Question 1

The critics of work-life balance practices believe that work can be a central part of an individual's identity and it can have significant benefits for people.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 2

Social conditions of routine, unchallenging, boring jobs tend to suppress the human faculties of rational and autonomous choice.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 3

Which of the following statements is a classical interpretation of work?

Accepted Answer

A) Humans are intellectual, yet work is physical. 
B) For cultured and civilized people, work is undignified. 
C) Humans are free beings; work is a necessity. 
D) Work diminishes human nature and human potential. 
E) All of the answers are correct.
F)None of the answers are correct. 
A) Humans are intellectual, yet work is physical. 
B) For cultured and civilized people, work is undignified. 
C) Humans are free beings; work is a necessity. 
D) Work diminishes human nature and human potential. 
E) All of the answers are correct.
F)None of the answers are correct. E

Question 4

It is its potential to be intimately connected to our deepest values that makes the meaning and value of work have important implications for the structure and operation of the workplace.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Which of the following is a true expression of Marx's concept of alienation?

Accepted Answer

A) Alienation is the result of low wages. 
B) Alienation is the result of work that prevents the full development of human potential. 
C) Alienation means the separation and distinction of one social class from another. 
D) The capitalistic system does not inevitably mean a life of alienation for workers. 
A) Alienation is the result of low wages. 
B) Alienation is the result of work that prevents the full development of human potential. 
C) Alienation means the separation and distinction of one social class from another. 
D) The capitalistic system does not inevitably mean a life of alienation for workers.

Question 6

A job might be described simply as work in which self-identity and the activity are independent of each other.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Karl Marx was sure that industrial capitalism inevitably, necessarily, alienates workers from the product of their work, from the creative process of work, and from their very essence as social creatures.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

How might a liberal have to respond to the suggestion that some workers might prefer to work at highly routine, unchallenging, and boring jobs?

Accepted Answer

A) Employers have no choice but to eliminate these jobs. 
B) Employers have no obligation to eliminate these jobs. 
C) These jobs do not necessarily suppress the human faculties of rational and autonomous choice. 
D) While it may be true, on the one hand, that as long as no one is forcing employees to do these jobs, employers don't have to eliminate them, it is also true that accepting the ethical legitimacy of these jobs violates the fundamental values of rational and free choice. 
A) Employers have no choice but to eliminate these jobs. 
B) Employers have no obligation to eliminate these jobs. 
C) These jobs do not necessarily suppress the human faculties of rational and autonomous choice. 
D) While it may be true, on the one hand, that as long as no one is forcing employees to do these jobs, employers don't have to eliminate them, it is also true that accepting the ethical legitimacy of these jobs violates the fundamental values of rational and free choice.

Question 9

Indicate the statement that is not consistent with Bowie's liberal theory of work.

Accepted Answer

A) One of the moral obligations of a firm is to provide meaningful work. 
B) It is a simple enough task to find a justification for any objective, normative definition of meaningful work. 
C) Meaningful work defined as nothing more than what employees say it is, is a subjective and individualistic definition of work. 
D) The more people are compelled to work, the greater the responsibility to make sure that workplace conditions are as humane as possible. 
A) One of the moral obligations of a firm is to provide meaningful work. 
B) It is a simple enough task to find a justification for any objective, normative definition of meaningful work. 
C) Meaningful work defined as nothing more than what employees say it is, is a subjective and individualistic definition of work. 
D) The more people are compelled to work, the greater the responsibility to make sure that workplace conditions are as humane as possible.

Question 10

Both liberals who believe that the ethical assessment of work should be based on how work affects the workers' ability to make free and autonomous decisions about their lives and the human fulfillment school that makes that judgment on the basis of what makes a good meaningful human life are saying essentially the same thing.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

The value of housework and child care have systematically been undervalued by social programs such as Social Security, unemployment insurance, and many public policies concerned with marriage and divorce.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Which of the following statements is not true about the issues confronting business ethics?

Accepted Answer

A) Not every job contributes to the development of human potential. 
B) The proper kind of workplace contributes to human development. 
C) Jobs do not have the potential for influencing and shaping individuals. 
D) Individuals exercise control over jobs. 
A) Not every job contributes to the development of human potential. 
B) The proper kind of workplace contributes to human development. 
C) Jobs do not have the potential for influencing and shaping individuals. 
D) Individuals exercise control over jobs.

Question 13

In the context of the meaning of work, which of the following statements is true?

Accepted Answer

A) Work means activities that involve perseverance, discipline, toil, usually performed with a degree of seriousness and concentration. 
B) The meaning of work is likened with being idle, relaxing, playing, and activities such as reading a book or playing a round of golf. 
C) Work does not include any task, accomplishment, or undertaking unless it generates an income. 
D) An activity is not regarded as work unless the worker's identity and the activity are "morally inseparable." 
A) Work means activities that involve perseverance, discipline, toil, usually performed with a degree of seriousness and concentration. 
B) The meaning of work is likened with being idle, relaxing, playing, and activities such as reading a book or playing a round of golf. 
C) Work does not include any task, accomplishment, or undertaking unless it generates an income. 
D) An activity is not regarded as work unless the worker's identity and the activity are "morally inseparable."

Question 14

Select the statement that does not represent one of the common aspects of the contemporary work scene.

Accepted Answer

A) Workers have significant choices and alternatives open to them in the workplace. 
B) More jobs today are temporary, part-time, or subcontracted out to third parties. 
C) Most workers will likely have no more than one or two jobs in a lifetime. 
D) The social values of work, such as camaraderie and social status, are lost to part-time and temporary workers. 
A) Workers have significant choices and alternatives open to them in the workplace. 
B) More jobs today are temporary, part-time, or subcontracted out to third parties. 
C) Most workers will likely have no more than one or two jobs in a lifetime. 
D) The social values of work, such as camaraderie and social status, are lost to part-time and temporary workers.

Question 15

To the degree that work can be intellectual, leisurely, and free, it can be meaningful; employment and wage labor are as likely to attain these conditions.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Identify a true statement regarding a job.

Accepted Answer

A) A job is a role that one steps into and out of as a means for earning money. 
B) A jobs refers to a tradition of work in which a person's identity and activities are "morally inseparable." 
C) A job involves developing relationship between the self and the activity. 
D) A job enables the evolution of social status and self-esteem in ways that a career does not. 
A) A job is a role that one steps into and out of as a means for earning money. 
B) A jobs refers to a tradition of work in which a person's identity and activities are "morally inseparable." 
C) A job involves developing relationship between the self and the activity. 
D) A job enables the evolution of social status and self-esteem in ways that a career does not.

Question 17

The Greek philosopher Aristotle disparaged work because of its very necessary, and therefore slavish, nature.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

According to the human fulfillment model, the psychological and social benefits of work do not reduce to merely subjective and personal values.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Which of these statements does not describe the hedonistic interpretation of work?

Accepted Answer

A) Work is the price we pay to get the necessities of life and other things that make life pleasurable. 
B) Happiness is the enjoyment of cultural activities. 
C) There is no specific content for human happiness. 
D) Individuals are allowed to choose whatever ends they desire. 
A) Work is the price we pay to get the necessities of life and other things that make life pleasurable. 
B) Happiness is the enjoyment of cultural activities. 
C) There is no specific content for human happiness. 
D) Individuals are allowed to choose whatever ends they desire.

Question 20

Select the statement that describes the human potentials that work can fulfill.

Accepted Answer

A) Work provides the occasion for developing talents and exercising creativity. 
B) Through work, humans create their own society and culture and thereby their own identities. 
C) Work expresses our nature as social beings. 
D) Work allows us to experience our freedom and autonomy in making choices and directing our lives. 
E) All of the answers are correct.
F)None of the answers are correct. 
A) Work provides the occasion for developing talents and exercising creativity. 
B) Through work, humans create their own society and culture and thereby their own identities. 
C) Work expresses our nature as social beings. 
D) Work allows us to experience our freedom and autonomy in making choices and directing our lives. 
E) All of the answers are correct.
F)None of the answers are correct.

The critics of work-life balance practices believe that work can be a central part of an individual's identity and it can have significant benefits for people.

Social conditions of routine, unchallenging, boring jobs tend to suppress the human faculties of rational and autonomous choice.

Which of the following statements is a classical interpretation of work?

It is its potential to be intimately connected to our deepest values that makes the meaning and value of work have important implications for the structure and operation of the workplace.

Which of the following is a true expression of Marx's concept of alienation?

A job might be described simply as work in which self-identity and the activity are independent of each other.

Karl Marx was sure that industrial capitalism inevitably, necessarily, alienates workers from the product of their work, from the creative process of work, and from their very essence as social creatures.

How might a liberal have to respond to the suggestion that some workers might prefer to work at highly routine, unchallenging, and boring jobs?

Indicate the statement that is not consistent with Bowie's liberal theory of work.

The value of housework and child care have systematically been undervalued by social programs such as Social Security, unemployment insurance, and many public policies concerned with marriage and divorce.

Which of the following statements is not true about the issues confronting business ethics?

In the context of the meaning of work, which of the following statements is true?

Select the statement that does not represent one of the common aspects of the contemporary work scene.

To the degree that work can be intellectual, leisurely, and free, it can be meaningful; employment and wage labor are as likely to attain these conditions.

Identify a true statement regarding a job.

The Greek philosopher Aristotle disparaged work because of its very necessary, and therefore slavish, nature.

According to the human fulfillment model, the psychological and social benefits of work do not reduce to merely subjective and personal values.

Which of these statements does not describe the hedonistic interpretation of work?

Select the statement that describes the human potentials that work can fulfill.

Why Study Ethics

Ethical Theory and Business

Corporate Social Responsibility

Corporate Culture, Governance, and Ethical Leadership

Moral Rights in the Workplace

Employee Responsibilities

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Marketing Ethics: Advertising and Digital Marketing

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Workplace Diversity and Discrimination

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Exam 5: The Meaning and Value of Work

The critics of work-life balance practices believe that work can be a central part of an individual's identity and it can have significant benefits for people.

Social conditions of routine, unchallenging, boring jobs tend to suppress the human faculties of rational and autonomous choice.

Which of the following statements is a classical interpretation of work?

It is its potential to be intimately connected to our deepest values that makes the meaning and value of work have important implications for the structure and operation of the workplace.

Which of the following is a true expression of Marx's concept of alienation?

A job might be described simply as work in which self-identity and the activity are independent of each other.

Karl Marx was sure that industrial capitalism inevitably, necessarily, alienates workers from the product of their work, from the creative process of work, and from their very essence as social creatures.

How might a liberal have to respond to the suggestion that some workers might prefer to work at highly routine, unchallenging, and boring jobs?

Indicate the statement that is not consistent with Bowie's liberal theory of work.

The value of housework and child care have systematically been undervalued by social programs such as Social Security, unemployment insurance, and many public policies concerned with marriage and divorce.

Which of the following statements is not true about the issues confronting business ethics?

In the context of the meaning of work, which of the following statements is true?

Select the statement that does not represent one of the common aspects of the contemporary work scene.

To the degree that work can be intellectual, leisurely, and free, it can be meaningful; employment and wage labor are as likely to attain these conditions.

Identify a true statement regarding a job.

The Greek philosopher Aristotle disparaged work because of its very necessary, and therefore slavish, nature.

According to the human fulfillment model, the psychological and social benefits of work do not reduce to merely subjective and personal values.

Which of these statements does not describe the hedonistic interpretation of work?

Select the statement that describes the human potentials that work can fulfill.

Why Study Ethics

Ethical Theory and Business

Corporate Social Responsibility

Corporate Culture, Governance, and Ethical Leadership

Moral Rights in the Workplace

Employee Responsibilities

Marketing Ethics: Advertising and Digital Marketing

Marketing Ethics: Advertising and Digital Marketing

Sustainability and the Natural Environment

Workplace Diversity and Discrimination

International Business and Globalization

Filters