Exam 3: Integrative Managerial Issues

In global companies, a major cause of the line between work and nonwork getting blurred is ________.

Which of the following best identifies how well ethics can be learned?

Which statement most closely represents the true state of managerial ethics?

Which of the following would be most likely to be true of two random people of the same race?

Which of the following dimensions from the GLOBE framework has no equivalent counterpart in Hofstede's framework?

As a business expansion director, Shana's goal is to scout potential locations for her company's planned expansion to other countries. There are many options, some of which include maintaining the business's head office in the United States. Other options send company representatives to foreign operations when necessary, or establishing separate operation facilities abroad and hiring locals as managers. -Shana is considering forming a partnership with a Dutch corporation that will create an entirely new company called Half Moon.What kind of enterprise will Half Moon be?

Which feature of Hofstede's work lends the study a great deal of validity?

Managers with a parochial view of the world tend to see things from the point of view of a foreign culture.

Suppose that a study shows that companies that were not socially involved tended to be less profitable than socially involved companies.Which of the following can be concluded?

A utilitarian view of ethics focuses on consequences and the greatest good for the greatest number of people.

A(n)________ view of ethics states that more productive workers should get more pay and less productive workers less pay, regardless of other circumstances.

A factory that has adhered to all pollution control standards has ________.

The board of directors of the Four Forks Generating Corporation is meeting to consider the construction of a new electrical generation facility near the Four Forks River. Director Appleton prefers a coal-burning plant because it promises to be the most profitable alternative. Over the short term at least, a coal plant will be by far the least expensive facility to build and operate. Coal is cheap and the considerable pollution from the plant won't affect anything within hundreds of miles from the plant. Director Estrella wants a nuclear plant to be located 30 miles upriver from the biggest city in the area. Nuclear power is cleaner than coal. Completely safeguarding the community against accidents in the plant or the disposal of toxic waste could be very expensive. However, Estrella has discovered that the job can be done much more cheaply by cutting some corners–while still strictly following all laws–and creating some additional risk for the community. Director Jossleman supports the most expensive option of the three–she wants a wind farm to be built along the banks of the river on top of a ridge. The wind turbines produce absolutely no pollution and pose no threat to the community or the environment. They are expensive to build and to operate at the current time because they require elaborate back-up systems to function when the wind isn't blowing. -Director Jossleman is exhibiting which of the following social responsibility views?

Which of the following is NOT a typical attempt by management to provide flexibility in the workplace?

Having a written code of ethics ensures that an organization's members will behave ethically.

Future orientation is a measure of how successful a society is at delaying gratification.

Which of the following is commonly considered a category of workforce diversity?

How might a manager with a rights view of ethics view the prospect of forbidding an employee from making what he feels are "misguided" political statements on her non-company website?

After the global sourcing stage, companies that are going global often turn to exporting and importing goods across international borders.

The argument against social responsibility that states that pursuing goals other than making profits diverts a company away from its primary goal of making profits is known as ________.