Exam 1: Ethical Theory, Philosophical Foundations, Our Reasoning Flaws, and Types of Ethical Dilemma

With reference to #32 above, how many times had the author successfully climbed Mt.Everest?

Murry Gunry was a Harvard MBA who rigged his election as an officer in the Finance Club.

You work for a school district as a facilities coordinator.You drive to the various schools in the district and supervise construction and remodeling and assess various building needs.When you are traveling around to the various schools, you use a district vehicle that is clearly marked as such.One day you stop at the country club and have lunch before heading to the next school since the country club is on the way.You also stop at the bank drive-thru teller to do some personal banking business.Both the lunch and the bank stop are ethical breaches.

It is not your responsibility to report a co-worker who leaves the office early each day without taking time off.

Alice is a secretary in your department.Alice is also a member of the American Guild of Organists.Alice has been placed in charge of the Guild's national convention.Each time you pass by Alice's desk or go to her to have some work done, you notice she is on the phone discussing or working on the convention.Alice's work on the convention during work hours is an ethical violation.

Kant believes so long as you do the right thing, it does not matter what your reasons were.

You are taking a graduate level course in management that will help you in performing your duties at work.Each week you must submit case analyses to your professor.Using work time to complete the analyses would be unethical.

Unwritten rules of conduct are part of our normative standards.

The Golden Rule is a form of the Categorical Imperative.

Which philosopher would start with a tabula rasa and then develop ethical standards?

Professor Dan Ariely's work focuses on the impact of stepping outside ethical norms.

It is an ethical violation to disclose personnel information about your co-workers even to your family.

Third-trimester abortions would be supported under a Rights Theory.

A recent survey found that 24% of Americans feel that it is always wrong to speed.In which of the following schools of ethical thought would this 24% fit best?

A newspaper reporter is interviewing you about your experiences in working for a member of Congress.You have indicated you have information about his private life but will not share it.The reporter responds, "Tell me, just between you and me."You share the information and a quote from you on the private life of the member of Congress appears in the newspaper the next day.The reporter was unethical in violating a trust.

The Theory of Justice is the same as the Categorical Imperative.

Normative standards are the same as legal standards.

Using things of minimal value that belong to your employer for personal reasons (such as paper, paper clips, pens) is not an ethical violation.

Your company's policy on company vehicles is that no family members may use them or ride in them.It would be unethical to use a company car to drive you and your spouse to a movie.

Plato and Aristotle have which ethical school of thought in common?