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Ethics is best defined as what?Read the answer and worked solution →An ethical issue arises in which situation?Read the answer and worked solution →Falsely assigning blame to a coworker counts as which ethical violation?Read the answer and worked solution →A conflict of interest arises when what happens?Read the answer and worked solution →Carrying trade secrets to a new employer is which ethical violation?Read the answer and worked solution →Why were many consumer protection laws passed?Read the answer and worked solution →Justice, as a factor in business ethics, means what?Read the answer and worked solution →Utilitarianism judges an action by what?Read the answer and worked solution →Under utilitarianism, when is an action morally wrong?Read the answer and worked solution →Deontology holds that a person analysing an ethical dilemma should do what?Read the answer and worked solution →Which limitation does deontology carry?Read the answer and worked solution →What distinguishes human rights from legal rights?Read the answer and worked solution →On what basis must legal rights be applied?Read the answer and worked solution →How widely is the denial of individual or group rights treated as wrong?Read the answer and worked solution →What can poor business ethics cost a company?Read the answer and worked solution →A code of ethics tells employees what?Read the answer and worked solution →Under what condition is a code of ethics likely to change behavior?Read the answer and worked solution →What does the feelings test examine?Read the answer and worked solution →The newspaper or social media test asks you to imagine what?Read the answer and worked solution →Which problem is the newspaper or social media test especially good at exposing?Read the answer and worked solution →Corporate social responsibility is the concern of businesses for what?Read the answer and worked solution →Corporate social responsibility consists of obligations that go beyond what?Read the answer and worked solution →Which responsibility sits at the highest level of the pyramid?Read the answer and worked solution →Can a company act irresponsibly while staying within the law?Read the answer and worked solution →Into which category do the vast majority of business activities fall?Read the answer and worked solution →Stakeholders of a business are which groups?Read the answer and worked solution →Beyond providing jobs, what must employers give their employees?Read the answer and worked solution →At what rate are plant and animal species becoming extinct?Read the answer and worked solution →Social investing is the practice of doing what?Read the answer and worked solution →What makes giving strategic rather than traditional?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Ethics is best defined as what?

  1. A set of moral standards for judging right and wrong
  2. A body of law enforced by the courts of a country
  3. A written policy issued by a company to its staff
  4. A code of conduct agreed between rival businesses
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Correct answer: A. A set of moral standards for judging right and wrong

1. Ethics is a set of moral standards for judging whether something is right or wrong. 2. It sits beneath both law and company policy rather than being either of them. 3. Law is enforced by the state, and a company policy is one firm putting its own expectations in writing. _Source: OpenStax Introduction to Business (CC BY 4.0), Ch 2 "Making Ethical Decisions and Managing a Socially Responsible Business", section 2.1 Understanding Business Ethics_

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An ethical issue arises in which situation?

  1. Whenever a business decision reduces its profits
  2. Whenever two managers disagree about a forecast
  3. When someone must choose among actions that may be unethical
  4. When a regulator opens a formal inquiry into a firm
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Correct answer: C. When someone must choose among actions that may be unethical

1. An ethical issue is a situation where someone must choose between a set of actions that may be ethical or unethical. 2. The defining feature is the choice, not the outcome or the profit involved. 3. Disagreements over forecasts and regulatory inquiries may or may not involve such a choice. _Source: OpenStax Introduction to Business (CC BY 4.0), Ch 2 "Making Ethical Decisions and Managing a Socially Responsible Business", section 2.1 Understanding Business Ethics_

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Falsely assigning blame to a coworker counts as which ethical violation?

  1. Saying things that you know are not true
  2. Taking unfair advantage of another person
  3. Buying influence within the organization
  4. Permitting organizational abuse to continue
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Correct answer: A. Saying things that you know are not true

1. Falsely assigning blame or inaccurately reporting conversations is lying. 2. Lying belongs to the category of saying things you know are not true. 3. The common excuse that this is the way the game is played here does not make the statement true. 4. Unfair advantage, buying influence, and organizational abuse describe different conduct entirely. _Source: OpenStax Introduction to Business (CC BY 4.0), Ch 2 "Making Ethical Decisions and Managing a Socially Responsible Business", section 2.1 Recognizing Unethical Business Activities_

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