Exam 3: Ethics and Social Responsibility

The world's largest commercial carpet manufacturer, Interface, demonstrates its commitment for "green" by having a mission statement that reads "Our promise is to eliminate any negative impact our company may have on the environment by the year 2020."

In business relations all of the following are influenced by our personal ethics EXCEPT ________.

What does it mean when a firm goes "green"?

Which of the following would LEAST likely be a source of a company's values and principles?

On what basis do fund managers who are working with clients who are interested in socially responsible investing decide which companies to include and exclude from the investment fund portfolio?

A business can improve its culture of ethics by ensuring that a strict code of ethics and a meaningful and current mission statement is in place and that both are clearly communicated to employees when they start working at an organization.

What is sustainability?

How do games help companies instill ethical decision-making in their employees? Provide an example of a company that uses games for this purpose.

When Shell Oil works toward reducing emissions of nitrous oxide and sulfur dioxide from its facilities, this is NOT an example of which of the following pillars of corporate social responsibility?

Which of the following best defines the essential task of self-reporting?

The Calvert Company assigns companies scores between 1 and 5 on which of the following categories?

Corporate social responsibility is mainly concerned with how a company affects the ________.

In June 2006, Bank of America offered over 21,000 employees in three cities $3,000 toward the purchase of hybrid vehicles. Bank of America's offer shows the bank's commitment to ________.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)makes sure that all investors have the same access to information about companies.

In effect, ethics are the guidelines you use to make daily decisions.

Since goods are more widely manufactured and sold in the global marketplace, this has caused U.S. companies to ________.

The Americans with Disabilities Act is a federal law that upholds ethical standards.

What are some of the basic values of Judeo-Christian ethics, shared by both Jewish and Christian religious traditions?

According to moral relativism ________.

Legal compliance refers to conducting a business within the boundaries of all the legal regulations of that industry.