MKT 375 CHP 2 REVIEW EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
A person's understanding of facts does not affect the degree of reasonability of his ethical judgements. -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅false- An ethical judgment made in light of a diligent determination of the facts is
a more reasonable ethical judgment that one made without regard for the facts. A person who acts in a
way that is based upon a careful consideration of the facts has acted in a more ethically responsible way
than a person who acts without deliberation.
Within business, an organization's context sometimes makes it difficult for even the well-intentioned
person to act ethically. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅true
Inattentional blindness results from focusing failures. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅true
Trying to understand another person's perspective of a situation usually leads to poor comparisons of
alternatives for ethical decision making. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅false
Responsibility for the circumstances that can encourage ethical behavior and can discourage unethical
behavior falls predominantly to the business management and executive team. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅true
A critical element of comparing and weighing the alternatives is the consideration of ways to mitigate,
minimize, or compensate for any possible harmful consequences. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅true
Identify the cognitive barrier which might appear to relieve us of accountability for a decision? -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Using a simplified decision rule
Identify the attitude which leads to an unexamined life not worth living according to Socrates? -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅passivity
Which of the following is the reason why normative myopia is especially liable to occur in a business
context? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅People are more likely to focus on the technical aspects of the task at
hand in a business context, and thus, fail to recognize the ethical aspect.
A person's understanding of facts does not affect the degree of reasonability of his ethical judgements. -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅false- An ethical judgment made in light of a diligent determination of the facts is
a more reasonable ethical judgment that one made without regard for the facts. A person who acts in a
way that is based upon a careful consideration of the facts has acted in a more ethically responsible way
than a person who acts without deliberation.
Within business, an organization's context sometimes makes it difficult for even the well-intentioned
person to act ethically. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅true
Inattentional blindness results from focusing failures. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅true
Trying to understand another person's perspective of a situation usually leads to poor comparisons of
alternatives for ethical decision making. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅false
Responsibility for the circumstances that can encourage ethical behavior and can discourage unethical
behavior falls predominantly to the business management and executive team. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅true
A critical element of comparing and weighing the alternatives is the consideration of ways to mitigate,
minimize, or compensate for any possible harmful consequences. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅true
Identify the cognitive barrier which might appear to relieve us of accountability for a decision? -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Using a simplified decision rule
Identify the attitude which leads to an unexamined life not worth living according to Socrates? -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅passivity
Which of the following is the reason why normative myopia is especially liable to occur in a business
context? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅People are more likely to focus on the technical aspects of the task at
hand in a business context, and thus, fail to recognize the ethical aspect.
