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Business Ethics Edition 6 by Hartman
CORRECT ANSWERS ARE 6) Ethical values are personal codes of
LOCATED IN THE 2ND HALF OF ethics that ensure that a person meets his
or her individual standards of well-
THIS DOC.
being.
TRUE/FALSE - Write 'T' if the statement
⊚ true
is true and 'F' if the statement is false.
⊚ false
1) In a general sense, a business
stakeholder is one who has made
7) The well-being promoted by ethical
substantial financial investments in the
values is not a personal and selfish well-
business.
being.
⊚ true
⊚ true
⊚ false
⊚ false
2) In the face of inevitable disagreement,
8) Societies that value individual freedom
Thrasymachus’s view was that everyone
legally stipulate codes of personal
works together to figure the best way
integrity and common decency to
forward.
safeguard this freedom.
⊚ true
⊚ true
⊚ false
⊚ false
3) Ethics refers to how human beings
9) Human beings are capable of a wide
should live their lives.
diversity of motivations and behaviors,
⊚ true
ranging from narrow self-interest to
⊚ false
wide empathy and altruism, and in this,
business is no different.
4) Norms appeal to certain values that
⊚ true
would be promoted or attained by acting
⊚ false
in a certain way.
⊚ true
10) Ethical theories are patterns of thinking,
⊚ false
or methodologies, to help us decide what
to do.
5) Values are the only guidance individuals
⊚ true
need to act in ways that are positive or
⊚ false
ethical.
⊚ true
⊚ false
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,ACCESS Test Bank for BusinessTáEthics 6th Edition Hartman
Business Ethics Edition 6 by Hartman
MULTIPLE CHOICE - Choose the one 14) ________ is a theory of human
alternative that best completes the motivation that claims that all human
statement or answers the question. actions are selfish and motivated by self-
11) Which of the following represents the interest.
role of philosophical ethics in the field A) Theoretical reasoning
of business ethics? B) The stakeholder theory
A) providing the fundamental C) Psychological egoism
language and categories of ethics D) The separation thesis
B) understanding how business
organizations fit into political 15) The ________ asserts that ordinary
context ethical standards should be kept separate
C) recognizing the mental processes from, and not be used to judge, business
behind why people behave as decisions because business has its own
they do standards of good and bad.
D) promoting a culture in which A) scientific method
legal compliance flourishes B) separation thesis
C) concept of theoretical reasoning
12) Identify a true statement about the field D) social ethics model
of business ethics.
A) It is rooted in the more general 16) In a general sense, anyone who affects or
principle of social ethics. is affected by decisions made within a
B) It is not a multidisciplinary field. firm can be called a business ________.
C) It is mainly relevant to decision A) nominee
making within an organization. B) stakeholder
D) It involves decisions at the C) analyst
individual, at the organizational, D) insider
and at a broader social and
governmental level. 17) Which of the following best describes a
business stakeholder?
13) Which of the following is a goal of a A) only the minority shareholders in
business ethics class? a business entity
A) understanding how and why B) only those who have acquired
people behave unethically significant shares in a firm
B) doing everything required to C) anyone who audits a firm
satisfy business stakeholders D) anyone who affects or is affected
C) separating ordinary ethical by decisions made within a firm
consideration from business
decisions
D) recognizing that business has its
own standards of good and bad
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Business Ethics Edition 6 by Hartman
18) Which of the following best describes 21) Which of the following observations is
ethics? true of ethics?
A) an academic discipline that A) It is descriptive in nature.
originated in the early 1900s B) It deals with our reasoning about
B) a descriptive approach that how we should act.
provides an account of how and C) It provides an account of how
why people do act the way they and why people act the way they
do do.
C) the study of how human beings D) It is equivalent to law-abiding
should lead their lives behavior.
D) a descriptive approach such as
psychology and sociology 22) Social sciences such as psychology and
sociology are different from ethics
19) Which of the following is an approach owing to the fact that they are ________.
advocated while teaching ethics? A) normative in nature
A) Teachers should teach ethical B) descriptive in nature
dogma to a passive audience. C) conjectural in nature
B) Teachers should consider D) clinical in nature
acceptance of customary norms
as an adequate ethical 23) ________ seeks an account of the how
perspective. and why people should act a certain way,
C) Teachers should understand that rather than how they do act.
their role is only to tell the right A) Sociology
answers to their students. B) Psychology
D) Teachers should challenge C) Ethics
students to think for themselves. D) Anthropology
20) Philosophers often state that ethics is
________, which means that it focuses
on people’s reasoning about how they
should act.
A) normative
B) derivative
C) circumstantial
D) clinical
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Business Ethics Edition 6 by Hartman
CORRECT ANSWERS ARE 6) Ethical values are personal codes of
LOCATED IN THE 2ND HALF OF ethics that ensure that a person meets his
or her individual standards of well-
THIS DOC.
being.
TRUE/FALSE - Write 'T' if the statement
⊚ true
is true and 'F' if the statement is false.
⊚ false
1) In a general sense, a business
stakeholder is one who has made
7) The well-being promoted by ethical
substantial financial investments in the
values is not a personal and selfish well-
business.
being.
⊚ true
⊚ true
⊚ false
⊚ false
2) In the face of inevitable disagreement,
8) Societies that value individual freedom
Thrasymachus’s view was that everyone
legally stipulate codes of personal
works together to figure the best way
integrity and common decency to
forward.
safeguard this freedom.
⊚ true
⊚ true
⊚ false
⊚ false
3) Ethics refers to how human beings
9) Human beings are capable of a wide
should live their lives.
diversity of motivations and behaviors,
⊚ true
ranging from narrow self-interest to
⊚ false
wide empathy and altruism, and in this,
business is no different.
4) Norms appeal to certain values that
⊚ true
would be promoted or attained by acting
⊚ false
in a certain way.
⊚ true
10) Ethical theories are patterns of thinking,
⊚ false
or methodologies, to help us decide what
to do.
5) Values are the only guidance individuals
⊚ true
need to act in ways that are positive or
⊚ false
ethical.
⊚ true
⊚ false
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,ACCESS Test Bank for BusinessTáEthics 6th Edition Hartman
Business Ethics Edition 6 by Hartman
MULTIPLE CHOICE - Choose the one 14) ________ is a theory of human
alternative that best completes the motivation that claims that all human
statement or answers the question. actions are selfish and motivated by self-
11) Which of the following represents the interest.
role of philosophical ethics in the field A) Theoretical reasoning
of business ethics? B) The stakeholder theory
A) providing the fundamental C) Psychological egoism
language and categories of ethics D) The separation thesis
B) understanding how business
organizations fit into political 15) The ________ asserts that ordinary
context ethical standards should be kept separate
C) recognizing the mental processes from, and not be used to judge, business
behind why people behave as decisions because business has its own
they do standards of good and bad.
D) promoting a culture in which A) scientific method
legal compliance flourishes B) separation thesis
C) concept of theoretical reasoning
12) Identify a true statement about the field D) social ethics model
of business ethics.
A) It is rooted in the more general 16) In a general sense, anyone who affects or
principle of social ethics. is affected by decisions made within a
B) It is not a multidisciplinary field. firm can be called a business ________.
C) It is mainly relevant to decision A) nominee
making within an organization. B) stakeholder
D) It involves decisions at the C) analyst
individual, at the organizational, D) insider
and at a broader social and
governmental level. 17) Which of the following best describes a
business stakeholder?
13) Which of the following is a goal of a A) only the minority shareholders in
business ethics class? a business entity
A) understanding how and why B) only those who have acquired
people behave unethically significant shares in a firm
B) doing everything required to C) anyone who audits a firm
satisfy business stakeholders D) anyone who affects or is affected
C) separating ordinary ethical by decisions made within a firm
consideration from business
decisions
D) recognizing that business has its
own standards of good and bad
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Business Ethics Edition 6 by Hartman
18) Which of the following best describes 21) Which of the following observations is
ethics? true of ethics?
A) an academic discipline that A) It is descriptive in nature.
originated in the early 1900s B) It deals with our reasoning about
B) a descriptive approach that how we should act.
provides an account of how and C) It provides an account of how
why people do act the way they and why people act the way they
do do.
C) the study of how human beings D) It is equivalent to law-abiding
should lead their lives behavior.
D) a descriptive approach such as
psychology and sociology 22) Social sciences such as psychology and
sociology are different from ethics
19) Which of the following is an approach owing to the fact that they are ________.
advocated while teaching ethics? A) normative in nature
A) Teachers should teach ethical B) descriptive in nature
dogma to a passive audience. C) conjectural in nature
B) Teachers should consider D) clinical in nature
acceptance of customary norms
as an adequate ethical 23) ________ seeks an account of the how
perspective. and why people should act a certain way,
C) Teachers should understand that rather than how they do act.
their role is only to tell the right A) Sociology
answers to their students. B) Psychology
D) Teachers should challenge C) Ethics
students to think for themselves. D) Anthropology
20) Philosophers often state that ethics is
________, which means that it focuses
on people’s reasoning about how they
should act.
A) normative
B) derivative
C) circumstantial
D) clinical
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