Deck 11: Global Ethics

Question 1

Which of the following is not one of the convergent factors leading multinationals to adopt more similar ethical practices?

A)Regional trade agreements
B)Global customers and products
C)Cross-border competition
D)Mergers and acquisitions
E)All of the above

Answer 1

E

Question 2

Which of the following national cultural dimensions are likely to have a greater number of people engaging in deviant acts such as crime?

A)Values of high achievement
B)High pecuniary materialism
C)High universalism
D)All of the above
E)None of the above

Answer 2

D

Question 3

High individualism means:

A)People value achievement
B)People are more ambitious because they expect to be treated fairly
C)People have high materialistic tendencies
D)People value their own person freedom
E)All of the above

Answer 3

D

Question 4

High universalism means:

A)People value achievement
B)People are more ambitious because they expect to be treated fairly
C)People have high materialistic tendencies
D)People value their own person freedom
E)None of the above

Question 5

According to Cullen, Parboteeah, and Hoegl,which of the following characteristics of societies encourage more deviance?

A)Low levels of industrialization
B)Capitalist systems
C)High degrees of family breakdown
D)All of the above
E)None of the above

Question 6

What is an ethical viewpoint based on the assumption that there are no objective and universal moral standard?

A)Ethical relativism
B)Ethical universalism
C)Ethical standard
D)Individualism
E)Masculinity

Question 7

_________ holds that basic moral principles transcend cultural and national boundaries.

A)Ethical relativism
B)Ethical universalism
C)Ethical standard
D)Ethical individualism
E)None of the above

Question 8

Which of the following is FALSE regarding women workers and their rights?

A)Women workers provide the bulk of labor in developing nations in export oriented sectors
B)Women workers are paid lower wages than men
C)Women are often paid low wages in poor working conditions
D)Women do not enjoy any benefits from joining the workforce
E)None of the above is true

Question 9

Which of the following is true regarding women workers and their rights?

A)Women may have to juggle both unpaid domestic work and paid work
B)Men tend to be disproportionately represented in the managerial level relative to women
C)Women are considered flexible labor and can easily be fired if they become pregnant or are sick
D)All of the above
E)None of the above

Question 10

All of the following are benefits women enjoy from joining the workforce EXCEPT:

A)Employment alternatives for women are often much worse that the factory jobs and wages
B)Women have access to other female companions
C)Women become more financially independent
D)Women achieve greater equality in the household
E)Women have access to better working conditions

Question 11

Child labor can be a complex issue for all of the following reasons except:

A)Some children have to work to help their families cope with poverty
B)If these children don't work, they may not necessarily have the means to get access to education
C)The work will be done either way whether a child is involved or not
D)There is some evidence that child labor can provide children with pyscho-social benefits and provide some education that a formal education system cannot
E)None of the above

Question 12

Safety at work, child labor, and women workers and rights are all examples of what?

A)Critical labor issues that multinationals have to contend with
B)Secondary labor issues that multinationals have to contend with
C)Issues that multinationals don't have to worry about
D)Only pertain to domestic companies
E)Apply to both domestic and multinational companies

Question 13

_______ occurs when someone receives a bribe and does something that they are legally prohibited from doing.

A)Employee Fraud
B)Corruption
C)Ethical Manipulation
D)Ethical individualism
E)Universalism

Question 14

All of the following are results of bribery and corruption EXCEPT:

A)Higher public spending for projects
B)Lower-quality projects
C)Undermined competition
D)Creation of obstacles to business
E)Higher company growth

Question 15

Which of the following is NOT TRUE regarding the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)?

A)The FCPA forbids US companies from making or offering payments or gifts to foreign government officials
B)The FCPA reason-to-know provision means that a firm is liable for bribes or payments even if such bribes or payments are made by agents hired by the firm
C)The FCPA does not forbid payments made under duress to acoid injury or violence
D)The FCPA forbids small payments that are needed for officials to do their routine work
E)All of the above are true

Question 16

The provision that means that a firm is liable for bribes or questionable payments made by agents hired by the firm, even if members of the firm did not actually make the payments or see them being made is known as

A)The reason-to-know provision
B)The need-not-know provision
C)The uncertainty provision
D)The third party provision
E)None of the above

Question 17

According to Donaldson (1989), which of the following is not one of the three moral languages?

A)Avoiding harm
B)Rights and duties
C)Social contract
D)Prescriptive ethics
E)All of the above

Question 18

Which of the following regarding "hypernorms" is FALSE ?

A)Hypernorms include freedom of speech
B)Hypernorms include freedom of association
C)Represent the universally binding ethical practices
D)None of the above are true
E)All of the above are true

Question 19

The first step in the decision-making process in the HKH model:

A)Requires the multinational to ask whether the questionable practice breaks any laws or regulations
B)Is to determine whether the decision being pondered is actually a questionable practice
C)Requires the multinational to consider whether questionable practice is simply a cultural difference or could represent a potential ethics problem.
D)Requires the multinational to consider whether the questionable ethical practice could represent a business ethics problem
E)Requires the multinational to determine whether it has leverage to do business its own way

Question 20

The final and fifth step of the HKH model

A)Requires the multinational to ask whether the questionable practice breaks any laws or regulations
B)Is to determine whether the decision being pondered is actually a questionable practice
C)Requires the multinational to consider whether questionable practice is simply a cultural difference or could represent a potential ethics problem.

Question 21

How many steps are there in the HKH model?

A)1
B)3
C)5
D)7
E)9

Question 22

__________ refers to the ability of the multinational to have clout based on its reputation or ability to provide jobs or train employees in the host country.

A)Insight
B)Quid Pro Quo
C)Leverage
D)Power
E)None of the above

Question 23

What is a formalized public statement that articulates the rules and regulations that will guide organizational practices with ethical consequences?

A)The code of ethics
B)The articles of incorporation
C)The bylaws
D)Ethical universalism
E)Ethical relativism

Question 24

According to Stohl, Stohl, and Popova (2009), a first generation of code of ethics is when the:

A)Focus is on responsibilities grounded in the wider interconnected environment
B)Focus in on the responsibility to stakeholders
C)Focus is on the legal responsibility of the company
D)None of the above
E)All of the above

Question 25

… refers to gifts or payments to someone to expedite a government action or to gain some business advantage?

A)Bribery
B)Child Labor
C)Corruption
D)Whistle-blowing
E)None of the above

Question 26

Which of the following are characteristics of a whistle-blowing program?

A)It offers an unamious way for employees to report ethical violations
B)Detects behaviors before it is too late
C)It can be used as an internal control to prevent fraud
D)None of the above
E)All of the above

Question 27

According to Stohl, Stohl, and Popova (2009), a third generation code of ethics is when:

A)Focus is on responsibilities grounded in the wider interconnected environment
B)Focus in on the responsibility to stakeholders
C)Focus is on the legal responsibility of the company
D)None of the above
E)All of the above

Question 28

Which step of the HKH model states that the multinational needs to consider whether the questionable practice is simply a cultural difference or could represent a potential ethics problem?

A)First
B)Second
C)Third
D)Fourth
E)Fifth

Question 29

Which of the following can a company do to become more ethical?

A)Ethics training
B)Whistle-blowing hotline
C)Implement a code of ethics
D)None of the above
E)All of the above

Question 30

What is global business ethics? Why is global business ethics critical?

Question 31

Discuss some of the ways national culture and social institutions affect ethical behavior. Be specific with examples.

Question 32

Compare and contrast ethical relativism with ethical universalism.

Question 33

What is bribery? Discuss some of the negative effects of bribery both for companies and for societies.

Question 34

What can multinationals do to become more ethica? Be specific.