Exam 3: Ethics and Social Responsibility

A) The primary responsibility of social welfare rests with governments and not business firms.
B) The free market should decide what is best for the world.
C) Businesses have resources, so businesses should be given the chance to solve social problems.
D) Businesses never aid to social problems as the primary objective of businesses is making profits.

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A) relationship marketing
B) event marketing
C) green marketing
D) affinity marketing

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A) It is the most basic level of ethical development.
B) A person at this level performs unethical and manipulative actions.
C) It is predominantly characterized by an egocentric viewpoint of an individual.
D) A person at this level is concerned how an action will be viewed by others.

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A) considers the management of an organization as one of the stakeholders.
B) excludes customers and government agencies from the list of stakeholders.
C) does not consider the owners of an organization as the stakeholders.
D) pays attention to the unaffected stakeholder in every aspect of a firm's operation.

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A) Rebecca, who has noticed that most of her colleagues often use office supplies for personal use
B) Jason, an editor, who has noticed that all his managers agree that it is okay to plagiarize content to a small extent
C) Sarah, a manager, whose organization does not provide guidelines on ethical behavior
D) David, who noticed for the first time a colleague misrepresenting data in a report

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A) If the practice has very few benefits
B) If the practice is widely used throughout an organization
C) If the practice does not have any immediate consequences
D) If the practice is very likely to result in a harmful outcome

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A) Preconventional morality
B) Postconventional morality
C) Conventional morality
D) Ethnocentric morality

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A) self-regulation
B) media
C) cause marketing
D) green marketing

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A) Both theories advocate benefit for people through the fairest and most just means available.
B) Both theories compare a current ethical dilemma with similar examples.
C) Both theories have flaws associated with predicting the future.
D) Both theories are beliefs based on time-and-place ethics.

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A) The deontological theory considers the welfare of the people, while the utilitarian ethical theory does not consider the welfare of the people.
B) The deontological theory compares a current ethical dilemma, while the utilitarian ethical theory is a belief in time-and-place ethics.
C) The deontological theory states that people should adhere to their duties when analyzing an ethical dilemma, while the utilitarian ethical theory is founded on the ability to predict the consequences of an action.
D) The deontological theory states that the truth of a moral judgment is relative to the judging person or group, while the utilitarian ethical theory is a character trait valued as being good.

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A) They are universal and seldom vary.
B) They are independent of factors such as culture and religion.
C) They reflect the laws and regulations that affect social and economic behavior.
D) They set absolute standards for good and bad that are enforced by the law.

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