D270 FINAL TEST PREPARATION QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS!!
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D270
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D270
D270 FINAL TEST PREPARATION QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS!!
1) According to the text, which of the following has resulted from GE's Ecomagination initiative?
A) rising profitability for many GE products
B) increasing doubt among GE's foreign partners
C) reducing investments by GE due to poor return...
D270 FINAL TEST PREPARATION
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS!!
1) According to the text, which of the following has resulted from GE's Ecomagination
initiative?
A) rising profitability for many GE products
B) increasing doubt among GE's foreign partners
C) reducing investments by GE due to poor returns
D) improving pollution levels near GE plants in China -Answer- A
2) General Electric has focused on being more "green" in recent years most likely
because ________.
A) the industry has always looked to GE as a trend setter in green technology
B) GE executives believe the firm can strategically align investor and environmental
interests
C) GE executives realize that the firm can save significant money through the use of
solar technology
D) the U.S. government has decided to use GE as a test case to see if the adoption of
the Kyoto Protocol can actually work for a U.S. firm -Answer- B
3) Which of the following statements about GE and its "Green is Green" movement is
true?
A) GE is responding in part to the fact that it is operating in many countries which
require compliance with higher environmental standards than exist in the United States.
B) GE has decided to develop new products that are environmentally friendly rather
than adopt internal policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
C) GE has moved aggressively to reduce greenhouse gas usage internally but has not
been able to develop commercially viable "clean" technologies.
D) GE considered joining the U.S. Climate Action Partnership but decided the group
was too radical in its approach to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. -Answer- A
4) Which of the following is NOT a key stakeholder group that a company must work to
satisfy in order to survive in a global environment?
A) employees
B) competitors
C) shareholders
D) customers -Answer- B
5) Which stakeholder group primarily wants additional sales and increased productivity?
,A) customers
B) shareholders
C) society at large
D) government -Answer- B
6) Which stakeholder group is most interested in trustworthy behavior by corporate
executives and increased corporate taxes?
A) shareholders
B) society
C) employees
D) customers -Answer- B
7) Which of the following statements is most likely true regarding relationships between
MNEs and stakeholders?
A) An MNE typically serves all stakeholder groups equally at any given time.
B) No individual stakeholder group is powerful enough to cause the demise of an MNE.
C) All stakeholders of an MNE have the same short-term and long-term goals and
interests.
D) The inability to adequately meet the long-term needs of all stakeholders increases
the probability of an MNE failing. -Answer- D
8) Monique has recently been hired as an accounts supervisor at Ballston Enterprises.
She wants to understand Ballston's values and its expectations for employee behavior.
Which of the following would most likely provide Monique with this information?
A) mission statement
B) code of conduct
C) vision statement
D) employee contract -Answer- B
9) All of the following are levels of moral development EXCEPT the ________.
A) preconventional level
B) autonomous level
C) internalized level
D) conventional level -Answer- C
10) Which level of moral development involves an individual learning role-conformity
from peers, parents, and laws?
A) conventional
B) principled
C) autonomous
,D) preconventional -Answer- A
11) Which of the following statements is most likely true about the postconventional
level of moral development?
A) Individuals learn what is moral but not why such behavior is moral.
B) Individuals behave morally because they fear negative repercussions.
C) Individuals learn how to conform to society's values through observation.
D) Individuals behave morally because they believe such actions are right. -Answer- D
12) According to the teleological approach, individuals base moral decisions on
________.
A) personal and social responsibilities
B) consequences of an action
C) cultural value systems
D) opinions of peers -Answer- B
13) Which of the following most likely complicates ethical behavior for firms that expand
overseas?
A) local laws and values
B) expatriate management
C) unstable financial settings
D) international codes of conduct -Answer- A
14) Which of the following is a primary business objective for pursuing ethical behavior?
A) avoiding industrial sanctions
B) developing competitive advantages
C) developing creative advertisements
D) discouraging false commitments to the firm -Answer- B
15) Which of the following is a primary business objective for pursuing ethical behavior?
A) replacing home-country technology with host-country technology
B) minimizing federal investigations into corporate finances
C) avoiding being perceived as a socially irresponsible firm
D) imposing home-country behavior on the host country -Answer- C
16) Encouraging ethical behavior for the purpose of developing competitive advantages
will most likely result in all of the following for a firm EXCEPT ________.
A) strategic accomplishment
B) consumer commitment
C) industry resolutions
, D) financial success -Answer- C
17) Bantam Enterprises, a multi-national enterprise, makes significant efforts to avoid
being perceived as socially irresponsible. What is the most likely reason for this?
A) Social irresponsibility can lead to labor strikes by international unions.
B) Socially irresponsible companies usually have fewer exports and more imports.
C) Cultural barriers increase for companies that are socially irresponsible, which hinders
expansion into additional countries.
D) Social irresponsibility can lead to negative publicity from nongovernmental
organizations, which could hurt a company's reputation. -Answer- D
18) Ethical dilemmas tend to be ________ for MNE managers than for domestic
managers.
A) more complicated
B) less controversial
C) easier to decide
D) less common -Answer- A
19) A manager practicing relativism would most likely ________.
A) adapt to local conditions instead of implementing home-country practices
B) enforce home-country laws on host-country employees and suppliers
C) refuse to change company policies and procedures to comply with local norms
D) apply universal laws to each country despite local customs and traditions -Answer- A
20) The belief that there are universal standards of behavior that all cultures should
follow is called
________.
A) humanism
B) relativism
C) normativism
D) naturalism -Answer- C
21) A manager who refuses to bribe customs officials in a foreign country, even though
it is morally acceptable in that country, is most likely to believe in which of the following
perspectives on ethics?
A) relativism
B) normativism
C) humanism
D) existentialism -Answer- B
22) Why is the argument that "anything legal is ethical" most likely insufficient?
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