Exam 3: Conducting Business Ethically and Responsibly

The president of a company has paid himself a large salary and a handsome bonus,received a large number of lucrative stock options,and hired his family members at high salaries.The president is probably guilty of

Behaviour that is unethical is also typically illegal.

Sussex Co.is developing a policy so it will be more environmentally responsible.A problem that it will face will be

Paramount Pizza wants to be seen as a socially responsibility company.It can support its claim of being a socially responsible company by

When Melvin Crothers,a WestJet employee,discovered that another WestJet employee was accessing a restricted Air Canada website,he called a person at Air Canada and told that person what was going on.When Crothers did this,he was engaged in

Australia,Canada,and the U.S.are the world's largest greenhouse gas emitters on a per capita basis.

Xanex Corp.will respond to requests for donations from certain charitable organizations,but it will not seek them out.This is an example of a defensive stance toward social responsibility.

While everyone seems to accept the idea that attention must be paid to organizational stakeholders,it is difficult to know which ones should be given the most attention.

List five general categories of organizational stakeholders.

Mary is a purchasing agent who has been offered a gift by a supplier if she will order products from them for her company.Mary is facing a

When plant and animal waste is recycled to produce energy,this is referred to as biomass.

What is a whistle-blower?

What are the four major areas of social responsibility? Provide an example of each.

If the Lexington Corporation's mission statement shows a primary commitment to compassionately improve the lives of elderly citizens,which of the following is least likely to be true with respect to the company's ethical code?

The ethical norm of justice evaluates if the decision is consistent with cultural standards of fairness.

What is the simplified three-step model for applying ethical judgments to situations that may arise during the course of business activities?

In Brazil,the term "jeitinho" is used to denote strict adherence to the rules.