QUESTION Compared to the nonprofit sector, how are businesses equipped to help solve social problems? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Answer: For-profit businesses typically have more resources at their disposal to impact their community positively. Explanation: Business organizations often have money, staff, brand awareness, and other valuable resources that nonprofits may not […]
QUESTION Which of the following questions is LEAST relevant to the ethical evaluation of the technology described above? A) Could the technology suggest age-inappropriate products to younger shoppers? B) Does the technology lower the cost of targeting the consumers who are likely to be interested in particular products? C) Can shoppers choose to not receive […]
QUESTION Which of the following, if true, most clearly makes Beatty’s action professionally unsupportable? A) The supplier’s low prices have helped the computer company remain competitive with rival companies in its local market. B) The supplier needs continued business from the computer company to remain financially viable. C) Beatty is not the only person responsible […]
QUESTION Which of the following applications of the technology described above would likely be LEAST objectionable? A) comparing the prescriptions purchased at the grocery store’s pharmacy with other purchases and alerting the consumer about possible side effects of consuming combinations of those products B) monitoring the dollar value of the shopper’s purchases and relaying that […]
QUESTION Which of the following, if true, most strongly supports the financial officer’s position? A) The employees had received and duly signed a statement agreeing to uphold the company’s code of ethics. B) The coworkers who reported the alleged shady deals had ethical incidents in their own personnel files. C) The firm recently conducted a […]
QUESTION Which of the following, if true, might strengthen the ethical case for giving a larger bonus for Tracy? A) Asked to explain his tactics, Tracy said that sales work is an intrinsically competitive field, and coworkers should expect him to act in his own self-interest. B) One of the company’s key policies involves tying […]
QUESTION Which of the following, if true, undermines the customer representative’s ethical position? A) The representative knows that a snowstorm has disrupted travel at the hub through which the faucets will be shipped, so there is no way they will arrive by Tuesday. B) The contract with the home-building company is important to win, as […]
QUESTION Which of the following, if true, justifies the customer representative’s ethical position? A) The home-building firm sometimes picks up shipments of supplies several days after they arrive. B) The customer rep knows that if the faucets do come in early, the home-building firm will choose to do business with them more often. C) The […]
QUESTION Bexhill’s CEO discovers that in short-term contracting with Okoli during survey activities but before Okoli had secured the long-term operations contract, Okoli made a payment to Bexhill. Which of the following, if true, best suggests that the payment was ethically acceptable? A) There are no laws against such payments in Nigeria. B) Okoli received […]
QUESTION Which of the following, if true, most strengthens the case that the timing of BrightLine’s new model release may be unethical? A) The new model is priced the same as the old model. B) Smartphone users like their phones to have all of the latest features. C) Smartphone components contain toxic materials that end […]
