Question 1

Provide a short answer to each of these questions.Be sure to fully explain your answer.
One criticism of ethics hotlines is that most of the reported wrongdoings are false accusations,which can cause great harm to company morale.

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Question 2

Individual managers,through ethical leadership,can have a direct effect on business ethics at the societal and global levels.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Provide a short answer to each of these questions.Be sure to fully explain your answer.
Discuss and evaluate the Rawls principle of justice provided in the textbook.

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Question 4

The ethical principle of rights is categorized as a teleological theory.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Zethics Inc.is

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A) a web-based service for disclosing information about questionable business practices. 
B) a private hotline. 
C) have all positive risk. 
D) a service of disclosing information that has been around a long time.

Question 6

Moral organizations are

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A) organizations that do not have unethical behaviors within their ranks. 
B) developed through continuous ethics training. 
C) fully populated by moral managers making moral decisions. 
D) more prevalent in the United States than in other countries.

Question 7

Provide a short answer to each of these questions.Be sure to fully explain your answer.
Some people argue that we are experiencing a "proliferation of rights claims," in which more and more people are claiming more and more rights.Do you agree with this argument? What are the implications for our society,if it is true?

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Question 8

According to a recent survey,the percentage of employees reporting feeling pressure to compromise their ethical standards is increasing.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Utilize the knowledge you have gained to respond to the following essay questions.Your answers should state your position and use logical arguments and content from this and other chapters in the textbook to support it.
Throughout the text,theory after theory has been offered.Some would even say that you should just go on your "gut feeling" anyway.With this in mind,what relevance does the common sense test and one's best self ethical tests have in this idea.

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Question 10

Utilize the knowledge you have gained to respond to the following essay questions.Your answers should state your position and use logical arguments and content from this and other chapters in the textbook to support it.
The motive behind managers' pressure on subordinates to perform is most likely the emphasis on economic success.Assuming this statement is true,relate this fact to Lawrence Kohlberg's observation that most adults operate at Level 2,the conventional level of moral development.What implications do these facts have for ethical behavior in organizations?

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Question 11

Provide a short answer to each of these questions.Be sure to fully explain your answer.
The concept of servant leadership states that leaders should seek first to serve their followers,and by doing so,they become great leaders.Evaluate this idea.Is it something that would work in the United States?

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Question 12

Which of the following is not a level at which ethics may be addressed?

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A) personal 
B) industry 
C) global 
D) small group

Question 13

The key to the Golden Rule is

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A) caring. 
B) duty. 
C) justice. 
D) impartiality.

Question 14

Provide a short answer to each of these questions.Be sure to fully explain your answer.
From your knowledge of human behavior,do you agree with Carol Gilligan's contention that women tend to view ethics differently than do men?

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Question 15

The Rawls Principle of Justice indicates that we need a fair method by which we may choose the principles through which conflicts will be resolved.Which of the following is not a principle of justice underlying his theory?

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A) each person has equal rights to the most extrinsic basic liberties compatible with similar liberties for all others. 
B) social and economic inequalities are arrange so that they are both to be everyone's advantage and attached to positions and offices open to all. 
C) each person is to be treated equally. 
D) public policy should raise as high as possible the social and economic well-being of society's best-off individuals.

Question 16

____ refers to a quality,characteristics,or state in which activities,processes,practices,and decisions in companies become open or visible to the outside world.

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A) Opacity 
B) Corporate Transparency 
C) Deontological 
D) Utilitarianism

Question 17

Utilize the knowledge you have gained to respond to the following essay questions.Your answers should state your position and use logical arguments and content from this and other chapters in the textbook to support it.
Use current sources to research the status of the business conduct management system proposed by the Ethics Officer Association.

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Question 18

Each of the following are characteristics of servant leaders except:

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A) Persuasion 
B) Deception 
C) Stewardship 
D) Building community

Question 19

According to research done by David Callahan,all of the following are reasons why cheating is on the rise except

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A) bigger rewards for winning. 
B) declining wages. 
C) temptation. 
D) trickle-down corruption.

Exam 8: Personal and Organizational Ethics

Provide a short answer to each of these questions.Be sure to fully explain your answer. One criticism of ethics hotlines is that most of the reported wrongdoings are false accusations,which can cause great harm to company morale.

Individual managers,through ethical leadership,can have a direct effect on business ethics at the societal and global levels.

Provide a short answer to each of these questions.Be sure to fully explain your answer. Discuss and evaluate the Rawls principle of justice provided in the textbook.

The ethical principle of rights is categorized as a teleological theory.

Zethics Inc.is

Moral organizations are

According to a recent survey,the percentage of employees reporting feeling pressure to compromise their ethical standards is increasing.

Provide a short answer to each of these questions.Be sure to fully explain your answer. The concept of servant leadership states that leaders should seek first to serve their followers,and by doing so,they become great leaders.Evaluate this idea.Is it something that would work in the United States?

Which of the following is not a level at which ethics may be addressed?

The key to the Golden Rule is

Provide a short answer to each of these questions.Be sure to fully explain your answer. From your knowledge of human behavior,do you agree with Carol Gilligan's contention that women tend to view ethics differently than do men?

The Rawls Principle of Justice indicates that we need a fair method by which we may choose the principles through which conflicts will be resolved.Which of the following is not a principle of justice underlying his theory?

____ refers to a quality,characteristics,or state in which activities,processes,practices,and decisions in companies become open or visible to the outside world.

Each of the following are characteristics of servant leaders except:

According to research done by David Callahan,all of the following are reasons why cheating is on the rise except