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Oxtron, Inc. is considering establishing a program that actively encourages ethical behavior. What reasons would support Oxtron's adoption of an ethics program?

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The following reasons support an ethics ...

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John Johnson is a customer of company ABC. As such, John is a(n)


A) shareholder.
B) customer and stakeholder.
C) customer only.
D) stakeholder only.

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Wever, Inc. is considering relocating a facility to Mexico. The interests of the various stakeholders affected by this decision may conflict.

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Which person argued that a corporate manager's primary responsibility is to the shareholders of the organization and that managers should make the company as profitable as possible while also complying with the law?


A) John Rawls
B) John Stuart Mill
C) Immanuel Kant
D) Milton Friedman

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_______ is the belief that some acts are always right or always wrong, whereas ______ is the belief that a decision may be right even if it is not in keeping with our own ethical standards.​


A) Moral universalism; moral relativism
B) Moral relativism; moral universalism
C) Utilitarianism; deontological ethics
D) Deontological ethics; utilitarianism

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Your co-worker, Bill, comes into the office and tells you that he is going to play "hooky" and go golfing, believing that the boss will think he is out calling on clients. When your boss comes in, he asks you where Bill is and you reply, "I saw him in the office earlier this morning, but I haven't seen him lately." What would Kant call this misleading statement?


A) a palter
B) a categorical imperative
C) a veil of ignorance
D) an ethical omission

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John Akers, former chairman of IBM, argued that ethics are not important to economic competitiveness.

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A recent study found that more creative people tend to be less ethical. Why is this so?​


A) Creative people are better at rationalizing their bad behavior.
B) Creative people don't care about profitability.
C) Creative people are capable of coming up with more ways to be unethical.
D) Creative people are not loyal to the organization.

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What is ethics?


A) Always telling the truth
B) The study of how people should behave
C) Following the law
D) The rules by which you live your life

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Explain the meaning of the following ethics traps: rationalization, conformity, following orders, lost in a crowd, and blind spots.

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Rationalization: When we do something wr...

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Does ethical behavior maximize profitability?


A) Yes, there is concrete evidence that ethical behavior will always maximize profitability.
B) No, there is concrete evidence that unethical companies will always outperform ethical companies.
C) Although there is no guarantee that ethical behavior pays in the short or long run, there is evidence that the ethical company is more likely to win financially.
D) There is strong evidence that ethical behavior pays financially in the long run, but not in the short run.

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Life Principles are set by your parents and do not change over time.

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Which of the following statements best exemplifies how society as a whole benefits from ethical behavior?


A) Consumers are willing to pay more for a product they believe to be ethically produced.
B) People feel better when they behave ethically.
C) Unethical behavior can be very costly.
D) Ethical behavior builds trust which is important in all of our relationships.

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The goal of utilitarian ethics is to


A) establish rules for why certain behaviors are ethical.
B) do the right thing, no matter the result.
C) produce the greatest good for the greatest number of people.
D) establish universal ethical rules that apply to all people.

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​Haley is an accountant for a large hospital network. She knows that she could easily "skim" money from the organization to keep for herself and chances are she would not get caught. However, she keeps thinking about what would happen to her and her family if her actions went viral and appeared all over the Internet or in her local newspaper. What ethics test is Haley considering?


A) the social media test
B) the front page test
C) the public scrutiny test
D) the bystander test

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Utilitarian ethics holds that decisions should be made on the basis of practicality, and whatever action is most convenient should be favored.

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What word is best associated with deontological ethics?​


A) happiness
B) outcome
C) obligation
D) benefit

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Under utilitarian ethics, if a decision maximizes happiness in the most people and minimizes pain, it is ethical.

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Immanuel Kant was a German philosopher who was a proponent of utilitarian ethics.

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Jamal was recently hired as a sales representative for a pharmaceutical company. He notices that all the other sales reps "pad" their expense accounts by claiming meals with clients that never took place and then pocket the extra money. Jamal figures that since everyone else is cheating on their expense accounts, he might as well do the same. What ethics trap is Jamal falling into?


A) following orders
B) competition
C) conformity
D) lost in a crowd

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