Test Bank for Business Ethics Decision Making for Personal Integrity and Social Responsibility 3rd Edition by Hartman

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Test Bank for Business Ethics Decision Making for Personal Integrity and Social Responsibility 3rd Edition by Hartan !oplete do"nloadable file at# https://testbanku.eu/Test-Bank-for-Business-Ethics-Decision-Making-for-PersonalIntegrity-and-Social-esponsibility-!rd-Edition-by-"art#an True/%alse &uestions

1. Ethical decision making in business is limited to major corporate decisions with dramatic social consequences. Answer: False Difficult: Eas !earning "bjecti#e: $1%$1 &opic: 'ntroduction: (aking the )ase for *usiness Ethics *loom+s &a,onom: -emember AA)*: Ethics age: 0 Feedback: Ethical decision making in business is not at all limited to the tpe of major corporate decisions with dramatic social consequences. At some point e#er worker and certainl e#erone in a management role will be faced with an issue that will require ethical decision making. 2. 'n business e#er decision can be co#ered b economic legal or compan rules and regulations. Answer: False Difficult: Eas !earning "bjecti#e: $1%$1 &opic: 'ntroduction: (aking the )ase for *usiness Ethics *loom+s &a,onom: -emember AA)*: Ethics age: 0 Feedback: At some point e#er worker and certainl e#erone in a managerial role will be faced with an issue that will require ethical decision making. 3ot e#er decision can be co#ered b economic legal or compan rules and regulations. 4. &he direct costs of unethical business business practice are more #isible #isible toda than the ha#e e#er been before. Answer: &rue Difficult: Eas !earning "bjecti#e: $1%$1 &opic: 'ntroduction: (aking the )ase for *usiness Ethics *loom+s &a,onom: -emember AA)*: Ethics age: 5 Feedback: &he direct costs of unethical business practice are more #isible toda than perhaps the ha#e e#er been before. &he first decade of the new millennium has been riddled with

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highl publici9ed corporate scandals the effects of which d id not escape people of an social or income class. 0. 'n a general sense a business stakeholder is one who has made substantial financial in#estments in the business. Answer: False Difficult: (edium !earning "bjecti#e: $1%$1 &opic: 'ntroduction: (aking the )ase for *usiness Ethics *loom+s *loom+s &a,onom: nderstand AA)*: Ethics age: ; Feedback: 'n a general sense a business stakeholder will be anone who affects or is affected b decisions made within the firm for better or worse. 5. A firm+ firm+ss ethical reputation can pro#ide a competiti#e ad#antage in the marketplace with customers suppliers and emploees. Answer: &rue Difficult: Eas !earning "bjecti#e: $1%$1 &opic: 'ntroduction: (aking the )ase for *usiness Ethics *loom+s &a,onom: -emember AA)*: Ethics age: < Feedback: A firm+ firm+ss ethical reputation can ca n pro#ide a competiti#e edge in the marketplace with customers suppliers and emploees. =. &he 7rason%8imes a for erformance Act was passed to amend the e,ecuti#e compensation pro#isions of the Emergenc Economic tabili9ation Act of 2$$<. Answer: &rue Difficult: Eas !earning "bjecti#e: $1%$1 &opic: 'ntroduction: (aking the )ase for *usiness Ethics *loom+s &a,onom: -emember AA)*: Ethics age: 1$ Feedback: &he 7rason%8imes a for erformance Act was passed >to amend the e,ecuti#e compensation pro#isions of the Emergenc Economic tabili9ation Act of 2$$< to prohibit unreasonable and e,cessi#e compensation and compensation not based on performance standards.? ;. Ethics refers to how human beings should properl li#e their li#es. Answer: &rue Difficult: Eas !earning "bjecti#e: $1%$2 &opic: *usiness Ethics as Ethical Decision (aking *loom+s &a,onom: -emember



AA)*: Ethics age: 11 Feedback: Ethics refers not onl to an academic discipline but to that arena of human life studied b this academic discipline namel how human beings should properl li#e their li#es. <. Ethical business leadership is the skill to create circumstances in which bad people are taught to do good. Answer: False Difficult: Eas !earning "bjecti#e: $1%$4 &opic: *usiness Ethics as ersonal 'ntegrit and ocial -esponsibilit *loom+s &a,onom: -emember AA)*: Ethics age: 12 Feedback: Ethical business leadership is the skill to create the circumstances in which good people are able to do good and bad people are p re#ented from doing bad. @. 3orms appeal to certain #alues that would be promoted or attained b acting in a certain wa. Answer: &rue Difficult: (edium !earning "bjecti#e: $1%$0 &opic: *usiness Ethics as ersonal 'ntegrit and ocial -esponsibilit *loom+s *loom+s &a,onom: nderstand AA)*: Analtic age: 1; Feedback: 3orms establish the guidelines or standards for determining what we should do how we should act what tpe of person we should be. Another wa of e,pressing this point is to sa that norms appeal to certain #alues that would be promoted or attained b acting in a certain wa. 1$. &echnicall &echnicall speaking #alues are not necessaril positi#e or ethical in nature. Answer: &rue Difficult: (edium !earning "bjecti#e: $1%$0 &opic: *usiness Ethics as ersonal 'ntegrit and ocial -esponsibilit *loom+s *loom+s &a,onom: nderstand AA)*: Ethics age: 1< Feedback: 'n general #alues are those beliefs that incline us to act or to choose one wa rather than another. "ne important implication of this guidance of course is that an indi#idual+s indi#idual+s or a corporation+s corporation+s set of #alues ma lead to either ethical or unethical result. 11. Ethical #alues are personal codes of ethics that ensure that indi#iduall indi#iduall a person meets his or her standards of well%being.



Answer: False Difficult: (edium !earning "bjecti#e: $1%$0 &opic: *usiness Ethics as ersonal 'ntegrit and ocial -esponsibilit *loom+s *loom+s &a,onom: nderstand AA)*: Ethics age: 1< Feedback: 't is important to know two elements of ethical #alues. First ethical #alues ser#e the ends of human well%being. econd the well%being promoted b ethical #alues is not a personal and selfish well%being. &hus ethical #alues are those beliefs beliefs and principles that impartiall promote human well%being. 12. &he well%being promoted b ethical #alues is not a personal and selfish well%being. Answer: &rue Difficult: Eas !earning "bjecti#e: $1%$0 &opic: *usiness Ethics as ersonal 'ntegrit and ocial -esponsibilit *loom+s &a,onom: -emember AA)*: Ethics Analtic age: 1< Feedback: 't is important to know two elements of ethical #alues. First ethical #alues ser#e the ends of human well%being. econd the well%being promoted b ethical #alues is not a personal and selfish well%being. &hus ethical #alues are those beliefs beliefs and principles that impartiall promote human well%being. 14. ocieties that #alue indi#idual freedom will be reluctant to legall require acts of charit personal integrit integrit and common decenc. Answer: &rue Difficult: Eas !earning "bjecti#e: $1%$5 &opic: Ethics and the !aw *loom+s &a,onom: -emember AA)*: Ethics age: 21 Feedback: ocieties that #alue indi#idual freedom will be reluctant to legall require more than just an ethical minimum. uch liberal societies will seek legall to prohibit the most serious ethical harms but the will not legall require acts o f charit charit common decenc and personal integrit that ma otherwise comprise the social fabric fabric of a de#eloped culture. 10. 'n ci#il law there is no room for ambiguit in appling the law because much of the law is established b past precedent. Answer: False Difficult: Eas !earning "bjecti#e: $1%$= &opic: Ethics and the !aw *loom+s &a,onom: -emember



AA)*: Ethics age: 24 Feedback: 'n ci#il law Bas opposed to criminal lawC where much of the law is established b past precedent there is alwas room for ambiguit in appling the law. law. 15. Ethical theories are patterns of thinking or methodologies to help us decide what to do. Answer: &rue Difficult: Eas !earning "bjecti#e: $1%$; &opic: Ethics as ractical  ractical -eason *loom+s &a,onom: -emember AA)*: Ethics age: 2= Feedback: Ethical theories are patterns of thinking or methodologies to help us decide what to do.

Multiple 'hoice &uestions

1=. hich of the following statements is true about ethical decision making in business a. Ethical decision making is not limited to the tpe of major corporate decisions with dramatic social consequences. b. E#er emploee does not face an issue that requires ethical decision making. c. All ethical decisions can be co#ered b economic legal or compan rules and regulations. d. Ethical decision making should not rel on the personal #alues and principles of the indi#iduals in#ol#ed. Answer: a Difficult: (edium !earning "bjecti#e: $1%$1 &opic: 'ntroduction: (aking the )ase for *usiness Ethics *loom+s *loom+s &a,onom: nderstand AA)*: Ethics age: 0 Feedback: Ethical decision making in business is not at all limited to the tpe of major corporate decisions with dramatic social consequences. 1;. hich of the following statements is true about ethical decision making in business a. Ethical decision making is limited to the tpe of major corporate decisions with social consequences. b. At some some point e#er worker will be faced with an issue that will require ethical decision decision making. c. All ethical decisions can be co#ered b economic legal or compan rules and regulations. d. Ethical decision making should not rel on the personal #alues and principles of the indi#iduals in#ol#ed. Answer: b Difficult: (edium



!earning "bjecti#e: $1%$1 &opic: 'ntroduction: (aking the )ase for *usiness Ethics *loom+s *loom+s &a,onom: nderstand AA)*: Ethics age: 0 Feedback: At some point e#er worker and certainl e#erone in a management role will be faced with an issue that will require ethical decision making. 1<. hich of the following statements is true about ethical decision making in business a. Ethical decision making is limited to the tpe of major corporate decisions with social consequences. b. E#er emploee does not face an issue that requires ethical decision making. c. All ethical decisions can be co#ered b economic legal or compan rules and regulations. d. Ethical decision making should rel on the personal #alues and principles of the indi#iduals in#ol#ed. Answer: d Difficult: (edium !earning "bjecti#e: $1%$1 &opic: 'ntroduction: (aking the )ase for *usiness Ethics *loom+s *loom+s &a,onom: nderstand AA)*: Ethics age: 0 Feedback: Ethical decision making must rel on o n the personal #alues and principles p rinciples of the indi#iduals in#ol#ed. 1@. 'n a general sense a business  is anone who affects or is affected b decisions made within the firm for better or worse. a. nominee b. stakeholder c. stockholder d. watchdog Answer: b Difficult: Eas !earning "bjecti#e: $1%$1 &opic: 'ntroduction: (aking the )ase for *usiness Ethics *loom+s &a,onom: -emember AA)*: Analtic age: ; Feedback: 'n a general sense a business stakeholder will be anone who affects or is affected b decisions made within the firm for better or worse. 2$. hich of the following best describes a business stakeholder a. "nl the minorit shareholders in a business entit b. "nl those who ha#e acquired significant shares in a firm c. Anone who audits a firm d. Anone who affects or is affected b decisions made within a firm

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Answer: d Difficult: Eas !earning "bjecti#e: $1%$1 &opic: 'ntroduction: (aking the )ase for *usiness Ethics *loom+s &a,onom: -emember AA)*: Analtic age: ; Feedback: 'n a general sense a business stakeholder will be anone who affects or is affected b decisions made within the firm for better or worse. 21. 'dentif the bill that was passed in April 2$$@ to amend the e,ecuti#e compensation pro#isions of the Emergenc Economic tabili9ation Act of 2$$< to prohibit unreasonable and e,cessi#e compensation and compensation not based on performance standards. a. 7rammG-udmanG8ollings erformance and -esults Act b. Emploee a )omparabilit Act c. 7rason%8imes a for erformance Act d. tatutor a%As%H  a%As%Hou%7o ou%7o Act Answer: c Difficult: Eas !earning "bjecti#e: $1%$1 &opic: 'ntroduction: (aking the )ase for *usiness Ethics *loom+s &a,onom: -emember AA)*: Analtic age: 1$ Feedback: &he 7rason%8imes a for erformance Act was passed in April 2$$@ >to amend the e,ecuti#e compensation pro#isions of the Emergenc Economic tabili9ation Act of 2$$< to prohibit unreasonable and e,cessi#e compensation and compensation not based on performance standards.? &his bill would ban future >unreasonable and e,cessi#e? compensation at companies recei#ing federal bailout mone. mone. 22. hich of the following is the objecti#e of the 7rason%8imes a for erformance Act a. &o ban future >unreasonable and e,cessi#e? compensation at companies recei#ing federal bailout mone b. &o &o set up the ublic )ompan Accounting "#ersight *oard in the wake of accounting scandals that rocked the pri#ate sector c. &o &o outlaw the practice of backdating ba ckdating of stock options awarded to senior management d. &o &o set upper limits on e,ecuti#e pa based on a#erage emploee salar in all pri#ate sector organi9ations Answer: a Difficult: Eas !earning "bjecti#e: $1%$1 &opic: 'ntroduction: (aking the )ase for *usiness Ethics *loom+s &a,onom: -emember AA)*: Analtic age: 1$ Feedback: &he 7rason%8imes a for erformance Act was passed in April 2$$@ >to amend

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the e,ecuti#e compensation pro#isions of the Emergenc Economic tabili9ation Act of 2$$< to prohibit unreasonable and e,cessi#e compensation and compensation not based on performance standards.? &his bill would ban future >unreasonable and e,cessi#e? compensation at companies recei#ing federal bailout mone. mone. 24. hich of the following best describes ethics a. An academic discipline which originated in the earl 1@$$s b. A descripti#e approach that pro#ides an account of how and wh people do act the wa the do c. &he stud of how human beings should properl li#e their li#es d. A descripti#e descripti#e approach such as pscholog and sociolog Answer: c Difficult: Eas !earning "bjecti#e: $1%$2 &opic: *usiness Ethics as Ethical Decision making *loom+s &a,onom: -emember AA)*: Analtic age: 11 Feedback: Ethics refers not onl to an academic discipline but to that arena of human life studied b this academic discipline namel how human beings should properl li#e their li#es. 20. hich of the following is an approach ad#ocated while teaching ethics a. &eachers &eachers should teach ethical dogma do gma to a passi#e audience. b. &eachers &eachers should consider acceptance of customar norms as an adequate ethical perspecti#e. c. &eachers should understand that their role is onl to tell the right answers to their students. d. &eachers &eachers should challenge students to think for themsel#es. Answer: d Difficult: (edium !earning "bjecti#e: $1%$2 &opic: *usiness Ethics as Ethical Decision making *loom+s &a,onom: -emember AA)*: Ethics age: 12 Feedback: &he teacher+s role should not be to preach ethical dogma to a passi#e audience but instead to treat students as acti#e learners and to engage them in an acti#e process of thinking questioning and deliberating. &eaching ethics must challenge students to think for themsel#es. 25. hilosophers often emphasi9e that ethics is  which means that it deals with a person+s person+s reasoning about how he or she should act. a. normati#e b. descripti#e c. stipulati#e d. persuasi#e

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Answer: a Difficult: Eas !earning "bjecti#e: $1%$4 &opic: *usiness Ethics as ersonal 'ntegrit and ocial -esponsibilit *loom+s &a,onom: -emember AA)*: Ethics Analtic age: 10 Feedback: hilosophers often emphasi9e that ethics is normati#e which means that it deals with our reasoning about how we should act. 2=. hich of the following obser#ations is true of ethics a. 't is descripti#e in nature. b. 't deals with our reasoning about how we should act. c. 't pro#ides an account of how and wh people act the wa the do. d. 't is equi#alent to law%abiding beha#ior. Answer: b Difficult: Eas !earning "bjecti#e: $1%$4 &opic: *usiness Ethics as ersonal 'ntegrit and ocial -esponsibilit *loom+s &a,onom: -emember AA)*: Ethics Analtic age: 10 Feedback: hilosophers often emphasi9e that ethics is normati#e which means that it deals with our reasoning about how we should act. As a normati#e discipline ethics seeks an account of how and wh people should act a certain wa rather than how the do act. 2;. !ike ethics social sciences such as pscholog and sociolog also e,amine human decision making and actions. 8owe#er these fields differ from ethics because the are . a. normati#e in nature b. descripti#e in nature c. persuasi#e in nature d. stipulati#e in nature Answer: b Difficult: Eas !earning "bjecti#e: $1%$4 &opic: *usiness Ethics as ersonal 'ntegrit and ocial -esponsibilit *loom+s &a,onom: -emember AA)*: Ethics Analtic age: 10 Feedback: ocial sciences such as pscholog and sociolog also e,amine human decision making and actions but these sciences are descripti#e rather than normati#e. 2<. Ethics seeks an account of how and wh people pe ople should act a certain wa rather than how the do act. &his nature of ethics makes it aBnC  discipline. a. descripti#e b. supererogator

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c. normati#e d. stipulati#e Answer: c Difficult: (edium !earning "bjecti#e: $1%$4 &opic: *usiness Ethics as ersonal 'ntegrit and ocial -esponsibilit *loom+s *loom+s &a,onom: nderstand AA)*: Ethics Analtic age: 10 Feedback: As a normati#e discipline ethics seeks an account of how and wh people should act a certain wa rather than how the do act. 2@. As a  discipline ethics seeks an account of how and wh people should act a certain wa. a. descripti#e b. supererogator c. normati#e d. stipulati#e Answer: c Difficult: (edium !earning "bjecti#e: $1%$4 &opic: *usiness Ethics as ersonal 'ntegrit and ocial -esponsibilit *loom+s *loom+s &a,onom: -emember AA)*: Ethics Analtic age: 10 Feedback: As a normati#e discipline ethics seeks an account of how and wh people should act a certain wa rather than how the do act. 4$. &he  discipline pro#ides an account of how and wh people do act the wa the do. a. descripti#e b. supererogator c. normati#e d. stipulati#e Answer: a Difficult: (edium !earning "bjecti#e: $1%$4 &opic: *usiness Ethics as ersonal 'ntegrit and ocial -esponsibilit *loom+s *loom+s &a,onom: -emember AA)*: Ethics Analtic age: 10 Feedback: ocial sciences such as pscholog and sociolog also e,amine human decision making and actions but these sciences are descripti#e rather than normati#e. hen we sa that the are descripti#e we refer to the fact that the pro#ide an account of how and wh people do act the wa the doIthe describe. 41. 'ndi#idual codes of conduct condu ct based on one+s #alue structures regarding how one should

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li#e how one should act what one should do what kind of a person should one be etc. is sometimes referred to as . a. moralit b. independence c. leadership d. rationalit Answer: a Difficult: (edium !earning "bjecti#e: $1%$4 &opic: *usiness Ethics as ersonal 'ntegrit and ocial -esponsibilit *loom+s *loom+s &a,onom: nderstand AA)*: Ethics Analtic age: 10 Feedback: 8ow should we li#e &his fundamental question of ethics can be interpreted in two was. >e? >e? can mean each one on e of us indi#iduall or it might mean all of us collecti#el. 'n the first sense this is a question about how ' should li#e m life how ' should act what ' should do and what k ind of person ' should be. &his meaning of ethics is based on our #alue structures defined b our moral sstems and therefore it is sometimes referred to as moralit. 42. (oralit is the aspect of ethics that we can refer to b the phrase ph rase >.? a. personal freedom b. indi#idual rationalit c. personal integrit d. persuasi#e rationalit Answer: c Difficult: Eas !earning "bjecti#e: $1%$4 &opic: *usiness Ethics as ersonal 'ntegrit and ocial -esponsibilit *loom+s &a,onom: -emember AA)*: Ethics Analtic age: 10 Feedback: (oralit is the aspect of ethics that we refer to b the phrase >personal integrit.? 44.  is that aspect of ethics that is referred to b the phrase >personal integrit.? integrit.? a. Jalues b. (oralit c. ocial ethics d. 3orms Answer: b Difficult: Eas !earning "bjecti#e: $1%$4 &opic: *usiness Ethics as ersonal 'ntegrit and ocial -esponsibilit *loom+s &a,onom: -emember AA)*: Ethics Analtic age: 10



Feedback: (oralit is the aspect of ethics that we refer to b the phrase >personal integrit.? 40. hich of the following raises questions about justice law ci#ic #irtues and political philosoph a. tipulati#e ethics b. (oralit c. Descripti#e discipline d. ocial ethics Answer: d Difficult: Eas !earning "bjecti#e: $1%$4 &opic: *usiness Ethics as ersonal 'ntegrit and ocial -esponsibilit *loom+s &a,onom: -emember AA)*: Analtic age: 15 Feedback: ocial ethics raises questions of justice public polic polic law ci#ic #irtues organi9ational structure and political philosoph. 45. &he aspect of business ethics that e,amines business institutions from a social rather than an indi#idual perspecti#e is referred to as: a. decision making for social responsibilit. responsibilit. b. corporate cultural responsibilit. responsibilit. c. institutionali9ed ethical responsibilit. responsibilit. d. institutional moralit. moralit. Answer: a Difficult: Eas !earning "bjecti#e: $1%$4 &opic: *usiness Ethics as ersonal 'ntegrit and ocial -esponsibilit *loom+s &a,onom: -emember AA)*: Ethics Analtic age: 15 Feedback: *usiness ethics is concerned with how business institutions ought to be structured about whether the ha#e a responsibilit to the greater societ Bcorporate social responsibilit or )-C and about making decisions that will impact man people other than the indi#idual decision maker. &his aspect of business ethics asks pe ople to e,amine business institutions from a social rather than from an indi#idual perspecti#e. &his broader social aspect of ethics is referred to as decision making for social responsibilit. 4=.  establish the guidelines or standards for determining what one should do ho w one should act what tpe of person one should be. a. -oles b. Attitudes c. 3orms d. !aws Answer: c Difficult: Eas



!earning "bjecti#e: $1%$0 &opic: *usiness Ethics as ersonal 'ntegrit and ocial -esponsibilit *loom+s &a,onom: -emember AA)*: Analtic age: 1; Feedback: 3orms establish the guidelines or standards for determining what w e should do how we should act what tpe of person we should be. 4;. 3orms: a. are the underling beliefs that cause people to act or to decide one wa rather than another. b. are standards of appropriate and proper beha#ior. beha#ior. c. are referred to b the phrase >personal integrit.? d. do not presuppose an underling #alues. Answer: b Difficult: Eas !earning "bjecti#e: $1%$0 &opic: *usiness Ethics as ersonal 'ntegrit and ocial -esponsibilit *loom+s &a,onom: -emember AA)*: Analtic age: 1; Feedback: &o sa that ethics is a normati#e discipline is to sa that it deals with norms: those standards of appropriate and proper Bor >normal?C beh a#ior. a#ior. 3orms establish the guidelines or standards for determining what we should do how we should act what tpe of person we should be. 4<. &he cru, of normati#e no rmati#e ethics is that these disciplines: a. presuppose some underling #alues. b. describe what people do. c. should alwas in#ol#e the stud or discipline of ethics. d. branch awa from social ethics to personal ethics. Answer: a Difficult: (edium !earning "bjecti#e: $1%$0 &opic: *usiness Ethics as ersonal 'ntegrit and ocial -esponsibilit *loom+s *loom+s &a,onom: nderstand AA)*: Analtic age: 1; Feedback: 3ormati#e disciplines presuppose some underling #alues. 4@. hich of the following are underling u nderling beliefs that cause us to act or to decide one wa rather than another a. atterns b. )odes c. ets d. Jalues Answer: d



Difficult: Eas !earning "bjecti#e: $1%$0 &opic: *usiness Ethics as ersonal 'ntegrit and ocial -esponsibilit *loom+s &a,onom: -emember AA)*: Ethics Analtic age: 1; Feedback: e e can think of #alues as the underling beliefs that cause us to act or to decide one wa rather than another. 0$. hich of the following is true about abou t #alues a. Jalues Jalues are the highest standards of appropriate and an d proper beha#ior. b. )orporate scandals pro#e the fact that indi#iduals ha#e personal #alues but institutions lack #alues. c. Jalues Jalues cannot lead to unethical results. d. Jalues Jalues are underling beliefs that cause us to act or to decide in a certain wa. Answer: d Difficult: (edium !earning "bjecti#e: $1%$0 &opic: *usiness Ethics as ersonal 'ntegrit and ocial -esponsibilit *loom+s *loom+s &a,onom: nderstand AA)*: Ethics Analtic age: 1; Feedback: e e can think of #alues as the underling beliefs that cause us to act or to decide one wa rather than another. 01. hich of the following are beliefs and principles that pro#ide the ultimate guide to a compan+s decision making a. (ission statement b. )ore #alues c. 8istorical milestones d. Jision statement Answer: b Difficult: Eas !earning "bjecti#e: $1%$0 &opic: *usiness Ethics as ersonal 'ntegrit and ocial -esponsibilit *loom+s &a,onom: -emember AA)*: Ethics Analtic age: 1< Feedback: A compan+s compan+s core #alues are those beliefs and principles that pro#ide the ultimate guide to its decision making. 02. hich of the following best describe the norms that guide emploees implicitl more often than not to beha#e in was that the firm #alues and finds worth a. "rgani9ational culture b. 7o#ernment+s 7o#ernment+s financial regulations c. 'ndustrial norms



d. !egal statutes Answer: a Difficult: Eas !earning "bjecti#e: $1%$0 &opic: *usiness Ethics as ersonal 'ntegrit and ocial -esponsibilit *loom+s &a,onom: -emember AA)*: Ethics Analtic age: 1< Feedback: &alk &alk of a corporation+s >culture? is a wa of saing that a corporation has a set of identifiable #alues that establish the e,pectations for what is >normal? within that firm. &hese norms guide emploees implicitl more often than not to beha#e in was that the firm #alues and finds worth. worth. 04. Ethics requires that the promotion of human welfare be done: a. based on the personal opinions of the decision maker. b. based on the le#el of need of the beneficiaries. c. understanding the religious beliefs of the beneficiar be neficiar.. d. in a manner that is acceptable and reasonable from all rele#ant points of #iew. Answer: d Difficult: Eas !earning "bjecti#e: $1%$0 &opic: *usiness Ethics as ersonal 'ntegrit and ocial -esponsibilit *loom+s &a,onom: -emember AA)*: Ethics Analtic age: 1< Feedback: From the perspecti#e of ethics no one person+s welfare is more worth than an other+s. Ethical acts and choices should be acceptable and reasonable from all rele#ant points of #iew. 00. Dramatic e,amples from histor histor including 3a9i 7erman and apartheid ap artheid in outh Africa demonstrate that: a. societies #aluing freedom welcome laws that require more than the ethical minimum. b. ethical responsibilities gi#e rise to more and more regulations. regulations. c. obedience to law is sufficient to fulfill one+s ethical duties. d. one+s ethical responsibilit ma run counter to the law. Answer: d Difficult: (edium !earning "bjecti#e: $1%$5 &opic: Ethics and the !aw *loom+s *loom+s &a,onom: nderstand AA)*: Ethics age: 1@ Feedback: 8olding that obedience to the law is sufficient to fulfill one+s ethical duties begs the question of whether wh ether the law itself is ethical. Dramatic e,amples from histor histor including 3a9i 7erman and apartheid in outh Africa Africa demonstrate that one+s ethical ethical responsibilit ma run counter to the law.



05. &elling &elling organi9ations that their ethical responsibilities end with obedience to the law: a. is just in#iting more legal regulation. b. is enough to maintain an ethical business en#ironment. c. reduces the frequenc of corporate scandals. d. eliminates ambiguit while making personal ethics%related decisions. Answer: a Difficult: 8ard !earning "bjecti#e: $1%$5 &opic: Ethics and the !aw *loom+s *loom+s &a,onom: nderstand AA)*: Ethics Analtic age: 21 Feedback: &elling &elling business that its ethical responsibilities end with obedience to the law is just in#iting more legal regulation. 0=. &he failure of personal ethics among companies like Enron and orld)om orld)om led to the creation of the: a. *rooks Act. b. 7ramm%!each%*lile Act. c. )lingerG)ohen Act. d. arbanesG",le Act. Answer: d Difficult: Eas !earning "bjecti#e: $1%$5 &opic: Ethics and the !aw *loom+s &a,onom: -emember AA)*: Ethics age: 21 Feedback: 't was the failure of personal ethics among companies such as Enron and orld)om that led to the creation of the arbanes%",le Act and man other legal reforms. 0;. hich of the following obser#ations is true a. "bedience to the law is sufficient to fulfill one+s one+s ethical duties. b. &he law is #er effecti#e effecti#e at promoting >goods.? c. &he law cannot anticipate e#er new dilemma that businesses might face. d. An indi#idual+s indi#idual+s ethical responsibilit can ne#er run counter coun ter to the law. Answer: c Difficult: (edium !earning "bjecti#e: $1%$5 &opic: Ethics and the !aw *loom+s *loom+s &a,onom: nderstand AA)*: Ethics Analtic age: 21 Feedback: &he law cannot canno t possibl anticipate e#er new dilemma that businesses might face so often there ma not be a regulation for the particular dilemma that con fronts a

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business leader. leader. 0<. hich of the following helps identif potential e#ents that ma affect the entit and manage risk to be within its risk appetite to pro#ide reasonable assurance regarding the achie#ement of entit objecti#es a. -isk a#ersion b. -isk benchmarking c. -isk assessment d. -isk minimi9ation Answer: c Difficult: Eas !earning "bjecti#e: $1%$= &opic: Ethics and the !aw *loom+s &a,onom: -emember AA)*: Ethics age: 24 Feedback: -isk assessment is defined as >a process . . . to identif potential e#ents that ma affect the entit entit and manage risk to be within its risk appetite to pro#ide reasonable assurance regarding the achie#ement of entit objecti#es.? 0@. ractical reasoning is reasoning about: a. what we should think. b. what we should do. c. what we should belie#e. d. what we should share. Answer: b Difficult: Eas !earning "bjecti#e: $1%$; &opic: Ethics as ractical  ractical -eason *loom+s &a,onom: -emember AA)*: Ethics age: 20 Feedback: ractical reasoning is reasoning about what we should do. 5$.  reasoning is reasoning about what we should do. a. ractical b. Descripti#e c. &heoretical d. 3otional Answer: a Difficult: Eas !earning "bjecti#e: $1%$; &opic: Ethics as ractical  ractical -eason *loom+s &a,onom: -emember AA)*: Ethics age: 20

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Feedback: ractical reasoning is reasoning about what we should do. 51. &heoretical reasoning is reasoning about: a. what we actuall do. b. what we should do. c. what we should belie#e. d. what we should implement. Answer: c Difficult: Eas !earning "bjecti#e: $1%$; &opic: Ethics as ractical  ractical -eason *loom+s &a,onom: -emember AA)*: Ethics age: 20 Feedback: &heoretical reasoning is reasoning about what we should belie#e. 52.  reasoning is reasoning about what we should belie#e. a. ractical b. Abstract Abstract c. &heoretical d. Descripti#e Answer: c Difficult: Eas !earning "bjecti#e: $1%$; &opic: Ethics as ractical  ractical -eason *loom+s &a,onom: -emember AA)*: Ethics age: 20 Feedback: &heoretical reasoning is reasoning about what we should belie#e. 54. hich of the following refers to the pursuit of truth and the highest standard for what we should belie#e a. &heoretical reason b. )ritical reason c. hilanthropic reason d. ractical reason Answer: a Difficult: Eas !earning "bjecti#e: $1%$; &opic: Ethics as ractical  ractical -eason *loom+s &a,onom: -emember AA)*: Ethics age: 20 Feedback: &heoretical reason is the pursuit of truth which is the highest standard for what we should belie#e.

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50. According to the tradition of theoretical reason  is the great arbiter of truth. a. religion b. perception c. science d. ethics Answer: c Difficult: Eas !earning "bjecti#e: $1%$; &opic: Ethics as ractical  ractical -eason *loom+s &a,onom: -emember AA)*: Ethics Analtic age: 20 2= Feedback: &heoretical reason is the pursuit of truth which is the highest standard for what we should belie#e. According to this tradition science is the great arbiter of truth. 55. hich of the following can be thought of as the answer to the fundamental questions of theoretical reason a. &he scientific method b. &he practical approach c. &he contingenc approach d. &he normati#e model Answer: a Difficult: (edium !earning "bjecti#e: $1%$; &opic: Ethics as ractical  ractical -eason *loom+s &a,onom: -emember AA)*: Ethics Analtic age: 2= Feedback: &heoretical reason is the pursuit of truth which is the highest standard for what we should belie#e. According to this tradition science is the great arbiter of truth. &hus the scientific method can be thought of as the answer to the fundamental questions of theoretical reason: hat should we belie#e

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5=. ABnC  is anone affected for better or for worse b the decisions made within a particular firm. Answer: stakeholder Difficult: Eas !earning "bjecti#e: $1%$1 &opic: 'ntroduction: (aking the )ase for *usiness Ethics *loom+s &a,onom: -emember AA)*: Ethics age: ; Feedback: 'n a general gene ral sense a business stakeholder will be anone who affects or is affected

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b decisions made within the firm for better or worse. 5;. 'n an organi9ational conte,t    is the skill of creating a circumstance in wh ich good people are able to do good and bad people are p re#ented from doing bad. Answer: ethical business leadership Difficult: Eas !earning "bjecti#e: $1%$4 &opic: *usiness Ethics as ersonal 'ntegrit and ocial -esponsibilit *loom+s &a,onom: -emember AA)*: Ethics age: 12 Feedback: Ethical business leadership is the skill to create the circumstances within which good people are able to do good and bad people are pre#ented from doing bad. 5<.  is the aspect of ethics that is referred to b the phrase >personal integrit.? integrit.? Answer: (oralit Difficult: Eas !earning "bjecti#e: $1%$4 &opic: *usiness Ethics as ersonal 'ntegrit and ocial -esponsibilit *loom+s &a,onom: -emember AA)*: Ethics age: 10 Feedback: (oralit is the aspect of ethics that we refer to b the phrase >personal integrit.? 5@.  ethics asks us to simpl step back from implicit e#erda decisions to e,amine and e#aluate them. Answer: hilosophical Difficult: Eas !earning "bjecti#e: $1%$4 &opic: *usiness Ethics as ersonal 'ntegrit and ocial -esponsibilit *loom+s &a,onom: -emember AA)*: Ethics age: 15 Feedback: hilosophical ethics merel asks us to step back from implicit e#erda decisions to e,amine and e#aluate them. =$. &o &o sa that ethics is a   discipline is to sa that it deals with standards of appropriate and proper beha#ior. Answer: normati#e Difficult: Eas !earning "bjecti#e: $1%$0 &opic: *usiness Ethics as ersonal 'ntegrit and ocial -esponsibilit *loom+s &a,onom: -emember AA)*: Ethics age: 1; Feedback: &o sa that ethics is a normati#e discipline is to sa that it deals with norms: those

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standards of appropriate and proper Bor >normal?C beh a#ior. a#ior. =1. 3ormati#e disciplines presuppose some underling . Answer: #alues Difficult: Eas !earning "bjecti#e: $1%$0 &opic: *usiness Ethics as ersonal 'ntegrit and ocial -esponsibilit *loom+s &a,onom: -emember AA)*: Ethics age: 1; Feedback: 3ormati#e disciplines presuppose some underling #alues. =2.  ser#e the ends of human well%being. Answer: Ethical #alues Difficult: Eas !earning "bjecti#e: $1%$0 &opic: *usiness Ethics as ersonal 'ntegrit and ocial -esponsibilit *loom+s &a,onom: -emember AA)*: Ethics age: 1< Feedback: Ethical #alues ser#e the ends en ds of human well%being. Acts and decisions that seek to promote human welfare are acts and decisions based on ethical #alues. =4. "ne wa to distinguish the #arious tpes of #alues is in terms of the ends the ser#e.  #alues ser#e the end of beaut. Answer: Aesthetic Difficult: Eas !earning "bjecti#e: $1%$0 &opic: *usiness Ethics as ersonal 'ntegrit and ocial -esponsibilit *loom+s &a,onom: -emember AA)*: Ethics age: 1< Feedback: "ne wa to distinguish #arious tpes of #alues is in terms of the ends the ser#e. Financial #alues ser#e monetar ends religious #alues ser#e spiritual ends aesthetic #alues ser#e the end of beaut legal #alues ser#e law order order and justice and so forth. =0. &he  requires emploers to make reasonable accommodations for emploees with disabilities. Answer: Americans with Disabilities Act Difficult: Eas !earning "bjecti#e: $1%$= &opic: Ethics and the !aw *loom+s &a,onom: -emember AA)*: Analtic age: 21 Feedback: &he Americans with Disabilities Act BADAC requires emploers to make



reasonable accommodations for emploees with disabilities. =5. According to  science is the great arbiter of truth. Answer: theoretical reason Difficult: (edium !earning "bjecti#e: $1%$; &opic: Ethics as ractical  ractical -eason *loom+s &a,onom: -emember AA)*: Ethics age: 20 2= Feedback: &heoretical reason is the pursuit of truth which is the highest standard for what we should belie#e. According to this tradition science is the great arbiter of truth.

Essay &uestions

==. E,plain how ethical decisions are required to be made b e#erbod and how the ha#e the capacit to influence more than just the decision maker. Answer: Ethical decision making in business is not limited to the tpe of major corporate decisions with dramatic social consequences known in the form of Enron K(organ and orld)om etc. At some point e#er worker and certainl e#erone in a management role will be faced with an issue that will require ethical decision making. 3ot e#er decision can be co#ered b economic legal or compan rules and regulations. (ore often than not responsible decision making must rel on the personal #alues and principles of the indi#iduals in#ol#ed. 'ndi#iduals will ha#e to decide for themsel#es what tpe of person the want to be. At other times decisions will in#ol#e significant general polic issues that affect entire organi9ations as happened in all the well%known corporate scandals. &he managerial role especiall in#ol#es decision making that establishes organi9ational precedents and has organi9ational and social consequences. Difficult: (edium !earning "bjecti#e: $1%$1 &opic: 'ntroduction: (aking the )ase for *usiness Ethics *loom+s *loom+s &a,onom: nderstand AA)*: Ethics age: 0 =;. E,plain how the stud of ethics was #iewed until recentl and what kind of shift in focus has occurred post the scandals. Answer: As recentl as the mid%1@@$s articles in such major publications as &he all treet Kournal the 8ar#ard *usiness -e#iew -e#iew and .. 3ews and orld orld -eport questioned the legitimac and #alue of teaching classes in business ethics. Few disciplines face the tpe of skepticism that commonl confronted courses in business ethics. (an students belie#ed that >business ethics? was an o,moron. (an also a lso #iewed ethics as a mi,ture of sentimentalit and personal opinion that would interfere with the efficient functioning of business. !eaders reali9e that the can no longer afford this approach in contemporar business. &he questions toda are less about wh or o r should ethics be a part of business than the are about



which #alues and principles should guide business decisions and how ethics should be integrated within business. tudents unfamiliar with the basic concepts and c ategories of ethics will find themsel#es as unprepared for careers in business as students who are unfamiliar with accounting and finance. 'ndeed it is fair to sa that students will not be full prepared e#en within fields such as accounting finance human resource management marketing and management unless the are familiar with the ethical issues that arise within those specific fields. Difficult: 8ard !earning "bjecti#e: $1%$1 &opic: 'ntroduction: (aking the )ase for *usiness Ethics *loom+s *loom+s &a,onom: nderstand AA)*: Ethics Analtic age: 5%= =<. Describe the ad#antages associated with ethical decision%making. Answer: nethical beha#ior not onl creates legal risks for a business it creates financial and marketing risks as well. (anaging these risks requires managers and e,ecuti#es to remain #igilant about their compan+s ethics. 't is #er clear now that a compan can lose in the marketplace it can go out of business and its emploees can go to jail if no one is paing attention to the ethical standards of the firm. A firm+ firm+ss ethical reputation can pro#ide a competiti#e ad#antage in the marketplace and with customers suppliers and emploees. (anaging ethicall can also pa significant di#idends in organi9ational structure and efficienc. efficienc. &rust loalt commitment creati#it and initiati#e are just some of the organi9ational benefits that are more likel to flourish within ethicall stable and credible organi9ations. Difficult: Eas !earning "bjecti#e: $1%$1 &opic: 'ntroduction: (aking the )ase for *usiness Ethics *loom+s *loom+s &a,onom: nderstand AA)*: Ethics Analtic age: ;%< =@. Discuss the hesitation Bthat ma be justifiedC associated with teaching ethics. E,p lain briefl how the authors of this te,t belie#e that ethics can be taught constructi#el in a class. Answer: art of the hesitation about teaching ethics in#ol#es the potential for abuse e,pecting teachers to influence beha#ior ma be #iewed as permission p ermission for teachers to impose their own #iews on students. (an belie#e that teachers should remain #alue%neutral in the classroom and respect a student+s own #iews. Another Another part of this concern is that the line between moti#ating students and manipulating students is a narrow one. &here are man was to influence someone+s beha#ior including threats guilt pressure bulling and intimidation. *ut not all forms of influencing beha#ior raise such concerns. &here is a major difference between manipulating someone and persuading someone between threatening and reasoning. &he authors of this te,t belie#e that the tension between knowledge and beha#ior can be resol#ed b emphasi9ing ethical judgment ethical deliberation and ethical decision making. &he onl academicall and ethicall legitimate wa to do this is through careful and reasoned decision making. &he fundamental assumption is that a process of rational decision making a



process that in#ol#es careful thought and deliberation can and will result in beha#ior that is more reasonable accountable and ethical. Difficult: (edium !earning "bjecti#e: $1%$2 &opic: *usiness Ethics as Ethical Decision making *loom+s *loom+s &a,onom: nderstand AA)*: Ethics age: 11 ;$. Define ethics. 8ow is it different from social sciences such as pscholog and sociolog Answer: Ethics refers not onl to an academic d iscipline but to that arena of human life studied b this academic discipline namel how human beings should properl li#e their li#es. hilosophers often emphasi9e that ethics is normati#e in that it deals with our reasoning about how we should act. ocial sciences such as pscholog and sociolog also e,amine human decision%making and actions but these sciences are descripti#e rather than normati#e. &he pro#ide an account of how and wh people do act the wa the do as a normati#e discipline ethics seeks an account of how h ow and wh people should act a certain wa rather than how the do act. Difficult: Eas !earning "bjecti#e: $1%$4 $1%$2 &opic: *usiness Ethics as Ethical Decision (aking *usiness Ethics as ersonal 'ntegrit and ocial -esponsibilit *loom+s &a,onom: -emember AA)*: Ethics age: 11 10 ;1. Differentiate the concepts of moralit and social ethics. Answer: &he fundamental question of ethics >8ow should we li#e? can be interpreted in two was. >e? > e? can mean each one of o f us indi#iduall or it might mean all of us collecti#el. 'n the first sense this is a question about how ' should li#e m life how ' should act what ' should do and what kind of person ' should be. &his meaning of ethics is sometimes referred to as moralit moralit and it is the aspect of ethics that we refer to b the phrase >personal integrit.? &here will be man times within a business setting where an indi#idual will need to step back and ask: >hat should ' do 8ow should ' act? 'n the second sense >8ow should we li#e? refers to how we li#e together in a communit. &his is a question about how a societ and social institutions such as corporations ought to be structured and about how we ought to li#e together. &his area is sometimes referred to as social ethics and it raises questions of justice public polic p olic law ci#ic #irtues organi9ational structure and political philosoph. 'n this sense business ethics is concerned with how business institutions ought to be structured structured about corporate social responsibilit responsibilit and about making decisions that will impact man people other than the indi#idual decision maker. &his aspect of business ethics asks us to e,amine business institutions from a social rather than an indi#idual perspecti#e. &his broader social aspect of ethics is referred to as decision making for social responsibilit. responsibilit.



Difficult: Eas !earning "bjecti#e: $1%$4 &opic: *usiness Ethics as ersonal 'ntegrit and ocial -esponsibilit *loom+s *loom+s &a,onom: nderstand AA)*: Ethics Analtic age: 10%15 ;2. h is Lethics+ considered a normati#e discipline Answer: &o &o sa that ethics is a normati#e discipline is to sa that it deals with norms those standards of appropriate and proper Bor >normal?C beh a#ior. a#ior. 3orms establish the guidelines or standards for determining what we should do how we should act what tpe of person we should be. Difficult: Eas !earning "bjecti#e: $1%$0 &opic: *usiness Ethics as ersonal 'ntegrit and ocial -esponsibilit *loom+s &a,onom: -emember AA)*: Ethics age: 1; ;4. Define #alues and discuss d iscuss the element of corporate culture in detail. Answer: 'n general #alues can be thought of as those beliefs that incline us to act or to choose one wa rather than another. A compan+s compan+s core #alues for e,ample are those beliefs and principles that pro#ide the ultimate guide in its decision making. 'ndi#iduals can ha#e their own personal #alues and importantl importantl institutions also ha#e #alues. A corporation+s corporation+s >culture? is a wa of saing that a corporation has a set of identifiable #alues that establish the e,pectations for what is >normal? within that firm. &hese norms guide emploees implicitl more often than not to beha#e in was that the firm #alues and finds worth. "ne important implication of this is that an indi#idual or a corporation+s set of #alues ma lead to either ethical or unethical result. &he corporate culture at Enron for e,ample seems to ha#e been committed to pushing the en#elope of legalit as far as possible in order to get awa with as much as possible in pursuit of as much mone as possible. Difficult: Eas !earning "bjecti#e: $1%$0 &opic: *usiness Ethics as ersonal 'ntegrit and ocial -esponsibilit *loom+s &a,onom: -emember AA)*: Ethics age: 1< ;0. Describe the two elements of ethical #alues. Answer: First ethical #alues ser#e the ends of human well%being. Acts and choices that aim to promote human welfare are acts and choices based on ethical #alues. econd the well%being promoted b ethical #alues is not a personal and an d selfish well%being. Ethical #alues are those beliefs and principles that impartiall promote human well%being. Difficult: Eas !earning "bjecti#e: $1%$0



&opic: *usiness Ethics as ersonal 'ntegrit and ocial -esponsibilit *loom+s *loom+s &a,onom: nderstand AA)*: Ethics age: 1< ;5. Discuss the impact of maintaining that holding to the law is sufficient to fulfill one+s one+s ethical duties and what it sas about the law itself. Answer: 8olding that obedience to the law is sufficient to fulfill one+s one+s ethical duties begs the question of whether or not the law itself is ethical. E,amples from histor histor 3a9i 7erman and apartheid in outh Africa being the most ob#ious demonstrate that one+s ethical responsibilit ma run counter to the law. "n a more practical le#el this question can ha#e significant implications in a global econom in which businesses operate in countries with legal sstems different from those of their home countr. countr. ome countries make child labor or se,ual discrimination legal but businesses that choose to adopt such practices do not escape ethical responsibilit for doing so. From the perspecti#e of ethics a business does not forgo its its ethical responsibilities based on obedience to the law. Difficult: (edium !earning "bjecti#e: $1%$5 &opic: Ethics and the !aw *loom+s *loom+s &a,onom: nderstand AA)*: Ethics Analtic age: 1@ ;=. E,plain the difficulties associated with telling businesses that its ethical responsibilities end with obedience to the law. Answer: &elling &elling business that its ethical responsibilities end with obedience to the law is just in#iting more legal regulation. &he difficult of tring to create laws to co#er each and e#er possible business challenge would be enormous. &he task would require such specificit specificit that the number of regulated areas would become unmanageable. Additionall it was the failure of personal ethics among such companies as Enron and orld)om after all that led to the creation of the arbanes%",le Act and man other legal reforms. 'f business restricts its ethical responsibilities to obedience to the law it should not be surprising to find a new wa#e of go#ernment regulations that require what were formerl formerl #oluntar actions. Difficult: Eas !earning "bjecti#e: $1%$5 &opic: Ethics and the !aw *loom+s *loom+s &a,onom: nderstand AA)*: Ethics Analtic age: 21 ;;. Discuss the importance of precedents for most laws concerning business. Answer: (ost of the laws that concern business are based on past cases that establish legal precedents. Each precedent applies general rules to the specific circumstances of an indi#idual case. 'n most business situations asking >'s this legal? is reall asking >Are these

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circumstances similar enough to past cases that the conclusions reached in those cases will also appl here? ince there will alwas be some differences between cases the question will alwas remain somewhat open. Difficult: Eas !earning "bjecti#e: $1%$= &opic: Ethics and the !aw *loom+s &a,onom: -emember AA)*: Ethics age: 22%24 ;<. Define risk assessment. Answer: -isk assessment is defined as a process to identif potential e#ents that ma affect the entit entit and manage risk to be within its risk appetite to pro#ide reasonable assurance regarding the achie#ement of entit objecti#es. Difficult: Eas !earning "bjecti#e: $1%$= &opic: Ethics and the !aw *loom+s &a,onom: -emember AA)*: Analtic age: 24 ;@. hile using the risk assessment model what might the decision makers include in their assessment before taking action Answer: sing the risk assessment model decision makers might include in their assessment before taking action: M the likelihood of being challenged in court M the likelihood of losing the case M the likelihood of settling for financial damages M a comparison of those costs M the financial benefits of taking the action M the ethical implication of the options a#ailable Difficult: Eas !earning "bjecti#e: $1%$= &opic: Ethics and the !aw *loom+s &a,onom: -emember AA)*: Ethics age: 24%20 <$. Differentiate between practical reason and theoretical reason. Answer: ractical reason is described as reasoning about what we should do whereas theoretical reason in#ol#es reasoning about what we should belie#e. Difficult: Eas !earning "bjecti#e: $1%$; &opic: Ethics as ractical  ractical -eason *loom+s &a,onom: -emember AA)*: Ethics

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