Professional Ethics
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Course Introduction
Professional Ethics explores the fundamental principles and standards that guide ethical decision-making and behavior in professional settings. This course examines key concepts such as integrity, responsibility, confidentiality, and fairness, while addressing ethical dilemmas commonly faced in various professions. Through case studies, theoretical frameworks, and practical discussions, students will develop the skills to recognize and resolve ethical issues, understand the importance of codes of conduct, and appreciate the impact of ethical practices on personal reputation, organizational culture, and societal trust.
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Business Ethics 4th Edition by Laura P. Hartman
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Chapter 1: Ethics and Business
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Q1) Which of the following best describes a business stakeholder?
A)Only the minority shareholders in a business entity
B)Only those who have acquired significant shares in a firm
C)Anyone who audits a firm
D)Anyone who affects or is affected by decisions made within a firm
Answer: D
Q2) To say that ethics is a _____ discipline is to say that it deals with standards of appropriate and proper behavior.
Answer: normative
Explanation: To say that ethics is a normative discipline is to say that it deals with norms: those standards of appropriate and proper (or "normal")behavior.
Q3) Which of the following is true about values?
A)Values are the highest standards of appropriate and proper behavior.
B)Corporate scandals prove the fact that individuals have personal values,but institutions lack values.
C)Values cannot lead to unethical results.
D)Values are underlying beliefs that cause us to act or to decide in a certain way.
Answer: D
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Chapter 2: Ethical Decision Making: Personal and Professional Contexts
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Q1) Putting ethics into practice requires not simply decision making,but _____ decision making.
Answer: accountable
Explanation: Putting ethics into practice requires not simply decision making,but accountable decision making.
Q2) Selecting the alternative that meets minimum decision criteria is known as _____.
Answer: satisficing
Explanation: We often select the alternative that satisfies minimum decision criteria,otherwise known as "satisficing."
Q3) In the ethical decision-making process,once one examines the facts and identifies the ethical issues involved,one should next _____.
A)make the decision
B)consider the available alternatives
C)monitor and learn from the outcomes
D)identify the stakeholders
Answer: D
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Chapter 3: Philosophical Ethics and Business
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Q1) Which of the following principles does utilitarianism emphasize?
A)Producing the greatest good for the greatest number
B)Acting only out of self-interest
C)Ensuring that a fair decision is an impartial decision
D)Obeying the law and keeping promises
Answer: A
Q2) The study of various character traits that can contribute to,or obstruct,a happy and meaningful human life is part of _____.
A)Kantian tradition
B)virtue ethics
C)principle-based ethics
D)utilitarianism
Answer: B
Q3) _____ are ethical rules that put values into action.
A)Morals
B)Attitudes
C)Virtues
D)Principles
Answer: D
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Chapter 4: The Corporate Culture-Impact and Implications
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Q1) One of the most determinative elements of integration is communication.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Whistle-blowing to external groups is usually preferred over internal mechanisms for reporting wrongdoing.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The means used to motivate others and achieve one's goals plays a key role in distinguishing between:
A)silent leaders and visible leaders.
B)effective leaders and ethical leaders.
C)informal leaders and formal leaders.
D)silent leaders and ethical leaders.
Q4) The second step in the development of guiding principles for a firm is to:
A)ask oneself what one stands for or what the company stands for.
B)articulate a clear vision regarding the firm's direction.
C)identify clear steps as to how the cultural shift will occur.
D)believe that the culture is actually possible and achievable.
Q5) One of the key manifestations of ethical leadership is the articulation of _____ for the organization.
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Chapter 5: Corporate Social Responsibility
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Q1) Corporate social responsibility (CSR)-related activities can improve profitability by enhancing a company's standing among its stakeholders,including consumers and employees.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following statements is true about the economic model of corporate social responsibility (CSR)?
A)It recognizes that every business decision imposes costs on someone and mandates that those costs be acknowledged.
B)It holds that businesses should fully integrate economic and social goals by bringing social responsibilities into the core of their business model.
C)It places shareholders at the center of the corporation and suggests that the ethical responsibility of management is to serve those shareholders.
D)It holds that businesses have social responsibilities beyond the economic and legal ends for which they were createD.
Q3) What are some of the precautions that a firm must take when investing in corporate social responsibility (CSR)?
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Chapter 6: Ethical Decision Making: Employer
Responsibilities and Employee Rights
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Q1) Rejecting cost-benefit analysis in setting standards is not the same as rejecting cost-effective strategies in implementing those standards.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The term _____ refers to a policy or a program that tries to respond to instances of past discrimination by implementing proactive measures to ensure equal opportunity today.
Q3) Identify the doctrine which holds that employers are free to fire an employee at any time and for any reason unless an agreement specifies otherwise.
A)The doctrine of estoppel
B)The doctrine of constructive notice
C)The doctrine of constructive dismissal
D)The doctrine of employment at will
Q4) Employees have a universal right to a "happy" workplace.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Rewards and compensation structures have no impact on the emotions of workers.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 7: Ethical Decision Making: Technology and Privacy in the Workplace
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Q1) The Constitution's Fourth Amendment protection against an unreasonable search and seizure governs only the public sector workplace because:
A)unions exist only in public sector organizations.
B)the private sector does not cater to appeals of unreasonable search or seizure.
C)the Constitution applies only to state action.
D)only public sector organizations deal with classified information.
Q2) How do privacy issues at the workplace raise ethical issues involving individual rights as well as those involving utilitarian consequences?
Q3) Discuss the facts pertaining to laws against discrimination based on marital status.
Q4) A social contract restricts the right to privacy by preventing people from infringing on someone else's right to his or her personal autonomy.
A)True
B)False
Q5) The "invasion of privacy" claim developed through case law called "_____".
Q6) Briefly discuss the circumstances which violate an employee's privacy rights?
Q7) Explain the implications of giving "notice" about monitoring.
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Chapter 8: Ethics and Marketing
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Q1) A condition for respect requires that consent be not only voluntary,but also informed.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Externalities show that even if both parties to an exchange receive actual benefits from the exchange,other parties external to the exchange might be adversely affected.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The _____ standard implies that unthoughtful people cannot be negligent,since one escapes liability by not actually thinking about the consequences of one's acts.
Q4) Identify the "Four Ps" of marketing.
Q5) Explain the concept of negligence.
Q6) The condition where lesser consumption leads to unhappiness is termed "affluenza."
A)True
B)False
Q7) List out all the factors considered and the decisions made in the process of marketing.
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Chapter 9: Business and Environmental Sustainability
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Q1) What do defenders of the market approach to environmental responsibilities state about the ability of economic markets to achieve a sound environmental policy? Discuss if their responses are environmentally adequate.
Q2) _____ refers to the growing marketing practice of taking back one's products after their useful life.
A)Rebranding
B)Reverse channels
C)Disintermediation
D)Vertical channels
Q3) What is an optimal level of pollution?
Q4) Explain Herman Daly's economic system model,also known as the sustainable model.
Q5) The ultimate goal of biomimicry is to eliminate waste altogether rather than reducing it.
A)True
B)False
Q6) The _____ model treats economic growth as both the solution to all social ills and also as boundless.
Q7) Defenders of the market-based approach to resolving environmental challenges contend that environmental problems are _____ problems.
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Chapter 10: Ethical Decision Making: Corporate
Governance, Accounting, and Finance
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Q1) What are the ethical responsibilities of board members?
Q2) Identify the duty of obedience according to which board members should strive toward corporate objectives and are not permitted to act in a way that is inconsistent with the central goals of an organization.
A)Duty of care
B)Duty of good faith
C)Duty of candor
D)Duty of loyalty
Q3) What are the requirements of and the most significant criticism of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act?
Q4) A _____ exists where a person holds a position of trust that requires that he exercise judgment on behalf of others,but where his personal interests conflict with those of others.
A)duty of care
B)community of interest
C)conflict of interest
D)duty of loyalty
Q5) Briefly discuss the conflicts of interests involved in excessive executive compensation.
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