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Test Bank for Business Ethics: A Textbook with Cases, 10e 10th Edition by Dale Miller, William H. Shaw. Full Chapters (Chapter 1 to 11) test bank are included with answers. Chapter 1: The Nature of Morality Chapter 2: Normative Theories of Ethics Chapter 3: Justice and Economic Distribution C...

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Chapter 01 10e Complete Chapters Included ✅

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
1. An organization is a group of people working together to achieve a common purpose.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: True

2. One of the major characteristics of an organization is the shared acceptance of organizational rules by its
members.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: True
3. Business ethics is the study of what constitutes right and wrong, or good and bad, human conduct in a business
context.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: True
4. According to Tom Regan, our considered moral beliefs are those we hold only after we have made a
conscientious effort (a) to attain maximum conceptual clarity, (b) to acquire all relevant information, (c) to think
about the belief and its implications rationally, (d) impartially, and with the benefit of reflection, (e) coolly.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: True
5. Our conscience evolved as we internalized the moral instructions of the parents or other authority figures who
raised us as children.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: True
6. An argument is a group of statements, one of which is claimed to follow from the others.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: True




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7. In a broad sense morality is the moral code of an individual or of a society (insofar as the moral codes of the
individuals making up that society overlap).
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: False
8. According to one view in divine command theory, if something is wrong, then the only reason it is wrong is that
God commands that it is wrong.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: True
9. An argument is valid only if all its premises are true.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: False
10. Most people don't distinguish between a person's "morals" and his or her "ethics."
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: True
11. In business and elsewhere, your only moral obligation is to act within the law.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: True
12. Bystander apathy appears to result in part from diffusion of responsibility.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: True
13. If your conduct is legal, it will also be moral.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: False
14. In theory and practice, law codifies customs, ideals, beliefs, and a society's moral values.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: True
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15. "Etiquette" designates a special realm of morality.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: False
16. For philosophers, the important question is not how we come to have the particular moral principles we have, but
whether we can justify them.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: True
17. An individual does not have to follow the code of one's profession.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: False
18. Rules of etiquette are always moral rules.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: False
19. There are four basic kinds of law: statutes, regulations, common law, and constitutional law.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: True
20. A
​ ristotle argued that living a morally good life is being good at your job.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: False
21. Ethical relativism is the theory that what is right is determined by what a culture or society says is right.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: True
22. Organizational norms always and inevitably lead to groupthink.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: False

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23. If you do the right thing only because you think it will pay off, then you are truly motivated by moral concerns.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: False
24. Moral standards concern behavior that can be of serious consequence to human welfare.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: True
25. The paradox of hedonism (or the paradox of selfishness) is that people who are exclusively concerned with their
own interests tend to have happier and more satisfying lives than those who are concerned about other people.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: False
Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
26. Choose the statement that gives the most accurate description of etiquette:
a. the rules of etiquette are a fundamental branch of morality
b. conformity with the rules of etiquette is sufficient for moral conduct
c. etiquette refers to any special code of social behavior or courtesy
d. the rules of etiquette are backed by statutory law

ANSWER: c

27. When ethical relativism is put into practice, it implies that
a. societies never share any moral values in common.
b. in ethics, sometimes the minority is right.
c. we cannot say that slavery is wrong if the society in question believes it is right.
d. as societies evolve, their morality improves.

ANSWER: c
28. Moral attitudes are best depicted by which of the following?
a. As long as your conduct is legal, then it will be moral.
b. If you follow the rules of etiquette, your conduct will be moral.
c. Moral standards typically concern behavior that can be of serious consequence to human welfare.
d. There is no distinction between morality in a broad sense and morality in a narrow sense.

ANSWER: c




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