Exam 5: Managing Social Responsibility and Ethics

The belief that business involvement can help solve difficult social problems is the ________ argument on social responsibility.

People with an internal locus of control believe that what happens to them is due to luck or chance.

In which of the following approaches of going green does the organization exhibit the least environmental sensitivity?

In the preconventional stage of moral development,individuals make a clear effort to define moral principles apart from the authority of the groups to which they belong or of society in general.

The ________ Act offers some legal protection to whistle-blowers.It has a provision wherein any manager who retaliates against an employee for reporting violations faces a stiff penalty of a 10-year jail sentence.

A U.S.business that provides on-site childcare facilities for employees is ________.

The most outspoken advocate of the classical view of social responsibility is economist and Nobel laureate ________.

At the conventional level of moral development,ethical decisions rely on maintaining expected standards and living up to the expectations of others.

Summing Up Social Responsibility (Scenario) Max Proffit,director of research and development for National Products Company,that is into producing hiking gears has learned that a new material has been developed in his department that appears to make the ropes and slings more durable.He has discussed this development with his two assistants,Susie Merriweather and Moe Gaines,and Rush Onward,vice president of product development.Susie has stated her opposition to the use of the new material because its durability has not yet been tested and has not been certified by the company's third-party testing laboratory.Moe argues that the initial tests that their R&D department completed indicate minimal problems with durability.Rush states that in several meetings he has recently attended,the company president had repeatedly emphasized the need to increase earnings per share.Rush tells Max that a decision has to be made within the week about the new material's use by the Company. -Susie's opposition to the use of the new uncertified material is an indication that she ________.

________ measures the strength of a person's convictions.

Which of the following is true concerning the impact of organizational culture on ethical behavior?

________ represent basic convictions about what is right and wrong.

The primary debate about ethics training programs is whether ________.

Possession of resources is an argument for social responsibility.

Two Opposing Views of Social Responsibility (Scenario) The board of directors of Acme Generating Corporation is meeting to consider the construction of a new electricity generation facility somewhere along the Muspetan River basin.The city of Muspetan has a high Air Pollution Index and the increasing amount of garbage is adding to the city's woes.Director Appleton would like the facility to be a coal-burning plant located in a remote area because the cost involved is moderate.Director Witworth wants a nuclear plant because this will not add to the city's already serious pollution problem,while taking care of its electricity requirements.Director Jossleman wants a plant that uses combustible fuels collected from the city's garbage.He wants the plant to be located near the downtown government area so that the steam could be used for heating the government buildings after it has passed through the generating turbines. -Director Jossleman is being mostly ________.

The Environmental Study (Scenario) You have just been challenged by your supervisor to study and report your findings on approaches that organizations use when dealing with the environment and when pursuing the goal of going green.Your boss tells you to study the four major approaches,differentiate among them,and report to him in a week. -Under what approach does the organization work to meet the environmental demands of multiple groups of people including employees,suppliers,or the community?

Under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act,whistle-blowers in the United States who report suspected corporate violations of laws now have broad protection from reprisals and retaliation.

According to the socioeconomic view,managers' social responsibilities go beyond making profits to include protecting and improving society's welfare.

At the ________ level of moral development,individuals define moral values apart from the authority of the groups to which they belong or society in general.

________ defined as the principles and beliefs that define right and wrong decisions and behavior.