BE Quiz 3

Which of the following statements regarding ethical theories is true?

• What do people think is right is the question of Descriptive ethics.

• What do people think is right is the question of

  Normative ethics.

• How people ought to act is the question of Descriptive ethics.

• None of the above

Which of the following criteria could objectively decide whether a situation should

be assigned moral status in the first place?

• The decision is likely to have significant effects on others.

• The decision is likely to be characterized by choice, in that alternative courses of action are open.

• The decision is perceived as ethically relevant by one or more parties.

• All of the above

Which of the following is the first stage of decision-making that people go through in responding to an ethics problem in a business context.

• Make some kind of moral judgement about that issue

• Establish an intention to act upon that judgement

• Recognize a moral issue

• Act according to their intentions

Which of the following regarding the influence of individual factors in ethical decision making is true?

• There is significant influence of personal values on ethical decision making.

• There is very mixed evidence in relation to age and gender and ethics leading to unclear associations with ethical decision making.

• There is some clear differences in ethical decision making between those with different educational and professional experience.

• All of the above

According to Jones (1991: 374-8) which of the following is a factor that indicates the moral intensity of an issue?

• Probability of effect

• Magnitude of consequence

• Social consensus

• All of the above

Situational factors that influence ethical decision making can be divided into;

• Individual factors and cultural factors

• Individual factors and context-related factors

• Issue-related factors and individual factors

• Issue-related factors and context-related factors

Which of the following is true regarding moral imagination?

• Moral imagination is the sense of multiple possibilities and moral consequences of a decision.

• Moral imagination is the alignment of speech and behaviour.

• Moral imagination is the extent to which you feel control of the events that influence your life.

• None of the above

Which of the following is a component of business ethics management?

• Mission or value statement

• Risk analysis and management

• Ethics consultants

• All of the above

Which of the following is more likely to determine the effectiveness of code of ethics?

• How the code is enforced

• How the code is designed

• The length of the code

• None of the above

Which of the following is UNLIKELY to be a criteria used to determine the importance of a stakeholder?

• Urgency

• Proximity

• Legitimacy

• Power