Question 1

Which of the following is not a structural aspect of unconscious accounting bias?

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A)  ambiguity
B)  attachment
C)  approval
D)  ambivalence

Question 2

Provide a short answer to each of these questions.Be sure to fully explain your answer.
Interpret the authors' statement that "many business people go through life deluded by the illusion of objectivity."

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Most managers believe that they are ethi...

Question 3

Public interest in business ethics has heightened over each of the past three decades.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

All of the following are questions that capture the central meaning of ethics except

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A)  what is?
B)  what happened?
C)  what ought to be?
D)  what is our motivation?

Question 5

Provide a short answer to each of these questions.Be sure to fully explain your answer.
Distinguish between descriptive and normative ethics.

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Descriptive ethics is concerned with stu...

Question 6

Questions about business ethics can be asked at any of the following levels except

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A)  individual.
B)  organizational.
C)  economic.
D)  global.

Question 7

Concepts of right and wrong are increasingly being interpreted today to include all of the following except

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A)  fairness.
B)  justice.
C)  equity.
D)  equality.

Question 8

A doctrine or system of moral conduct is called

Accepted Answer

A)  ethics.
B)  deontology.
C)  morality.
D)  moral philosophy.

Question 9

Which of the following is not a model of ethical management provided in the textbook?

Accepted Answer

A)  immoral management
B)  semi-moral management
C)  moral management
D)  amoral management

Question 10

Ethical behavior is generally considered to be on a higher plane than legal behavior.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Researchers have found that many business people go through life thinking that they are objective.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

The "integrity strategy" espoused by Lynn Sharp Paine is similar to the

Accepted Answer

A)  immoral management model.
B)  moral management model.
C)  semi-moral management model.
D)  amoral management model.

Question 13

Public opinion polls regarding business ethics are

Accepted Answer

A)  clearly tied to reactions to the latest scandals reported by the media.
B)  reflective of actual business ethics currently in practice.
C)  unrelated to actual business ethics practices.
D)  difficult to assess because the media keeps ethics scandals in the public eye.

Question 14

The approach to business ethics in which we compare a decision or practice to prevailing norms of acceptability is the

Accepted Answer

A)  virtue approach.
B)  principles approach.
C)  conventional approach.
D)  ethical tests approach.

Question 15

The focus of descriptive ethics is on

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A)  determining what should be done in a given situation.
B)  justifying a moral system of thinking and judging.
C)  learning what is occurring in the realm of moral behaviors and practices.
D)  learning how to justify one's chosen actions.

Question 16

Managers who simply fail to consider moral questions when making business decisions use the

Accepted Answer

A)  immoral management model.
B)  moral management model.
C)  intentional amoral management model.
D)  unintentional amoral management model.

Question 17

An element of moral judgment is all the following except

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A)  moral imagination
B)  managerial competence
C)  moral identification and ordering
D)  sense of moral obligation

Question 18

The normative question of ethics is

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A)  what is?
B)  what ought to be?
C)  how do we get from what is to what ought to be?
D)  what is our motivation?

Question 19

The best reason to base one's ethics on societal norms is that the norms do not conflict;thus they provide clear guidance to "right" and "wrong."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Lawrence Kohlberg's model of moral development includes all of the following levels except

Accepted Answer

A)  the preconventional level.
B)  the conventional level.
C)  the postconventional level.
D)  law and order morality.

Exam 7: Business Ethics Fundamentals

Provide a short answer to each of these questions.Be sure to fully explain your answer. Distinguish between descriptive and normative ethics.

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All of the following are questions that capture the central meaning of ethics except

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Ethical behavior is generally considered to be on a higher plane than legal behavior.

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Which of the following is not a structural aspect of unconscious accounting bias?

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Which of the following is not a model of ethical management provided in the textbook?

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The approach to business ethics in which we compare a decision or practice to prevailing norms of acceptability is the

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The "integrity strategy" espoused by Lynn Sharp Paine is similar to the

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Public interest in business ethics has heightened over each of the past three decades.

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Lawrence Kohlberg's model of moral development includes all of the following levels except

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