Question 1

Any decision by the management of Fast-Food Franchise Corporation may significantly affect its

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A)   operators only.
B)   operators, owners, suppliers, the community, or society as a whole.
C)   owners only.
D)   suppliers, the community, or society as a whole only.E) B) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 2

Duty-based ethical standards often come from religious precepts or through philosophical reasoning.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Flexo Trucking Company transports hazardous waste. Garn is a Flexo driver, whom the company knows drives longer hours than federal regulations permit. One night, Garn exceeds the limit and has an accident. Spilled chemicals contaminate Hill City's water source, forcing the residents to move away. Flexo acted unethically because

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A)   Flexo showed reckless disregard for Hill City's residents and others.
B)   Garn exceeded the federal time limit.
C)   harm was caused by an unfortunate accident.
D)   Hill City should have better protected its water source.E) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 4

In making business decisions, Glenda, personnel manager for HVAC Maintenance, Inc., applies her belief that all persons have fundamental rights. This is

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A)   a religious rule.
B)   the categorical imperative.
C)   the principle of rights.
D)   utilitarianism.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 5

Business ethics focuses on ethical behavior in the business world.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Straitway Company encourages its managers to behave ethically, reasoning that the employees will take their cues from management. One of the most important ways to create and maintain an ethical behavior workplace is for management to

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A)   demonstrate a commitment to ethical decision making.
B)   discreetly engage in unethical or illegal acts.
C)   look the other way when an employee engages in an unethical act.
D)   direct employees to "do as we say, not as we do."E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 7

In ethical terms, a cost-benefit analysis is an assessment of the negative and positive effects of alternative actions on individuals.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Ethics is concerned with the fairness or justness of an action.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

John is sales manager for Kleen 'N Brite Products, Inc. Compared to John's personal activities, his business activities most likely involve

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A)   more complex ethical issues.
B)   no ethical issues.
C)   simpler ethical issues.
D)   the same ethical issues.E) C) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 10

Few companies provide any kind of support such as ethical training programs and seminars to make their ethical codes more effective.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

According to utilitarianism, an action that affects the majority adversely is morally wrong.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Margaret is the top manager of Pecans, Inc. She sets strict ethical standards for all employees. Margaret, however, often takes some of the company's best nuts and sells them from her house. The ethical tone at Pecans, Inc. is

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A)   likely to be good because Margaret has set such strict standards for her employees.
B)   not likely to be good because although Margaret sets strict ethical standards for the other employees, she does not follow them.
C)   not related to either Margaret's ethical standards or her own unethical behavior.
D)   not likely to be good because employees tend to resent strict ethical standards.E) None of the above
F) All of the above

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Margaret is the top manager of Pecans, Inc. She sets strict ethical standards for all employees. Margaret, however, often takes some of the company's best nuts and sells them from her house. The ethical tone at Pecans, Inc. is

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Straitway Company encourages its managers to behave ethically, reasoning that the employees will take their cues from management. One of the most important ways to create and maintain an ethical behavior workplace is for management to

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In making business decisions, Glenda, personnel manager for HVAC Maintenance, Inc., applies her belief that all persons have fundamental rights. This is

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Few companies provide any kind of support such as ethical training programs and seminars to make their ethical codes more effective.

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Duty-based ethical standards often come from religious precepts or through philosophical reasoning.

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Business ethics focuses on ethical behavior in the business world.

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Ethics is concerned with the fairness or justness of an action.

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In ethical terms, a cost-benefit analysis is an assessment of the negative and positive effects of alternative actions on individuals.

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According to utilitarianism, an action that affects the majority adversely is morally wrong.

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