Exam 9: "You Know How to Whistle, Dont You?": Whistle-Blowing, Company Loyalty, and Employee Responsibility

Duska makes distinctions among how many types of philosophical camps regarding the proper object of loyalty?

Duska considers that _______________ are not proper objects of loyalty.

According to Bok, it is sometimes hard to tell whether whistle-blowing is the right or wrong choice.

Sherron Watkins continued to work at _____________ even after blowing the whistle on their accounting practices.

Bok argues that whistle-blowing is intended to be for the benefit of ______________.

Solomon and Martin identify five elements of the new ______________ loyalty.

What does Duska mean when he says that a company is an instrument, not an end in itself?

According to Duska, loyalty requires a kind of ______________ that is not found in business.

As quoted by Soles, Royce would say that the thing to which one is loyal must be:

Bok asserts that some whistle-blowers:

Would whistle-blowing be unnecessary if companies had no secrets? Explain the relationship among secrecy, transparency, and whistle-blowing. Now offer three cases in which a whistle-blower might be necessary even without secrecy policies in place.

Whistle-blowing is never painful.

There are certain elements that lend themselves to acts of whistle-blowing, according to Bok. Which of the following are they?

All philosophers think that whistle-blowers are civic heroes.

Loyalty to society is sacrificed when a person engages in whistle-blowing.

Whistle-blowing refers to what?

Soles argues that no matter what account of loyalty we use, employees should be loyal to employers.

A person is an end in him or herself, but a company is merely an ________________.

Moral silence has certain things in common with hypocrisy.

According to the minimalist theory, what would you need to do to be loyal to your employer?