QUESTION John Rawls’s veil of ignorance is a conceptual tool that contributes to the moral compass that managers can use to help them navigate through difficult ethical dilemmas Indicate whether the statement is true or false. ANSWER TRUE Rawls’s veil of ignorance follows that it is unjust, and by extension unethical, for companies to […]
QUESTION To strengthen the moral courage of employees, companies should not retaliate against those employees who complain about unethical actions. Indicate whether the statement is true or false. ANSWER TRUE Companies can strengthen the moral courage of employees by committing themselves to not retaliate against employees who exercise moral courage, say no to superiors, […]
QUESTION Societal business ethics are not divorced from personal ethics. Indicate whether the statement is true or false. ANSWER TRUE Societal business ethics are not divorced from personal ethics, which are the generally accepted principles of right and wrong governing the conduct of individuals.
QUESTION Business leaders should use every relevant opportunity to stress the importance of business ethics and make sure that key business decisions not only make good economic sense but also are ethical. Indicate whether the statement is true or false. ANSWER TRUE Leaders in the business must give life and meaning to words in […]
QUESTION An organizational culture that requires all decisions to be purely economic allows unethical behavior to flourish and persist. Indicate whether the statement is true or false. ANSWER TRUE A cause of unethical behavior in businesses is an organizational culture that deemphasizes business ethics, reducing all decisions to the purely economic.
QUESTION The internal stakeholders of a company do not have an exchange relationship with the company. Indicate whether the statement is true or false. ANSWER FALSE All stakeholders are in an exchange relationship with the company. Each stakeholder group supplies the organization with important resources (or contributions), and in exchange each expects its interests […]
QUESTION Enterprises headquartered in a country which scores high on masculinity and power distance measures are more likely to behave ethically than enterprises headquartered in a culture where individualism and uncertainty avoidance are strong. Indicate whether the statement is true or false. ANSWER FALSE Using Hofstede’s dimensions of social culture, it was found that […]
QUESTION The first step in an ethical algorithm is to identify those common resources that are not owned by anyone in particular but are used by everybody. Indicate whether the statement is true or false. ANSWER FALSE In the first step of an ethical algorithm, businesspeople should identify which stakeholders a decision would affect […]
QUESTION The distinctive culture of Wengiston has been losing its predominance among the citizens of the country. This is due to the fact that the people of Wengiston are extensively adopting certain universally accepted values and norms. This behavior of the people in Wengiston demonstrates: A. ethnocentrism. B. the convergence hypothesis. C. egocentrism. D. Confucian […]
QUESTION Janet believes that the cultural group she belongs to is superior and is hence highly intolerant toward employees from the cultures of other countries. This behavior of Janet is known as: A. cultural convergence. B. Confucian dynamism. C. ethnocentrism. D. ethnic gloss. E. class consciousness. ANSWER C
