Assessment for Fundamentals for Success in
Business final exam (WGU072) Q&A
A U.S. company hires a new employee from Germany. The new employee is being trained by other
employees on the company's conflict resolution practices in alignment with the company's mission
and ethical standards. As part of the training, the employee identifies how the ethical values of the
company are consistent with the employee's values.Which aspect of the company is the employee
learning?
Organizational culture
Organizational leadership
International business culture
International business success
Organizational culture
A senior manager asks an employee to omit a key section from a financial report to hide some
distressing data.Which aspect of the organization is being violated by the manager's behavior?
Beliefs
Norms
Culture
Ethics
Ethics
An employee overhears an office manager telling a prospective client that the company does not
work with people from a particular ethnicity even though the company has a nondiscrimination
policy.Which element is violated by the actions of this office manager?
Personal ethics
Employee handbook guidelines
Established state law
Personal culture
Employee handbook guidelines
A young, unmarried employee who is an only child has a conversation with an older, married
employee with siblings about the corporate decision to enter into a lucrative contract with a firm that
legally supplies substandard medications to developing countries. The two employees disagree as to
whether the company's decision was ethical.What is the primary demographic trait that influences
the values of these employees?
Age
Birth order
Employment
Marital status
Age
A corporation's code of ethics endorses a green work place.Which employee activity models this
code?
Starting an office recycling program
Organizing a community cleanup day for a local park
Raising money to support the science club at a local high school
Riding a bicycle to work to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
, Starting an office recycling program
A company advertises that it uses environmentally safe practices in all business processes; however,
the chief financial officer (CFO) has blocked the adoption of many environmentally safe practices
because of the additional costs to the company.Which controversial business practice is this company
using?
Whistleblowing
Sheltering
Greenwashing
Cherry picking
Greenwashing
An organization plans to close its local factory and shift manufacturing operations overseas. This
brings opposition from employees.Which terms describes this organizational move?
Legal-ethical
Legal-unethical
Illegal-ethical
Illegal-unethical
Legal-ethical
Individual authors wrote books about the negative environmental impacts of some industries,
including the coal industry.Which benefit did the authors' work have on society?
It helped the authors to become more popular.
It drew the public's attention to the targeted issue.
It increased the economic welfare of the community.
It resulted in increased government funding for the industries.
It drew the public's attention to the targeted issue.
The accountant of a company was asked to change the current quarterly sales results by adding sales
that were set to occur next quarter.Which stakeholder group is directly impacted by this action?
Suppliers
Employees
Customers
Shareholders
Shareholders
A new manager in a restaurant decides to cut costs by purchasing sub-standard materials. What are
the implications of this manager's actions?
The customer base of the restaurant will decrease.
The employee morale will improve.
The menu prices will be reduced.
The reputation of the restaurant will increase.
The customer base of the restaurant will decrease.
Which type of organizational culture in the Competing Values Framework focuses on accountability to
shareholders, competitiveness, and productivity?
Business final exam (WGU072) Q&A
A U.S. company hires a new employee from Germany. The new employee is being trained by other
employees on the company's conflict resolution practices in alignment with the company's mission
and ethical standards. As part of the training, the employee identifies how the ethical values of the
company are consistent with the employee's values.Which aspect of the company is the employee
learning?
Organizational culture
Organizational leadership
International business culture
International business success
Organizational culture
A senior manager asks an employee to omit a key section from a financial report to hide some
distressing data.Which aspect of the organization is being violated by the manager's behavior?
Beliefs
Norms
Culture
Ethics
Ethics
An employee overhears an office manager telling a prospective client that the company does not
work with people from a particular ethnicity even though the company has a nondiscrimination
policy.Which element is violated by the actions of this office manager?
Personal ethics
Employee handbook guidelines
Established state law
Personal culture
Employee handbook guidelines
A young, unmarried employee who is an only child has a conversation with an older, married
employee with siblings about the corporate decision to enter into a lucrative contract with a firm that
legally supplies substandard medications to developing countries. The two employees disagree as to
whether the company's decision was ethical.What is the primary demographic trait that influences
the values of these employees?
Age
Birth order
Employment
Marital status
Age
A corporation's code of ethics endorses a green work place.Which employee activity models this
code?
Starting an office recycling program
Organizing a community cleanup day for a local park
Raising money to support the science club at a local high school
Riding a bicycle to work to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
, Starting an office recycling program
A company advertises that it uses environmentally safe practices in all business processes; however,
the chief financial officer (CFO) has blocked the adoption of many environmentally safe practices
because of the additional costs to the company.Which controversial business practice is this company
using?
Whistleblowing
Sheltering
Greenwashing
Cherry picking
Greenwashing
An organization plans to close its local factory and shift manufacturing operations overseas. This
brings opposition from employees.Which terms describes this organizational move?
Legal-ethical
Legal-unethical
Illegal-ethical
Illegal-unethical
Legal-ethical
Individual authors wrote books about the negative environmental impacts of some industries,
including the coal industry.Which benefit did the authors' work have on society?
It helped the authors to become more popular.
It drew the public's attention to the targeted issue.
It increased the economic welfare of the community.
It resulted in increased government funding for the industries.
It drew the public's attention to the targeted issue.
The accountant of a company was asked to change the current quarterly sales results by adding sales
that were set to occur next quarter.Which stakeholder group is directly impacted by this action?
Suppliers
Employees
Customers
Shareholders
Shareholders
A new manager in a restaurant decides to cut costs by purchasing sub-standard materials. What are
the implications of this manager's actions?
The customer base of the restaurant will decrease.
The employee morale will improve.
The menu prices will be reduced.
The reputation of the restaurant will increase.
The customer base of the restaurant will decrease.
Which type of organizational culture in the Competing Values Framework focuses on accountability to
shareholders, competitiveness, and productivity?
