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How ethical are you?

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

You are a growing clothing manufacturer, do you...

a)

outsource production to a country with low labor costs and lax labor laws

b)

keep production local and pay fair wages to workers

2.

You are a restaurant owner, do you...

a)

use disposable non-biodegradeble packaging to shave costs

b)

invest in eco friendly packaging and commit to sustainability

3.

You are a tech start up, do you...

a)

let your customer know about the software limitations which may lead to loss of sales

b)

describe capabilities you don't have yet to get more customers

4.

You work at a large corporation and shareholders are demanding an increase in profits, do you...

a)

cut costs related to labor

b)

increase the selling price of your product or service

5.

You are a new manufacturing company, do you...

a)

push and compensate employees for working long hours to meet aggressive targets

b)

prioritize employees' well-being and work-life balance

6.

A friend offers to share a video streaming service with you if you'll split the cost of the annual subscription. You know the service contract forbids people in different households from sharing one account. Would you?

a)

You agree to share because you are splitting the cost.

b)

You decline to share the streaming service.

7.

In a public restaurant, you overhear two teachers discussing confidential information about a student. They mention the client by name. Would you:

a)

ignore it

b)

talk to your friends about what you heard

c)

tell the student

d)

report them to school adminisration

8.

You are the boss and you have fired employees who often came to work late, left early, and spent all day surfing the internet.

Recently, you have learned that another member of your staff is doing the same thing. However, this person is a close personal friend. You have given this employee/friend several warnings about her behavior but the problems continue. Would you:

a)

fire the employee/friend

b)

give the employee/friend a final warning and hope this takes care of the matter

c)

ask another friend to speak to this employee/friend

d)

ignore the behavior if your employee/friend takes you for dinner

9.

You insert the exact amount of money into the vending machine at school for a chocolate bar. Two chocolate bars are released from the machine. What do you do with the extra chocolate?

a)

Offer the extra bar to a friend

b)

Report the incident to the appropriate member of school staff.

c)

Keep the extra bar.

d)

Leave the extra bar in the main office for a teacher.

10.

You are the president of a major us corporation. The minister of a foreign nation where bribes are common asks for a consulting fee of $200,000 in return for "special assistance" in obtaining a multi-million dollar contract. Would you?

a)

Pay the fee. It's not unethical, given the moral climate of the country.

b)

Pay the fee. It's unethical but necessary to ensure the company wins the contract.

c)

Pay the fee if you can negotiate a lower price. Business is business.

d)

Refuse to pay, even if you lose the contract.

11.

You've become a new member of the board of High Five Co. You learn that the company pays a fee to the employee pension fund. The president of the pension fund is also on High Five Co.'s board and lives in the same building as the CEO. Would you?

a)

Do nothing.

b)

Raise the issue in a private meeting with High Five Co.'s CEO.

c)

Express opposition to this at the board meeting but accept whatever decision is taken.

d)

Express opposition and resign if corrective action is not taken.

12.

You were taking an aptitude test when you accidentally saw the test proctor's answer sheet for the section that you are working on. You want to get an honest assessment of your skills, but you are also having difficulty with that section of the test. Would you?

a)

Tell the proctor that you were cheating.

b)

Don't say anything because it's an aptitude test, not a course exam.

c)

Tell the proctor that you accidentally saw the answer sheet.

d)

Don't say anything because you weren't trying to cheat.