Question 1

UNOCAL worked with the Burmese army to push the pipeline using forced labor.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 2

Utilitarianism is attractive to many because it matches the views we tend to hold when discussing governmental policies and public goods.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 3

Utilitarianism characterizes the moral approach taken by Ford in the infamous Pinto case study.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 4

Few businesses maintain that the socially responsible course to take is the utilitarian one with the lowest net costs.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Roche can defend its use of harvested organs solely on the basis of ethical relativism.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Considerations to follow in determining what the moral thing to do might be are:

Accepted Answer

A)  You must determine what alternative actions are available. 
B)  You must estimate the direct and indirect costs and benefits the action would produce for all involved in the foreseeable future. 
C)  You must choose the alternative that produces the greatest sum total of utility. 
D)  All the above 
E)  A & C

Question 7

Immanuel Kant's principle, called the categorical imperative, requires that everyone be treated as:

Accepted Answer

A)  A free and equal person 
B)  A dependent employee 
C)  An indentured person 
D)  A non-resident employee

Question 8

Rule utilitarianism looks only at moral rules of a particular action.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Negative rights are defined entirely in terms of the duties others have not to interfere with you.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Intrinsic goods are things that are desired for their own sake, such as health and life.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Major problems with the utilitarian reliance on measurement include:

Accepted Answer

A)  Comparative measures of the values things have for different people cannot be made; we cannot get into each others' skins to measure the pleasure or pain caused. 
B)  All benefits and costs are possible to measure. 
C)  The potential benefits and costs of an action cannot always be reliably predicted. 
D)  All the above 
E)  A & C

Question 12

Rawls Principle of equal liberty includes:

Accepted Answer

A)  Right to vote 
B)  Freedom of speech 
C)  Freedom of arbitrary arrest 
D)  All of the above 
E)  None of the above

Question 13

Cost-benefit analysis is used to determine the desirability of investing in a project (such as a dam, factory, or public park) by figuring whether its present and future economic benefits outweigh its present and future economic costs.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

UNOCAL agrees that it shares responsibility with the Burmese army over treatment of pipeline citizens.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 2: Ethical Principles in Business

UNOCAL worked with the Burmese army to push the pipeline using forced labor.

Utilitarianism is attractive to many because it matches the views we tend to hold when discussing governmental policies and public goods.

Utilitarianism characterizes the moral approach taken by Ford in the infamous Pinto case study.

Few businesses maintain that the socially responsible course to take is the utilitarian one with the lowest net costs.

Roche can defend its use of harvested organs solely on the basis of ethical relativism.

Considerations to follow in determining what the moral thing to do might be are:

Immanuel Kant's principle, called the categorical imperative, requires that everyone be treated as:

Rule utilitarianism looks only at moral rules of a particular action.

Negative rights are defined entirely in terms of the duties others have not to interfere with you.

Intrinsic goods are things that are desired for their own sake, such as health and life.

Major problems with the utilitarian reliance on measurement include:

Rawls Principle of equal liberty includes:

Cost-benefit analysis is used to determine the desirability of investing in a project (such as a dam, factory, or public park) by figuring whether its present and future economic benefits outweigh its present and future economic costs.

UNOCAL agrees that it shares responsibility with the Burmese army over treatment of pipeline citizens.