Question 1

Ethical business leaders_______ 	.

Accepted Answer

A)  seek to engage suppliers and customers as well as employees 
B)  allow for foreign interpretation 
C)  exercise moral imagination 
D)  all of the above 
A)  seek to engage suppliers and customers as well as employees 
B)  allow for foreign interpretation 
C)  exercise moral imagination 
D)  all of the above D

Question 2

There is no action that is wrong in every system of background institutions.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 3

Companies have no ethical obligation to help managers distinguish between practices that are merely different and those that are wrong.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 4

Host country and home country often have __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  no ethical difference 
B)  different ethical standards 
C)  committees to decide what is mutually ethical 
D)  clearly similar understandings of the same cultural events 
A)  no ethical difference 
B)  different ethical standards 
C)  committees to decide what is mutually ethical 
D)  clearly similar understandings of the same cultural events

Question 5

Modern day Russia presents perhaps a unique example of_______ 	.

Accepted Answer

A)  a long tradition of business ethics 
B)  business ethics under monarchy, dictatorship, and Democracy 
C)  the interplay between Eastern and Western business ethics 
D)  business with little or no existing background institutions 
A)  a long tradition of business ethics 
B)  business ethics under monarchy, dictatorship, and Democracy 
C)  the interplay between Eastern and Western business ethics 
D)  business with little or no existing background institutions

Question 6

Business ethics, as an area of study, had its birth in industrial Great Britain.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

There are no fundamental values that cross cultures.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Customs regarding gifts to government officials are the same worldwide.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Moral relativism exists_______ 	.

Accepted Answer

A)  only in business ethics 
B)  in most, if not all, Ethical fields 
C)  in ancient Persia but not in modern times 
D)  in the Theory of the Forms 
A)  only in business ethics 
B)  in most, if not all, Ethical fields 
C)  in ancient Persia but not in modern times 
D)  in the Theory of the Forms

Question 10

Host country and home country often have 	_______.

Accepted Answer

A)  no ethical difference 
B)  no legal differences 
C)  different laws governing business activities 
D)  an acknowledgment that "legal" equals "ethical" 
A)  no ethical difference 
B)  no legal differences 
C)  different laws governing business activities 
D)  an acknowledgment that "legal" equals "ethical"

Question 11

Russians tend to distinguish "business" from the running of factories and other large enterprises.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

A U.S. manager in Saudi Arabia asking Saudi training participants about a hypothetical case in which a manager makes sexually explicit remarks to a new employee of the same gender in a bar is likely to face:

Accepted Answer

A)  Shock 
B)  Silence 
C)  A lack of understanding about what a "bar" is 
D)  All of the above 
A)  Shock 
B)  Silence 
C)  A lack of understanding about what a "bar" is 
D)  All of the above

Question 13

Business ethics is a type of________ 	.

Accepted Answer

A)  applied ethics 
B)  relative ethics 
C)  false ethics 
D)  incomplete ethics 
A)  applied ethics 
B)  relative ethics 
C)  false ethics 
D)  incomplete ethics

Question 14

Ethical imperialism holds that ethical standards should be __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  absolute 
B)  amorphous 
C)  relative 
D)  non-existent 
A)  absolute 
B)  amorphous 
C)  relative 
D)  non-existent

Question 15

Business ethics depends heavily for its context on the structures in which business operates.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Government regulation of free enterprise should not_______ 	.

Accepted Answer

A)  protect the public interest 
B)  promote health and safety 
C)  encourage monopoly pricing 
D)  keep competition fair 
A)  protect the public interest 
B)  promote health and safety 
C)  encourage monopoly pricing 
D)  keep competition fair

Question 17

Which should not guide companies in shaping ethical behaviors?

Accepted Answer

A)  The desire to discipline employees 
B)  Respect for local traditions 
C)  The belief that context matters 
D)  Respect for core human values 
A)  The desire to discipline employees 
B)  Respect for local traditions 
C)  The belief that context matters 
D)  Respect for core human values

Question 18

Leaded gasoline is banned in the United States.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

According to cultural relativism, no culture's ethics are better than any other's.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

All chemicals legal in one country are legal in every other country.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Ethical business leaders_______ .

There is no action that is wrong in every system of background institutions.

Companies have no ethical obligation to help managers distinguish between practices that are merely different and those that are wrong.

Host country and home country often have __________.

Modern day Russia presents perhaps a unique example of_______ .

Business ethics, as an area of study, had its birth in industrial Great Britain.

There are no fundamental values that cross cultures.

Customs regarding gifts to government officials are the same worldwide.

Moral relativism exists_______ .

Host country and home country often have _______.

Russians tend to distinguish "business" from the running of factories and other large enterprises.

A U.S. manager in Saudi Arabia asking Saudi training participants about a hypothetical case in which a manager makes sexually explicit remarks to a new employee of the same gender in a bar is likely to face:

Business ethics is a type of________ .

Ethical imperialism holds that ethical standards should be __________.

Business ethics depends heavily for its context on the structures in which business operates.

Government regulation of free enterprise should not_______ .

Which should not guide companies in shaping ethical behaviors?

Leaded gasoline is banned in the United States.

According to cultural relativism, no culture's ethics are better than any other's.

All chemicals legal in one country are legal in every other country.

The Overall Introduction

Business Ethics: The Controversy

Ethical Reasoning in Practice

Truth Telling

Traditional Theories of Property and Profit

Contemporary Challenges to Property Rights

Justice

The Role of Organizational Values

Values and the Virtuous Manager

Issues in Employment

Diversity

Ethical Relativism

Marketing

The Environment

Globalization

Filters

Exam 13: Business Values Away From Home

Ethical business leaders_______ .

There is no action that is wrong in every system of background institutions.

Companies have no ethical obligation to help managers distinguish between practices that are merely different and those that are wrong.

Host country and home country often have __________.

Modern day Russia presents perhaps a unique example of_______ .

Business ethics, as an area of study, had its birth in industrial Great Britain.

There are no fundamental values that cross cultures.

Customs regarding gifts to government officials are the same worldwide.

Moral relativism exists_______ .

Host country and home country often have _______.

Russians tend to distinguish "business" from the running of factories and other large enterprises.

A U.S. manager in Saudi Arabia asking Saudi training participants about a hypothetical case in which a manager makes sexually explicit remarks to a new employee of the same gender in a bar is likely to face:

Business ethics is a type of________ .

Ethical imperialism holds that ethical standards should be __________.

Business ethics depends heavily for its context on the structures in which business operates.

Government regulation of free enterprise should not_______ .

Which should not guide companies in shaping ethical behaviors?

Leaded gasoline is banned in the United States.

According to cultural relativism, no culture's ethics are better than any other's.

All chemicals legal in one country are legal in every other country.

The Overall Introduction

Business Ethics: The Controversy

Ethical Reasoning in Practice

Truth Telling

Traditional Theories of Property and Profit

Contemporary Challenges to Property Rights

Justice

The Role of Organizational Values

Values and the Virtuous Manager

Issues in Employment

Diversity

Ethical Relativism

Marketing

The Environment

Globalization

Filters