Exam 6: Managing Social Responsibility and Ethics

The most outspoken advocate of the classical view of social responsibility is economist and Nobel laureate ________.

It is important that firms be concerned with both the ends and the means used to achieve them.

Under what approach is the organization driven to look for ways to respect and preserve the earth and its natural resources?

The choice of what activities to reward and punish sends a strong signal to the employees regarding their ethical decisions.

Appleton would like to build a coal-burning electric generating facility located in a remote area because the cost involved is moderate. Appleton is following which of the social responsibility views?

The Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development developed a global trade agreement.

________ is the degree to which people believe they control their own fate.

Who are whistle-blowers? What can managers do to protect them?

Managers may have difficulty in the future in getting employees to behave ethically because teenagers readily accept unethical behavior.

Which one of the following arguments on social responsibility states that businesses should address social problems before they become serious and costly to correct?

"It's not my fault!" is a cry often heard from someone with ________.

Freedom of association and the effective recognition of the right to collective bargaining are the Global Compact principles in the area of ________.

In the ________ approach of going green, organizations respond to the environmental preferences of customers.

Under what approach does the organization work to meet the environmental demands of multiple groups of people including employees, suppliers, or the community?

Which one of the following examples reflects a socially responsible action by an organization?

If your university provides job-share programs, builds a day-care facility, and only uses recycled paper, it could be said to be ________.

The ________ Act offers some legal protection to whistle-blowers. It has a provision wherein any manager who retaliates against an employee for reporting violations faces a stiff penalty of a 10-year jail sentence.

Miller's Multivitamins uses only organically grown fruits and vegetables in its vitamins. It purifies any water used in its processes before releasing it back into the environment and exceeds the EPA requirements for cleaning particulates from the air it uses. Which approach to green management does Miller's Multivitamins use?

At the ________ level of moral development, ethical decisions rely on maintaining expected standards and living up to the expectations of others.

A cartoon showing black smoke from a smokestack and the caption "We're okay as long as the wind keeps blowing" illustrates which factor of issue intensity?