Business Ethics and Design Thinking

Which of the following socially responsible business practices is NOT correctly paired with the one it mainly benefits?

• Sustainable product design; the environment

• Donating money; green companies

• Sponsoring an event; the community

• Using non-hazardous chemicals; the customer

Nakia is trying to decide how to structure her business. She knows that it is important to her to make money selling hair care products to people who care about the environment. Which of the following would you recommend based on her business goals?

• Make hair products that hurt the environment, and donate any extra money to non-profits

• Write a mission statement that says her hair care line is sustainable, even if it isn’t

• Start a non-profit organization that helps the environment

• Sell a sustainable hair care product and work to be certified as a benefit-corporation

Which of the following should be included in a code of ethics for a business?

• Business’s moral philosophy and concrete guidelines for carrying it out

• Description of its products/services

• Contact information for a business

• List of employees who were unethical at the business

Catrina wants to have a logo for her business but is not good at drawing. She decides to use an image she finds online. What would be the best approach?

• Use an image where the author is unknown

• Use an image where the author is unknown, but be sure to tell people she didn’t draw it

• Use an image listed as fair use or in the public domain

What are the steps as outlined by NFTE for human-centered design thinking?

• Energize, Interpret, Ideate, Sell, Test and Evolve

• Empathize, Interpret, Ideate, MVP Prototype, Test and Evolve

• Empathize, Test, Ideate, MVP Prototype, Empathize, and Evolve

Students will be able to Identify elements of the design thinking process. Which of the following is NOT a part of the design thinking process?

• Empathize

• Interpret

• Market Research

• Implement

What is a mission statement?

What is a Vision Statement?

The purpose of a mission statement is to..

• support the company's vision

• to get rid of every other business

• direct employees on what to do

• to be the richest business

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (pharmaceuticals) – "To discover, develop, and deliver innovative medicines that help patients prevail over serious diseases." What type of a statement is this?

• Vision statement

• Neither

• Mission statement