Exam 1: Ethics,social Responsibility,and the Law

Corporate social responsibility is based on the legal advantages granted to the corporation.

In 2005,a new doctrine called ________,declares that the leadership of every nation has a definitive duty to protect its own people from four major threats,genocide,war crimes,ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity.

________ are values that govern a society's attitude toward right and wrong and toward good and evil.

Which of the following do positive law theory and natural law theory have in common?

If Sally believed in natural law,she would believe that right and wrong originate from an external objective,superior force.

The ethic of ________ must be practiced by individuals because individuals can never foresee the result of their actions.

In his essay,Politics as a Vocation,Max Weber argues that national leaders must practice the "ethic of ultimate ends" to govern correctly.

A descriptive theory explains how to create values that permit a society to run smoothly.

If Anthony is concerned only with corporate benefits and problems,rather than the benefits and problems that will result for others outside the boardroom,he most likely believes in:

According to the ethical system of ________,ethical values can be determined by a proper application of human reason.

The traditional legal view of a corporation held that corporate managers have a fiduciary duty to shareholders to make broader-based,more ethical decisions.

Jason decides not to cheat on an exam since he considers himself a morally reasonable person and the action of cheating on exams will undermine the value of degrees issued by his educational institution.Name and explain the ethical system Jason has used to make this decision.

If George believes in a "state of nature",where people must fend for themselves rather than give up the freedom to do as they please,and in return receive a guarantee that other individuals will curb their behavior,he would most likely be rejecting the ________ ethical theory.

The law exercises the power of ________ to confiscate privately owned land for community purposes.

In the "Opening Case",the text notes that the plaintiffs in the U.S.Supreme Court case Ziglar v.Abbasi,were alleging brutal torture by the U.S.government and based on the Bivens case,asked the Supreme Court for a permanent injunction.

Law is a means of civil management.

In A Classic Case: The Declaration of Independence,the text argues that Jefferson derived his four central truths of social contract from John Locke's famous book,Leviathan.

If Samantha believes that the primary way to judge whether an action is right or wrong is to use quantification as the primary tool for determining value,she would believe in:

If the only question a corporate manager asks before she takes an action is whether the benefit to the shareholders will outweigh the cost to the corporation,she would most likely using a(n)________ ethical model.

In terms of social responsibility,which of the following arguments is true?