Business Ethics C717 Pearson questions and answers all correct
and that person's duties correspond to the rights of others Correct Answer: Philosophers will
sometimes claim that rights and duties are correlative where a person's rights establish another's duties
people do not always want what it is in their interest to have Correct Answer: Wants are what people
will pursue whereas
Philosophers will sometimes claim that rights and duties are correlative where a person's rights establish
another's duties Correct Answer: and that person's duties correspond to the rights of others
An important perspective within the philosophical study of ethics that holds that ethical values and
judgments are ultimately dependent upon, correlative to, one's culture,society or personal feeling is
called. Correct Answer: ethical relativism
Identify the values that are confused values with relativism (check all that apply) Correct Answer:
Tolerance, Impartiality
Virtues Correct Answer: Motivations that are likely to lead one to a good and meaningful life
Vices Correct Answer: Motivations that are likely to lead one to a life of unhappiness
Identify the versions of the principle of categorical imperative given by Kant that are less abstract
Correct Answer: Ethics requires one to treat all people as ends and never only as means.
One is required to treat people as subjects, not as objects.
which of the following are emphasized by principle-based ethics? (Select all that apply) Correct Answer:
Deserved recompense
Rights and Duties
Promises
True or False: Attempts to shift focus on to the "expected" utility of an act is to accept utilitarianism
Correct Answer: False
Within one tradition, one's ethical dute is explained in terms o a principlethat the German philosopher
Immanual kant called Correct Answer: the categorical imperative
T or F: Respect for other people is a fundamental ethical value Correct Answer: True
Identify a true statement about utilitarianism Correct Answer: it provided strong support for the
Democratic institutions and policies
free market capitalism Correct Answer: Free market economics advises one that the most efficient
means to attain the goal of maximum satisfaction of consumer demands is to structure one's economy
according to the principles of
, Rather than simply describing people as good to bad, right or wrong, an ethics of ethics of virtue
encourages Correct Answer: a fuller description
Immanual Kant tells that one should act only according to those maxims that Correct Answer: could be
universally accepted and acted on
compensation Correct Answer: Reasoning that justifies executive___ as a contractual duty is a principle-
based argument.
T/F: If an individual starts with the assumption that an ethical judgment must be proven as absolutely
certain and beyond doubt, then ethics assuredly will fail to met this standard Correct Answer: True
Rights sometimes override the collective will because they Correct Answer: protect certain interests
that are more important and central to human well-being than the mere happiness other.
T/F: By the time individuals are adults, their entire character is formed by such factors as their parents,
schools, church, friends, and society. this is not affected by any social institutions such as business and
so on. Correct Answer: False
While some cultures legitimize child labor, it is usually seen as an fortunate but necessary alternative to
starvation. This shows that accepting a deplorable situation___ Correct Answer: as the least harmful of
the alternatives is not the same as accepting it as ethically valid
Rights offer protection of certain central human interests, prohibiting Correct Answer: the sacrifice of
these interests merely to provide a net increase in the overall happiness
The self is identical to a persons most fundamental and enduring Correct Answer: dispositions,
attitudes, values and beliefs
a Business provides many opportunities for behavior that is generous or greedy, and so on. Given these
opportunities, each individual must ask which character traits are likely to help him other Correct
Answer: live a good life
A influential version of utilitarian policy claims that Correct Answer: competitive markets are the best
means for attaining utilitarian goals.
___ dominates among policy makers and policy administrators Correct Answer: Utilitarian reasoning
Reasoning that faults executive compensation as greedy, distasteful, and as motivated by narrow self-
interest adopts a(n)___ on ethics, which implies that a greedy person who does distasteful and selfish
things will not lead a fulfilling life Correct Answer: virtue-based perspective
T/F: Virtue ethics emphasizes the fact that sometimes the correct path is determined not by its
consequences but by certain principles or duties Correct Answer: False
and that person's duties correspond to the rights of others Correct Answer: Philosophers will
sometimes claim that rights and duties are correlative where a person's rights establish another's duties
people do not always want what it is in their interest to have Correct Answer: Wants are what people
will pursue whereas
Philosophers will sometimes claim that rights and duties are correlative where a person's rights establish
another's duties Correct Answer: and that person's duties correspond to the rights of others
An important perspective within the philosophical study of ethics that holds that ethical values and
judgments are ultimately dependent upon, correlative to, one's culture,society or personal feeling is
called. Correct Answer: ethical relativism
Identify the values that are confused values with relativism (check all that apply) Correct Answer:
Tolerance, Impartiality
Virtues Correct Answer: Motivations that are likely to lead one to a good and meaningful life
Vices Correct Answer: Motivations that are likely to lead one to a life of unhappiness
Identify the versions of the principle of categorical imperative given by Kant that are less abstract
Correct Answer: Ethics requires one to treat all people as ends and never only as means.
One is required to treat people as subjects, not as objects.
which of the following are emphasized by principle-based ethics? (Select all that apply) Correct Answer:
Deserved recompense
Rights and Duties
Promises
True or False: Attempts to shift focus on to the "expected" utility of an act is to accept utilitarianism
Correct Answer: False
Within one tradition, one's ethical dute is explained in terms o a principlethat the German philosopher
Immanual kant called Correct Answer: the categorical imperative
T or F: Respect for other people is a fundamental ethical value Correct Answer: True
Identify a true statement about utilitarianism Correct Answer: it provided strong support for the
Democratic institutions and policies
free market capitalism Correct Answer: Free market economics advises one that the most efficient
means to attain the goal of maximum satisfaction of consumer demands is to structure one's economy
according to the principles of
, Rather than simply describing people as good to bad, right or wrong, an ethics of ethics of virtue
encourages Correct Answer: a fuller description
Immanual Kant tells that one should act only according to those maxims that Correct Answer: could be
universally accepted and acted on
compensation Correct Answer: Reasoning that justifies executive___ as a contractual duty is a principle-
based argument.
T/F: If an individual starts with the assumption that an ethical judgment must be proven as absolutely
certain and beyond doubt, then ethics assuredly will fail to met this standard Correct Answer: True
Rights sometimes override the collective will because they Correct Answer: protect certain interests
that are more important and central to human well-being than the mere happiness other.
T/F: By the time individuals are adults, their entire character is formed by such factors as their parents,
schools, church, friends, and society. this is not affected by any social institutions such as business and
so on. Correct Answer: False
While some cultures legitimize child labor, it is usually seen as an fortunate but necessary alternative to
starvation. This shows that accepting a deplorable situation___ Correct Answer: as the least harmful of
the alternatives is not the same as accepting it as ethically valid
Rights offer protection of certain central human interests, prohibiting Correct Answer: the sacrifice of
these interests merely to provide a net increase in the overall happiness
The self is identical to a persons most fundamental and enduring Correct Answer: dispositions,
attitudes, values and beliefs
a Business provides many opportunities for behavior that is generous or greedy, and so on. Given these
opportunities, each individual must ask which character traits are likely to help him other Correct
Answer: live a good life
A influential version of utilitarian policy claims that Correct Answer: competitive markets are the best
means for attaining utilitarian goals.
___ dominates among policy makers and policy administrators Correct Answer: Utilitarian reasoning
Reasoning that faults executive compensation as greedy, distasteful, and as motivated by narrow self-
interest adopts a(n)___ on ethics, which implies that a greedy person who does distasteful and selfish
things will not lead a fulfilling life Correct Answer: virtue-based perspective
T/F: Virtue ethics emphasizes the fact that sometimes the correct path is determined not by its
consequences but by certain principles or duties Correct Answer: False
