Ethical Leadership Test Questions
Course Introduction
Ethical Leadership explores the principles and challenges of leading with integrity in a diverse, complex world. The course examines foundational ethical theories, codes of conduct, and frameworks for ethical decision-making within organizations and communities. Students will analyze real-world cases to understand how leaders navigate moral dilemmas, build trust, foster inclusive cultures, and balance multiple stakeholder interests. Emphasis is placed on personal values, social responsibility, and the development of critical leadership skills necessary to inspire ethical behavior and positive change in professional and civic settings.
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Business and Society Ethics Sustainability and Stakeholder Management 8th Edition by Archie B.
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Chapter 1: The Business and Society Relationship
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Q1) Pluralism is a condition in which there is a concentration of power among society's groups and organizations.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) The ____ is a result of the growing numbers of individuals and groups who see themselves as having been victimized by society.
A)Rights Movement
B)Entitlement Mentality
C)Revolution of Rising Expectations
D)Victimization philosophy
Answer: D
Q3) Decentralization and diversity of power concentrations leads to A)anarchy.
B)a totalitarian society.
C)a pluralistic society.
D)democracy.
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: Corporate Citizenship: Social Responsibility,
Responsiveness, and Performance
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Q1) The most efficient use of corporate wealth to benefit the public is though contributions to charity and other worthy causes which is called ____.
A)taxation.
B)philanthropy.
C)paternalism.
D)corporate welfare.
Answer: B
Q2) The fact that business leaders in the late 19th century felt they had to show that large corporations were a force for social good is an example of A)the iron cage of rationality.
B)socialism.
C)paternalism.
D)the iron law of oligarchy.
Answer: C
Q3) The CSR Pyramid is a stakeholder model--that is,each of its components addresses different stakeholders.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 3: The Stakeholder Approach to Business, Society, and Ethics
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Q1) The view of stakeholders that sees them as more than just people or groups who can wield economic or legal power is the
A)strategic approach.
B)multifiduciary approach.
C)symbiotic approach.
D)stakeholder synthesis approach.
Answer: B
Q2) The assumption underlying the instrumental value of the stakeholder model is that effective stakeholder management should lead to achievement of traditional business goals such as profits and growth.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) Once stakeholders have been identified,the firm can safely assume that they will remain the same for several years.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 4: Corporate Governance: Foundational Issues
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Q1) Provide a short answer to each of these questions.Be sure to fully explain your answer.
Summarize the responsibilities that corporations should have toward their shareholders.
Q2) Provide a short answer to each of these questions.Be sure to fully explain your answer.
Why is insider trading illegal and considered unethical? Isn't that exactly what financial markets are supposed to do--reward those who make good decisions?
Q3) Some estimates of the costs to comply with provisions of Sarbanes-Oxley Act are as high as five times as much as before passage of the bill.
A)True
B)False
Q4) During the past forty years,corporate boards have become more diverse. A)True B)False
Q5) The minimum wage has grown faster than CEO salaries over the past decade. A)True
B)False
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Chapter 5: Strategic Management and Corporate Public Affairs
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Q1) Provide a short answer to each of these questions.Be sure to fully explain your answer.
The textbook mentions that global public affairs must balance externally and internally focused activities.Describe some of the activities in which an global public affairs department would be interested.
Q2) All of the following represent examples of enterprise-level thinking except A)how a firm responds to a public crisis.
B)the extent to which a firm attempts to identify social issues,analyze them,and integrate them into its strategic management process.
C)the extent to which a firm has established board or senior management committees to grapple with social issues.
D)the extent to which a firm has studied its functional structure and made changes necessary to make its operations more efficient.
Q3) Public affairs management encompasses all of the following processes except A)environmental analysis. B)issues management.
C)crisis management.
D)political lobbying.
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Chapter 6: Issues Management and Crisis Management
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Q1) The issues that companies are having to deal with are becoming widely divergent,making the process of issues management more difficult.
A)True
B)False
Q2) In most companies,issues management is done in isolation from other departments.
A)True
B)False
Q3) In reality,the conventional and strategic management approaches to issues management have much in common.
A)True
B)False
Q4) John Naisbitt's approach to issues identification is
A)based on the belief that trends start with isolated local events.
B)dependent on what people are saying is important to them.
C)recognized as the most accurate of all forecasting services.
D)based on widely accepted methodologies.
Q5) Provide a short answer to each of these questions.Be sure to fully explain your answer.
What delineates a crisis from a problem?
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Chapter 7: Business Ethics Fundamentals
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Q1) The ethical management model that conforms to high standards of behavior or professional standards of conduct is
A)immoral management.
B)semi-moral management.
C)moral management.
D)amoral management.
Q2) The forces that most often come into conflict with ethics in a business setting are economic and social.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The discipline that deals with what is good and bad and with moral duty and obligation is
A)morality.
B)deontology.
C)ethics.
D)moral philosophy.
Q4) Provide a short answer to each of these questions.Be sure to fully explain your answer.
What are the differences among "immoral," "moral," and "amoral?"
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Chapter 8: Personal and Organizational Ethics
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Q1) A growing school of thought argues that ____ should be made part of management training,executive development programs,and business school education.
A)Leadership
B)Management
C)Communication
D)Ethics
Q2) Provide a short answer to each of these questions.Be sure to fully explain your answer.
The authors state that more often than not individuals think about a moral situation briefly,and then go with their instincts.Do you agree with this characterization of moral judgment? What evidence can you provide to support your position?
Q3) Moral organizations are
A)organizations that do not have unethical behaviors within their ranks.
B)developed through continuous ethics training.
C)fully populated by moral managers making moral decisions.
D)more prevalent in the United States than in other countries.
Q4) The ethical principle of rights is categorized as a teleological theory.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: Business Ethics and Technology
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Q1) People who express concerns about the ethical issues involved in technological advances are generally against the use of technology.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Technology has benefited society in all of the following ways except A)increasing production.
B)reducing the amount of labor needed to produce goods and services.
C)raising the standard of living.
D)improving the sustainability of life on Earth.
Q3) Provide a short answer to each of these questions.Be sure to fully explain your answer.
Which of the four categories of technology's undesirable side effects is most worrisome? Why?
Q4) A technique that lures prey into revealing passwords and other private data by providing a convincing offer is called A)mining.
B)phishing.
C)data trapping.
D)ultra-collecting.
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Chapter 10: Ethical Issues in the Global Arena
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Q1) One of the fortunate things about ethical issues in the global market is that they do not affect domestic operations.
A)True
B)False
Q2) One of the ethical issues that is exacerbated by operating in an developing countries is that the host nation's citizens often do not understand the technology being used,nor do they recognize its potential dangers.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Utilize the knowledge you have gained to respond to the following essay questions.Your answers should state your position and use logical arguments and content from this and other chapters in the textbook to support it. Bribery can be initiated by either party to the transaction.The person paying the bribe can offer it,or the recipient can demand it.Determine which party is the least ethical one,the payor who offers the bribe,or the recipient who demands it.
Q4) Corruption,at its core,is essentially an abuse of power.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 11: Business,Government,and Regulation
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Q1) Our goals for business focus solely on the production and distribution of goods and services.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Government regulation of business through the control of economic or market variables is a form of
A)negative externality.
B)social cost.
C)economic regulation.
D)indirect cost.
Q3) Industrial policy is: A)by default.
B)a powerful nonregulating approach by government to influence business. C)non debatable.
D)consistent in each government administration.
Q4) Public interest in the relationship between government and business has always been low.
A)True B)False
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Chapter 12: Business Influence on Government and Public Policy
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Q1) So called "hard money" refers to campaign contributions that are given directly to the candidates.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following is not a major approach that business uses to influence government?
A)lobbying
B)PACs
C)coalition building
D)vigilance
Q3) Which industry was noted for spending more on lobbying than all others?
A)gaming
B)oil
C)pharmaceutical
D)auto
Q4) Government is not a central stakeholder of business.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 13: Consumer Stakeholders: Information Issues and
Responses
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Q1) Comparative advertising always affects advertising positively.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Warranties were originally used by manufacturers to
A)help sell their products.
B)differentiate their products from those of competitors.
C)improve the image of their products.
D)limit the length of time they were responsible for products.
Q3) Use of plot placements involve
A)awards given for extraordinarily poor advertisements.
B)advertising ideas taken from the storylines of books or movies.
C)placement of products part of the storyline of a television show.
D)ideas for new products taken from books.
Q4) Nearly half of CEOs surveyed concede that their companies do not deserve their customers' loyalty.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Provide a short answer to each of these questions.Be sure to fully explain your answer.
Describe the ways in which the Internet has facilitated the consumer movement.
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Chapter 14: Consumer Stakeholders: Product and Service Issues
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Q1) Utilize the knowledge you have gained to respond to the following essay questions.Your answers should state your position and use logical arguments and content from this and other chapters in the textbook to support it. Chapter 9 in the textbook discussed business ethics and technology,and this chapter describes the legal doctrine of absolute liability.Discuss the relationship between bioethics and absolute liability.What implications does this relationship have for business?
Q2) Which of the following is not an activity engaged in by the Food and Drug Administration?
A)analysis
B)promotion
C)surveillance
D)correction
Q3) Which of the following is not a dimension of quality listed in the textbook?
A)performance
B)durability
C)status
D)aesthetics
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Chapter 15: The Natural Environment As Stakeholder
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Q1) Provide a short answer to each of these questions.Be sure to fully explain your answer.
Describe some of the changes that have occurred as a result of global warming.
Q2) A global water crisis has developed as a result of drought,pollution,mismanagement and politics.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Climate change is known as
A)the greenhouse effect.
B)waste management.
C)global warming.
D)global emissions
Q4) One in four Americans lives within three miles of a superfund site.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Biodiversity continues to be lost at a small rate.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 16: Business and Community Stakeholders
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Q1) Community foundations are non-profit organizations that specialize in grant writing and locating sources of corporate philanthropy.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The direct linking of a business's product or service to a specified charity is
A)cause-related marketing.
B)a public purpose partnership.
C)cause branding.
D)a joint venture.
Q3) Provide a short answer to each of these questions.Be sure to fully explain your answer.
Describe how a company can provide support to "survivors" of a layoff.
Q4) In practice,it is relatively simple to determine the motives behind business giving. A)True
B)False
Q5) Many companies are willing to give employees time to engage in and support community projects.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 17: Employee Stakeholders and Workplace Issues
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Q1) Labor unions have vigorously pursued civil liberties for employees in the workplace,but have not had much success.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Employer promises that they may not even know they made are called
A)inherent intentions.
B)implied contracts.
C)public policies.
D)good faith promises.
Q3) Today's typical worker has had nine jobs by the age of 30.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The right to receive an impartial review of one's complaints and to be dealt with fairly is known as
A)the right to a fair and speedy trial.
B)the right to trial by a jury of one's peers.
C)good faith bargaining.
D)due process.
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Chapter 18: Employee Stakeholders: Privacy, safety, and Health
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Q1) One main reason that business has turned its attention to employee health issues is
A)concern for their well-being.
B)rising costs.
C)reduced productivity.
D)the threat of contagious diseases.
Q2) Integrity tests are known as the father of the polygraph.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of the following is not one of the major workplace privacy issues?
A)integrity testing
B)drug testing
C)monitoring employees
D)hourly pay and benefits
Q4) EAPs are designed to affirm all of the following except
A)employees are valuable members of the organization
B)it is better to help troubled employees than to discipline or discharge them
C)monitored employees are better employees
D)recovered employees are better employees
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Chapter 19: Employment Discrimination and Affirmative Action
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Q1) Preferential treatment
A)only occurs in hard quota affirmative action.
B)is not given to anyone other than minorities and women.
C)is based on the principle of compensatory justice.
D)is the ideal method of selecting employees.
Q2) Affirmative action postures are noted as "soft" or "weak."
A)True
B)False
Q3) The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 was the most significant labor and employment statute to be enacted in the past 40 years.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The concept of disparate impact is significant in employment law because it
A)created the four-fifths rule.
B)negates many of the earlier antidiscrimination laws.
C)runs counter to many traditional employment practices.
D)is the first common law regarding job discrimination.
Q5) Provide a short answer to each of these questions.Be sure to fully explain your answer.
Briefly explain how reverse discrimination evolves from affirmative action.
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