WorksheetsEthical Principles Quiz
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Which of the following situations represents a breach of confidentiality?
You have been asked to send some figures to your company’s auditors.
You email your company’s Sales Manager with details of customer credit limits.
You mention to a member of your family that a shop in the High Street that is one of your customers is having financial problems and is likely to become insolvent.
One of your customers sends a letter asking you to send sales figures to the bank.
Which ethical principle is breached if you mention to your partner that her employer has been refused credit by the company that employs you?
Integrity
Confidentiality
Objectivity
Professional behaviour
If you 'borrow' £10 from the cash till because you are short of cash for the weekend and forget to put it back, which ethical principle is breached?
Professional competence and due care
Integrity
Objectivity
Confidentiality
What ethical principle is breached when you hear a colleague at a pub say that his manager is ‘useless’ and ‘doesn’t know how he got his qualifications’?
Professional behaviour
Confidentiality
Integrity
Objectivity
Which of the following is NOT an ethical principle?
Integrity
Professional competence and due care
Transparency
Objectivity
Which of the following is a sustainability policy that a business might adopt?
Using company cars which have the most powerful engines
A cycle to work scheme
Making sure that everyone has a regular eye test
Suggesting a team is set up to do a charity walk in support of Cancer Research UK
Which of the following actions is NOT considered a sustainability policy?
Putting up a notice telling staff to only fill the kettle with the amount of water needed
Using company cars which have the most powerful engines
A cycle to work scheme
A policy of re-using the blank side of A4 white copy paper for printing on
Which statement is true in relation to sustainability?
Sustainability involves keeping sales of products at a stable level
Computers should be turned off at the end of each working day
It is best to keep lights on at all times because this will mean that the bulbs will last longer
Sustainability encourages an employer to pay for an employee to train for an accounting qualification
Which initiative is aimed at reducing energy consumption in a restaurant?
Save electricity and gas by not having the ovens on continuously
Divide all tips received between all the employees
Pay for staff to go on a part-time catering course
Display collection boxes for Oxfam in the restaurants
What is the purpose of having 'Please recycle me!' printed on takeaway pizza boxes?
To encourage customers to recycle the boxes
To advertise a special offer
To inform customers about the ingredients
To increase the price of the pizza
