Organizational Behavior and Ethics Exam Bank
Course Introduction
Organizational Behavior and Ethics examines the dynamics of individual and group behavior within organizations, emphasizing the impact of ethical principles on decision-making and workplace culture. The course explores foundational theories of motivation, leadership, communication, and organizational structure, while highlighting practical approaches to fostering integrity, accountability, and social responsibility. Students will analyze real-world scenarios, develop critical thinking skills, and learn strategies to navigate ethical dilemmas, ultimately preparing them to contribute positively to organizational effectiveness and ethical standards.
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Business Ethics A Textbook with Cases 9th Edition by William
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H. Shaw
Chapter 1: The Nature of Morality
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Q1) Business ethics is the study of what constitutes right and wrong,or good and bad,human conduct in a business context.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) Ethical relativism supports the theory that:
A)what is right is determined by what a culture or society says is right.
B)there are no moral values whatsoever.
C)morality is relative to the goal of promoting human well-being.
D)different societies have similar ideas about right and wrong.
Answer: A
Q3) An argument is a group of statements,one of which is claimed to follow from the others.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q4) An argument is valid only if all its premises are true.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 2: Normative Theories of Ethics
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Q1) A key idea of Immanuel Kant's ethical theory is that:
A)all duties are prima facie duties.
B)the moral permissibility of our actions depends entirely upon their consequences.
C)we should treat people as ends in themselves,never merely as means.
D)only pleasure has intrinsic value.
Answer: C
Q2) W.D.Ross denied that we have immediate,intuitive knowledge of the basic prima facie obligations.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) Immanuel Kant believed that it is only when we act out of feeling or sentiment that our actions have moral worth.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 3: Justice and Economic Distribution
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Q1) Robert Nozick uses the Wilt Chamberlain story to show the importance of economic re-distribution.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) Libertarianism involves a commitment to leaving market relations-buying,selling,and other exchanges-totally unrestricted.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) Utilitarians are likely to be sympathetic to the argument that steps should be taken to reduce the great disparities of income that characterize our society.
A)True
B)False Answer: True
Q4) The United States leads the world in executive pay.
A)True
B)False Answer: True
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Chapter 4: The Nature of Capitalism
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Q1) Which of the following historical stages of capitalism came first?
A)financial
B)mercantile
C)industrial
D)state welfare
Q2) For employees who are paid handsomely for their efforts, Marx said their work would ultimately prove to be
A)profitable to them.
B)expensive to them.
C)meaningless to them.
D)tireless.
Q3) According to Alfie Kohn,competition promotes individual and group achievement better than cooperation.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The U.S.trade deficit has shrunk significantly in recent decades.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Is manufacturing vital to the success and well-being of America? Justify your answer.
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Chapter 5: Corporations
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Q1) What is the "business-can't-handle-it" argument? Discuss the two reasons in support of this position by coming up with a current example of corporate failure to act responsibly.What do you think is the best solution to encourage corporate responsibility at least in the example you give?
Q2) One of the three important "limits to what the law can do" discussed by Christopher Stone is
A)laws are passed before there is any real problem to worry about.
B)consumers don't want further legal regulation.
C)designing effective regulations is difficult.
D)regulators are often "bought off" by corporations.
Q3) Manuel Velasquez claims that the corporate internal decision structure of a corporation shows that a corporation can have both intentions and intentionality.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Externalities are the intended negative (or in some cases positive)consequences that two parties purposefully impose on an external third party.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 6: Consumers
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Q1) For years Bayer aspirin advertised that it contained "the ingredient doctors recommend most." This is an example of:
A)ambiguity.
B)psychological appeals.
C)exaggeration.
D)concealment of facts.
Q2) Due care is the idea that consumers and sellers do not meet as equals and that the consumer's interests are particularly vulnerable to being harmed by the manufacturer,who has knowledge and expertise the consumer does not have.
A)True
B)False
Q3) If we accept the principle of caveat emptor,"let the buyer beware," why then is there concern about the ethics of advertising? If the consumer is responsible to make the decision,is there anything to justify restricting the advertiser? Explain your view.
Q4) Give an example of manipulative pricing.
Q5) Defend the position that advertisers must use imagination,symbolism,and artistic content to address human needs.
Q6) What is the importance of the 1916 case of MacPherson v.Buick Motor Car?
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Chapter 7: The Environment
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Q1) When it comes to protecting animal rights,the United States is far ahead of Europe.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Any equitable solution to the problem of who should pay the bill for environmental cleanup should take into account responsibility as well as benefit.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Briefly describe the two popular answers to the question of who should pay the costs of environmental protections and restorations.
Q4) The term ecology refers to the science of the
A)independent nature of individual ecosystems and animal species.
B)relationships between predators and prey within a given environment.
C)total ecological community,both living and nonliving.
D)interrelationships among organisms and their environments.
Q5) An ordinary example of an ecosystem is a pond.
A)True
B)False
Q6) What's a "free rider"?
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Chapter 8: The Workplace 1: Basic Issues
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Q1) One of the chief concerns of nepotism is the disregard of managerial responsibilities to the organization and of fairness to other employees.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Since Congress passed the Americans With Disabilities Act in 1994,
A)all disabled persons must be hired.
B)employers must make "reasonable accommodations" for disabled workers. C)employees must try to "undo" their disabilities.
D)employers must be careful to "screen" out disabled persons.
Q3) What's the difference between a direct strike and a sympathetic strike?
Q4) When most people fire another employee,they do it with great joy.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Explain in your own words the plight and condition that unions find themselves in today.
Q6) An individual with great strength is an equal with the employer in the negotiation process.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: The Workplace 2: Todays Challenges
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Q1) "Safety in the workplace is good business." Justify this statement with information from this chapter.
Q2) Privacy
A)is an absolute value so corporate interests cannot be considered when it comes to employee privacy.
B)must be respected if we are to function as complete,self-governing agents.
C)is something that employees today care less about because of personal sharing on the internet.
D)is guaranteed by Article 3,section 3,of the Constitution.
Q3) When it comes to obtaining information about employees,a key concept is
A)informed consent.
B)paternalism.
C)economic efficiency.
D)positive externalities.
Q4) Do workplace accidents "just happen"?
Q5) The text states that in the 1970s,"the federal government conducted a major study of work in America ...[and] identified three chief sources of worker dissatisfaction." What are these three sources of worker dissatisfaction?
Q6) What is the Hawthorne Effect?
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Chapter 10: Moral Choices Facing Employees
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Q1) According to Professor Norman Bowie,which of the following factors is primarily relevant to the motivation of whistle-blowers?
A)the whistle-blower's feelings of duty to obey the law.
B)belief that internal channels have been exhausted.
C)their whistle-blowing has some chance of success.
D)public interest morally outweighs loyalty to the organization.
Q2) Conflicts of interest may exist when employees have financial investments
A)in suppliers,customers,or distributors with whom their organizations do business.
B)in sports teams.
C)and question the wisdom of the deal.
D)that lead to office romance.
Q3) When faced with a moral decision,employees should follow the two-step procedure of identifying the relevant obligations,ideals,and effects,and then deciding where the emphasis should lie among these considerations.
A)True
B)False
Q4) What are the potential motivations of being a whistle-blower?
Q5) What,if anything,is wrong with foreign forms of bribery?
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Chapter 11: Job Discrimination
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Q1) To answer the question of who determines what is objectionable or offensive in sexual harassment,the courts use what kind of hypothetical person?
A)reasonable person
B)sensual person
C)hysterical person
D)management person
Q2) Which of the following is true based on documented evidence of discrimination?
A)African Americans have the third highest standard of living in the world.
B)Today,men are just as likely as women to be in so-called "pink collar" occupations.
C)There is little statistical evidence of job discrimination today.
D)Relatively few women and minorities have made it to the very top of their professions.
Q3) Opponents of comparable worth insist which one of these ideas support their position?
A)Most women want a rigid schedule.
B)Most women want the most challenging job.
C)Most women have chosen the higher paying occupations.
D)Most women have freely chosen the lower paying occupations.
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