Exam 5: Ethics, corporate Responsibility, and Sustainability

Vijay works for a food manufacturer that plans to move to Mexico to take advantage of the cheaper labor.The CEO rationalizes this decision by claiming that many other companies are making similar moves.Vijay counters that the number of people who will be harmed by losing their jobs will be more than the number of people who will be helped by the relocation.Which of the following ethical systems does this debate contrast?

________ in business is considered compatible with the natural ecosystems that generate and preserve life.

Which of the following should be done for constructing an effective ethics code?

Which of the goals of a transcendent education involves viewing success not merely as personal gain,but as a common victory?

Telling others,inside or outside the organization,about wrongdoing is called.

Write an essay on whistleblowing.

Which of the following is one of the five higher goals of a transcendent education?

Individuals can be ethical leaders if they have a strong moral character,regardless of which issues attract their attention.

Scenario C: Aparna and Eli,managers from different departments at Greater Midwest Credit Union,are discussing the troubling behavior of a credit union employee.Aparna says that it is the responsibility of high-level managers to take steps to prevent legal wrongdoing by punishing offenders.However,Eli believes that every individual should take personal responsibility for his or her own behavior and that everyone needs to understand how to do the right thing. -In Scenario C,each of the managers tends to be responsible for creating a different ________ in their respective departments.

Scenario D: Lily and Amare are colleagues who witnessed one of their team members,Elspeth,making a personal purchase over the Internet,which is prohibited in their company.The management had previously announced that those who report wrongdoing of fellow employees will be rewarded.Lily decided not to report Elspeth's act to the management since it was done after hours.However,Amare decided to do so with the hope of being rewarded. -In Scenario D,according to Kohlberg's model of cognitive moral development,Amare can be categorized as being in the ________ stage.

________ has as its primary goal the creation of sustainable economic development and improvement of quality of life worldwide for all organizational stakeholders.

Discuss the five basic types of ethical systems and provide an example for each.

Maja's behavior is typically guided by what she thinks would be acceptable to her parents.According to Kohlberg,which of the following stages of moral development does Maja's behavior exemplify?

Values are the rules that govern people's behavior and identify the "goods" that are worth seeking.

A(n)________ has five higher goals that balance self-interest with responsibility to others.

According to virtue ethics,moral individuals can transcend society's rules by applying personal virtues.

Which ethical system states that the greatest good for the greatest number should be the overriding concern of decision makers?

Which of the following is most likely to be the last step in an ideal ethical decision-making process?

Which of the following statements about compliance-based ethics programs are true?

________ is moral philosophy