Question : 39.Ethical issues that primarily affect the internal conduct of organization : 1302972

 

39.Ethical issues that primarily affect the internal conduct of organization members include all of the following except _____.

a.bribery and corruption (pages 53-54, moderate)

b.discrimination

c.safe working conditions

d.adequate compensation

40.Which of the following is not a cross-cultural ethical issue arising from increasing globalization and its international interaction?

a.the intentional sale of dangerous products

b.intentional misrepresentation in negotiations

c.the use of children and prisoners as workers (pages 54-55 , moderate)

d.theft of intellectual property

41.The payment made to a person in power for favorable treatment that is illegal, or is not warranted on the basis of efficiency or economic benefit, is called _____.

a.blackmail

b.discrimination

c.a lubrication bribe

d.whitemail (page 54, easy)

42.Among the social science methods of studying ethics is (are) _____.

a.surveying or interviewing managers and other members of organizations

b.reconstructing the ethical climate and decision process following an ethical failure or disaster

c.becoming an participant-observer in an organization or situation

d.all of the above (pages 55-56, easy)

e.none of the above

43.A study of companies in the US and the UK found important differences in their approaches to ethical issues, including _____.

a.US companies are more likely to rely on their senior executives to communicate ethical policies

b.UK managers are more likely to consider most ethical issues important than are US managers

c.UK managers consider external stakeholders more important than US managers do (page 56, difficult)

d.US firms are more likely to have specific policies that forbid employee conduct that is counter to the firm’s interests

44.One good source of information for managers wanting to know the general perceptions of corruption in a country is the Corruption Perceptions Index published by _____.

a.The International Labor Organization

b.Arthur Andersen Consulting Corporation

c.The US Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration

d.Transparency International (page 56, easy)

45.Codes of ethics are efforts to resolve corporate ethical conflicts by _____.

a.identifying criminal and civil penalties for breaking the laws

b.reducing ethical ambiguities by specifying what is and what is not appropriate behavior (pages 59-60, moderate)

c.providing a catalog of workplace rules for employees to follow

d.specifically identifying every possible ethical situation an employee may face, and how the situation should be handled

46.Which of the following is not an implication for international business ethics of the Corruption Perceptions Index?

a.What people understand to be corruption is pretty much the same across all cultures. (pages 56, 58, moderate)

b.Different cultures are likely to experience conflict with each other over corporate ethics and business practices.

c.International managers need more information about specific forms of corruption with which they may not be familiar.

d.Perceptions of the extent of corruption vary significantly across cultures.

47.The infiltration approach for resolving ethical conflict means _____.

a.one party attempts to convert others to its own position by providing information, reasoning, or appealing to emotion

b.the stronger party forces its will upon the weaker one

c.one party introduces its cultural values to another, hoping that appealing ideas will spread (page 61, difficult)

d.both parties give up something to the other in order to get part of what they want from the other

48.Managers tend to choose alternative actions for resolving inter-cultural ethical conflicts by considering all of the following, except whether _____.

a.the value is a central or a peripheral one

b.the foreign, host culture is unanimous or divided in its attitudes toward the issue (pages 61-62, moderate)

c.the manager actually has the ability to change the situation

d.a solution must be found quickly or not

49.In Kohls and Buller’s centrality of values model, managers need not be overly concerned to preserve a value conflict over _____.

a.freedom

b.family

c.leisure (page 61, including Fig. 3-1, moderate)

d.peace

50.Which of the following is considered a core, or central value?

a.Efficiency

b.Power

c.Status

d.Health (page 61, including Fig. 3-1, moderate)

51.Which of the following capabilities must a multinational corporation have in order to use ethical behavior as a competitive advantage or tool?

a.knowledge and skills to understand ethical frameworks and effectively respond cross-culturally

b.leadership, teamwork, and organizational culture that facilitate ongoing dialog and learning about global ethics

c.human resource systems and other practices that acquire, develop, and sustain its other capabilities

d.all of the above (page 62, easy)

52.Forces that may result in a convergence of ethical standards around the world include _____.

a.religious definitions of ethical behavior

b.ethical particularism as related to religion

c.nationalistic identities

d.international regulatory codes and trade agreements (page 63, easy)

53.Forces that may result in the continued or increased divergence of ethical standards include _____.

a.the European Union and the North American Free Trade Agreement

b.disparate levels of economic development of countries (page 64, moderate)

c.the increasing economic development and organizational bureaucratization of most societies

d.the widespread diffusion of the capitalist model in the post‑Cold‑War era