Business Essentials 1.02

You have two job offers, and you’re trying to decide which one to accept. Each job has its advantages and disadvantages. You’re facing a(n)

• principle
• dilemma
• ethical dilemma
• value conflict.

You are trying to decide whether or not to plagiarize a paper for school. This is an example of an ethical

• value
• principle
• dilemma
• moral

Ethical dilemmas involve choosing between what is

• right or wrong
• easy or hard
• opinion or fact
• wanted or needed

In a(n) __________, someone could be harmed.

• dilemma
• problem
• situation
• ethical dilemma

Mara’s ethical beliefs don’t change, whether she’s at her part-time job or hanging out with her friends. Mara follows

• ethical principles
• ethical dilemmas
• subjective morals
• situation beliefs

Which of the following is an ethical dilemma:

• choosing between two winter coats
• deciding what to have for lunch
• Deciding whether or not to cheat
• Choosing which movie to see

It’s important to look at ethical dilemmas as

• challenges
• opportunities
• negatives
• experiments

Your classmates are bullying you to try to convince you to behave unethically. You’re facing

• greed
• a lack of consequences
• the desire to prove yourself
• pressure from others

You just started a new job and want to impress your coworkers and your boss. Your __________ could lead to an ethical dilemma.

• greed
• conflicting values
• desire to prove yourself
• lack of consequences

John is surrounded by coworkers who pressure him to behave unethically. He might face an ethical dilemma and begin to

• think he should behave unethically, too.
• convince his coworkers to behave more ethically.
• ignore his coworkers’ actions.focus more energy on his job performance.