Quiz 2: Business Ethics and Social Responsibility

Businesses must first rely on ________ to maintain an ethical organization.

Which of the following are not stakeholders in a company?

Setting unrealistic goals for employee performance can lead to which of the following?

Which of the following would not be considered an appropriate response when asked for donations at work?

A situation where an action benefiting one person has the potential to harm another is called:

Business ethics refers to standards of conduct and moral values applied in business decision- making.

Sometimes businesses refuse to purchase goods or services from a particular country because of human rights abuses or other unethical behaviour by that country's government. What term best describes this type of action?

Floyd Aranowski worked for Pillsbury while serving on the Board of Directors for Entenmann's. This would be considered:

Ethical business practices create positive impact on profitable business operations.

Which of the following is a formal statement that outlines how a company or an organization expects its employees to handle an ethical situation?

Technology has expanded the range and impact of unethical business practices.

Companies in Canada are required to publish their codes of ethics and inform the public of any changes to them because of

An employee's disclosure to company officials, government authorities, or the media of illegal, immoral, or unethical practices is called which of the following?

To enhance society's well-being through philosophies, policies, procedures, and actions is the primary objective of which of the following?

A firm's ability to behave ethically depends upon:

Lucent Technologies requires employees to participate in a Web-based compliance and business ethics training program. This type of program primarily serves which level of ethics development?

John spent at least an hour a day surfing the Internet at work. He justified his behaviour by noting that "everyone's doing it." This type of behaviour is

Which of the following refers to adhering to deeply-held ethical principles in business situations?

Business ethics are shaped by:

The foundation of an ethical environment is ethical awareness, and a Code of Conduct provides a good step in this direction.