Business and Society Stakeholders Study Set 2

Personal values and moral character play key roles in improving a company's ethical performance.

In most companies,a moral atmosphere cannot be detected.

In a benevolence ethical climate,the interests of the company's employees and external stakeholders most likely would be given high priority.

Managers,as major decision-makers,are one of the keys to whether a company will act ethically or unethically.

It is impossible for multiple ethical climates to exist within one organization.

All ethics issues in business are the same.

Honesty,integrity and accuracy are absolute requirements of the accounting function.

The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Code directs accountants to be responsible to their clients and their profession,but not to the public.

Any business that wished to do so can improve the quality of its ethical performance.

The majority of large U.S.corporations do not have codes of ethics.

In the United States,most ethics policies are primarily based on the company's mission and vision.

According to a recent Transparency International survey,Denmark and Sweden are two countries that are least likely to be subjected to bribery.

Ethics deal with human dilemmas that frequently go beyond the formal language of law.

Following laws can always define proper action.

Illegal acts committed by employees,such as fraud and insider trading,is called blue-collar crime.

The core components upon which a company's ethical performance depends include:

The unspoken understanding among employees of what is and is not acceptable behavior is called:

If a manager approaches ethical issues with a self-centered approach,emphasis will be on:

Which of the following is not an example of an ethical criterion?

If a manger approaches ethics with benevolence in mind,he or she would stress what?