WGU C717 BUSINESS ETHICS
CERTIFICATION SCRIPT 2026 QUESTIONS
WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◍ To explore a wide range of alternative choices and ethical values in ethical
decision making, one needs to use___________
A. ) illegal procedures
B. ) practical deception
C. ) outright lies
D. ) moral Imagination.
Answer: D.) moral Imagination
◍ True or False: Attempts to shift focus on to the "expected" utility of an act is
to accept utilitarianism.
Answer: False
◍ Once the ethical issues have been identified, the next step in responsible
decision making is to_______________
A. ) understand how external parties may view the cause of the issue
B. ) identify the steps required to ensure that the effects are beneficial to the
concerned individuals
C. ) Identify the people who are affected by a situation ans understand how
they might be affected
D. ) understand how a situation can be changed to benefit a person or a
business.
Answer: C.) Identify the people who are affected by a situation ans
understand how they might be affected
◍ Egoism focuses on the happiness of individuals while utilitarian acts are___.
Answer: judged by their consequences for the general and overall good
, ◍ Section 406 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
Answer: Code of Ethics for Senior Financial Officers, requires corporations
to have a code of ethics applicable to its principal financial officer and
comptroller or principal accounting officer, or persons performing similar
functions
◍ people do not always want what it is in their interest to have.
Answer: Wants are what people will pursue whereas
◍ Ethics seeks to provide a rational justification for why___.
Answer: one should act and decide in a particular prescribed way
◍ free market capitalism.
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
◍ Making pirated copies of popular books and selling them at low rates may
be popular among readers across the globe but they affect the profits of the
publishers and the author. This is an example of ___.
Answer: how protecting certain interests over the overall happiness is
necessary
◍ Identify a question that virtue ethics calls on individuals to reflect upon.
Answer: Which set of virtues are more likely to embody a full, satisfying,
meaningful, enriched and worthy human life?
◍ True or False: One of the reasons a business manager has to be concerned
with the ethical standards of his or her organization is that the law demands
it.
Answer: True
◍ Why Study Business Ethics?.
Answer: to help you do ethics and be ethical
◍ What are the three components of the goal of Business Ethics?.
Answer: 1. understanding ethical issues2. analyzing ethical issues3.
CERTIFICATION SCRIPT 2026 QUESTIONS
WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◍ To explore a wide range of alternative choices and ethical values in ethical
decision making, one needs to use___________
A. ) illegal procedures
B. ) practical deception
C. ) outright lies
D. ) moral Imagination.
Answer: D.) moral Imagination
◍ True or False: Attempts to shift focus on to the "expected" utility of an act is
to accept utilitarianism.
Answer: False
◍ Once the ethical issues have been identified, the next step in responsible
decision making is to_______________
A. ) understand how external parties may view the cause of the issue
B. ) identify the steps required to ensure that the effects are beneficial to the
concerned individuals
C. ) Identify the people who are affected by a situation ans understand how
they might be affected
D. ) understand how a situation can be changed to benefit a person or a
business.
Answer: C.) Identify the people who are affected by a situation ans
understand how they might be affected
◍ Egoism focuses on the happiness of individuals while utilitarian acts are___.
Answer: judged by their consequences for the general and overall good
, ◍ Section 406 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
Answer: Code of Ethics for Senior Financial Officers, requires corporations
to have a code of ethics applicable to its principal financial officer and
comptroller or principal accounting officer, or persons performing similar
functions
◍ people do not always want what it is in their interest to have.
Answer: Wants are what people will pursue whereas
◍ Ethics seeks to provide a rational justification for why___.
Answer: one should act and decide in a particular prescribed way
◍ free market capitalism.
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
◍ Making pirated copies of popular books and selling them at low rates may
be popular among readers across the globe but they affect the profits of the
publishers and the author. This is an example of ___.
Answer: how protecting certain interests over the overall happiness is
necessary
◍ Identify a question that virtue ethics calls on individuals to reflect upon.
Answer: Which set of virtues are more likely to embody a full, satisfying,
meaningful, enriched and worthy human life?
◍ True or False: One of the reasons a business manager has to be concerned
with the ethical standards of his or her organization is that the law demands
it.
Answer: True
◍ Why Study Business Ethics?.
Answer: to help you do ethics and be ethical
◍ What are the three components of the goal of Business Ethics?.
Answer: 1. understanding ethical issues2. analyzing ethical issues3.
