Question 1

Which of the following statements best defines social responsibility?

Accepted Answer

A) It is a business' obligation to pursue policies, make decisions, and take actions that benefit society. 
B) It is a business tactic used to gather society trends. 
C) It is what companies are legally obliged to do to protect their external environments. 
D) It is a business' responsibility to its shareholders. 
E) It is a business' responsibility follow societal mores.

Question 2

When the media in Viretia informed the public that Ellie's Foods products manufactured in Viretia contained a high level of certain cancer-causing pesticides, the Viretian government immediately ordered Ellie's to stop production. The Viretian government served as a(n) ____.

Accepted Answer

A) secondary shareholder 
B) primary stakeholder 
C) integrated stakeholder 
D) tertiary stakeholder 
E) overt stakeholder

Question 3

When addressing issues of _____, managers are more aware of the impact their decisions have on others, are more likely to view the decision as a moral decision, and are more likely to worry about doing the right thing.

Accepted Answer

A) low social consensus 
B) low temporal immediacy 
C) low proximity of effect 
D) ​high ethical intensity 
E) high improbability of effect

Question 4

Which of these factors is taken into account while determining ethical intensity?

Accepted Answer

A) competition perception 
B) peer acceptance 
C) intent of the manager 
D) probability of synergy 
E) temporal immediacy

Question 5

The media would be an example of a secondary stakeholder group for an organization.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

_____ is the social, psychological, cultural, or physical distance of a decision maker from those affected by his or her decisions.

Accepted Answer

A) Ethical variance 
B) Probability of effect 
C) Proximity of effect 
D) Norm compliance 
E) Situational morality

Question 7

A primary stakeholder of an organization would be _____.

Accepted Answer

A) the media 
B) trade associations 
C) special interests groups 
D) customers 
E) advocacy groups

Question 8

According to the _____ model, the only social responsibility that businesses have is to maximize profits.

Accepted Answer

A) accounting 
B) economic 
C) fiscal 
D) stakeholder 
E) ​shareholder

Question 9

The concept of magnitude of consequences is the total harm or benefit derived from an ethical decision.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

According to the stakeholder model of social responsibility, no stakeholder groups are more or less important than any other.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Which of the following is an important step in establishing an ethical climate in an organization?

Accepted Answer

A) Discouraging employees from reporting ethical violations 
B) Eliminating grapevine communication in the organization 
C) Allowing flexibility in ethical standards 
D) ​The top managers behaving ethically 
E) Limiting bottom­up communication in the organization

Question 12

Doug has a low-paying job at a telecommunications company. Every day, Doug puts a headset, a stapler, or something similar in his lunch box and takes it home with him. Doug sees nothing wrong with his behavior since he feels he is being paid less than he should. In terms of Kohlberg's stages of moral development, which level is Doug operating at?

Accepted Answer

A) Conventional 
B) Universal 
C) Preconventional 
D) Postconventional 
E) Internalization

Question 13

A police officer who strongly believes in justice and does not accept bribes from others is operating at the _____ level of moral development.

Accepted Answer

A) amoral 
B) preconventional 
C) unconventional 
D) postconventional 
E) conventional

Question 14

A company using a reactive strategy to respond to demands for social responsibility will do less than society expects.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

The shareholder model and the stakeholder model are two techniques for determining to whom organizations should be socially responsible.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

The two types of integrity testing currently used by employers are overt integrity tests and personality-based integrity tests.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

StaticX Inc. was thinking about discontinuing the health and fitness programs offered to its employees. This was because the company wanted to cut its costs. However, the company dropped the decision because most of its employees were benefiting from the programs and discontinuing them would have very adverse effects on the employees. Which principle best describes the decision made by StaticX Inc.?

Accepted Answer

A) Principle of long­term self­interest 
B) Principle of utilitarian benefits 
C) Principle of individual rights 
D) Principle of distributive justice 
E) Principle of government requirement

Question 18

Why is it often difficult for an employee to assume the role of whistleblower?

Accepted Answer

A) Because managers have such broad spans of management 
B) Because of organizational decentralization 
C) Because of employee empowerment 
D) ​Because of the lack of company action on their complaints 
E) Because of the U.S.Sentencing Commission Guidelines

Question 19

Delayed product delivery is less of an issue when compared to delivering a faulty product which can be harmful. This is because delivering a harmful product has a ______.

Accepted Answer

A) high magnitude of consequences 
B) low magnitude of influence 
C) high location immediacy 
D) low probability of response 
E) high dissolution of effect

Question 20

Which of the following is an objective of ethics training?

Accepted Answer

A) To assign upper­level managers to be in charge of operations 
B) To discourage employees from reporting violations 
C) To bring in flexibility in ethical standards 
D) To achieve credibility with employees 
E) To delegate decision­making authorities to all employees

Exam 4: Ethics and Social Responsibility

Which of the following statements best defines social responsibility?

When the media in Viretia informed the public that Ellie's Foods products manufactured in Viretia contained a high level of certain cancer-causing pesticides, the Viretian government immediately ordered Ellie's to stop production. The Viretian government served as a(n) ____.

When addressing issues of _____, managers are more aware of the impact their decisions have on others, are more likely to view the decision as a moral decision, and are more likely to worry about doing the right thing.

Which of these factors is taken into account while determining ethical intensity?

The media would be an example of a secondary stakeholder group for an organization.

_____ is the social, psychological, cultural, or physical distance of a decision maker from those affected by his or her decisions.

A primary stakeholder of an organization would be _____.

According to the _____ model, the only social responsibility that businesses have is to maximize profits.

The concept of magnitude of consequences is the total harm or benefit derived from an ethical decision.

According to the stakeholder model of social responsibility, no stakeholder groups are more or less important than any other.

Which of the following is an important step in establishing an ethical climate in an organization?

A police officer who strongly believes in justice and does not accept bribes from others is operating at the _____ level of moral development.

A company using a reactive strategy to respond to demands for social responsibility will do less than society expects.

The shareholder model and the stakeholder model are two techniques for determining to whom organizations should be socially responsible.

The two types of integrity testing currently used by employers are overt integrity tests and personality-based integrity tests.

Why is it often difficult for an employee to assume the role of whistleblower?

Delayed product delivery is less of an issue when compared to delivering a faulty product which can be harmful. This is because delivering a harmful product has a ______.

Which of the following is an objective of ethics training?