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,Table of Contents
Chapter 01 - The Nature of Morality (60 questions)
Chapter 02 - Normative Theories of Ethics (66 questions)
Chapter 03 - Justice and Economic Distribution (65 questions)
Chapter 04 - The Nature of Capitalism (65 questions)
Chapter 05 - Corporations (60 questions)
Chapter 06 - Consumers (65 questions)
Chapter 07 - The Environment (60 questions)
Chapter 08 - The Workplace (1) Basic Issues (65 questions)
Chapter 09 - The Workplace (2) Today's Challenges (65 questions)
Chapter 10 - Moral Choices Facing Employees (65 questions)
Chapter 11 - Job Discrimination (65 questions)
,Chapter 01 - The Nature of Morality
1. Which of the following characteristics distinguishes moral standards from other standards?
A. Moral standards are purely optional.
B. Moral standards take priority over other standards, including self-interest.
C. Moral standards cannot be justified by reasons.
D. Moral standards must be set or validated by some authoritative body.
Answer: B
2. Choose the statement that gives the most accurate description of etiquette:
A. The rules of etiquette are a fundamental branch of morality.
B. Conformity with the rules of etiquette is sufficient for moral conduct.
C. Etiquette refers to any special code of social behavior or courtesy.
D. The rules of etiquette are backed by statutory law.
Answer: C
3. Which of the following best describes our relationship with the law?
A. To a significant extent, the law codifies a society's customs, norms, and moral values.
B. The law is an entirely adequate guide to the moral standards that we should follow.
C. The law makes all immoral conduct illegal.
D. Violating the law is always immoral.
Answer: A
4. Identify the type of rules that do not fall in one of the four broad categories of law.
A. statutes
B. constitutional law
C. common law
D. professional codes
Answer: D
5. For philosophers, the most important issue is not where our moral principles came from, but
A. whether those moral principles can be justified.
B. how do we acquire the beliefs we have.
C. to what extent religion influences people’s moral beliefs.
D. the legal basis for acting morally.
Answer: A
6. Identify the correct statement relating to moral versus nonmoral standards.
A. Philosophers agree on a complete list of adequacy criteria for moral judgments.
B. Professional codes are the rules that govern the conduct of members of a given profession.
C. Authoritative bodies issue the most compelling moral standards.
D. Self-interest must take priority over moral standards to ensure that all people enjoy satisfying lives.
Answer: B
7. When religion is considered as a source of moral instruction,
A. religious ideals are difficult to translate into precise policy prescriptions.
B. most people act rightly only because their religion tells them to.
, C. atheists are likely to be less moral than religious people.
D. all people of faith will agree on all moral questions.
Answer: A
8. According to divine command theory, if stealing is wrong, then it is wrong because
A. our reason determines stealing to be wrong.
B. stealing is never justified.
C. humanity has concluded that stealing is wrong.
D. God commands us not to steal.
Answer: D
9. Ethical relativism supports the theory that:
A. what is right is determined by what a culture or society says is right.
B. there are no moral values whatsoever.
C. morality is relative to the goal of promoting human well-being.
D. different societies have similar ideas about right and wrong.
Answer: A
10. When ethical relativism is put into practice, it implies that
A. societies never share any moral values in common.
B. in ethics, sometimes the minority is right.
C. we cannot say that slavery is wrong if the society in question believes it is right.
D. as societies evolve, their morality improves.
Answer: C
11. In the essay “Is Business Bluffing Ethical?” Albert Carr would agree with all of the following except for
which of these?
A. Business has the impersonal character of a game like poker.
B. Business demands special strategy.
C. Business requires an understanding of its special ethical standards.
D. Business should be evaluated by society's moral standards.
Answer: D
12. Accepting a moral principle
A. is a purely intellectual act, such as accepting a scientific hypothesis.
B. generally involves a desire to follow that principle for its own sake.
C. means you will never go against that principle.
D. is a religiously based act of faith.
Answer: B
13. The example of Huckleberry Finn shows
A. one should always obey one's conscience.
B. when in doubt, one should ignore one's conscience.
C. we shouldn’t rely uncritically on what our conscience says.
D. unlike most people, Huckleberry Finn lacked a conscience.
Answer: C
,14. Morality and self-interest
A. can sometimes conflict.
B. boil down to the same thing.
C. can never come into genuine conflict.
D. are in basic, irreconcilable conflict.
Answer: A
15. A tangible truth about having moral principles is
A. moral behavior always pays off in strictly selfish terms.
B. morally responsible companies are rarely among the most profitable.
C. if you do the right thing only because you think it will pay off, you’re not really motivated by moral
concerns.
D. business is fundamentally an amoral activity.
Answer: C
16. Identify the true statement concerning moral principles and self-interest.
A. Statutes are laws that applied in the English-speaking world before common law existed.
B. Philosophers agree that morality is based on the commands of God.
C. “Groupthink” is a positive and necessary characteristic of all groups.
D. Morality serves to restrain our purely self-interested desires so that we can all live together.
Answer: D
17. To defeat the paradox of hedonism, a person should
A. be exclusively concerned with their self-interest.
B. be less concerned with morality.
C. strictly adhere to moral principles derived from religion.
D. be concerned with desires that extend beyond themselves.
Answer: B
18. The famous experiments by social psychologist Solomon Asch show
A. the truth of utilitarianism.
B. the power of peer pressure has been greatly exaggerated.
C. business organizations put more pressure on individual integrity than other kinds of organizations.
D. even temporary groups can pressure people to conform.
Answer: D
19. In large groups, individuals may feel less accountable for their actions. This phenomenon is often
called
A. ethical relativism.
B. bystander apathy.
C. groupthink.
D. the paradox of hedonism.
Answer: B
20. If an argument is valid, then
A. the argument is sound.
B. the argument’s conclusion must be true.
, C. the argument’s premises are true.
D. its conclusion must be true if its premises are.
Answer: D
21. Good moral judgments should be logical and
A. based on religion.
B. beyond rational doubt.
C. based on facts and acceptable moral principles.
D. coincide with what most scientifically trained people think.
Answer: C
22. Philosophical discussion of moral issues typically involves
A. the revision and modification of arguments.
B. polished rhetoric and skill at debate.
C. circular reasoning.
D. determining what the majority thinks.
Answer: A
23. Proper logic states
A. all valid arguments are sound arguments.
B. all sound arguments are valid arguments.
C. a sound argument may have a false conclusion.
D. a sound argument may have a false premise.
Answer: B
24. Choose the statement that is a true reflection of moral beliefs.
A. Conscience is a perfectly reliable guide for moral behavior.
B. Morality, in the broad sense, is the set of moral rules you obey.
C. Bystander apathy appears to result in part from diffusion of responsibility.
D. Rules of etiquette are usually moral assertions.
Answer: C
25. Which of the following moral attitudes are best depicted?
A. As long as your conduct is legal, then it will be moral.
B. If you follow the rules of etiquette, your conduct will be moral.
C. Moral standards typically concern behavior that can have serious consequences on human welfare.
D. There is no distinction between morality in a broad sense and morality in a narrow sense.
Answer: C
26. Much of business ethics can be characterized as organizational ethics.
A. True
B. False
Answer: A
27. Most people don't distinguish between a person's “morals” and their “ethics.”
A. True
B. False
, Answer: A
28. Business ethics is the study of what constitutes right and wrong, or good and bad, human conduct in a
business context.
A. True
B. False
Answer: A
29. In business and elsewhere, your only moral obligation is to act within the law.
A. True
B. False
Answer: A
30. For philosophers, the important question is not how we come to have our particular moral principles
but whether we can justify them.
A. True
B. False
Answer: A
31. If your conduct is legal, it will also be moral.
A. True
B. False
Answer: B
32. Moral standards concern behavior that can be of serious consequence to human welfare.
A. True
B. False
Answer: A
33. Professional codes are not law and, therefore, must not be followed.
A. True
B. False
Answer: B
34. Rules of etiquette are always moral rules.
A. True
B. False
Answer: B
35. “Etiquette” designates a special realm of morality.
A. True
B. False
Answer: B
36. There are four basic kinds of law: statutes, regulations, common law, and constitutional law.
A. True
B. False
Answer: A
,37. Law codifies customs, ideals, beliefs, and a society’s moral values in theory and practice.
A. True
B. False
Answer: A
38. According to one view in divine command theory, if something is wrong, then the only reason it is
wrong is that God commands it to be wrong.
A. True
B. False
Answer: A
39. Ethical relativism is the theory that what is right is inherently related to morality.
A. True
B. False
Answer: B
40. If you do the right thing only because you think it will pay off, then you are truly motivated by moral
concerns.
A. True
B. False
Answer: B
41. Our conscience evolved as we internalized the moral instructions of the parents or other authority
figures who raised us as children.
A. True
B. False
Answer: A
42. The paradox of hedonism (or the paradox of selfishness) is that people who are exclusively concerned
with their own interests tend to have happier and more satisfying lives than those concerned about others.
A. True
B. False
Answer: B
43. Empirical evidence shows that loyalty is a powerful force responsible for managers’ willingness to
compromise their integrity.
A. True
B. False
Answer: A
44. Organizational norms always and inevitably lead to groupthink.
A. True
B. False
Answer: B
45. Bystander apathy appears to result in part from diffusion of responsibility.
A. True
B. False
, Answer: A
46. One of an organization’s major characteristics is the shared acceptance of organizational rules by its
members.
A. True
B. False
Answer: A
47. An argument is a group of statements, one of which is claimed to follow from the others.
A. True
B. False
Answer: A
48. An argument is valid only if all its premises are true.
A. True
B. False
Answer: B
49. According to Tom Regan, our considered moral beliefs are those we hold only after we have made a
conscientious effort (a) to attain maximum conceptual clarity, (b) to acquire all relevant information, (c) to
think about the belief and its implications rationally, (d) impartially, and with the benefit of reflection, (e)
coolly.
A. True
B. False
Answer: A
50. A valid argument can be unsound.
A. True
B. False
Answer: A
51. What is the divine command theory?
A.
52. Does ethical disagreement imply that all opinions are equally correct?
A.
53. Identify one type of pressure that makes it difficult for a member of an organization to stick with their
principles and provide an example.
A.
54. What is the difference between the validity and soundness of an argument?
A.
55. How can one challenge the moral standard of an argument?
A.
56. How do we develop our ethics? What are the primary sources for us to develop our ethical position?
A.
Business Ethics A Textbook with Cases 10th Edition Miller
Important Notes
The file includes the complete test bank, organized chapter by chapter.
A sample of selected pages has been provided for preview.
All available appendices and Excel files (if included in the original resources) are
provided.
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editions.
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,Table of Contents
Chapter 01 - The Nature of Morality (60 questions)
Chapter 02 - Normative Theories of Ethics (66 questions)
Chapter 03 - Justice and Economic Distribution (65 questions)
Chapter 04 - The Nature of Capitalism (65 questions)
Chapter 05 - Corporations (60 questions)
Chapter 06 - Consumers (65 questions)
Chapter 07 - The Environment (60 questions)
Chapter 08 - The Workplace (1) Basic Issues (65 questions)
Chapter 09 - The Workplace (2) Today's Challenges (65 questions)
Chapter 10 - Moral Choices Facing Employees (65 questions)
Chapter 11 - Job Discrimination (65 questions)
,Chapter 01 - The Nature of Morality
1. Which of the following characteristics distinguishes moral standards from other standards?
A. Moral standards are purely optional.
B. Moral standards take priority over other standards, including self-interest.
C. Moral standards cannot be justified by reasons.
D. Moral standards must be set or validated by some authoritative body.
Answer: B
2. Choose the statement that gives the most accurate description of etiquette:
A. The rules of etiquette are a fundamental branch of morality.
B. Conformity with the rules of etiquette is sufficient for moral conduct.
C. Etiquette refers to any special code of social behavior or courtesy.
D. The rules of etiquette are backed by statutory law.
Answer: C
3. Which of the following best describes our relationship with the law?
A. To a significant extent, the law codifies a society's customs, norms, and moral values.
B. The law is an entirely adequate guide to the moral standards that we should follow.
C. The law makes all immoral conduct illegal.
D. Violating the law is always immoral.
Answer: A
4. Identify the type of rules that do not fall in one of the four broad categories of law.
A. statutes
B. constitutional law
C. common law
D. professional codes
Answer: D
5. For philosophers, the most important issue is not where our moral principles came from, but
A. whether those moral principles can be justified.
B. how do we acquire the beliefs we have.
C. to what extent religion influences people’s moral beliefs.
D. the legal basis for acting morally.
Answer: A
6. Identify the correct statement relating to moral versus nonmoral standards.
A. Philosophers agree on a complete list of adequacy criteria for moral judgments.
B. Professional codes are the rules that govern the conduct of members of a given profession.
C. Authoritative bodies issue the most compelling moral standards.
D. Self-interest must take priority over moral standards to ensure that all people enjoy satisfying lives.
Answer: B
7. When religion is considered as a source of moral instruction,
A. religious ideals are difficult to translate into precise policy prescriptions.
B. most people act rightly only because their religion tells them to.
, C. atheists are likely to be less moral than religious people.
D. all people of faith will agree on all moral questions.
Answer: A
8. According to divine command theory, if stealing is wrong, then it is wrong because
A. our reason determines stealing to be wrong.
B. stealing is never justified.
C. humanity has concluded that stealing is wrong.
D. God commands us not to steal.
Answer: D
9. Ethical relativism supports the theory that:
A. what is right is determined by what a culture or society says is right.
B. there are no moral values whatsoever.
C. morality is relative to the goal of promoting human well-being.
D. different societies have similar ideas about right and wrong.
Answer: A
10. When ethical relativism is put into practice, it implies that
A. societies never share any moral values in common.
B. in ethics, sometimes the minority is right.
C. we cannot say that slavery is wrong if the society in question believes it is right.
D. as societies evolve, their morality improves.
Answer: C
11. In the essay “Is Business Bluffing Ethical?” Albert Carr would agree with all of the following except for
which of these?
A. Business has the impersonal character of a game like poker.
B. Business demands special strategy.
C. Business requires an understanding of its special ethical standards.
D. Business should be evaluated by society's moral standards.
Answer: D
12. Accepting a moral principle
A. is a purely intellectual act, such as accepting a scientific hypothesis.
B. generally involves a desire to follow that principle for its own sake.
C. means you will never go against that principle.
D. is a religiously based act of faith.
Answer: B
13. The example of Huckleberry Finn shows
A. one should always obey one's conscience.
B. when in doubt, one should ignore one's conscience.
C. we shouldn’t rely uncritically on what our conscience says.
D. unlike most people, Huckleberry Finn lacked a conscience.
Answer: C
,14. Morality and self-interest
A. can sometimes conflict.
B. boil down to the same thing.
C. can never come into genuine conflict.
D. are in basic, irreconcilable conflict.
Answer: A
15. A tangible truth about having moral principles is
A. moral behavior always pays off in strictly selfish terms.
B. morally responsible companies are rarely among the most profitable.
C. if you do the right thing only because you think it will pay off, you’re not really motivated by moral
concerns.
D. business is fundamentally an amoral activity.
Answer: C
16. Identify the true statement concerning moral principles and self-interest.
A. Statutes are laws that applied in the English-speaking world before common law existed.
B. Philosophers agree that morality is based on the commands of God.
C. “Groupthink” is a positive and necessary characteristic of all groups.
D. Morality serves to restrain our purely self-interested desires so that we can all live together.
Answer: D
17. To defeat the paradox of hedonism, a person should
A. be exclusively concerned with their self-interest.
B. be less concerned with morality.
C. strictly adhere to moral principles derived from religion.
D. be concerned with desires that extend beyond themselves.
Answer: B
18. The famous experiments by social psychologist Solomon Asch show
A. the truth of utilitarianism.
B. the power of peer pressure has been greatly exaggerated.
C. business organizations put more pressure on individual integrity than other kinds of organizations.
D. even temporary groups can pressure people to conform.
Answer: D
19. In large groups, individuals may feel less accountable for their actions. This phenomenon is often
called
A. ethical relativism.
B. bystander apathy.
C. groupthink.
D. the paradox of hedonism.
Answer: B
20. If an argument is valid, then
A. the argument is sound.
B. the argument’s conclusion must be true.
, C. the argument’s premises are true.
D. its conclusion must be true if its premises are.
Answer: D
21. Good moral judgments should be logical and
A. based on religion.
B. beyond rational doubt.
C. based on facts and acceptable moral principles.
D. coincide with what most scientifically trained people think.
Answer: C
22. Philosophical discussion of moral issues typically involves
A. the revision and modification of arguments.
B. polished rhetoric and skill at debate.
C. circular reasoning.
D. determining what the majority thinks.
Answer: A
23. Proper logic states
A. all valid arguments are sound arguments.
B. all sound arguments are valid arguments.
C. a sound argument may have a false conclusion.
D. a sound argument may have a false premise.
Answer: B
24. Choose the statement that is a true reflection of moral beliefs.
A. Conscience is a perfectly reliable guide for moral behavior.
B. Morality, in the broad sense, is the set of moral rules you obey.
C. Bystander apathy appears to result in part from diffusion of responsibility.
D. Rules of etiquette are usually moral assertions.
Answer: C
25. Which of the following moral attitudes are best depicted?
A. As long as your conduct is legal, then it will be moral.
B. If you follow the rules of etiquette, your conduct will be moral.
C. Moral standards typically concern behavior that can have serious consequences on human welfare.
D. There is no distinction between morality in a broad sense and morality in a narrow sense.
Answer: C
26. Much of business ethics can be characterized as organizational ethics.
A. True
B. False
Answer: A
27. Most people don't distinguish between a person's “morals” and their “ethics.”
A. True
B. False
, Answer: A
28. Business ethics is the study of what constitutes right and wrong, or good and bad, human conduct in a
business context.
A. True
B. False
Answer: A
29. In business and elsewhere, your only moral obligation is to act within the law.
A. True
B. False
Answer: A
30. For philosophers, the important question is not how we come to have our particular moral principles
but whether we can justify them.
A. True
B. False
Answer: A
31. If your conduct is legal, it will also be moral.
A. True
B. False
Answer: B
32. Moral standards concern behavior that can be of serious consequence to human welfare.
A. True
B. False
Answer: A
33. Professional codes are not law and, therefore, must not be followed.
A. True
B. False
Answer: B
34. Rules of etiquette are always moral rules.
A. True
B. False
Answer: B
35. “Etiquette” designates a special realm of morality.
A. True
B. False
Answer: B
36. There are four basic kinds of law: statutes, regulations, common law, and constitutional law.
A. True
B. False
Answer: A
,37. Law codifies customs, ideals, beliefs, and a society’s moral values in theory and practice.
A. True
B. False
Answer: A
38. According to one view in divine command theory, if something is wrong, then the only reason it is
wrong is that God commands it to be wrong.
A. True
B. False
Answer: A
39. Ethical relativism is the theory that what is right is inherently related to morality.
A. True
B. False
Answer: B
40. If you do the right thing only because you think it will pay off, then you are truly motivated by moral
concerns.
A. True
B. False
Answer: B
41. Our conscience evolved as we internalized the moral instructions of the parents or other authority
figures who raised us as children.
A. True
B. False
Answer: A
42. The paradox of hedonism (or the paradox of selfishness) is that people who are exclusively concerned
with their own interests tend to have happier and more satisfying lives than those concerned about others.
A. True
B. False
Answer: B
43. Empirical evidence shows that loyalty is a powerful force responsible for managers’ willingness to
compromise their integrity.
A. True
B. False
Answer: A
44. Organizational norms always and inevitably lead to groupthink.
A. True
B. False
Answer: B
45. Bystander apathy appears to result in part from diffusion of responsibility.
A. True
B. False
, Answer: A
46. One of an organization’s major characteristics is the shared acceptance of organizational rules by its
members.
A. True
B. False
Answer: A
47. An argument is a group of statements, one of which is claimed to follow from the others.
A. True
B. False
Answer: A
48. An argument is valid only if all its premises are true.
A. True
B. False
Answer: B
49. According to Tom Regan, our considered moral beliefs are those we hold only after we have made a
conscientious effort (a) to attain maximum conceptual clarity, (b) to acquire all relevant information, (c) to
think about the belief and its implications rationally, (d) impartially, and with the benefit of reflection, (e)
coolly.
A. True
B. False
Answer: A
50. A valid argument can be unsound.
A. True
B. False
Answer: A
51. What is the divine command theory?
A.
52. Does ethical disagreement imply that all opinions are equally correct?
A.
53. Identify one type of pressure that makes it difficult for a member of an organization to stick with their
principles and provide an example.
A.
54. What is the difference between the validity and soundness of an argument?
A.
55. How can one challenge the moral standard of an argument?
A.
56. How do we develop our ethics? What are the primary sources for us to develop our ethical position?
A.
