Ethics in Business

What's ethics all about?

• An ethnic minority

• A person who's a bit daft

• Morally correct behavior

• Making lots of money out of customers, bleeding them dry!

In the long run, ethical integrity will keep customers coming back to a business.

• True
• False

Safety is the responsibility of?

• Owner of the facility
•  Veterinary Technician
• Veterinarian
• Everyone

A co-worker, Stacy, also runs a small business in her home. Several times a month she collects paper clips, post-it-notes, and other office supplies from the office to take to her home business. What action that Stacy could take represents an ethical decision?

• Stop taking the office supplies home for any reason
• Stop taking the office supplies home except once a month
• Take the office supplies home only if there are plenty of supplies at work
• Take the supplies home as long as they are in open packages

Kathy downloaded a few photos of local organic farms from Flickr.com's Creative Commons (CC). She follows the rules of the photographers' CC licenses and uses them in a digital video about sustainable agriculture. What she has done is legal. 

• True
• False

Rules based on moral principles about how businesses and employees ought to conduct themselves. 

• Guidelines
• Employee Handbook
• Laws
• Business Ethics

A set of guidelines for maintaining ethics in the workplace. 

• Code of Ethics
• Code of Conduct
• Integrity
• Code of Honor

A conflict between self-interest and a professional obligation. 

• Obligation
• Conflict of Interest
• Problem Solving
• Rule Enforcement

Which is NOT a step in the ethical decision making process?

• Identify the ethical problem
• Decide who will be affected
• Select the best alternative
• Choose the worst alternative

Which of the following terms is defined as “conduct based on or authorized by law which is established by society to maintain order and protect people and property from harm?”

• Moral behavior

• Legal behavior

• Ethical behavior

• Mannerly behavior