Deck 10: Moral Choices Facing Employees

Question 1

The phrase "morally justified" is never ambiguous.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Whistle blowers are often stigmatized as disloyal.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

The buying or selling of stocks by business insiders on the basis of information that has not yet been made public is

A)Insider trading
B)Business broking
C)Hedging bets
D)Whistle blowing

Answer 3

A

Question 4

A business fir functions

A)For social benefit
B)To make money
C)To create employment
D)To generate social welfare

Question 5

Norman Bowie compares whistle-blowing to the civil disobedience of the 1960s.

Question 6

Which theory of insider trading did the U.S.Supreme Court endorse in 1997?

A)The misappropriation theory
B)The misapplication theory
C)The stock-bond theory
D)The whisperer theory

Question 7

Whistle blowers can be motivated by a sense of professional responsibility.

Question 8

Supererogatory actions are above and beyond the call of duty.

Question 9

The SEC is the

A)Securities and Exchange Commission
B)Securities and Exchange Counsel
C)Social Excellence Committee
D)Social Expense Commission

Question 10

Which Supreme Court case addressed insider trading in 1997?

A)Griswold v.Connecticut
B)Roe v.Wade
C)Brown v.Board
D)U.S.v.O'Hagan

Question 11

The notion of company loyalty, according to Shaw, is

A)Outdated
B)Trendy
C)Commonplace
D)Rare

Question 12

Executives who retaliate against employees who report possible violations of federal law can be imprisoned for up to ten years.

Question 13

The Saxones-Oxley Act provides protection for employees who report possible securities fraud.

Question 14

The voluntary release of non-public information is

A)Whistle blowing
B)Trumpet sounding
C)Bell ringing
D)Horn blowing

Question 15

Whistle-blowing is never justified.

Question 16

The question of motive is an important one in Kantian ethics.

Question 17

Some writers deny that employees have an obligation of loyalty to the company they work for.

Question 18

Concern with self-interest is never warranted.

Question 19

What is the primary source of an organization's right to expect employees to act on its behalf?

A)Common decency
B)Morality
C)Common law
D)Contract

Question 20

There are never any social benefits to whistle blowing.