BUSINESS ETHICS FERRELL FRAEDRICH
ACTUAL PAPER 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥ Identify a challenge associated with the market controlled approach to
health and safety. Answer: Employees lack the kinds of free choices that
the free-market theory would require in order to attain optimal
satisfactions.
⩥ One of the challenges in the acceptable risk approach to workplace
health and safety is that it: Answer: assumes an equivalency between
workplace risks and other types of risks when there are significant
differences between them.
⩥ With regard to health and safety at a workplace, ________ can be
defined as the probability of harm. Answer: risks
⩥ Fundamental questions of justice arise because employees are subject
to considerable harms from a lack of security in their jobs and do not
have much power to create security. Answer: True
⩥ In legal contexts, due process is the right to be protected against the
arbitrary use of authority. Answer: False
, ⩥ A true statement about health and safety at a workplace is that
________. Answer: they have intrinsic value in addition to their
instrumental value
⩥ The term "sweatshops" refers to workplaces where: Answer:
employees lack even the most basic health and safety protections.
⩥ The doctrine of "employment at will"(EAW) holds that, unless an
agreement specifies otherwise, employers are free to fire an employee at
any time and for any reason. Answer: True
⩥ Identify a true statement about the right of due process. Answer: In the
employment context, due process specifies the conditions for basic
fairness within the scope of an employer's authority over its employees.
⩥ In the context of downsizing, if a firm retains employees on the basis
of longevity with the firm and the retained employees are mostly of the
male gender, the firm is not violating any regulations legally. Answer:
False
⩥ Some employers emphasize the rights and duties of all employees and
treat employees well simply because "it is the right thing to do." Identify
the ethical approach for this perspective. Answer: Deontological ethics
ACTUAL PAPER 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥ Identify a challenge associated with the market controlled approach to
health and safety. Answer: Employees lack the kinds of free choices that
the free-market theory would require in order to attain optimal
satisfactions.
⩥ One of the challenges in the acceptable risk approach to workplace
health and safety is that it: Answer: assumes an equivalency between
workplace risks and other types of risks when there are significant
differences between them.
⩥ With regard to health and safety at a workplace, ________ can be
defined as the probability of harm. Answer: risks
⩥ Fundamental questions of justice arise because employees are subject
to considerable harms from a lack of security in their jobs and do not
have much power to create security. Answer: True
⩥ In legal contexts, due process is the right to be protected against the
arbitrary use of authority. Answer: False
, ⩥ A true statement about health and safety at a workplace is that
________. Answer: they have intrinsic value in addition to their
instrumental value
⩥ The term "sweatshops" refers to workplaces where: Answer:
employees lack even the most basic health and safety protections.
⩥ The doctrine of "employment at will"(EAW) holds that, unless an
agreement specifies otherwise, employers are free to fire an employee at
any time and for any reason. Answer: True
⩥ Identify a true statement about the right of due process. Answer: In the
employment context, due process specifies the conditions for basic
fairness within the scope of an employer's authority over its employees.
⩥ In the context of downsizing, if a firm retains employees on the basis
of longevity with the firm and the retained employees are mostly of the
male gender, the firm is not violating any regulations legally. Answer:
False
⩥ Some employers emphasize the rights and duties of all employees and
treat employees well simply because "it is the right thing to do." Identify
the ethical approach for this perspective. Answer: Deontological ethics
