Exam 2: Business Ethics and Social Responsibility

Ralph Dewey is an assistant superintendent in the Maple Leaf school district.Mr.Dewey's job is to award contracts for all facilities management.Dewey awarded an asbestos removal contract to his brother's firm.Discuss the ethical issues.What models could have helped Dewey in his decision-making process?

In international business:

The "front page of the newspaper test":

Which of the following is not a question for the Blanchard/Peale test for ethical behavior?

Sarbanes-Oxley isextensivecongressional reform of federal laws that apply to corporations.

​Which part of the Blanchard/Peale test is similar to the categorical imperative?

Corruption impedes economic development.

Sarah Blankenship was traveling for business.She took a cab from the office where she was doing her company assignment to the airport.As she paid the cab driver,she asked for a receipt and the driver insisted that she take two receipts,one that was blank so that she could fill it in and "get a little extra from her company for travel reimbursement." Sarah accepted the blank receipt and wonders if there would be any problem in submitting for reimbursement for an extra cab ride."It wouldn't be a lot," she thinks to herself,"just a little bit that I can say was for purposes of getting to dinner one night while I was there." Which of the following best describes Sarah's situation?

Pressure contributes to the use of the either/or test for resolving ethical dilemmas.

An employer instituted a wellness program for all employees.The wellness program includes an exercise facility and several pay incentives for losing weight,quitting smoking,or beginning an exercise program.The program is not required under any state or national laws.Which of the following schools of social responsibility applies to this employer?

​The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau came about during which of the following?

Sarbanes-Oxley is:

The "front page of the newspaper test" is an application of whether conduct gives the appearance of impropriety.

Jane Eyring works for PharmaMeds,Inc.Jane is a physician-scientist who is responsible for running the pilot tests on PharmaMed's new oral spray medication for individuals with adult onset diabetes.Jane has discovered that if those in the test group do not spray the medicine correctly or if they spray for too short of a time,the medicine is not effective,or as effective,and insulin shock has resulted in a few of the patients.Jane talks with one of her colleagues who responds,"Look,there's no need to stop the testing or the drug's release.Just tell them in the test and in the brochures that will be with the spray,'Spray correctly! If you do not,you may not receive your necessary dose.'" Jane is not sure anyone can be 100% accurate in spraying all the time.Whom is affected by Jane's decision,regardless of what decision she makes?

An inherence school company would become involved in a residential property tax for schools only if:

Milton Friedman's view of the social responsibility of business is best described as:

VW discovered that its engineers had developed a software program that allowed some of its car models to run without emissions controls except when the cars were undergoing emissions testing.The company goal was to reduce emissions and maintain fuel efficiency.The falsification of emissions data is a federal crime.​Which of the following statements best describes the ethical position of the VW employees?

Enron's failure to disclose its off-the-book debts was legal.Which of the following ethical categories do you think apply to that type of financial reporting?

"It's a gray area," if it applies,means that the conduct you are evaluating is ethical,so long as you stay in the gray area.

Michael Chertoff was the head of the Department of Homeland Security.Mr.Chertoff paid 25 cents to the federal government each time a personal fax came to him at his federal office.Mr.Chertoff's actions: