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