Exam 4: Managing Ethics and Social Responsibility

Approximately 20% of American adults,according to your text,ever reach the postconventional level of moral development.

An example of an ethical structure is

Scenario - Larry Campbell The pressure was on again. Larry Campbell, the Vice President at ToolTime Hardware, Inc., was receiving requests from men and women inside the firm and outside the firm, asking him to review the company's promotion policies. Of the 52 middle and high level executives, only three were women. The pressure was to review the policies that had led to this perceived imbalance and, if appropriate, take the steps necessary for correction. -The decision to recruit,hire,train and promote both men and women equally is based on the ethical approach of

An individual at the postconventional level lives up to expectations of others,fulfills duties and obligations of social systems,and upholds law.

The relationship between social responsibility and financial performance has been shown to be __________.

If something is ethical,it must not be illegal.

Employee disclosure of illegal organization activities is known as ________.

Explain the differences between principle-based statements and policy-based statements in an organization's code of ethics.

____ matches with the preconventional level of personal moral development.

__________ generally outline the procedures to be used in specific ethical situations,such as marketing practice,conflicts of interest,and observance of laws.

The moral agent is an individual who must make an ethical choice in an organization.

The ethical concept that acts are moral when they promote the individual's best long term interests,which ultimately leads to the greater good,is known as the moral rights approach.

The ________ is an individual responsible for making an ethical choice.

____ includes behavior that is not always written down and may actually not serve an organization's bottom-line.

__________ justice requires that different treatment of people not be based on arbitrary characteristics.

The ethical concept that argues that moral behaviors produce the greatest good for the greatest number of people is objective dualism.

The ethical concept that moral behaviors produce the greatest good for the greatest number is referred to as ________ approach.

Individualism is popular in the highly organized society of today because it supports immediate self-gain.

Regarding the levels of personal moral development,the majority of managers operate at the ____ level.

According to the book's model for judging corporate social performance,social responsibility is divided into what four sections?