Question 1

Ethical business leadership is the skill to create circumstances in which bad people are taught to do good.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Ethics refers to how human beings should properly live their lives.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

According to the tradition of theoretical reason, _____ is the great arbiter of truth.

Accepted Answer

A) religion 
B) perception 
C) science 
D) ethics

Question 4

Ethics seeks an account of how and why people should act a certain way, rather than how they do act. This nature of ethics makes it a(n) _____ discipline.

Accepted Answer

A) descriptive 
B) supererogatory 
C) normative 
D) stipulative

Question 5

Describe the advantages associated with ethical decision-making.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Describe the advantages associated with ethical decision-making....

Question 6

_____ serve the ends of human well-being.

Accepted Answer

The answer of _____ serve the ends of human well-being....

Question 7

Normative disciplines presuppose some underlying ____.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Normative disciplines presuppose some underlying ____....

Question 8

The aspect of business ethics that examines business institutions from a social rather than an individual perspective is referred to as:

Accepted Answer

A) decision making for social responsibility. 
B) corporate cultural responsibility. 
C) institutionalized ethical responsibility. 
D) institutional morality.

Question 9

Which of the following is an approach advocated while teaching ethics?

Accepted Answer

A) Teachers should teach ethical dogma to a passive audience. 
B) Teachers should consider acceptance of customary norms as an adequate ethical perspective. 
C) Teachers should understand that their role is only to tell the right answers to their students. 
D) Teachers should challenge students to think for themselves.

Question 10

Differentiate between practical reason and theoretical reason.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Differentiate between practical reason and theoretical reason....

Question 11

Technically speaking, values are not necessarily positive or ethical in nature.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

As a _____ discipline, ethics seeks an account of how and why people should act a certain way.

Accepted Answer

A) descriptive 
B) supererogatory 
C) normative 
D) stipulative

Question 13

Ethical decision making in business is limited to major corporate decisions with dramatic social consequences.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Which of the following can be thought of as the answer to the fundamental questions of theoretical reason?

Accepted Answer

A) The scientific method 
B) The practical approach 
C) The contingency approach 
D) The normative model

Question 15

In a general sense, a business stakeholder is one who has made substantial financial investments in the business.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Like ethics, social sciences such as psychology and sociology also examine human decision making and actions. However, these fields differ from ethics because they are ____.

Accepted Answer

A) normative in nature 
B) descriptive in nature 
C) persuasive in nature 
D) stipulative in nature

Question 17

Discuss the hesitation (that may be justified) associated with teaching ethics. Explain briefly how the authors of this text believe that ethics can be taught constructively in a class.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Discuss the hesitation (that may be justified)...

Question 18

Which of the following best describes ethics?

Accepted Answer

A) An academic discipline which originated in the early 1900s. 
B) A descriptive approach that provides an account of how and why people do act the way they do. 
C) The study of how human beings should properly live their lives. 
D) A descriptive approach such as psychology and sociology.

Question 19

Philosophers often emphasize that ethics is ____, which means that it deals with a person's reasoning about how he or she should act.

Accepted Answer

A) normative 
B) descriptive 
C) stipulative 
D) persuasive

Question 20

_____ is the aspect of ethics that is referred to by the phrase "personal integrity."

Accepted Answer

The answer of _____ is the aspect of ethics that...

Exam 1: Ethics and Business

Ethical business leadership is the skill to create circumstances in which bad people are taught to do good.

Ethics refers to how human beings should properly live their lives.

According to the tradition of theoretical reason, _____ is the great arbiter of truth.

Ethics seeks an account of how and why people should act a certain way, rather than how they do act. This nature of ethics makes it a(n) _____ discipline.

Describe the advantages associated with ethical decision-making.

_____ serve the ends of human well-being.

Normative disciplines presuppose some underlying ____.

The aspect of business ethics that examines business institutions from a social rather than an individual perspective is referred to as:

Which of the following is an approach advocated while teaching ethics?

Differentiate between practical reason and theoretical reason.

Technically speaking, values are not necessarily positive or ethical in nature.

As a _____ discipline, ethics seeks an account of how and why people should act a certain way.

Ethical decision making in business is limited to major corporate decisions with dramatic social consequences.

Which of the following can be thought of as the answer to the fundamental questions of theoretical reason?

In a general sense, a business stakeholder is one who has made substantial financial investments in the business.

Like ethics, social sciences such as psychology and sociology also examine human decision making and actions. However, these fields differ from ethics because they are ____.

Discuss the hesitation (that may be justified) associated with teaching ethics. Explain briefly how the authors of this text believe that ethics can be taught constructively in a class.

Which of the following best describes ethics?

Philosophers often emphasize that ethics is ____, which means that it deals with a person's reasoning about how he or she should act.

_____ is the aspect of ethics that is referred to by the phrase "personal integrity."