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There are many examples of mangers who have made poor ethical decisions while engaged in international business. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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What is considered normal practice in one nation is usually considered ethical in another. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Thanks to the establishment of global environmental standards, monitoring environmental issues has become a non-issue for companies. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act was ultimately proved to be disadvantageous to American firms. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Business ethics and personal ethics are independent of each other. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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A company that simply follows local laws in a country where there are inadequate safeguards for employees can be said to be acting |
| | A) | according to local business norms |
| | B) | ethically |
| | C) | in a morally responsible manner |
| | D) | in a ethically irresponsible manner |
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The _______ failed to break down South Africa's apartheid regime in the late 1970s and 1980s. |
| | A) | ethics standards of 1972 |
| | B) | antiapartheid laws |
| | C) | New South Africa Policy |
| | D) | Sullivan principles |
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When a resource that is held in common by all, but owned by no one, is overused by individuals, resulting in its degradation is a phenomenon known as |
| | A) | Hardin's obloquy |
| | B) | environmental tragedy |
| | C) | the tragedy of the commons |
| | D) | environmental degradation |
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The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act |
| | A) | outlaws the paying of bribes to foreign government officials to gain business |
| | B) | amended the law of the Tragedy of the Commons |
| | C) | has served as a model for legislation in most developing countries. |
| | D) | obliged UN member states to make the bribery of a foreign public official a criminal offense |
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Paying bribes: |
| | A) | is generally unsavory but is not a criminal offense in most developed countries. |
| | B) | may actually stimulate the economy in some developing countries according to some economists. |
| | C) | cannot be distinguished from facilitating payments. |
| | D) | is essential for most international businesses in developing countries. |
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A company that considers the social consequences of economic actions when it makes its business decisions, and tries to make decisions that will have positive social and economic consequences is said to have |
| | A) | moral responsibility |
| | B) | social responsibility |
| | C) | social morals |
| | D) | business ethics |
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Noblesse oblige: |
| | A) | is a French term for the payments made to speed the approval process, which is not made illegal by the FCPA. |
| | B) | refers to honorable and benevolent behavior. |
| | C) | refers to the debt incurred by the ruling class (nobles) which has become the focus of debt forgiveness efforts in Africa. |
| | D) | refers to personal ethics but has no counterpart in a business setting. |
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When a firm faces a situation in which none of the available alternatives seems ethically acceptable, the firm is facing |
| | A) | an ethical question |
| | B) | the Sullivan principle |
| | C) | an ethical dilemma |
| | D) | moral uncertainty |
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Ethical behavior is determined by |
| | A) | personal ethics, organization culture, realistic performance goals, leadership, decision-making processes |
| | B) | unrealistic performance goals, personal ethics, organization culture, leadership, decision-making processes |
| | C) | decision-making processes, national culture, unrealistic performance goals, personal ethics, leadership |
| | D) | national culture, realistic performance goals, leadership, decision-making processes, personal ethics |
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Expatriate managers often experience _______ to violate their personal ethics. |
| | A) | greater pressure than usual |
| | B) | about the same pressure as usual |
| | C) | less pressure than usual |
| | D) | no pressure |
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Ethical decision-making: |
| | A) | must also include a solid economic analysis. |
| | B) | is generally clear to a businessperson once the legal and economic dimensions have been identified. |
| | C) | should be an essential part of all business decisions. |
| | D) | is generally more difficult is if a pre-existing process is in place without thinking about the local context. |
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In what has become known as the Friedman doctrine, Milton Friedman argued: |
| | A) | management should represent the interests of the shareholders in ensuring firms act in a socially responsible way. |
| | B) | if the company must choose between behaving in an ethical manner or using deception, the deception is acceptable as long as no one is harmed. |
| | C) | the main purpose of the firm is to maximize shareholder value through increased profits |
| | D) | firms need only obey laws when they do not interfere with generating a minimum return on investment (ROI). |
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_________ rejects the idea that universal notions of morality transcend different cultures. |
| | A) | The Friedman doctrine |
| | B) | Cultural relativism |
| | C) | The naïve immoralist |
| | D) | The righteous moralist |
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An American firm that pays the same wages to its employees in Bangladesh as it does its employees in Spokane is probably following the _______ approach to business ethics. |
| | A) | righteous moralist |
| | B) | Friedman doctrine |
| | C) | naïve immoralist |
| | D) | cultural relativism |
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According to _______, employing people in sweatshops, making them work long hours for low pay in poor work conditions, is a violation of ethics. |
| | A) | Kantian ethics |
| | B) | utilitarianism |
| | C) | the Friedman doctrine |
| | D) | cultural relativism |
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Which of the following is NOT true about rights theories? |
| | A) | The theories were developed during the 20th Century |
| | B) | The theories explore the limits to the maximum limits of allowable human rights behaviors. |
| | C) | There are fundamental rights that transcend national cultures and borders. |
| | D) | Portions of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights details specific rights employment rights. |
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_____________________ focus(es) on a fair and equitable distribution of economic goods and services. |
| | A) | Justice theories |
| | B) | The UN Declaration of Human Rights |
| | C) | Utilitarian ethics |
| | D) | Distribution theories |
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A company that has explicitly articulated values that emphasize ethical behavior has drafted |
| | A) | an ethics statement |
| | B) | a code of ethics |
| | C) | a policy on corporate ethics |
| | D) | a corporate ethics mission statement |
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"Stakeholders" |
| | A) | is a derogatory terms that comes from the unethical followers of Vlad the Impaler. |
| | B) | is another word for "shareholders." |
| | C) | is a term for the external groups that have a claim on the firm. |
| | D) | can include employees and the board of directors. |
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Which of the following is NOT true about moral courage: |
| | A) | Moral courage enables managers to make a decision that may unfavorable affect the profits of the firm if it is ethical. |
| | B) | Moral courage may be required of employees to defy managers. |
| | C) | Moral courage may be needed in delicate international business decisions. |
| | D) | Moral courage means having the strength to live with a decision you may not like rather than discuss it outside the firm. |
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