BUS323 Business Ethics
Module 1 Quiz
Question 1Virtue ethics is based on the writings of:
Socrates
Plato
Aristotle
Alasdair MacInrye
Question 2Examples of virtue ethics include: honesty, self-control, and
Equality
Harmony
Lying
Prudence
Question 3Which ethical theory looks at the role of justice and fairness?
Consequentialist theory
Virtue ethics
Duty based ethics
The reputation lens
Question 4Who said, “[N]othing can possibly be conceived in the world, or even out of it, which can be called good, without qualification, except a good will.”
John Rawls
Aristotle
Immanuel Kant
John Stuart Mill
Question 5Under the Rights and Duties approach, rights are proclaimed and considered:
Inherent
Unalienable
Understood
Imagined
Question 6The best-known version of consequentialism is:
Virtue ethics
The Golden Rules
Utilitarianism
The Reputation Lens
Question 7The virtue ethics approach can be summarized as:
Treating similarly situated people in similar ways with regard to both process and outcome
Asking that society reflect on what we should become and what we hold dear
Focuses on duties rather than rights and that all people should be viewed as important
Maximizing the greatest happiness or greatest good
Question 8The person considered the father of Utilitarianism is:
Jeremy Bentham
John Stuart Mill
Alasdair MacInrye
Immanuel Kant
Question 9Aristotle considered what to be the legitimate aim of any moral action?
Virtue
Harmony
Happiness
Fidelity
Question 10There are three main branches of philosophy: ethics, metaphysics, and
Epidemiology
Ornithology
Epistemology
Virtue
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Module 2 Quiz
Question 1An example of “reciprocity bias” is that people:
Who receive a nothing are more likely to purchase a product that they would typically avoid purchasing
Who receive a small gift are more likely to purchase a product that they would purchase anyway
Who receive a small gift are more likely to purchase a product that they would typically avoid purchasing
Who receive a small gift are less likely to purchase a product that they would typically avoid purchasing
Question 2Stanley Milgram’s famous 1963 studies on obedience and authority have illuminated the ways that most human beings can be influenced to commit_____________, even when those individuals would never have imagines themselves capable or performing those acts.
Bank heists
Human atrocities
Bank fraud
Spelling errors
Question 3In the Patrick Lin TED Talk about cars, the ethical dilemma involves what type of car?
Ferrari
Hybrid
Electric
Self-driving
Question 4Social psychology’s fundamental attribution error, or “correspondence bias” has shown that people inaccurately attribute many human actions to _________________, when in fact there are stronger situational explanations.
Internal decision-making processes
External decision-making processes
Good vibes
Personal values
Question 5Because of a set of shared, universal hyper norms, it is good news because that means a conversation about values is possible because we all share:
Political ideals
Religious ideals
Cultural ideals
Common ground
Question 6 In our daily lives, we regularly deploy mental shortcuts to cope with millions of stimuli. These shortcuts make us highly efficient in decision-making, but leave us susceptible to:
The measles
External influences
Growth
Judgment
Question 7Values have little use in a corporation without a culture of:
Profit motive
United States
Rebelliousness
Dialogue
Question 8If the conflict, or challenge, does raise a core value, we can frame our approach to appeal to:
The financial concerns of most people
The core values that most folks are likely to share
The core religious beliefs that most folks are likely to share
The media
Question 9As an example of how to frame a business ethics conflict, rather than place the conflict in terms of how we, personally, view the conflict, or how the industry might view the conflict, frame the dilemma by considering:
The potential impacts of the decision on other stakeholders
The bottom line, financially
What the owners would do
The potential impacts on the stock valuation
Question 10A corporate culture of dialogue, dissent, and constant education is critical to the alignment of protecting against:
Low stock valuations
Being in the red at the end of the fiscal year
Bad reviews
Biases
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Module 3 Quiz
Question 1According to the ACFE video, companies are only as ethical as their employees, and employees take their ethics cues from
Management
A cue card
Aristotle
Criminals
Question 2Mary Gilbert, in the GVV pillar 2 video, says that if we look back at when we did voice our values, we can make a list of the factors that made it easier for us to do so, what she calls the
Enablers
Discourages
Naughty list
Grocery list
Question 3According to the ACFE video, it is important to know that there is a difference between ethics and _____. Just because actions are “acceptable” does not mean that the actions are ethical.
The law
A big raise
Filing a complaint
Winning
Question 4GVV is about recognizing that we all make the choice to act or not act on our _______ every day.
Hunch
Stage
Idea
Values
Question 5The ACFE video focuses on fraud examiners, but the examples are applicable to anyone who is accountable to management for the correct actions of subordinates. One thing it is always important to avoid as a person responsible for investigating wrong doing is
Getting information that you should not have access to
Driving an ugly car
Getting your hair cut weekly
Skipping lunch
Question 6In the Jain article, one idea to cut down on unethical behavior in competitive evaluation organizations is to conduct pre-mortems. The goal of this process is to:
Think about positive and negative consequences before making crucial, ethically charged decisions
Dissect a frog
Consider the financial stake of every activity
Determine who to gang up on in the competitive evaluations
Question 7According to the ACFE video, you rarely see headlines or read about:
Politics
Celebrities
Sales
Companies who play by the rules and act ethically
Question 8In the workplace, “rank-and yank” methods of comparison are regularly used to judge performance. An example of “rank-and-yank,” is:
Vitality curve
Forced rankings
Stacking systems
All of the above
Question 9According to the ACFE video, if you have a leadership team that is more focused on the end than on the means, then
People will start to cut corners when it comes to ethical decision making
People will protest management
People will complain bitterly on social media
Management will get a big payout
Question 10In the Jain article, the author found that when people took a moment to think and write down possible consequences of their decisions, that they were less willing:
To take a decrease in pay
To take a vacation
To take a new job
To act unethically
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Module 4 Quiz
Question 1According to the GVV pillar 3 video, what does “normalization” mean?
By expecting values conflicts to be a normal part of our lives, we can approach them calmly and competently
A type of school at the turn of the 20th Century
Finding an average temperature
Finding it normal that you will not deal with ethical issues well
Question 2The perception of existential competitive threats, according to Taylor, has been used by unethical organizations to justify the creation and maintenance of toxic incentive and undermine
Efforts to raise concerns about the unethical actions
The balance sheet
The hiring of new leaders
The reputation of the organization
Question 3According to the HBR Taylor article, corruption, fraud, and other integrity scandals differ in cause and trajectory, but they also tie in with group conditions with
Some effort
Consistency
Handcuffs
Alarming inconsistency
Question 4According to the HBR Taylor article, if a high achieving group has success through unethical actions, the organization has a slippery slope of unethical behavior that can
Spread to other groups
Make a great sliding hill
Cause others to take an ethical path
Cause an increase in profits
Question 5According to the HBR Taylor article, leaders lament that organization culture is hard to measure. However, it is easier to seek employee feedback on culture and norms than to ask them to
Report fraudulent practices or call out powerful wrongdoers
Keep the workplace tidy
Call in when they are sick
Read Plato’s Ethics in 5 minutes.
Question 6A leader does not have to sign off personally on a bribe payment to be held _____________ for the social expectations of an organization and what rewards come with the bad behavior.
Responsible
In contempt
In jail
In a hand
Question 7According to the HBR Taylor article, when an organization scandal occurs, it is common for _________ to deny personal knowledge.
Entry level employees
Stock owners
Leaders
Human resources
Question 8According to the HBR Taylor article, approaching ethics as an individual problem can’t explain scandals like the ones at
Your local hardware store
Wells Fargo, FIFA, and Volkswagen
Your apple orchard
The end of time
Question 9According to the HBR Taylor article, our explanations for ethical scandals are incomplete without a focus on
Aristotle
Plato
Individual politics
Group dynamics
Question 10According to the GVV video, if we recognize that values conflicts are ______ and ______ we are more likely to calmly anticipate and prepare for successful resolution.
Normal and costly
Normal and fun
Reputation killers and predictable
Normal and predictable
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Module 5 Quiz
Question 1Companies have shareholders that desire a return on financial support, employees that want to have a safe job earning a reasonable wage, and
The government who wants companies to earn a profit so as to tax them
Customers who desire a quality product or service at a reasonable price
Customer who desire to put their competition out of business
The community that wants to take all the profits of the organization
Question 2The third step on Carroll’s pyramid, occupying the 3rd largest position is
Legal responsibilities
Ethical responsibilities
Economic responsibilities
Philanthropic responsibilities
Question 3Having a desire to make a positive effect in your organization and community provides strength, and gives you courage to
Quit
Pass on a raise
Inspire others to commit fraud
Inspire others to act ethically
Question 4To be socially responsible as an organization means that
Financial stability and adherence to the law are top concerns when the organization develops its ethics policy
Marketing plans showing good works are the most important thing when developing an ethics policy
Media mentions are the most important thing in creating an ethics policy
The more money you give to causes unrelated to the organization the more ethical you are
Question 5Does a crisis precipitate CSR efforts?
No
It may have been true in the beginning, but unlikely true now
Yes
Yes, and it is mandated by law
Question 6If we step back and take time to think about the meaning we want our career experience to have we can find
A windfall in the stock market
Ourselves without purpose
Strength to act ethically
Ourselves daydreaming
Question 7An analysis of CSR efforts at improving community relations should start with an analysis of your
Marketing plan
Carbon footprint
Stakeholders
Garbage
Question 8What does CSR stand for?
Community social responsibility
Conditional society responsibility
Corporate statement response
Corporate social responsibility
Question 9If organizations choose to bend on their legal responsibilities, (the Dudovskiy article uses Microsoft as an example), what could happen?
Significant monetary penalties, which could hit market share
Nothing, as the government supports big business
Significant monetary benefits
A rearrangement of Carroll’s pyramid
Question 10In the Pitfalls to Avoid video, Sherry claims that you could find things to do in the business that often cost you nothing, but do change the way you engage with
Your community
Finances
The media
Non-profits
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Module 6 Quiz
Question 1The forth strategy for avoiding bribes, according to the HBR article, is
Become a non-profit
Shut down the organization
Recalibrate performance-based targets and compensation relative to high risk
Wing it
Question 2The HBR article suggests that bribery is not really about the money, it is about:
No, it really is about money. Lots of it.
Trying to skirt the law every step of the way.
That person wanting to feel respected.
Catching you making a bribe so you go to jail.
Question 3What is the 5th GVV pillar?
Self-Knowledge and Alignment
Voice
Values
Sleep
Question 4Based on research, what types of people can and have acted on their values?
The wealthy
The risk takers
Extroverts
All types of people
Question 5When we discuss global supply chains and standard practices, the ISO provides guidance. What is the ISO?
International Organization for Standardization, a non-governmental membership group
International Organization for Supply chains, a branch of the United Nations
International Olympic Supply chains
Internal Office of Supplies
Question 6The third strategy for avoiding bribes, according to the HBR article, is
Become a non-profit
Identify “moon markets” and walk away
Shut down the organization
Wing it
Question 7Why might corporate bribery be especially damaging when used with officials in a developing country?
Corporate bribery is only used in wealthy nations
It results in high self esteem
It increases poverty in the nation
It is not damaging at all
Question 8Organizations that commit to being ISO 9000 certified agree to a design and ensure safe process and quality products for
Developing countries
The USA
Ownership only
Internal and external stakeholders on a global level
Question 9ISO 14000 provides assurance to stakeholders that the organization’s __________ global impact is being measured, managed, and improved.
Financial
Environmental
Social media
Marketing
Question 10The HBR article author lists four strategies for getting rid of bribes at your firm, the first of which is
Become a non-profit
Shut down the organization
Have a resistance plan for bribe demands
Wing it
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Module 7 Quiz
Question 1When preparing to discuss values and conflicts, we frame our perspective in a way that will appeal to the values and perspective that we share with our
Lunch
Enemies
Audience
Boss
Question 2GVV pillar 5 is the pillar called
Voice
Self-knowledge & alignment
Reasons & rationalizations
Unknown
Question 3What are some activities that organizations use to support compliance efforts?
Training programs & hotlines
Free books and cable
Extra vacation time
Uniforms
Question 4An example of mistaking legal accountability for compliance effectiveness:
After an employee signs the compliance and ethics policies, proving the employee lunch
Showing employees signed a statement that they have read and understood the policies of codes of conduct (does not show the employee has converted the knowledge into everyday work practices)
Asking employees to sign the compliance policies in ink rather than electronically
Having “sign the yearly compliance policy” lunch parties
Question 5What is the 6th pillar of GVV?
Ethics
Mirrors
Voice
Calm
Question 6According to the GVV video, we should not assume to know how our audience will respond or be uninterested; we should think about the context that will make an audience
Comfortable, and listen with an open mind
Uncomfortable and listen with a closed mind
Hungry and anxious
Litigious
Question 7One criticism of compliance programs is that employees only pay enough attention to pass the 10 questions quiz at the end. In what year did the US Department of Justice revise its policies and require that firms show the effectiveness of compliance programs; that employees do more than “check the box”?
2001
2008
2010
2017
Question 8Historically, why did organizations in the US adopt compliance polities and training?
Out of the goodness of their heart
The organizations were bullied by international organizations
The oil crisis of the 1970’s
To avoid government regulation
Question 9Per the authors of the HBR article on compliance training, if the only measurement for the training you have is the number of people finishing it, what could happen?
Costs for the program will increase
Prosecutors, courts, and regulators will not give the organization credit for having an effective compliance program
Employees will want to be stack ranked based on a score
No free lunch
Question 10If you practice voicing values, you are more likely to
Wing it
Go to lunch and let someone else deal with the ethical issues
Say those words that were written by others
Say those words that you’ve pre-scripted for yourself
