith and Credit Clause

B.   Congress generally must approve interstate compacts

C.   Fugitives who flee to another state will be returned for trial

D.   The port authority of New York and New Jersey

62: According to the perspective of shareholder capitalism, _____.

A.   Shareholders in public stock companies are restricted from buying shares of two competing companies

B.   Shareholders in public stock companies have the most legitimate claim on profits

C.   Shareholders in public stock companies have significant decision-making power

D.   Shareholders in public stock companies have unlimited financial liability

63: The _____ of 2002 incorporates the "comply or else" approach to corporate governance.

A.   Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

B.   Shareholders

C.   Social contract approach

D.   Sarbanes-Oxley Act

64: The normative approach ______________________.

A.   ​considers the long-term welfare of society.

B.   Maximize positive outcomes that meet stakeholder needs.

C.   Identifies guidelines that dictate how firms should treat stakeholders

D.   Identifying and gaining government feedback

65: Under the ______________, employers can consider individual's e-mails corporate property.

A.   Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

B.   Sydney Principles

C.   Kyoto Treaty

D.   Electronic Communications Privacy Act

66: The _____ act criminalized securities fraud and toughened penalties for corporate fraud.

A.   Dodd-Frank

B.   Federal Trade Commission

C.   Foreign Corrupt Practices

D.   Sarbanes-Oxley

67: _____ provide(s) important guidelines for employees on how to act in different situations.

A.   Leader-exchange theory

B.   Small group communication

C.   Interpersonal communication

D.   Codes of ethics

68: _____ is the offering of something of value in order to gain an illicit advantage.

A.   Hacking

B.   Gift exchange

C.   Conflicts of interest

D.   Bribery

69: According to mill, to determine whether one pleasure is more valuable than another, we must _____.

A.   Determine which one is objectively most pleasurable

B.   Determine which pleasure most experienced people prefer

C.   Consult philosophers of the past

D.   Consult science

70: The adage "do unto others as you would have them do unto you" is a(n) ________________ principle.

A.   Moral rules

B.   Justice rule

C.   Legal rights

D.   Moral rights

71: If we judge a leader solely by the results produced, we are following the _____ ethical tradition.

A.   Deontological

B.   Virtual

C.   Kantian

D.   Utilitarian

72: The united states has _____ federal law(s) protecting against the export of toxic waste.

A.   No

B.   Two

C.   Just one

D.   Several

73: A __________ believes it is a sin to accept a blood transfusion.

A.   Methodist

B.   Jew

C.   Taoist

D.   Jehovah's Witness

74: The _____ value of the life is something that financial compensation cannot replace.

A.   Absolute

B.   Instrumental

C.   Intrinsic

D.   Extrinsic

75: Users can interact in a virtual reality environment through the use of _____.

A.   Stakeholders

B.   Augmentedplayers

C.   Avatarsd

D.   Icons.

A.   Pantone

B.   Theme

C.   Graphic

D.   Print

77: Overall, women prisoners receive ________ sentences than do men.

A.   Shorter maximum

B.   Longer minimum

C.   Longer maximum

D.   Shorter minimum

78: Pride is the virtue between _____________ and _____________.

A.   Humility and vanity

B.   Humility and arrogance

C.   Vanity and meekness

D.   Meekness and arrogance

79: Professionalism includes knowing how to contribute to a larger cause, and includes ________.

A.   Being ethical

B.   Being a team player

C.   Being dependable

D.   Being positive

E.   Being respectful

80: The authority of a corporation is expressed in __________.

A.   Corporate negligence

B.   Corporate Authority

C.   Both of these (by self)

D.   None of these (by self)

81: It access for everyone is an initiative for increasing access to digital technology for ____.

A.   Industrialized nation

B.   Video games

C.   Sustainable living

D.   Developing nations

82: Incident analysis resources include network diagrams and lists of ____, such as database servers.

A.   System assets

B.   Intangible assets

C.   War gaming

D.   Critical assets

83: Reveal the murderer of the senior reader in _______

A.   Success

B.   Navigation

C.   Tools

D.   Page

E.   Categories

84: Through _____, a student may influence teacher perceptions and receive higher grades.

A.   Functional illiteracy

B.   Signaling

C.   Peripheral

D.   Social promotion

85: Millennials consists of __________ who have grown up with technology.

A.   Digital natives.

B.   Technology - television

C.   Technology - radio

D.   None of these