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1
Regarding the opening case: this sector is one in which "Canadian companies dominate internationally"
A)Rail travel
B)I.T.
C)Hotels & resorts
D)mining
E)Ocean shipping
2
Basic Human rights:
A)are respected worldwide.
B)still are not respected in many nations.
C)are respected in only OECD countries.
D)are respected among all members of the U.N.
E)are respected in many nations.
3
Canada and Myanmar _____:
A)Canada encouraged all investment in Myanmar.
B)Canada objected to the way the Myanmar government treated dissidents.
C)Canada closed its embassy in Myanmar, formerly called Burma.
D)Canada sent the Prime Minister to Burma.
E)No Canadian mining companies operate in Myanmar.
4
Pollution: a "tragedy of the commons" refers to
A)When a resource is used by common people instead of big companies which could exploit it better
B)A common resource is used in a common way such that other resources are exploited
C)When a resource held in common by all, but owned by none, is overused resulting in its degradation
D)When a resource is used in a common ways so that future use is unsustainable
E)A common resource is used in a uncommon way
5
The concept that businesses should consider the social consequences of economic actions when making decisions is known as:
A)social responsibility
B)ethics
C)ethical strategy
D)ethical responsibility
E)noblesse oblige
6
Ethical behaviour is a function of all of the following except:
A)personal ethics
B)organizational culture
C)decision making processes
D)leadership
E)social strata
7
The values and norms that are shared among employees of an organization are referred to as:
A)organizational culture
B)corporate culture
C)corporate ethics
D)business culture
E)appropriate behaviour
8
The problem of greed and deception at Enron was attributed to be a problem of:
A)organizational culture
B)corporate culture
C)corporate ethics
D)business culture
E)appropriate behaviour
9
Conrad Black's downfall was revealed by several media sources as relating mostly to:
A)Bad publicity for changing citizenship
B)Payments not authorized to Revenue Canada
C)Payments for book royalties
D)Payments not authorized according to regulations of the companies he held
E)Payments to his wife, a former journalist
10
According to _________, businesses should behave in an ethical manner and not engage in deception and fraud.
A)cultural relativism
B)the righteous moralist
C)the Friedman doctrine
D)the naïve immoralist
E)the straw men doctrine
11
When in Rome do as the Romans do summarizes the _________ approach to business ethics.
A)cultural relativism
B)righteous moralist
C)straw men doctrine
D)the Friedman doctrine
E)the naïve immoralist
12
This philosophy claims that a multinational's home-country standards of ethics are the appropriate one to follow overseas:
A)the Friedman doctrine
B)the utilitarian philosophy
C)the righteous moralist
D)the rights theory
E)the naïve immoralist approach
13
Cost benefit analysis and risk assessment are rooted in ___________ to ethics.
A)the Friedman doctrine
B)the utilitarian philosophy
C)the righteous moralist
D)the rights theory
E)the naïve immoralist approach
14
The notion that there are fundamental rights transcending national borders is known as:
A)the OECD rights guidelines
B)the United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights
C)the United Nations' guiding principles for first world economies
D)NAFTA rules of ethical behaviour
E)E.U. privacy legislation
15
A "Just distribution" is one
A)That is fair and equitable
B)In which the distributed products is "just enough" to satisfy the core target segment
C)In which the distributed products is "just enough" to use the available resources
D)That is fair and just to the producer
E)In which the distribution just covers production costs
16
People who work for or who own the business are known as:
A)human resources
B)human assets
C)internal stakeholders
D)external stakeholders
E)interested parties
17
Which of the following is not an external stakeholder?
A)the government
B)lenders
C)the general public
D)employees
E)unions
18
________ enable(s) managers to walk away from a decision that is profitable.
A)Moral courage
B)Kantian Discipline
C)Internal stakeholders
D)Human resources
E)Economic self-sufficiency





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