BU490 Exam 1 SCORE 100 PERCENT

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Question 1 (5 points)

 

Theoretical reasoning is reasoning about what we 

Question 1 options:

	A)  actually do.
	B)  actually believe.
	C)  should do.
	D)  should believe.

Question 2 (5 points)

 

When making a decision, selecting the alternative that meets the minimum decision criteria is known as

Question 2 options:

	A)  flipism.
	B)  satisficing.
	C)  normalcy bias.
	D)  optimism bias.

Question 3 (5 points)

 

In an ethical decision-making process, moral imagination helps individuals make ethically responsible decisions. In which of the following steps is moral imagination critical?

Question 3 options:

	A)  Considering the available alternatives
	B)  Identifying the ethical issues
	C)  Identifying and considering the decision's impact on stakeholders
	D)  Determining the facts

Question 4 (5 points)

 

Which step follows comparing the alternatives of how a decision affects stakeholders?

Question 4 options:

	A)  Making a decision
	B)  Identifying the ethical issues involved
	C)  Identifying key stakeholders
	D)  Monitoring and learning from outcomes

Question 5 (5 points)

 

Which of the following is a recommended approach for teaching ethics?

Question 5 options:

	A)  Teachers should teach ethical dogma to a passive audience.
	B)  Teachers should understand that their roles are to tell the right answers to their  students.
	C)  Teachers should challenge students to think for themselves.
	D)  Teachers should consider acceptance of customary norms as an adequate ethical perspective.

Question 6 (5 points)

 

Social sciences such as psychology and sociology are different from ethics because they're-________ in nature.

Question 6 options:

	A)  clinical
	B)  conjectural
	C)  descriptive
	D)  normative

Question 7 (5 points)

 

Which of the following is considered a social role? 

Question 7 options:

	A)  Librarian
	B)  Manager
	C)  Citizen
	D)  Student-body president

Question 8 (5 points)

 

Organizational________refers to a corporation's set of identifiable values that establish the expectations for what's considered normal within the firm.

Question 8 options:

	A)  code
	B)  policy
	C)  structure
	D)  culture

Question 9 (5 points)

 

________establish the guidelines or standards for determining what one should do, how one should act, and what type of person one should be.

Question 9 options:

	A)  Laws
	B)  Roles
	C)  Attitudes
	D)  Norms

Question 10 (5 points)

 

Which of the following is a power granted to the US Treasury secretary under the Grayson-Himes Pay for Performance Act?

Question 10 options:

	A)  Specifying which employees are eligible to be paid bonuses
	B)  Reviewing how companies give their bonuses
	C)  Specifying what criteria must be considered when elevating people to upper-management positions
	D)  Reviewing the constitution of companies' boards of directors

Question 11 (5 points)

 

Within a business setting, individuals must consider the ethical implications of both personal and professional

Question 11 options:

	A)  decision making.
	B)  laws.
	C)  self-interest.
	D)  desires.

Question 12 (5 points)

 

No group could function if members were free at all times to decide for themselves what to do and how to act. Which of the following functions serves to organize and ease relations among individuals?

Question 12 options:

	A)  Self-rule
	B)  Autocracy
	C)  Social contract
	D)  Personal norms

Question 13 (5 points)

 

Free market economics is grounded in the________framework of ethics.

Question 13 options:

	A)  rights-based
	B)  legal
	C)  utilitarian
	D)  principle-based

Question 14 (5 points)

 

The omission known as change blindness occurs when decision makers

Question 14 options:

	A)  are adamant on maintaining status quo due to a fear of change.
	B)  fail to notice gradual changes over time.
	C)  want to bring about a change on a whim.
	D)  overlook a sudden change.

Question 15 (5 points)

 

Social sciences, including psychology and sociology, differ from ethics by

Question 15 options:

	A)  giving directives about how people should act.
	B)  being normative rather than descriptive.
	C)  inquiring why people act the way they do.
	D)  providing an account of how people should act.

Question 16 (5 points)

 

Which of the following statements is most accurate? 

Question 16 options:

	A)  Ethics of principles is based on rules, whereas utilitarianism is based on consequences.
	B)  Ethics of principles is based on human rights, whereas utilitarianism is based on self-interest.
	C)  Ethics of principles is based on self-interest, whereas utilitarianism is based on human rights.
	D)  Ethics of principles is based on consequences, whereas utilitarianism is based on rules.

Question 17 (5 points)

 

A rights-based framework of ethics would object to child labor because such practices

Question 17 options:

	A)  violate our duty to treat children with respect.
	B)  violate laws that are widely accepted in developed countries.
	C)  aren't economically feasible in the modern era.
	D)  run counter to the principles of most world religions.

Question 18 (5 points)

 

Which of the following conditions makes issue identification the first step in the ethical decision-making process?

Question 18 options:

	A)  When the issue is presented from the start
	B)  When the stakeholders in the decision can't be determined
	C)  When the ethical predicament of the situation is hard to determine
	D)  When the responsibility for the decision lies with one person

Question 19 (5 points)

 

________is the first step in making an ethically responsible decision.

Question 19 options:

	A)  Comparing and weighing alternatives
	B)  Monitoring and learning from the outcomes
	C)  Considering the available alternatives
	D)  Determining the facts of the situation

Question 20 (5 points)

 

Which of the following is considered to be an institutional role?

Question 20 options:

	A)  Teacher
	B)  Citizen
	C)  Sibling
	D)  Spouse