HRM 522 WEEK 5 MIDTERM EXAM PART 2 VERSION 2
VERSION 2
Question 1
The ________ was called “a sweeping overhaul of the financial regulatory system…on a scale not seen since the reforms that followed the Great Depression.”
Answer
Equal Pay Act
Americans with Disabilities Act
Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
Age Discrimination in Employment Act
VII of the Civil Rights Act
Question 2
________ law not only prohibits specific actions in business such as fraud, theft, or securities trading violations, but also imposes fines or imprisonment as punishment for breaking the law.
Answer
Civil
Criminal
Competitive
Administrative
Regulatory
Question 3
________ is the synergistic and mutually beneficial use of an organization’s core competencies and resources to deal with key stakeholders so as to bring about organizational and societal benefits.
Answer
Social responsibility
Business ethics
Corporate philanthropy
Strategic philanthropy
Cause-related marketing
Question 4
The ________ of ethics involves embedding values, norms, and artifacts in organizations, industries, and society.
Answer
institutionalization
rationalization
commercialization
mobilization
enforcement
Question 5
The ________ regulates tobacco, dietary supplements, vaccines, veterinary drugs, medical devices, cosmetics, products that give off radiation, and biological products.
Answer
World Trade Organization
Consumer Financial Protection Agency
Department of Justice
Environmental Protection Agency
The Food and Drug Administration
Question 6
Which is not one of the four sources of criminal and civil laws?
Answer
Judicial law
Common law
Constitutional law
Administrative law
Statutory law
Question 7
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
Answer
prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, or national origin.
penalizes the top executives in an organization for misconduct.
is basically the same as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
discourages whistle-blowers from reporting misconduct.
prohibits pay discrimination on the basis of gender
Question 8
Companies that ________ will most likely be found in violation of procompetitive legislation.
Answer
pollute waterways
knowingly harm consumers
contract with sweatshops
establish monopolies
help consumers
Question 9
The ________can be defined as a set of values, norms, and artifacts, including ways of solving problems shared by members of an organization.
Answer
corporate culture
intentions of a corporate
ethical issue awareness
determination of a corporation
individual factors
Question 10
Which of the following is not considered a significant other group in the workplace?
Answer
Peers
Managers
Spouses
Coworkers
Subordinates
Question 11
______ have been found to decrease unethical practices and increase positive work behavior.
Answer
High educational attainment levels
High levels of community involvement
Charismatic leaders
Strong religious beliefs
Good personal values
Question 12
For people who begin the value shift that leads to unethical decisions, which of the following is not a usual justification to reduce and eliminate guilt?
Answer
I need a paycheck and can’t afford to quit right now.
Those around me are doing it so why shouldn’t I?
If I don’t do this, I might not be able to get a good reference from my boss when I leave.
If I don’t do this, I might never be promoted.
This is in keeping with my personal morals and the code of conduct, so it is okay.
Question 13
Which of the following is the first step in the ethical decision making process?
Answer
Being socialized into the firm’s corporate culture
Applying a personal moral philosophy in order to individualize the ethical decision making process
Recognizing that an issue requires an individual or work group to make a choice that ultimately will be judged by stakeholders as right or wrong
Soliciting the opinions of others in a work group or in the overall business in order to gain feedback
Enforcing the firm’s ethical standards with rewards and punishment
Question 14
The ________ includes the motivational “carrots and sticks” superiors use to influence employee behavior.
Answer
Obedience to authority
Immediate job context
Locus of control
Normative approach
Descriptive approach
Question 15
Employees that see themselves as going with the flow because that’s all they can do have a(n)
Answer
external locus of control.
moral intensity
obedience to authority
opportunity
internal locus of control
Question 16
________ is the ability to perceive whether a situation or decision has an ethical dimension.
Answer
Ethical issue intensity
Locus of control
Ethical awareness
Moral intensity
Opportunity
Question 17
________ have lower ethical issue sensitivity, meaning they are less likely to detect ethical issues. They may be more committed to completing projects and more dedicated to group values and objectives.
Answer
Relativists
Hedonists
Pragmatists
Deontologists
Teleologists
Question 18
Enlightened egoism
Answer
is when an individual puts spiritual feelings above all others.
centers completely on the short-term well-being of others.
centers on one’s short-term self-interest.
centers on one’s long-term self-interest but takes others’ well-being into account.
centers on the long-term well-being of others
Question 19
________ believe that no one thing is intrinsically good.
Answer
Hedonists
Pluralists
Relativists
Deontologists
Teleologists
Question 20
An individual who emphasizes others rather than himself or herself in making decisions is in which of the following of Kohlberg’s stages of development?
Answer
Universal ethical principles (6th stage)
Mutual interpersonal expectations, relationships, and conformity (3rd stage)
Social system and conscience maintenance (4th stage)
Punishment and obedience (1st stage)
Prior rights, social contract, or utility (5th stage
Question 21
Which moral philosophy evaluates the morality of an action on the basis of its conformity to general moral principles and respect for individual rights?
Answer
The relativist perspective
Act utilitarianism
Rule utilitarianism
Act deontology
Rule deontology
Question 22
Which is the last of Kohlberg’s stages of cognitive moral development?
Answer
Individual instrumental purpose and exchange
Need achievement
Social system and conscience maintenance
Punishment and obedience
Universal ethical principles
Question 23
An individual who believes that an action is ethical because others within his or her company and industry regularly engage in the activity is probably a(n)
Answer
utilitarian.
relativist.
teleologist.
deontologist.
egoist.
Question 24
________ justice considers the processes and activities that produce the outcome or results.
Answer
Disruptive
Procedural
Interactional
Communications
Evaluative
Question 25
According to Kohlberg’s model, as a person progresses through the stages of moral development, and with time, education, and experience, he/she
Answer
is unlikely to change his/her values and ethical behavior.
may change his/her values and ethical behavior.
will likely be promoted.
will depend more on the input of significant others in ethical decision making.
will experience less opportunity to behave unethically.
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