Exam 5: Ethics and Social Responsibility in International Business

Firms such as Procter & Gamble that use recycled materials whenever possible are most likely demonstrating their ________.

Jack always likes to place orders with Sam's Supply Company because the company sends him a gift certificate for $100 each holiday season. Which ethical issue is this an example of?

Braxton Clothing Company most likely forbids its buyers from accepting gifts from potential suppliers because the firm wants to avoid a ________.

Which regulation prohibits the offering of bribes to any foreign government official in order to influence official actions or policies of that official or to gain or retain business?

According to the model developed by Rob van Tulder and Alex van der Zwart, what is the key to the Continental European Approach?

Ethical behavior typically conforms to accepted social norms.

Ethics is an organizational concept, not an individual one.

Which of the following is a common method for encouraging ethical behavior among employees?

Circumstances have a significant influence on an individual's behavior.

Firms that view themselves as citizens in a society and are proactive about finding ways to contribute to it are taking an accommodative stance towards social responsibility.

Gift exchanges in a business situation in Japan are best described as ________.

When an organization does everything it must do from a legal standpoint but nothing more, it has adopted the ________ to social responsibility.

Merck Pharmaceuticals has exhibited philanthropy by providing free medication to individuals in developing countries for the treatment of river blindness.

Philanthropic giving is an example of an informal tool to manage social responsibility.

Compare and contrast the stereotypical behaviors of the van Tulder and van der Zwart approach to managing corporate social responsibility.

When an organization does as little as possible to address social or environmental issues, it has adopted the ________ to social responsibility.

Whistle-blowing refers to disclosing illegal or unethical conduct on the part of individuals within an organization.

What is the accommodative stance to social responsibility?