QUESTION Green Quantum Inc. has research and production units all across the globe. The company expects its expatriate managers to adopt the ethics propagated by the culture in which they operate their respective units. Even in situations when others consider certain actions as unethical, the company allows its managers to pursue such actions if they […]
QUESTION The practice of “gift giving” between the parties to a business negotiation is considered right and proper behavior in many Asian cultures. However, some Westerners view the practice as a form of bribery, and therefore unethical, particularly if the gifts are substantial. This reflects that: A. notions of ethics are universal. B. Asian countries […]
QUESTION 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 […]
QUESTION Which of the following is most likely to lead to unethical behavior in a business setting? A. A strong sense of personal ethics exhibited by employees B. Expatriate managers working away from their ordinary social context and supporting culture C. Providing managers with a moral compass or an ethical algorithm D. Large business corporations […]
QUESTION A righteous moralist is most likely to claim that: A. a multinational’s home-country standards of ethics are the appropriate ones for companies to follow in foreign countries. B. a firm should adopt the ethics of the culture in which it is operating. C. people should be treated as ends and never purely as means […]
QUESTION Unipeg Corporation has uniform high sales targets for its employees all across the globe, regardless of the environmental constraints in each market. Employees are penalized for any shortfall. This has caused many employees to falsify the values of their sales. In this context, the roots of unethical behavior can be traced to: A. unrealistic […]
QUESTION The straw man approach of righteous moralism is typically associated with managers from: A. developing countries. B. totalitarian nations. C. BRIC nations. D. developed nations. E. war-torn countries. ANSWER D
QUESTION Which of the following is most likely to reduce the pressure on managers to violate their personal ethics? A. Making managers work away from their ordinary social context and supporting culture B. Keeping managers psychologically and geographically close to the parent company C. Pressuring managers to meet unrealistic business goals D. Adopting an organizational […]
QUESTION Silver Meteorite Inc. is a multinational company whose home country, Palumbia Republic, considers grease payments as both illegal and unethical. Hence, the company has a zero-tolerance approach toward grease payments irrespective of any of its host nations’ perspectives toward such payments. In this context, Silver Meteorite Inc. is following the approach to ethics known […]
QUESTION In a business setting, managers sometimes do not realize they are behaving unethically, primarily because they: 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 […]
