Ethical behavior and social responsibility

Values are personal beliefs that help determine whether a behavior will be considered ethical or unethical. An example of terminal value is __________ .

• ambition

• self-respect

• courage

• imagination

Under the __________ view of ethical behavior, a business owner would be considered ethical if she reduced a plant’s workforce by 10% in order to cut costs to keep the business from failing and thus save jobs for the other 90%.

• utilitarian

• individualism

• justice

• moral-rights

A manager’s failure to enforce a late-to-work policy the same way for all employees is an ethical violation of __________ justice.

• ethical

• moral

• distributive

• procedural

Two “spotlight” questions for conducting the ethics double-check of a decision are (a) “How would I feel if my family found out about this?” and (b) “How would I feel if _________?”

• my boss found out about this

• my subordinates found out about this

• this was printed in the local newspaper

• this went into my personnel file

Research on ethical dilemmas indicates that __________ is/are often the cause of unethical behavior by people at work.

• declining morals in society

• lack of religious beliefs

• the absence of whistleblowers

• pressures from bosses and superiors

Customers, investors, employees, and regulators are examples of __________ that are important in the analysis of corporate social responsibility.

• special-interest groups

• stakeholders

• ethics advocates

• whistleblowers

A(n) __________ is someone who exposes the ethical misdeeds of others.

• whistleblower

• ethics advocate

• ombudsman

• stakeholder

A proponent of the classical view of corporate social responsibility would most likely agree with which of these statements?

• Social responsibility improves the public image of business.

• The primary responsibility of business is to maximize business profits.

• By acting responsibly, businesses avoid government regulation.

• Businesses can and should do “good” while doing business.

An amoral manager __________.

• always acts in consideration of ethical issues

• chooses to behave unethically

• makes ethics a personal goal

• takes action without considering whether or not the behavior is ethnical.

An organization that takes the lead in addressing emerging social issues is being __________ , showing the most progressive corporate social responsibility strategy.

• accommodative

• defensive

• proactive

• obstructionist