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BA 300, SDSU Business Ethics Exam
Questions and Answers 100% Pass

according to the authors of the text, which of the following statements is or are true

about the norms governing ethical behavior in business - ✔✔a. there is more agreement

than disagreement about what the ethical norms governing business behaviors should

be


Z: On May 23, 2013, The Wall Street Journal published an article entitled "How Could a

.. That School Exams?" about how parents should address cheating by their young

children. One parent was quoted as saying she discouraged her children from cheating

by telling them that "cheating files in the face of values of our family and the rules of the

school". If her children do not cheat, based on what she told them, the children would

be behaving in line with - ✔✔a. level II (conventional) of Kohlberg's Theory of Moral

Development


Z: In the context of ethical decision-making in business, the authors of the text argue

that the decision-maker: - ✔✔c. should take into consideration the broad interests of all

of those affected by the decision, including the community in which the company does

business



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,Z: In an April 1, 2012 interview in the New York Times, Charlotte Beers, former head of

advertising giant Ogilvy & Mather, said she has observed that people can change when

they become managers: "When you have some power, you can lose the sense of how

you're behaving and who you are and you don't want to do that. It's dangerous. It's

very addictive to be given some power," Ms. Beers observation is confirmed by: - ✔✔b.

the central lesson of the Zimbardo Prison Experiment


Z: In a May 2013 interview, in Inc. Magazine, Tim Westergren, the founder of Pandora

Radio was asked what kind of political party he would start if he could. Mr. Westergren

answered "A party based on the 'veil of ignorance' theory". According to Dr. Lori Ryan,

how did John Rawls use the veil of ignorance, which Rawls conceived, in his theory of

justice? - ✔✔a. as a thought experiment that explains why someone unaware of the

characteristics he would choose an ethical decision-making rule favoring the least

advantaged


Z: One of the eight steps in ethical decision making is to think creatively about potential

actions. The text cites the example of Cummins Engine Company which resolved the

problem of local children cutting through a wire fence on company property and

stealing valuable equipment by: - ✔✔d. making classrooms available on the company

site since there weren't enough classrooms at the local school




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,according to the text, in the age of social networking, a person's reputation for integrity

in business is: - ✔✔c. especially important since news of bad business can reach a broad

audience in seconds


Z: One scholar has observed that some people believe that it is ethically appropriate for

business executives to have lots of freedom to make high-risk business decisions

without too much government interference. "Their view is that the fraudulent

executives are bad apples in a basically sweet barrel", according to the scholar, what

ethical decision-rule most closely matches this view? - ✔✔d. Nozick's Rights Theory


Z: The text says the culpability score assigned by the Federal Organizational Sentencing

Guidelines in a given case: - ✔✔a. is designed to reflect the level of moral

blameworthiness of an organization for its conduct and influences the level of

punishment the organization will receive.


Z: On Oct. 6, 2012, the Wall Street Journal reported on a recent study in which hundreds

on financial planners were asked to evaluate conflict-of-interest rules for doctors. The

financial planners favored barring doctors from accepting free meals and expensive

educational trips from drug companies, yet said restricting financial planners from

receiving the same kinds of benefits from investment companies that sought to do

business with the planners would be unecessarily burdensome. One of the study

researchers said "Each of us tends to think that we are much more fair and impartial

than other people are". the study illustrated: - ✔✔b. the illusion of superiority



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, Z: the text says that a supervisor who tries to get subordinates to follow the ethical

standards expected in the workplace: - ✔✔d. should be viewed as a part of natural

management process of providing clear and international guidance on what is

considered appropriate behavior in the paric workplace


Z: On Jan. 20, 2013, the NY times ran a story about a new kind of beer hall where the

proceeds go to charity instead of the owner. In one such pub in Houston, patrons got

one vote per drink as to which charity should get the following month's profits. One

group in Portland is considering opening a worker-run collectively managed pub run

by and for "people who resist oppression on all levels" and fight for "unrepresented and

unwaged workers". the ethical philosophy in business decision-making driving the

opening of the portland pub is MOST in line with: - ✔✔c. Rawls' Theory of Justice


Z: Most adults will carry out an authority figure's orders, in business and other settings,

even if these orders are contrary to their personal beliefs about what's right. That is the

central message of: - ✔✔c. The Milgram experiment


Z: Harvard Business School's Dean explained his school's new focus on ethics. When a

business has a "system" in which it feels like the pressure for short-term returns are

extraordinary and the gains from doing things in the short run are amazing....some of

us may have been tempted to do bad things". the dean's comments ilustrate: - ✔✔b. the

negative side of setting performance goals




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