1. Whistleblowing in the private employment sector in the United States typically is
Not protected by a uniform federal law
Protected under some state whistleblower protection statutes
Usually protected by the law if the disclosure is made to the media since the disclosure will be widespread and thus do the most good
Never required morally pursuant to Kantian ethics since the consequences for the whistleblowing employees usually are harsh, for example, loss of employment.
2. Advocate Antonio believes that corporations should not only be held accountable for their financial states, but also for some level of charitable and community and civic involvement. Antonio's beliefs would most likely be defined as:
A code of ethics
A social responsibility view
A corporate moral audit
A distributive justice legal theory.
3. What did Kant mean by the "Categorical" part to his Categorical Imperative?
You must act legally, period, because the "law is the law."
You and your company must act in a socially responsible manner if you and your company want to be placed in the "good corporate citizen" category.
You must act morally if the consequences are definitely good for you and your firm.
You must act morally based on what your reason informs you is the supreme ethical principle and the correct moral course of action regardless of consequences.
4. As to why a company should be a socially responsible one and get involved in civic and charitable affairs, Socrates would likely argue:
Justice is the will of the stronger.
Money comes from virtue.
Ignorance of the law is no excuse.
Virtue comes from money.
5. Happy Feet manufactures shoes in Country Y for sale in the United States. Happy Feet's president discovers that the Country Y workers' average age is sixteen and that they work on average of 13.2 hours per day in a 90 degree warehouse with insufficient safety precautions, all of which practices are legal in Country Y. The president of Happy Feet decides to improve the working hours and conditions of the company's workforce, even though these actions will be more expensive for the company. The president's decision is best described as
Lawful profit maximization
Moral profit-making
Illegal since the shareholders of Happy Feet might be harmed
Social Darwinism.
6. Which of the following statements is most accurate?
Morals are legal minimums.
Morals are legal maximums.
Laws are moral minimums.
Laws are moral maximums.
7. International Sales Corporation, like other business, has enforceable duties prescribed by
Ethics and the law
Ethics only
Neither ethics nor the law
The law only
8. Which is an accurate statement about the modern business corporation|
The corporation, once approved by the state and given a corporate charter, is a legal actor and artificial "person" endowed with legal and certain constitutional rights.
According to the traditional, conservative, Milton Friedman, organizational view of the corporation, it is only a legal actor and has no moral or social responsibility and just must obey the law and pay taxes.
A true corporate code of ethics today must have some provisions that go "above and beyond" the law; that is, an ethics code cannot be a mere "restatement" of the law.
All of the above.
9. A problem with the Last Resort principle when applied to business is:
Does business have the capability to help and to aid the community and local charities?
Is business the last real alternative to help and to aid the community and local charities?:
Are there potential legal liability issues for helping, aiding, and rescuing?
All of the above.
10. A spray paint company discovers that its products are being misused by children and young people, who get "high" sniffing the fumes. There are no warning labels on the spray paint cans. The company would be best deemed to have what type(s) of obligation and duty to take steps to protect children and young people?
An ethical obligation but not a legal duty
A legal obligation but not an ethical obligation
Both an ethical obligation and a legal duty
Neither an ethical obligation nor a legal duty.
