How does action relate to national culture-particularly laws

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1. When faced with an ethical dilemma, a ______________ asks: “How does the action relate to the national culture, particularly its laws? If the action conforms to the law, then it is right. If it is contrary to the law, then it is wrong.

a) Virtue Ethicist.

b) Social Group Relativist

c) Cultural Relativist

d) Utilitarian.

e) Deontologist

2. __________ was CEO of a large U.S. corporation. During his tenure as CEO,he initiated a famous three-tier employee performance ranking system: 20 percent top performers, 70 percent middle performers, and 10 percent low performers. Star performers were well rewarded, middle performers received extensive feedback and opportunities to improve their skills via additional training, and low performers were either fired or given a second chance to improve within a set period of time. Who was this CEO?

a. Mark Zuckerberg

b. Bill Gates

c. Steve Jobs

d. Jack Welch

e. Andrew Carnegie

3. Who wrote A Silent Spring?

a) Rachel Carson

b) Stewart Udall

c) Paul Ehrlich

d) Ralph Waldo Emerson

e) Aldo Leopold

4. Ethical _____________ is a quick insight independent of any reasoning process about right and wrong.

a. Sensitivity

b. Orientation

c. Reaction

d. Intuition

e. Intention

5. United Airlines can – legally – require their pilots to retire at:

a.55 years of age

b. 60 years of age

c. 65 years of age

d. 50 years of age

e. Any such mandatory retirement age is a violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act.

6. As respects workplace attitudes and behaviors, Collins describes a certain type of employee as having the following attitude and behavior: “Managers are ignorant. Work is a nuisance. I want to convert other employees to think about work as I do.” Collins call these employees:

a. Fence-Sitters.

b. Negative employees

c. Adversarial employees.

d. All of the above.

e. None of the above.

7. The Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) includes the following:

a) Joint and Several liability

b) Strict Liability

c) Retroactive liability

d) A and B

e) A-C

8. The Better Business Bureau (BBB) is:

a) Federal government agency, initiated by the Clinton administration

b) Federal agency, initiated by the Carter administration

c) Federal agency, initiated by the Obama administration

d) Private organization with offices throughout –but only within- the U.S.

e) Private international organization, founded in 1912.

9. According to Archie Carroll, a socially responsible business is:

a. Law abiding and ethical

b. Profitable

c. A good corporate citizen

d. All of the above

e.`A and c

10. Who built thousands of libraries in the U.S.?

a) Bill Gates

b) Warren Buffett

c) Steve Jobs

d) Mark Zuckerberg

e) None of the above

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