Ethics and Social Responsibility

A business's carbon footprint is based off of ______

• The amount of energy and fuel a business needs to function

• the location of a business

• the amount of carbon dioxide and other carbon compounds emitted by a business

• How much a business recycles goods and fuel over time

If you are trying to decide whether to report an individual for doing something wrong or not report them to save your relationship, you are having a(n) _______.

• social audit

• ethical dilemma

• social responsibility

• cause-related market

In most, if not all, business settings, employees are expected to be respectful towards others, this is an example of ________

• social responsiblity

• ethics

• code of ethics

• business ethics

When a corporate company provides donations to nonprofit organizations, those companies are displaying an example of ______.

• cause-related market

• corporate philanthropy

• sustainable development

• green marketing

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 is also known as _____

• Ethical Standards and investor Protection Act

• Accountability and Investor Protection Act

• Public Company Accounting Reform and Investor Protection Act

• Transparency and Consumer Protection Act

A whistle-blower is someone who ______

• reports their employers unethical or illegal behavior to the authorities

• someone who practice unethical or illegal behavior in the work place

• groups that have a stake in the performance and actions of an organization

• a person who you can report to concerning unethical behavior occurring in a business

An axample of green-marketing is

• the amount of carbon dioxide and other carbon compounds emitted due to the consumption of fossil fuels by a particular person, group, etc.

• Marketing partnerships between businesses and nonprofit organizations

• Doing business to meet the needs of the current generation without harming the ability of future generations to meet their needs.

• developing and promoting environmentally sound products and practices to gain a competitive edge

Define Code of Ethics

• application of right and wrong in a business setting

• Sets beliefs about what is right and wrong and what is good and bad

• the protection or promotion of the interests of consumers.

• Formally written document that defines the ethical standards of an organization

The company, Apple, recently has been accused of slowing down older versions of their products to encourage customers to buy newer ones; this is an example of ______.

• Social Audit

• Planned Obsolescence

• Social Responsibility

• Consumerism

Stakeholders are _______

• groups that have a stake in the performance and actions of an organization

• Employees who report their employer's illegal or unethical behavior to either the authorities or the media

• People that determine the code of ethics for a business

• employers who practice unethical or illegal behavior in the work place