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Business Ethics
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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.
Evaluate the principle of utilitarianism.
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Most social networking Web sites have policies against uploading videos depicting__________ .
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Provide a short answer to each of these questions. Be sure to fully explain your answer.
Compare and contract compliance vs. ethics orientation.
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__________ provide a huge online world in which players take on the role of a character and control that character's action.
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Provide a short answer to each of these questions. Be sure to fully explain your answer.
Discuss the board of directors' role in the firm's ethical climate.
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Provide a short answer to each of these questions. Be sure to fully explain your answer.
One criticism of ethics hotlines is that most of the reported wrongdoings are false accusations, which can cause great harm to company morale.
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User accounts that violate a Web sites__________ can be terminated.
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Provide a short answer to each of these questions. Be sure to fully explain your answer.
One answer that has been provided to combat the sinking status of ethics officers is for them to "manage ethics upward," i.e., overseeing the ethical practices of officers above them in the organization chart. Evaluate the potential effectiveness of this solution.
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__________ involves placing banner ads on a social networking Web site.
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Provide a short answer to each of these questions. Be sure to fully explain your answer.
Account for the differences in perceived pressure to compromise personal standards of conduct among senior managers, middle managers, and lower managers. Are the actual pressures really different, or is there a difference in perception, or is there some other reason?
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The__________ federal law makes it a crime to transmit any communication in interstate or foreign commerce containing a threat to injure another person.
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Provide a short answer to each of these questions. Be sure to fully explain your answer.
Discuss and evaluate the Rawls principle of justice provided in the textbook.
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__________ combine two highly popular online activities–shopping and social networking.
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Provide a short answer to each of these questions. Be sure to fully explain your answer.
Some people have proposed that character education be provided in schools and in corporations. Evaluate this proposal.
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__________ is a business-oriented social networking site used for professional networking; users create a network made up of people they know and trust in business.
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Provide a short answer to each of these questions. Be sure to fully explain your answer.
From your knowledge of human behavior, do you agree with Carol Gilligan's contention that women tend to view ethics differently than do men?
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Laws prohibiting the use of social networks by registered sex offenders violate the__________ of the sex offenders.
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Provide a short answer to each of these questions. Be sure to fully explain your answer.
The concept of servant leadership states that leaders should seek first to serve their followers, and by doing so, they become great leaders. Evaluate this idea. Is it something that would work in the United States?
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Creating a Web site or social networking profile to humiliate or threaten an individual is a form of__________ .
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Provide a short answer to each of these questions. Be sure to fully explain your answer.
Some people argue that we are experiencing a "proliferation of rights claims," in which more and more people are claiming more and more rights. Do you agree with this argument? What are the implications for our society, if it is true?
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__________ is a form of Internet harassment that has become so intense that minors have committed suicide as a result.
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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?
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Progressive companies are focusing more resources on monitoring issues and assisting customers via__________ .
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Zethics Inc. is
A.a web-based service for disclosing information about questionable business practices.
B.a private hotline.
C.have all positive risk.
D.a service of disclosing information that has been around a long time.
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Innovative companies are using a new marketing technique by creating a group on a social networking Web site that interested users can join by becoming__________ .
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Which of the following is not an element of effective ethics programs?
A.compliance standards
B.systems for monitoring, auditing, and reporting
C.delegation of authority
D.enforcement
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Some social shopping Web sites earn money by sharing to retailers data about their members'__________ .
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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.
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Quite often, it is only after other members of a social networking Web site complain about__________ that such material is taken down.
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The critical factor in the success of codes of conduct is
A.who wrote the document.
B.giving employees the chance for feedback before the document is adopted.
C.whether or not the codes become "living documents."
D.the level of precision in defining what is unacceptable behavior.
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__________ was the first state to prohibit employers from asking current or prospective employees for their social network usernames or passwords.
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__________ is a social network operated by Google that integrates social services and introduces new services.
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An ethics screen is
A.a set of select standards against which the proposed action is compared.
B.a set of financial criteria which must be met before the proposed action is evaluated ethically.
C.a set of investment criteria used by ethical investors.
D.a set of ethical standards against which job candidates are evaluated.
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Each of the following are characteristics of servant leaders except:
A.Persuasion
B.Deception
C.Stewardship
D.Building community
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On many social shopping Web sites, users can offer__________ on other members' purchases or potential purchases.
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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
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A(n)__________ is a shared multimedia, computer-generated environment in which users, represented by avatars, can act, communicate, create, retain ownership of what they create, and exchange assets.
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__________ is referred to as the adult version of cyberbullying.
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____ refers to a quality, characteristics, or state in which activities, processes, practices, and decisions in companies become open or visible to the outside world.
A.Opacity
B.Corporate Transparency
C.Deontological
D.Utilitarianism
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__________ encourages individuals to pass along a marketing message to others, thus creating the potential for exponential growth in the message's exposure and influence.
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Being forthright, sincere, and honest in communicating with others is referred to as
A.candor.
B.transparency.
C.feedback.
D.criticism.
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Being a moral manager involves all of the following activities except
A.role modeling.
B.communicating about ethics and values.
C.delegating effectively.
D.using rewards and discipline effectively.
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The New Media Consortium is an international consortium of hundreds of organizations focused on exploring the use of new media and technologies to improve__________ .
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Retailers can purchase member data and__________ from some social shopping Web sites to find out what consumers like and don't like, and what they are looking for in items sold by the retailer.
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The three attributes of being a moral person include all of the following except
A.traits.
B.behaviors.
C.attitudes.
D.decision making.
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The two primary objectives of social media advertisers are raising__________ and driving traffic to a Web site to increase product sales.
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Ethical leadership is founded on two pillars. These are
A.rewards and punishments.
B.the manager as a moral person and a moral manager.
C.ethical climate and ethics training.
D.ethics principles and ethics tests.
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Most laws directed against cyberbullying focus on the__________ as the most effective force.
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The most important factor in ethical leadership is
A.what leaders talk about.
B.the code of ethics.
C.what leaders do.
D.discipline of ethics violators.
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The moral tone of an organization is set by
A.the board of directors.
B.regulatory agencies.
C.top management.
D.first line managers.
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The primary reason someone "friends" a brand on Facebook is to__________ .
a. make additional friends
b. gain publicity
c. earn direct payments from the brand marketers
d. to access exclusive deals or offers
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The pressure to compromise one's personal ethical standards is felt most by
A.board members.
B.senior managers.
C.middle managers.
D.lower level managers.
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A social networking Web site__________ .
a. is limited within the barriers of time
b. prohibits interactions between unknown people
c. can be used for nonbusiness purposes
d. can generate revenue only through member fee
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__________ is a social networking site where entrepreneurs and small-business people collaborate to help each other to succeed.
a. LinkedIn
b. Biznik
c. Facebook
d. FastPitch
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Based on surveys of managers, the society's moral climate appears to
A.be a direct factor in managers' ethical deliberations.
B.be irrelevant to managers.
C.be a leading influence in managers' decisions.
D.serve as a background factor in managers' decisions.
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The top factor in managers' unethical behaviors is consistently cited as
A.greed.
B.financial need.
C.peer pressure.
D.behaviors of superiors.
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__________ involves placing banner ads on a social networking Web site.
a. Advertising through groups
b. Social shopping
c. Direct advertising
d. Viral marketing
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One of the most powerful ethical tests is the test of
A.one's best self.
B.making something public.
C.ventilation.
D.the purified idea.
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__________ is threatening behavior or unwanted advances directed at an adult using the Internet or other forms of online and electronic communications.
a. Libel
b. Slander
c. Cyberbullying
d. Cyberstalking
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The test of one's best self relies on the concept of
A.self esteem.
B.individual motivation.
C.self leadership.
D.self delusion.
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__________ created its own social networking Web site, IdeaStorm, as a means for its millions of customers around the world to talk about new products, services, or improvements they would like.
a. Dell
b. Apple
c. Hewlett Packard
d. IBM
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Recent survey results show that__________ of teenagers have experienced cyberbullying in their lifetime. a. as many as 25 percent b. at least 20.8 percent c. more than 80 percent d. less than 15 percent
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The Rawls Principle of Justice indicates that we need a fair method by which we may choose the principles through which conflicts will be resolved. Which of the following is not a principle of justice underlying his theory?
A.each person has equal rights to the most extrinsic basic liberties compatible with similar liberties for all others.
B.social and economic inequalities are arrange so that they are both to be everyone's advantage and attached to positions and offices open to all.
C.each person is to be treated equally.
D.public policy should raise as high as possible the social and economic well-being of society's best-off individuals.
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Reasons to use the Golden Rule as an ethical principle include all of the following except
A.it is accepted by most people.
B.it is a uniquely Christian principle.
C.it is easy to understand.
D.it is a win-win philosophy.
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Which of the following is true about online virtual worlds?a. Virtual world activities cannot violate real world law. b. The use of real world cash is prohibited in the online virtual world.c. Offensive behavior online can be mediated by administrators.d. Online avatars can perform criminal acts in public places.
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The key to the Golden Rule is
A.caring.
B.duty.
C.justice.
D.impartiality.
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Employers can legally reject a job applicant based on the contents of the individual's social networking profile as long as the company is not violating federal or state__________ laws.a. discriminationb. hiringc. protectiond. recruiting
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An advantage of social network advertising over traditional advertising media is that__________ .a. ads can be targeted to reach people with the desired demographic characteristics b. it is cost-effective when compared to traditional advertising mediac. advertisers can quickly change the advertising message when requiredd. ad viewers can easily identify useful contacts
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Unlike other ethical principles, virtue ethics focuses on
A.what acts should be done.
B.the consequences of our actions.
C.human dignity.
D.the individual becoming virtuous.
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The ethics of care may help managers utilize
A.deontological principles.
B.the stakeholder perspective.
C.utilitarianism.
D.the principle of rights.
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The__________ regards it as a federal crime to enter a social networking site in violation of the terms of service.
a. New Media Consortium
b. National Center for Victims of Crime
c. Emarketer
d. Department of Justice
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Which of the following is not a type of justice mentioned in the textbook?
A.distributive justice
B.compensatory justice
C.procedural justice
D.utilitarian justice
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As of April 2013, __________ states have enacted laws to curb cyberbullying by calling on schools districts to develop policies regarding cyberbullying and punishment.
a. nearly all
b. only sixteen
c. about half
d. no
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The basic idea that underlies the principle of rights is that
A.they must be earned.
B.they are granted by the government.
C.they cannot be overridden by utility.
D.they are universal to all peoples.
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While using social networks as part of the hiring process, employers can__________ .
a. screen applicants based on race or ethnicity
b. look at the profiles of potential candidates
c. legally violate federal laws
d. post messages on behalf of a candidate
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Moral rights
A.depend on a legal system for their validity.
B.are derived from religious teachings.
C.are important, justifiable claims.
D.are earned as people demonstrate their moral responsibilities.
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A(n) __________ is a representation of a virtual world visitor.
a. icon
b. robot
c. avatar
d. mythical character
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U.S. Representative__________ was forced to resign in 2011 after admitting he sent sexually explicit photos of himself to several women using social networks including Facebook and Twitter.
a. John Boener
b. Barney Frank
c. Anthony Weiner
d. Ron Paul
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Kant's categorical imperative emphasizes all of the following concepts except
A.respect for persons.
B.virtues.
C.universalizability.
D.duty.
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The popularity of social networking is increasing most rapidly__________.
a. in age group 13—18
b. in age group 19—32
c. in age group 33—49
d. over all ages