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Question 1

As reported in "Under Pressure, Teachers Tamper with Test Scores," the staff at Normandy Crossing Elementary cheated by:

a. using ringer students as replacements to take tests.

b. giving students the tests to study in advance.

c. giving a study guide with questions copied from the test.

d. telling the students the answers during the tests.

Question 2

As described in "Under Pressure, Teachers Tamper with Test Scores," what is the potential impact of tying student test scores to teacher tenure, compensation or benefits?

Question 3

As noted in "Under Pressure, Teachers Tamper with Test Scores," Gregory J. Cizek of the University of North Carolina contends that:

a. cheating has always been rampant among educators.

b. states have no incentive to pursue the cheating problem.

c. too much attention is paid to cheating.

d. cheating generally originates on the superintendent level.

Question 4

As stated in "Under Pressure, Teachers Tamper with Test Scores," the most far-reaching cheating scandal in the country was in:

a. Georgia.

b. Texas.

c. Massachusetts.

d. Virginia.

Question 5

As defined in "When Good People Do Bad Things at Work," scripts are:

a. procedures the brain actively constructs when confronted with a familiar situation.

b. prescriptions for dealing with ethical conflicts.

c. procedures that experience tells us to use in specific situations.

d. pre-written solutions to use during ethical conflicts.

Question 6

As portrayed in "When Good People Do Bad Things at Work," Ford Motor Comany's failure to recall the Pinto in the 1970s is an example of an ethical lapse attributable to:

a. moral exclusion.

b. benign neglect.

c. distractions.

d. scripts.

Question 7

As reported in "When Good People Do Bad Things at Work," an example of moral exclusion is:

a. when people are excluded for having bad morals.

b. when people during wartime perceive their enemies in demonic terms.

c. when co-workers are excluded for unethical behavior.

d. when there is inattention to what is happening on the periphery.

Question 8

As reported in "American Apparel and the Ethics of a Sexually Charged Workplace," American Apparel's encouragement of sexual freedom in the workplace has led to:

a. a friendlier work environment.

b. a greater-than-average rate of maternity leave for employees.

c. high employee-retention rates.

d. several lawsuits claiming that the company created a hostile work environment.

Question 9

As noted in "American Apparel and the Ethics of a Sexually Charged Workplace," American Apparel's stock has been soaring despite sexual-harassment litigation.

True
False

Question 10

What is meant by the allegations of a sexually charged workplace and a hostile work environment in "American Apparel and the Ethics of a Sexually Charged Workplace"?

Question 11

As outlined in "American Apparel and the Ethics of a Sexually Charged Workplace," American Apparel's DovCharney has long championed:

a. the importance of sexual energy.

b. endorphin highs.

c. women's rights in the workplace.

d. union rights.

Question 12

As pointed out in "Older Workers: Running to the Courthouse?", in a majority of age-discrimination cases filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in 2007, the allegation was:

a. unfair pay practices.

b. inappropriate language.

c. discriminatory discharge.

d. discrimination in promotion.

Question 13

According to "Older Workers: Running to the Courthouse?" why have age discrimination suits decreased in recent years?

Question 14

As reported in "Older Workers: Running to the Courthouse?", the majority of older workers:

a. have practiced age discrimination.

b. have filed an age-discrimination suit.

c. are not aware of age discrimination.

d. consider age discrimination a fact of life.

Question 15

What is meant by "disparate impact" in "Older Workers: Running to the Courthouse"?

Question 16

As suggested in "Older Workers: Running to the Courthouse?", the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission prevails in a majority of cases that it has resolved in court.

True
False

Question 17

As stated in "People Have to Come before Profits, Even in a Crisis," earthquake-prone China plans to build 40 new nuclear power plants by 2015.

True
False

Question 18

As noted in "People Have to Come before Profits, Even in a Crisis," it appears that much of the initial decision-making after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster was based on concern for people and not profits.

True
False

Question 19

According to "People Have to Come Before Profits, Even in a Crisis," why does it allegedly appear that the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) placed a higher value on profit than on human life in the early period after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster?

Question 20

As detailed in "People Have to Come before Profits, Even in a Crisis," the crisis-management problem in handling the Fukushima Daiichi power-plant disaster was due to a lack of:

a. Training in ethical decision-making in emergencies.

b. Education on nuclear accidents among power-plant executives.

c. Emergency training among power-plant executives.

d. Clear ethical standards at TEPCO.