Question 1

Which one of the following arguments on social responsibility states that there is no direct line of responsibility for social actions?

Accepted Answer

A)  dilution of purpose 
B)  ethical obligation 
C)  balance of responsibility and power 
D)  lack of accountability

Question 2

John is offered an attractive incentive to steal sensitive information about his company's wealthy investment customers. Which one of the following statements best reflects John's thoughts if he is at the preconventional level of moral development?

Accepted Answer

A)  If I do go through with the act, I will be letting down my manager and coworkers badly. 
B)  My job is to protect the information that this company deals in and I should not violate my duties. 
C)  I am liable to be criminally prosecuted for my involvement in stealing the information. 
D)  Going through with this act would be highly unfair not just to the client, but also to my employers.

Question 3

Which of the following ISO standards is related to environmental management?

Accepted Answer

A)  ISO 9000 
B)  ISO 14000 
C)  ISO 16000 
D)  ISO 8000

Question 4

In which one of the following stages of moral development do individuals live up to what is expected by people close to them and maintain order by fulfilling obligations to which they have agreed?

Accepted Answer

A)  conscientious stage 
B)  conventional stage 
C)  principled stage 
D)  preconventional stage

Question 5

Carson wants to build an electricity generating plant that uses combustible fuels collected from the city's garbage, and 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. Carson is being mostly ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  socially guarded 
B)  socially focused 
C)  socially obligated 
D)  socially responsive

Question 6

If Google asks 25 members of its executive team to spend a full day during their annual team-building retreat building a house in Las Vegas with Habitat for Humanity, the executives would be engaging in employee ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  volunteering efforts 
B)  entrepreneuring efforts 
C)  whistle-blowing efforts 
D)  administering efforts

Question 7

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

Accepted Answer

A)  An organization with low conflict tolerance encourages ethical behavior. 
B)  An organization with strong culture can encourage either ethical or unethical behavior. 
C)  An organizational culture that is high in conflict tolerance encourages unethical behavior. 
D)  An organizational culture that is high in control encourages unethical behavior.

Question 8

Pressure to perform and meet goals has little impact on an employee's decision to behave ethically.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

An organization is said to adopt the market approach to going green when it responds to the environmental demands made by its stakeholders.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

A ________ is an individual or organization who seeks out opportunities to improve society by using practical, innovative, and sustainable approaches.

Accepted Answer

A)  sustainability contractor 
B)  social entrepreneur 
C)  philanthropist 
D)  whistle-blower

Question 11

Employees who raise ethical concerns or issues in an organization are known as ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  employee-volunteers 
B)  whistle-blowers 
C)  entrepreneurs 
D)  philanthropist

Question 12

According to the classical view of social responsibility, management's only social responsibility is to maximize profits.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

A student who never considers breaking into an instructor's office to steal an accounting exam didn't think twice about asking a friend who took the same course from the same instructor last semester what questions were on the exam. What does this example illustrate?

Accepted Answer

A)  This example illustrates the concept of issue intensity. 
B)  The student involved has an internal locus of control. 
C)  The student involved has a strong ego strength. 
D)  This example illustrates the concept of value-based management.

Question 14

A ________ is a formal statement of an organization's primary values and the ethical rules it expects its employees to follow.

Accepted Answer

A)  mission statement 
B)  values statement 
C)  code of ethics 
D)  vision statement

Question 15

Managers who consider the impact of their organization on the natural environment are said to be practicing ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  value-based management 
B)  ethics-based management 
C)  socially responsible management 
D)  green management

Question 16

Under what approach is the organization driven to look for ways to respect and preserve the earth and its natural resources?

Accepted Answer

A)  stakeholder approach 
B)  market approach 
C)  legal approach 
D)  activist approach

Question 17

If your university was paying minimum wage when necessary and applying the minimum legal standards to its employees work environment, it would be said to have fulfilled its ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  social obligation 
B)  social responsibility 
C)  social responsiveness 
D)  social expectation

Question 18

________ represent basic convictions about what is right and wrong.

Accepted Answer

A)  Dogmas 
B)  Values 
C)  Principles 
D)  Beliefs

Question 19

The term "values" refers to basic convictions about what is right and wrong behavior.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

________ is defined as a business firm's intention, beyond its legal and economic obligations, to do the right things and act in ways that are good for society.

Accepted Answer

A)  Social obligation 
B)  Social responsibility 
C)  Social screening 
D)  Values-based management

Exam 5: Socially Conscious Management

Which one of the following arguments on social responsibility states that there is no direct line of responsibility for social actions?

John is offered an attractive incentive to steal sensitive information about his company's wealthy investment customers. Which one of the following statements best reflects John's thoughts if he is at the preconventional level of moral development?

Which of the following ISO standards is related to environmental management?

In which one of the following stages of moral development do individuals live up to what is expected by people close to them and maintain order by fulfilling obligations to which they have agreed?

If Google asks 25 members of its executive team to spend a full day during their annual team-building retreat building a house in Las Vegas with Habitat for Humanity, the executives would be engaging in employee ________.

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

Pressure to perform and meet goals has little impact on an employee's decision to behave ethically.

An organization is said to adopt the market approach to going green when it responds to the environmental demands made by its stakeholders.

A ________ is an individual or organization who seeks out opportunities to improve society by using practical, innovative, and sustainable approaches.

Employees who raise ethical concerns or issues in an organization are known as ________.

According to the classical view of social responsibility, management's only social responsibility is to maximize profits.

A student who never considers breaking into an instructor's office to steal an accounting exam didn't think twice about asking a friend who took the same course from the same instructor last semester what questions were on the exam. What does this example illustrate?

A ________ is a formal statement of an organization's primary values and the ethical rules it expects its employees to follow.

Managers who consider the impact of their organization on the natural environment are said to be practicing ________.

Under what approach is the organization driven to look for ways to respect and preserve the earth and its natural resources?

If your university was paying minimum wage when necessary and applying the minimum legal standards to its employees work environment, it would be said to have fulfilled its ________.

________ represent basic convictions about what is right and wrong.

The term "values" refers to basic convictions about what is right and wrong behavior.

________ is defined as a business firm's intention, beyond its legal and economic obligations, to do the right things and act in ways that are good for society.