SIQUIJOR STATE COLLEGE

Larena, Siquijor
Mngt 204
BSBA GM III B
Midterm Examination, First Semester 2019-2020

Nam:Baricuatro, Rinalyn L.___________________________

Date:__March 19, 2020________________

I. TRUE or FALSE. Write “true” if the statement is correct and “false” if it is wrong.
Write the answer on the space provided before each number.

_True_______1. Earning profits is a good and valid activity in business.

_true______2. A good moral standard should be objective not subjective.
_true______3. Business without ethics threatens the survival of human society.
_true______4. Ethics and religion have the same end, and that is the attainment of man`s supreme
purpose.
_false_____5. Psychology studies how man ought to behave while ethics studies how man behave.
__false____6. Sociology deals with the study of moral order in society while ethics deals with the
of the social order.
_false_______7. Profit is the “be all and end all” of doing business.
_false______8. Atheistic ethics assumes that God is the supreme law giver.
_false________9. Law and ethics presuppose the concept of right and wrong, good and bad, even
the rules of conduct.
_true_______10. The teaching of the catholic church do not totally condemn profit as part of
business activity.
_true_______11. A good moral judgement must be logical.
_true_______12. Profit-motive makes people productive.
_true_______13. Static pleasures occur after one`s desires have been satisfied.
_true_______14. Ethics is under the Practical Philosophy not on Speculative philosophy.
_false_______15. Logic is the study of correct action or doing while ethics studies the process of
correct and organized thinking.
False________16. Ayn Rand is a proponent of Divine Command Ethics.
False________17. An egotist is a person concerned with both his long term and short term interest.
_false_______18. An egotist is an arrogant or conceited person always taking about himself.
_true_______19. An egotist is someone who is self-centered or selfish often without realizing it.
_true_______20. Egotism is an exaggerated sense of self-importance: CONCEIT
True________21. An egotist is a person who has very high opinion of himself and whose language often
consist of self praise.
False________22. An egotism is an excessive concern for oneself with or without exaggerated feelings
or
Self-imporatnce.
_false_______23. It is Plato who says that “no one commits an evil act knowingly and doing wrong arises
out
of ignorance”.
_true_______24. Ethical egoism is the theory which says that the promotion of one’s own good is in
Accordance with morality.
_true_______25. What is moral may not be necessarily legal.

II. IDENTIFICATION. Write the answer on the space provided.

Deontological Ethics______________________1. Is a body of ethical theories that measures and

evaluates the nature
of a moral act based on the validity of the motive of an act.
Practical Philosophy______________________2. A division of philosophy that studies truth to be acted
upon.

Moral Reasoning______________________3. A process in which ethical issues and problems are

benchmarked against
 a moral standard so that a moral judgement is made possible.
Business Ethics______________________4. Is the study of what is right and wrong human behaviour
and conduct
in business.

_Education_____________________5. Defined as an instruction or training by which people learn to

develop and
use their mental, moral and physical powers.
_Morality_____________________6. It refers to the quality of goodness or badness in a human act.

Aesthetics_____________________ 7. A branch of philosophy that aims to establish the general

principle
of art and beauty.
Ethical Relativism______________________8. This claims that when any two cultures or any people
hold different moral
values of an actions, both can be right.
Thomas Hobbes______________________9. He is the main proponent of Moral positivism.

Ayn Rand______________________10. She is the main proponent of Ethical Egoism.

_Perplexed_____________________11. A kind of erroneous conscience that judges wrongly that sin is

committed
both in the performance or omission of an act.
Natural Law______________________12. It is considered as the remote norm of morality.

Theoritical or Speculative _Philosophy_____________________13. A division of philosophy that studies

the truth to be known.

Morality______________________14. Defined as the quality of a thing manifesting its conformity or

non
conformity with a set of norms or criteria.
_Business Ethics_____________________15. A study of perception of people about morality, moral
norms and ethical
principles as apply to people and institutions in business.
Ethics______________________16. It is the study of human conduct from the standpoint of morality.

_Professionalism_____________________17. It is the conduct, aims, or qualities that characterize or

mark a profession
or a professional person.
_Deductive Reasoning_____________________18. It is a reasoning from universal truth to particular.

Teleological Ethics______________________19. A body of ethical theories that measures the morality

of an action based
on its consequences and not on the motive.
Atheistic_Ethics___________________20. A body of ethical theories that assumes that only matters
exists and man
responsible only to himself since there is no God who creates and rules
the universe.
_Law_____________________21. May be defined as crystallized ethics.

_Religion_____________________22. It refers to the service and worship of God and is typically

expressed as a
personal or institutional set of beliefs, attitudes and practices.
_Categorical Imperative_____________________23. It is an unconditional obligation, or an obligation
that we have regardless
of our will or desires.
Pragmatism______________________24. It is a philosophy that attempts to clarify our ideas and to
emphasize the
practical usefulness of ideas.
_Theistic Ethics_____________________25. A body of ethical system that assumes that God is the
Supreme Lawgiver.
Niccolo Machiavelli____________________26. He has a radical principle “ the end justifies the
means”

Immanuel Kant___________________27. He is the primary proponent of Deontological Ethics.

Certain Conscience____________________28. A type of conscience when without any prudent

of fear of error,
It decides that the act is either lawful or unlawful.
Pharisaical____________________29. A type of false conscience that minimizes grave sins but
maximizes
small ones.
Logical Validity____________________30. It is the characteristic of an arguments that
guarantees that if the
premise of the arguments are true then the conclusion must
necessarily be true.
Education____________________31. Defined as an instruction or training by which people
learn to
develop and use their mental, moral and physical powers.
Code of Professional Ethics____________________32. A set of behavioural guidelines that
members of a profession are
required by their association to observe in the course of their
professional practice.

Economics____________________33. It is a science that deals with the study of wages, labor,

production
And distribution of wealth.

Religion____________________34. It is generally refers to the service and worship of God.

Etiquette____________________35. It comes from a French word which means ticket.

III. ENUMERATION.

1. What are the Businessman`s myths about business ethics?

1. Ethics is a personal affair and not a public debatable matter
2. Ethics and business do not mix
3. Ethics in business is relative
4. Good business Means good ethics
5. Business is a war

2. What are the different studies under Practical philosophy?

1. Semantics
2. Axiology
3. Aesthetics
4. Logic
5. Ethics

3. Who are the main proponents of Virtue ethics?

1 Socrates
2 Plato
3 Aristotle

4. What are the kinds of erroneous conscience?

 1 Scrupulous
2 Perplexed
3 Lax
4 Pharisaical

5. What are the norms of morality?

1 Conscience
2 Natural Law
3 Eternal Law