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MGMT6 6th Edition Chuck Williams Test Bank 1
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Course Pre-Assessment CH 04
MGMT6
TRUE/FALSE
1. Ethics is the set of moral principles or values that defines right and wrong for a person or group.
2. Kohlberg's three phases of moral development in order are law and order, instrumental exchange, and
universal principle.
ANS: F
The three phases are preconventional level, conventional level, and post-conventional level. The above
are stages within the three phases. They are presented out of the appropriate order. See Exhibit 4.5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. __________ is unethical behavior that violates organizational norms about right and wrong.
a. Workplace deviance
b. Organizational deviance
c. Social irresponsibility
d. Social deviance
e. An ethical dilemma
ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: 4.1 OBJ: 4.1
TOP: AACSB Analytic
2. The __________ determined that companies can be prosecuted and punished for the illegal or
unethical actions of employees, even if management didn't know about the unethical behavior.
a. U.S. Sentencing Commission Guidelines
b. U.S. Supreme Court
c. U.S. Department of Labor
d. U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
e. Federal Trade Commission
ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: 4.2 OBJ: 4.2
TOP: AACSB Analytic
3. What is the term used to describe the degree of concern people have about an ethical issue?
a. Ethical intensity
b. Social consensus
c. Temporal immediacy
d. Magnitude of consequences
e. Ethical valence
ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: 4.3a OBJ: 4.3
TOP: AACSB Analytic
4. Which of the following principles of ethical decision making would support the practice of "looking
after number one"?
a. the principle of long-term self-interest
b. the principle of personal virtue
c. a discretionary code of ethics
d. a utilitarian code of ethics
e. the equity principle
ANS: A
Under the principle of long-term self-interest, you should never take any action that is not in your
long-term best interest.
7. According to Milton Friedman, which of the following is a position opposing the stakeholder model of
corporate social responsibility?
a. Organizations can act effectively as moral agents for all company shareholders.
b. The time, money, and attention diverted to social causes undermine market efficiency.
c. It is socially responsible for companies to divert their efforts to social causes.
d. The marketplace will ultimately determine the importance of social causes.
e. All of these positions are in accordance with the beliefs of Milton Friedman.
ANS: B
Friedman supports the theory that the only social responsibility businesses have is to make a profit.