Deck 15: Business and Media Ethics

Question 1

According to the author "business ethics" is an oxymoron.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Prejudice means literally "prejudgment" before having any experience of that which one judges.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

What does the Enron episode show?

A)How useless a code of ethics is unless embedded in practices.
B)How greedy human beings can be.
C)How important ethics is.
D)All of the above.

Answer 3

D

Question 4

The moderate position on affirmative action says that

A)blacks and women are inferior.
B)a business employer's practices are private.
C)quotas, goals, and timetable must be established.
D)AA must be taken at all levels and employers should have the freedom to hire who they wish.

Question 5

There are two highly divergent ways of approaching rights and obligations in business.

Question 6

The moral approach to advertising is the approach.

A)anything goes
B)buyer beware
C)truthful
D)moderate

Question 7

Enron had a 65 page long code of ethics.

Question 8

An obligation is what I am entitled to by law.

Question 9

The media represent events - they do not create them.

Question 10

Doing anything you can to get the customer to buy the product is known in advertising as the fairest approach.

Question 11

Business has no responsibilities to the environment or society, only consumers and shareholders.This is known as the

A)primacy of the environment view.
B)primacy of business view.
C)moderate view.
D)primacy of society view.

Question 12

According to the author, no right is so important that it supersedes all the others.

A)often
B)always
C)mostly
D)never

Question 13

Social justice is concerned with how business and the media treat consumers and members of society.

Question 14

One of the main moral dilemmas in the media and journalism is

A)to get as many viewers/readers/listeners as possible.
B)the public's right to know versus the individual right to privacy.
C)journalists expense accounts.
D)what to do about Ted Koppell's hair.

Question 15

The type of justice that involves reimbursement for services rendered is called

A)Exchange Justice.
B)Distributive Justice.
C)Social Justice.
D)Retributive Justice.

Question 16

Who said that the ideal of journalism was the "communication of truth"?

A)The Disney corporation who own ABC amongst others)
B)Patterson and Wilkins
C)Princess Diana
D)Bill Clinton

Question 17

One survey found that 4 in 5 students have been sexually harassed at some point in their school life.

Question 18

The approach to rights and obligations in business - which stresses a laissez faire attitude without controls - is sometimes called

A)the government control approach.
B)the moderate position.
C)the competitive approach.
D)the ethical approach.

Question 19

One argument for discrimination is that a company's business practices are its own affair.

Question 20

The bases for arguments against sexual harassment are that

A)all people deserve to be treated with respect.
B)it is now socially unacceptable.
C)in the end it brings profits down.
D)it's unfair on the men and women who don't get any attention.