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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A Attend class or watch video lectures and take notes by hand
B Taking good notes and relying on the lecture material makes buying the book unnecessary
C Work in pairs or groups to study and review material
D Write your own test questions
Question #2
A Highlight different elements, i.e. key terms, key names, and questions in different colors
B Highlighting key terms, questions, and key names is a way to preview material before you read the chapter.
C Highlight “breadcrumbs” left by the author, like “There are three reasons…First…Second…Third”
D The more you highlight the better
Question #3
A Highlighting
B Flashcards
C Outlining
D Coffee
Question #4
A Skimming the material starting from the back of the chapter
B If you are reading a novel read the first line of every paragraph
C Page through the material looking at the section headings, bold print, and italicized words
D Look at charts, graphs, or pictures in the chapter
Question #5
A Previewing the material
B Writing down questions you want the reading material to answer
C Paraphrasing the reading material as you go
D Re-reading the material until you remember the key concepts
Question #6
A Regulating
B Monitoring
C Self-assessing
D Goal-setting
Question #7
A Bloom’s taxonomy is a hierarchy of learning levels
B Bloom’s taxonomy may be used to help us diagnose our level of learning
C Creating, evaluating, and analyzing are at the bottom of the Bloom pyramid
D Bloom’s taxonomy is a way to help us understand our level of learning
Question #8
A employers perceive women as more compliant
B women who are no longer engaged in subsistence farming must seek seasonal employment
C fewer women have entered the workplace as a result of globalization
D women have less access to capital
Question #9
A 300 women filed similar complaints against Morgan Stanley
B she settled her case four years later for $12 million
C these kinds of cases are exceedingly rare today
D in 1996 she filed a sexual discrimination complaint against Morgan Stanley with the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission
Question #10
A differences in form of address
B the reluctance of women to charge in cases of sexual harassment
C workplace dangers
D discrimination blindness
Question #11
A the “glass cliff”
B the “mommy track”
C the “glass ceiling”
D ”dual burdens”
Question #12
A suggests society and the workplace have systematically devalued women’s experience
B accepts the notion of gender based dichotomies
C advocated by Mary Woolstonecraft
D suggests society and the workplace need to take more seriously the perspectives and experiences of women
Question #13
A there is no apparent independent criterion of right and wrong
B leads to decisions based upon “rationality tinged with humane concern”
C it goes against the traditional male view of classical philosophy
D it embraces the idea of interdependent relationships
Question #14
A traditional conceptual dichotomies
B essentialism
C gender egalitarianism
D traditional gender stereotypes
Question #15
A the differences are based on age not gender
B men and women are “hard wired” to have differences
C the differences between men and women are “illusory”
D the differences between men and women are the result of “socialization”
Question #16
A equal opportunity in hiring and promotion
B equal pay for equal work
C removing barriers to education
D women are systematically disadvantaged
Question #17
A the rejection by many women of the role of being only mothers and homemakers
B women earn only 75% of men’s wages
C 6 million women joining the workforce during World War II
D the post-war economy proving greater employment opportunities for women
Question #18
A it could have been prevented
B to be allowed to drill on the outer continental shelf is a private right to be exercised
C it undermined public faith in the energy industry, government regulators and our own capability to respond to this kind of crisis
D it can be traced to identifiable mistakes made by British Petroleum (BP), Halliburton, and Transocean
Question #19
A was the result of failures in corporate governance
B was the result of a combination of excessive borrowing, risky investments and a lack of transparency
C the financial crisis was unavoidable
D was the result of a systematic breakdown in accountability and ethics
Question #20
A employed thousands
B expanded internationally with willing customers and competitive prices
C low employee wages
D ecologically friendly cosmetics
Question #21
A nations do not have to abide by its rulings
B it reflects the power and influence of its richer and more powerful nations
C it is an unelected and undemocratic transnational authority
D their hearings are closed to the public
Question #22
A makes business more efficient and leads to greater worldwide prosperity
B industrial pollution “blows away” into other nations
C borders are open for trade but closed to immigrants who want jobs
D the race to the bottom
Question #23
A has accelerated since 1995 with the formation of the World Trade Organization (WTO)
B is protectionistic of national economies
C believes boosting fair competition will result in greater worldwide prosperity
D is a liberal (libertarian) market approach
Question #24
A it is used to mitigate business cycles
B it is used to protect personal rights in the work place
C it operates by means of regulations, taxation, and government spending
D it is encouraged by free market advocates like Ayn Rand and Robert Nozick
Question #25
A Mylan Pharmaceutical’s unjustified inflation of Epi-Pen pricing
B Ammon Bundy’s group occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge
C Destruction of Gulf of Mexico resources by BP’s Deep Water Gulf Oil Disaster
D Russia making territorial claims on the Arctic
Question #26
A failing to fix a car’s oil leak choosing instead to transfer the cost of the environmental burden to the community
B people living near a coal-fired power plant who must clean the power plant’s soot off their laundry
C CocaCola, PepsiCo, and Cadbury-Schweppes control of 90% of the US soft drink market
D producing sweatshop apparel where the costs for healthcare, unemployment and safety are borne by the employees and not the manufacturer
Question #27
A businesses are a conduit for consumers’ demands
B consumer reaction to moral issues is combined with other factors
C implies that business has a duty to provide moral goods and services to customers
D consumers vote with their wallets
Question #28
A the invisible hand
B landfills and depleting resources
C shortages and pollution for future generations
D goods with built in obsolescence
Question #29
A are a result of the industrial revolution
B are run by executives who face a challenging ethical environment
C have considerable social and economic power to shape public opinion and legislative policy
D have no obligations to the society
Question #30
A functions without government influence or modification
B has a profound influence over our everyday lives
C encourages consumption of finite resources
D has resulted in a high standard of living with affordable goods and services
Question #31
A ethical theory provides an analytical framework for making decisions about what we should do
B ethical theory provides the basis “normative action” based upon outcomes, duties, and virtues
C ethical theory will provide an easy recipe for right action in every case
D ethical theory is implemented within a wider context
Question #32
A capitalism makes a good servant to human flourishing, but a poor master
B capitalism sometimes needs to be monitored and corrected
C capitalism left unchecked may lead to excessive, unreasonable, and/or harmful acts
D Adam Smith advocated making merchants and manufacturers “rulers of mankind”
Question #33
A does not lend itself well to corporate statements and management literature
B evaluates actions as part of a continuing personal history
C recognizes that actions take place within communities and must be judged in those terms
D requires role models
Question #34
A virtues are the same in any particular context
B virtues moderate or balance our feelings
C intellectual virtues make someone clever but not necessarily good
D virtues are not just learned in the classroom
Question #35
A learned from role models
B a teleological system
C the aim is eudaimonia
D concerned with duty to do what is right
Question #36
A Edward Freeman’s view of “stakeholder theory”
B the traditional view of capitalism
C Norman Bowie’s views of what is meaningful work
D Kantian capitalism
Question #37
A maxims can be tested by whether or not they are consistent
B moral action is imperative because we have no alternative to do otherwise
C moral laws apply categorically in all circumstances
D moral actions are based upon our feelings
Question #38
A determining moral action does not rely on outside evidence
B motives are of utmost importance in assessing morality
C ethics is based on our ability to reason and our freedom of choice
D the morality of an act is determined by the amount of good or evil it produces
Question #39
A it may pose a threat to minority groups
B utility is not always fair
C supererogation
D the problem of how to calculate future welfare
Question #40
A the problem of how to calculate future welfare
B partiality
C supererogation
D ”sour grapes” syndrome
Question #41
A the many stakeholders and their incompatible interests
B the difficulty in analyzing ethical issues in business
C the similarity between legal and moral responsibility
D the many factors we have to consider
Question #42
A a mission statement shows that a company may not be purely egoistic
B individual corporations can differ greatly in their goals and what they believe is appropriate behavior
C corporations are required to have a published mission statement
D a more outwardly directed mission statement recognizes the conflict between making a profit and meeting the needs of other stakeholders
Question #43
A right and wrong matter more than praise or blame
B a leader has to promote his own interests above all others
C it is safer to be feared than to be loved
D a bold leader should acquire and use power for his personal advantage
Question #44
A objectivists
B absolutists
C coherentists
D those who believe moral truths apply throughout space and time
Question #45
A leads to a litigious society
B breeds the belief that the other business party is predatory
C demonstrates that most of our business dealings are based on mistrust
D advocated by economist Milton Friedman
Question #46
A prudence
B intrinsic morality
C instrumental morality
D benign self-interest
Question #47
A having a single set of ethical standards that apply throughout our life
B having a baseline of moral decency consistent throughout our lives
C role morality
D making no distinction between different roles in our lives and what is moral behavior
Question #48
A normative ethics
B utilitarianism
C virtue ethics
D metaethics
Question #49
A it helps us examine the arguments businesses use for their actions
B it helps us understand the nature of business and make moral judgments
C it helps us examine the fundamental assumptions and conceptual foundations of business
D it helps us make quick moral business decisions