Deck 2: Ethics and Social Responsibility in Business

Question 1

Social responsibility is the recognition that usiness activities have an impact on society and the consideration of that impact in business decisions.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

The economic model of social responsibility places emphasis not only on profits but also on the impact of business decisions on society.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Consumerism consists of all those activities that are undertaken to protect the rights of consumers in their dealings with business.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Six basic rights of consumers are the right to safety, the right to be informed, the right to choose, the right to be heard, the right to consumer education, and the right to service.

Question 5

Whistle-blowing is an attempt by business to stop employees from exposing their unethical business behavior.

Question 6

One factor that influences ethical decision making because of the amount of freedom given to employees is the __________ factor.

A) business
B) consumer
C) marketing
D) opportunity
E) internal

Question 7

A plan designed to increase the number of minority employees at all levels within an organiza-tion is called

A) the hard-core unemployed.
B) an affirmative action program.
C) the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
D) the socioeconomic initiative.
E) the right to work.

Question 8

Initiating a social responsibility program takes

A) the commitment of top executives.
B) the commitment of middle managers.
C) the commitment of employees.
D) the commitment of competitors.
E) no commitment.

Question 9

_________ is the process of creating, making, delivering, and promoting products that are envi-ronmentally safe.

A) Consumerism
B) A social audit
C) Green marketing
D) Recycling
E) Social responsibility

Question 10

A guide to acceptable and ethical behavior is known as

A) a code of ethics.
B) business ethics.
C) a social audit.
D) consumerism.
E) an ethical behavior guide.

Question 11

A policy of considering only nonminority pplicants for job openings is called reverse discrimination.

Question 12

Today, few firms are either purely economic or purely socioeconomic in their outlook.

Question 13

Working conditions in the early twentieth century were not much different from those that exist today, except for the more advanced technology involved.

Question 14

Government intervention into business increased after the Great Depression of the 1930s.

Question 15

An argument for increased social responsibility is the fact that, because business managers are rimarily responsible to business owners, they must be concerned with providing a return on the owners' investments.

Question 16

A group of people who have been singled out for unfavorable treatment on the basis of race, re-ligion, politics, or national origin is called

A) an affirmative action group.
B) the hard-core unemployed.
C) a minority.
D) the economically disadvantaged.
E) a majority.

Question 17

Environmentalists tend to believe that the proper treatment and disposal of industrial waste is the responsibility of _________.

A) communities
B) consumers
C) government
D) environmental groups
E) businesses

Question 18

A government agency with the power to investigate complaints of discrimination and to sue firms that practice discrimination is the

A) National Alliance of Business.
B) Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
C) NAACP.
D) Federal Trade Commission.
E) Interstate Commerce Commission.

Question 19

The concept that business should emphasize not only profits but also the impact of its decisions on society describes which of the following?

A) Social responsibility
B) Green marketing
C) Socioeconomic model of social responsibility
D) Economic model of social responsibility
E) Business ethics

Question 20

An employee's decision to inform the press or government officials of his or her firm's unethi-cal practices is referred to as

A) whistle-blowing.
B) the corporate code of ethics.
C) business ethics.
D) the grapevine.
E) tattling.