BA 342 Exam 1 (2024) || Questions & Answers (Graded A+)
BA 342 Exam 1 (2024) || Questions & Answers (Graded A+)
Ethics is PONG - What is PONG? (What is the most important letter?)* - ANSWER - -P = Personal = Always starts with a person = this is ethics at its core = MOST IMPORTANT LETTER
-O = ...
, BA 342 Exam 1 (2024) || Questions &
Answers (Graded A+)
Ethics is PONG - What is PONG? (What is the most important letter?)* - ANSWER -
-P = Personal = Always starts with a person = this is ethics at its core = MOST
IMPORTANT LETTER
-O = Organizational
-N = National
-G = Global
The Nexus of Ethics - ANSWER - -Focused on the importance of integrity
interviewers
-Companies are looking at the personal and professional side of candidates
-Sensation-Seeking Trait = score high = people who act impulsively without thinking,
driven to excitement & new experiences, and willing to take risks in order to satisfy
those needs
-Antisocial Tendencies = unwillingness/inability to conform to the accepted societal
standards - enjoy criminal activity (corporate crime)
-Prudence Scale = score low = increased tendency to lie, cheat, steal, drink, fight,
etc.
Boeing 787 Dreamline (Harry Stonecipher)* - ANSWER - -Know the Harry
Stonecipher & the elements described in the example
-Based on ethics, honor, and integrity
-Harry Stonecipher was brought back to Boeing and went "by the books" and
practiced ethically with honor
-Was doing a great job in charge until he was fired because he had an affair with a
co-worker = had negative effects/dynames on Boeing (bad public perception)
-His bad use of ethics brought up - "Should personal life be fair game within the
workplace?" = you are an employee 24/7
Adam Scott (2 Books + Saying)* - ANSWER - -An economic thinker & moral
philosopher
-Published "A Wealth of Nations" (1776) and "Theory of Moral Sentiments" (1759)
-Father of modern economic theory (taught moral philosophy)
-Free markets are okay if everything operates ethically and fundamentally
Elements Companies Use to Find Out Who People are or to Assess and
Employment Situation (4) - ANSWER - -Integrity Interview
-Background Check
-Credit Check
-Personality Test
Stakeholder Analysis (5 Elements + Sub-Elements) (Sandusky Scandal)* - ANSWER
- -Page 9 (Figure 1.2)
Businesses hold the following relationships with these stakeholders:
-Community (Environmental Groups and General Public)
Ethics Resource Center Trends (Know Trends)* - ANSWER - Trend = Pressure to
commit misconduct:
-High (28%) in 1995
-Then decreased until the recession (2008)
-Started increasing again until 2011
-CURRENT DECREASING TREND FROM 2011 to 2013
-41% witnessed bad conduct (decrease: bad)
-63% reported it to superiors (decrease: good)
-21% reported misdoncuted and faced retaliation (decease: bad)
-9% pressure to commit misconduct (down: GOOD and IMPORTANT) = we want to
smooth out the graph
-60% of misconduct came from managers
-24% of misconduct from senior managers
-Pressure to commit wrongdoings in order to do job = increased
-Weak ethical cultures = increased
Ethics Resource Center 2013 5 Most Frequent Observed Types of Misconduct -
ANSWER - -Abusive Behavior (18%)
-Lying to Employees (17%)
-Discrimination (12%)
-Conflict of Interest (12%)
-Bad Internet Use (12%)
Spiderman Video* - ANSWER - "With great power comes great responsibility"
Honest Tea - ANSWER - Honest Tea set up local kiosk where people could take
Honest Tea's using the honor system (no worker at stand)
International Business Ethics (Cultural Relativism & Ethical Imperialism)* - ANSWER
- -Ethical Imperialism/Moral Absolutism = Country A - "All my values are correct and
my values will work wherever I go" = use personalized approach everywhere = NO
CHANGE
-Cultural Relativism = Country B = "All my values are correct but I will adopt the
values of the country that I am in." = make choices based on different countries =
CHANGE
Global Ethics - ANSWER - The middle ground that states that every country shares
certain ethics and values
Ethics (3 Part Definition)* - ANSWER - -Set of Principles
-Right Conduct
-Underlying Values
PSU Values (6) (PRRIDE) - ANSWER - -P = Penn State Community
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