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