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Ensure that you will suffer no retaliation if you blowthe whistle. |
According to thetext, which of the following is notamong the steps you should take before you blow the whistle on a situationconfronting your organization? |
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Males she interviewed focused almost exclusively onjustice considerations in their moral reasoning while women were more likely toraise issues related to caring for others in their moral reasoning. |
According to the text, Carol Gilligan, a formerstudent of Lawrence Kohlberg, studied whether there were gender differences inmoral reasoning. Through her research,Gilligan found that: |
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The belief that everyone within a culture acts alike |
The text defines the assumption of culturalhomogeneity as: |
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The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. |
According to a February, 2010 issue of BusinessWeek, the FBI caught 21 gun industry executives attending a trade convention inLas Vegasattempting to “pay illegal [bribes] to the defense minister of an Africannation. In exchange, the small armsmarketers thought they were securing the opportunity to sell millions ofdollars in weapons and body armor.” If true,the industry executives’ alleged actions violate |
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He did not like the weather in Philadelphia. |
The text citessources as saying that when Albert J. Dunlap became CEO of Scott Paper in 1994,a company founded in the city of Philadelphia116 years earlier, he moved the company’s headquarters to Boca Raton, Floridabecause: |
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The advancement of rational self-interest under the decision rule always and necessarily comes at the expense of the interests of others. |
Which of the following is not a true statement about Objectivism? |
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By imposing “hypernorm” limits on the otherwise general acceptance of ethical norms in other cultures, ISCT embraces neither ethical relativism nor ethical imperialism. |
Which of the following is a true statement about Integrative Social Contracts Theory? |
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Focuses on preserving the relationships that the ethical decision-maker values most |
The ethic of care: |
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Is an application of Objectivism because he is basing his decision on advancing his own rational self-interest by supporting his wife’s career move. |
John Walker loved his well paying job as an accountant with a mid-size local firm. His wife, Joan, a marketing executive at Vandelay, a major international latex products manufacturer, received a promotion to a higher level position within the company that required a move to Russia, but that would pay just slightly less than the couple’s current combined income. John realized that it made him happier to move with his wife to Russia than to deny her what he realized was a once-in-a-lifetime career opportunity for her. John’s reason for leaving his job to join his wife in Russia: |
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Not prohibit her secretary’s husband from being considered for the production job in light of Russia’s cultural norms, even though the norm of allowing members of the same family to be employed offends company policy. |
Upon arriving in Russia, Joan Walker learned that companies in the country had a strong custom of employing members of the same family. Vandelay has an anti-nepotism policy, prohibiting the employment of members of the same family. Joan’s new Russian secretary has recommended her husband for a position in the company’s production crew. Under the principles of ISCT, if Joan concludes that hiring family members does not violate any hypernorms, she should: |
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The potential whistleblower should avoid the chain of command if the ethical misconduct relates to a violation of company policy. |
Which of the following is not a true statement about whistleblowing? |
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Is violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”) and creating a conflict of interest for the foreign |
An American businessman or woman who overtly bribes a foreign official to secure a contract for his or her company: |
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Requires at the very least that advertisers not engage in deliberate deception about the qualities of the product advertised. |
According to the video and the readings, ethical behavior in advertising: |
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Whether a decision reflects well on the character of the decision-maker in the eyes of his or her professional community, role models, or harshest moral critics |
Virtue ethics focuses on: |
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Is considered irresponsible to the company’s shareholders under the limited view of corporate social responsibility addressed in the video segment. |
Corporate philanthropy that helps to solve problems that a public company has helped to create, but that does not advance the company’s business interests in any other identifiable way: |
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Be rational and be all that you can be |
Decision Rule of Objectivism |
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Reinforces personal responsibility |
Biggest pro of Objectivism |
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Individualistic and Judgmental |
Biggest con of Objectivism |
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Motive Communications |
Example of Objectivism |
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Focus on relationships and responsibilities
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Decision rule of Ethic of Care |
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Protects the weak and dependent |
Biggest pro of Ethic of Care |
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Neglects Justice |
Biggest Con of Ethic of Care |
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Certain small, entrepreneurial businesses |
Example of Ethic of Care |
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Truth Employee or Customer Rights Trust Harm Your Personal Reputation Your Organization's Reputation Breaking the Law |
Whistleblowing Triggers |
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Dealing with a serious issue Assembled the facts Checked to be sure facts are accurate Asked peers or manager for advice See a law or policy about to be violated |
Precursors to whistleblowing |
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1. Immediate manager first 2. Discuss with family 3. To the next level 4. Contact ethics officer 5. Consider outside chain of command 6. Consider outside company 7. Leave company |
Steps of Whistleblowing |
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Accommodate social change Long run view of self interest Socially responsible behavior can improve public image Socially responsible behavior can help head off government regulation Business enormous resources in solving social problems Turn social problems into profitable opportunities Moral obligation to help solve social problems that it has created |
Arguments for an Expansive View of CSR
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No accountability for the use of corporate resources Managers are ethically obligated to earn highest possible return for shareholders Poses threat to pluralistic nature of our society Executives have little experience in solving social problems, and little or no incentive to do so Social responsibility is fundamentally a subversive doctrine that would undermine the foundations of a free-enterprise system |
Arguments for a Limited View of CSR |
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Buyer Beware |
Caveat Emptor |
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Morality of Care
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Females were more likely to use _______ __ ____ that emphasized relationships- raising issues related to caring for others, responsibility to others, and the continuity of interdependence relationships
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No significant
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Gilligan's own research comparing the moral reasoning of male and female medical students found __ ___________ difference between genders |
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Focus on integrity of the moral actor more than the moral act itself. Intends to be a good person.
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Virtue Ethics
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Relevant Moral Community
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In Virtue Ethics, one's character may be defined by a ________ _____ ________, a community that holds you to the highest ethical standards.
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Scott Paper Company
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Dunlap created a crisis to get the company moving. Terminated one third of the total workforce and 11,000 employees lost their jobs.
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Lincoln Electric
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As a result of inflation, higher energy costs, and a recession in the United States, Lincoln's sales plummeted 40 percent. Company was loyal to employees and not one was laid off. |
