Reference no: EM132295203

1. What is TRUE about the employment at-will doctrine?

It has been modified by statute, for example, civil rights acts.

It has been modified when a discharge is in violation of a fundamental "public policy" of a state.

It can result in a legal but immoral discharge.

All of the above.

2. Which of the following statements is or are accurate?

There is no such thing as an unjust law if one is a Legal Positivist

All bad actions are immoral if one is a Machiavellian

Both a and b

None of the above.

3. In the old, old, olden days, Robin Hood in Merry Old England poached the evil king's deer from the king's private and exclusive hunting grounds to feed the poor; and Robin Hood also stole from the rich to give to the money to the poor. As opposed to Ken Lay of Enron fame (rather infamy) who had 10 houses, Robin Hood lived with his "Merry Men" in the forest, specifically Sherwood Forest, where they camped out and hid from the Sheriff of Nottingham. Robin was acting:

Illegally

Socially Responsible

Morally if one is an Ethical Emotist who feels good about Robin.

All of the above.

4. Danielle, the CEO of a large corporation treats the employees very well, as they have very good wages and benefits, open lines of communications, self-managed, and an organizational culture of inclusion and diversity. They are treated with dignity and respect. Danielle's primary motivation for such good treatment is to have a happy and contented workforce, a more loyal and productive workforce, less turnover problems, and no union, since as the company does well, so will Danielle, as she will gain an enhanced reputation as a corporate executive and a greatly increased salary, compensation, and bonus "package." Danielle can best be described as acting ethically how?

Morally pursuant to Ethical Egoism.

Morally pursuant to Corporate Social Responsibility.

Immorally since she has a selfish attitude.

Immorally since she probab

5. Which of the following is a correct statement?

The legal law ultimately rests on coercion and force, whereas ethics relies on persuasion and social sanctions to enforce moral rules.

Inductive reasoning involves reasoning from general principles or definitions.

Socrates thought that obtaining knowledge was impossible and thus the search for knowledge was a waste of time and effort.

An ethics based on one's conscience or religion is a very scientific form of ethics since appeals to one's conscience or intuition as a moral guide are objective and impersonal and not subject to rationalization.

6. Pursuant to Aristotle's Doctrine of the Mean, a modern business corporation should be socially responsible:

Only when the express, written law requires and compels it with criminal sanctions for social non-responsibility.

To a very generous and beneficent extent, regardless of the consequences to the shareholders

Not at all, telling the local community, civic, and charitable leaders to "Get a life and go to government for help"

To a prudent, smart, moderate, middle-of-the-road degree premised on current societal expectations.