Question 1 (4 points)  Ethically, what steps are involved in the assessment of safety? Question 1 options:A) Whether the product or activity meets standards set by the public.B) How much safety is attainable.C) What is an acceptable risk.D) All of the above.Save

Question 2 (4 points)  “Reckless negligence” can be defined as: Question 2 options:A) not knowing how “safe” is safe.B) when the manufacturer doesn’t inform the customer of a defect nor corrects it.C) when a product is found to be unsafe.D) none of the above.Save

Question 3 (4 points)  Punitive damages may amount to many times the amount of actual damages paid to a plaintiff. The purpose of this excess payment is: Question 3 options:A) to ensure the injured parties are richly compensated.B) to discourage the manufacturer from acting negligently or recklessly in the future.C) to punish the manufacturer for recklessness or culpable negligence.D) both B and C.Save

Question 4 (4 points)  When discussion pollution, it is true to say that: Question 4 options:A) we can distinguish between intentional and unintentional pollution.B) we can distinguish between major and minor polluters.C) pollution is a relative term and difficult to define.D) all of the above.Save

Question 5 (4 points)  “Whistle blowing” is: Question 5 options:A) a term for a wide range of activities that are dissimilar from a moral point of view.B) used for sexual harassment violations.C) when a government employee leaks information to the media.D) all of the above.Save

Question 6 (4 points)  The most plausible, and most commonly stated, rationale for not blowing the whistle is: Question 6 options:A) fear of retribution.B) loyalty.C) fear of being accused of complicity.D) None of the above.Save

Question 7 (4 points)  The need for moral heroes in society and corporations: Question 7 options:A) are indications of a defective society and defective corporations.B) is helpful in building a moral environment.C) are an anatomy of a controversy.D) all of the above.Save

Question 8 (4 points)  The two most moral issues in pricing are: Question 8 options:A) overpricing and dumping products on a particular market.B) overpricing and markup and markdown.C) overpricing and adjusting the prices for the local economy.D) none of the above.Save

Question 9 (4 points)  When examining abuses in advertising we should put aside the following morally irrelevant charge: Question 9 options:A) that advertising is unnecessary in a socialist economic system.B) that it is frequently in bad taste and can be offensive.C) that it takes advanatage of people through manipulation.D) All of the above.Save

Question 10 (4 points)  A clearly coercive form of manipulative advertising is: Question 10 options:A) false advertising.B) subliminal advertising.C) dishonest advertising.D) figurative use of language.Save

Question 11 (4 points)  Prime moral responsibility for advertising rests with: Question 11 options:A) the government.B) the advertising agency.C) the one who initiates and directs the advertising.D) none of the above.Save

Question 12 (4 points)  The role of government in the area of advertising is to: Question 12 options:A) Set price controls.B) Legislate morality.C) Approve the content of all advertising.D) Protect the public interest.Save

Question 13 (4 points)  Often a corporation’s most valuable asset i not its physical plant but its: Question 13 options:A) Employees.B) Information database.C) Its CEO.D) None of the above.Save

Question 14 (4 points)  Which ways can one legally and ethically protect intellectual property? Question 14 options:A) with a trademark.B) with trade secrecy.C)with a copyright and patent.

D) All of the above.Save

Question 15 (4 points)A typical defect of a corporate code is:

Question 15 options:A) that they give the worker no insight into how the code was formulated.B) that they don’t deter the workers from illegal/immoral conduct.C) that after developed, they are ignored. D)that they only apply to the low-level workers.

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Question 16 (4 points)  Some people feel that insider trading isn’t unethical and should not be illegal in the U.S. because: Question 16 options:A)insider trading was allowed in New Zealand until 1988.

B) the practice of insider trading is widespread.C) insider trading has not discouraged investor interest in the stock market.D) all of the above.Save

Question 17 (4 points)  The impression is that computer crime has: Question 17 options:A) a different connotation than that of stealing, etc.B) become fairly common.C) arrived on the business scene too fast to analyze.D) both A and B.Save

Question 18 (4 points)  Which of the following may be considered computer theft? Question 18 options:A) The actual stealing of funds or assets.B) The stealing of information.C) The stealing of computer time.D) All of the above.Save

Question 19 (4 points)In the area of electronic privacy, the status of email is legally comparable to:

Question 19 options:A) regular mail.B) the telephone.C) Both A and B.D) None of the above.Save

Question 20 (4 points)An ethical approach for a multinational to deal with child labor at their suppliers factories is to:

Question 20 options:A)inspect the factories or plants and fire any children found working there.

B)for the multinational to cease doing business with the supplier.

C)for the multinational and supplier set up a school at the factory for the children.

D)inspect the factories or plants and insist the supplier pay the children the same wage as an adult.

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Question 21 (4 points)  The unofficial “contract” between employers and employees is called the docrine of: Question 21 options:A) right-to-know.B) the right to work.C) employment-at-will.D) labor relations.Save

Question 22 (4 points)According to the doctrine of employment-at-will:

Question 22 options:A) the agreement of full employment is not mutual.B) unemployment is not expected.C) employers are free to hire whomever they choose.D) none of the above.Save

Question 23 (4 points)  The right to a just wage, sometimes called a living wage, is a right derived from the right to: Question 23 options: