Biz Ethics Quiz 2

Which of the following is the correct definition of 'stakeholders'?

• Stakeholders are groups withut whose support the organisation would cease to exist.

• Stakeholders have, or claim, ownership, rights, or interest in a corporation and its activities.

• Stakeholders can affect or are affected by the achievement of the organisation's objectives.

• All of the above

Which of the following is NOT a goal of corporate citizenship?

• Mximize profit

• Produce higher quality of life

• Maintain profitability

• Produce higher standards of living

Which of the following is NOT included in the extended view of corporate citizenship?

• Social rights

• Economic rights

• Civil rights

• Political rights

Which of the following is NOT a reason for the increasing political role of the firm?

• Globalisation

• Sustainability

• Lack of resources in the government

• Privatisation of public services

Which of the following is a way to assess the quality of corporate transparency?

• Public relations

• Credibility

• Merit

• Disclosure

Which of the following claims that there are eternal, universally applicable moral principles?

• Ethical relativism

• Ethical absolutism

• Ethical pluralism

• Non of the above

Which of the following claims that right and wrong depends simply on the person making the decision and the culture in which they are located?

• Ethical relativism

• Ethical absolutism

• Ethical pluralism

• All of the above

Which of the following is true regarding normative ethical theories?

• Normative ethical theories teach corporate social responsibility.

• Normative ethical theories prescribe the morally correct way of acting.

• Normative theories finds middle ground between absolutism and relativism.

• Normative ethical theories describe the normally correct way of acting.

If telling a lie (action/decision) would help save a person's life (result), which of the following theories would suggest that lying is the right thing to do?

• Consequentialism

• Non-consequentialism

• Egoism

• Egalitarianism

Which of the following is NOT worried about the greater good but about your own interest?

• Utilitarianism

• Ethics of duties

• Human dignity

• Egoism