Exam 3: Ethics and Social Responsibility

The _____ stage of ethical development represents the morality of the mature adult.

Monique Penn makes stunningly expensive one-of-a-kind bracelets at luxury stores such as Bergdorf-Goodman.Portions of the proceeds from the sales of its jewelry go to support the Alaska Native Arts Foundation,which trains and educates indigenous people and to Charity Water,a nonprofit organization with a mission to bring clean water to impoverished people.Imagine someone is motivated to buy a piece of her jewelry in order to benefit one of the above nonprofits.This customer wants to ask Penn the "Five Questions to Ask before Participating in a Cause-Related Marketing Program." Which question would Monique Penn have the most trouble answering candidly?

General Mills is consistently ranked among the top five contributors of food in the United States.The company also steps forward to help support victims of natural disasters with food donations to organizations such as the American Red Cross.These donations of food are an example of:

Suppose an evil villain holds you and ten other people at gunpoint and tells you that she will kill all ten of your fellow prisoners unless you kill one of them yourself.You have no doubts about the veracity of the villain's threats;You believe fully that she will do as she says she will.Therefore,you have two options.The first option is to kill one of the ten people to save the lives of the other nine.The other option is to do nothing and watch the villain kill all ten people.What is a utilitarian likely to decide? What about a deontologist?

In the future,electrical power may come from quantum nucleonics,a form of nuclear power that produces no residual radiation.The ability to use this form of power will require equipment adaptations,but it will solve the world's need for clean and efficient power.Companies that replace inefficient sources of power with quantum nucleonics only after they are required to by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)are operating at a(n)_____ responsibility level.

All of the following statements about the creation of a code of ethics are true EXCEPT:

Like many other professional organizations and businesses,the American Marketing Association has developed a formal,written guideline to help its members make better ethical decisions.This document is a: