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Multiple Choice
29.One of the two reasons the authors give for : 1302971
Multiple Choice
29.One of the two reasons the authors give for the importance of concerns over international ethics and social responsibility is _____.
a.virtually none of the multinational companies have made even the slightest effort to behave ethically and responsibly when the law does not force them to do so
b.the global economy has increasingly brought diverse cultures and value systems into contact to an extent that is difficult to ignore (page 46, moderate)
c.the World Trade Organization has enacted international laws requiring companies to uphold ethical standards and to make major efforts at social responsibility wherever they do business
d.most consumers and government officials have lost interest in moral and ethical issues in recent years
30.The four different perspectives for understanding ethics include all of the following except the _____ approach.
a.universal (page 48-49, moderate)
b.conceptual
c.practical
d.descriptive
e.normative
31.The incident in which a US company accused a Chinese factory manager of illegally copying its compact disks (CDs) shows that _____.
a.even the Chinese judges and prosecutors are willing to violate the law and ethics when they can exploit an American company’s weaknesses
b.there is little, if any, difference in the legal enforcement of copyright laws in China and the United States
c.originally, the Chinese manager seems not to have considered it wrong to copy the CDs, and may even have been proud to have done so (page 47, moderate)
d.US and Chinese business managers share the same beliefs about right and wrong, but differences in copyright laws cause them to behave differently
32.The _____ approach, a variant of the normative perspective on ethics, is the one most widely used by members of organizations.
a.descriptive
b.universalist
c.practical (page 49, moderate)
d.conceptual
33.The belief that whether behavior is right or wrong depends upon whether society accepts or rejects that behavior is _____.
a.ethical universalism
b.cultural relativism (page 49, easy)
c.individual relativism
d.efficient moralism
34.The belief that organizational decision‑makers have an obligation to consider the interests of everyone who is significantly affected by the organization’s actions is the _____ perspective.
a.efficiency
b.moral capitalism
c.categorical capitalism
d.social responsibility (page 50, easy)
35.Regarding Kohlberg’s Theory of Moral Development, it would be correct to say _____.
a.that critics have challenged the theory’s assumptions; for instance, that there are precisely six universal and invariantly sequential stages
b.that most American adults do not progress past the social system or law‑and‑order stage
c.that organizational behavior is significantly affected, not just by individual morality, but also by organizational culture and policies
d.all of the above (page 52, difficult)
e.none of the above
36.Behavior that meets the criteria of harmony, tolerance, and solidarity is _____.
a.cultural relativism
b.Confucian Dynamism
c.the Asian meaning of “face” (page 53, easy)
d.the Western concept of Universal Moralism
37.The concept of “face” is relevant to understanding ethics and morality because _____.
a.in Asian cultures, it is a central part of the organization’s institutionalized rules and codes of conduct
b.people are highly motivated to save face, not only for themselves, but for their superiors and other group members (pages 52-53, difficult)
c.the more individualistic and low in power‑distance a culture is, the more important it is to save face
d.in many Asian societies, face is second in importance only to truthfulness
38.The difference between the concepts of general, societal ethics and of internal ethics is that _____.
a.societal ethics deal with right and wrong; internal ethics do not
b.internal ethics primarily relate to the conduct of organization members; societal ethics primarily refer to relations between organizations (page 53, difficult)
c.internal ethics refer to the attitudes of only the individual person; societal ethics refer to the attitudes of more than one person
d.internal ethics are relativist; societal ethics are universalist
