Deck 1: Normative Theories of Ethics

Question 1

Ethics does not investigate questions of

A)duty and obligation
B)mind and body
C)fairness and unfairness
D)good and bad

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Ethics addresses the question of

A)whether God exists
B)what we know
C)how we should live
D)what we are

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Rules of etiquette are generally

A)old-fashioned
B)nonmoral
C)judgmental
D)utilitarian

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Who did Martin Luther King Jr.address his "Letter from Birmingham Jail" to?

A)the courts
B)fellow clergy
C)fellow protestors
D)fellow convicts

Question 5

Common law is

A)judge-made law
B)legislative law
C)arbitrary law
D)statute law

Question 6

Business ethics dates to

A)The Modern period
B)The Renaissance
C)Ancient times
D)The Industrial Revolution

Question 7

For philosophers, the important question is

A)where our moral principles come from
B)whether our moral principles can be justified
C)where our moral principles are going
D)whether our moral principles are legal

Question 8

What term generally refers to any special code of social behavior?

A)morality
B)business
C)etiquette
D)deontology

Question 9

Professional codes of ethics lie somewhere between

A)etiquette and law
B)right and wrong
C)law and morality
D)facts and values

Question 10

A group of persons working together for a common purpose is

A)a club
B)a business
C)a committee
D)an organization

Question 11

The objective of businesses is to provide goods or services for

A)profit
B)sale
C)free
D)rent

Question 12

Business ethics is the study of what constitutes good and bad human conduct in a

A)business setting
B)academic setting
C)heavenly setting
D)utopian setting

Question 13

The idea that morality must be based n religion can be interpreted in

A)two ways
B)three ways
C)four ways
D)five ways

Question 14

Whether you should copy a pirated DVD on your office computer is a

A)technical question
B)factual question
C)moral question
D)business question

Question 15

Who discussed whether a merchant should tell people more goods similar to his are on their way?

A)Plato
B)Seneca
C)Aristotle
D)Cicero

Question 16

"Business" and "businessperson" are

A)technical terms
B)narrow terms
C)broad terms
D)colloquial terms

Question 17

Moral standards concern behavior that is

A)of serious consequence to human welfare
B)subject to legal assessment
C)performed only by businesses
D)of trivial importance

Question 18

Laws enacted by legislative bodies are called

A)torts
B)statutes
C)common law
D)liabilities

Question 19

The Golden Rule represents

A)one of humankind's lowest moral requirements
B)a rule applicable to all sentient beings
C)one of humankind's highest moral ideals
D)a rule that is self-contradictory

Question 20

Any religion provides its believers with a

A)worldview
B)church
C)established clergy
D)God

Question 21

According to the American Management Association pressure to meet realistic business deadlines if the leading cause of unethical business conduct.

Question 22

Sometimes professional codes of ethics are unwritten.

Question 23

The diffusion of responsibility inside an organization leads individuals to have a diluted sense of their own moral responsibility.

Question 24

The tendency to let the behavior of those around us dictate our response in emergencies is known as

A)ethical relativism
B)bystander apathy
C)morality in the narrow sense
D)cultural programming

Question 25

Aristotle held that there is more to living a morally good life than being good at your job.

Question 26

The moral instructions of the world's great religions are

A)general and imprecise
B)precise and specific
C)inapplicable to modern life
D)only applicable to believers

Question 27

Morality in the narrow sense concerns the principles that do or should regulate people's conduct and relations with each other.

Question 28

Sometimes the rich and might fall.

Question 29

Religion involves prescriptions for social relationships.

Question 30

Our conscience is literally a little voice inside us.

Question 31

Pressure to meet corporate goals can lead people to act unethically.

Question 32

Professional codes of ethics are always specific.

Question 33

Aristotle denied that there is an excellent we can achieve as human beings.

Question 34

Carr defends a form of

A)virtue ethics
B)ethical relativism
C)deontology
D)utilitarianism

Question 35

Ethical relativism holds that there are objective and universal moral standards.

Question 36

The view that what is right is determined by what a culture says is right is

A)deontology
B)utilitarianism
C)virtue ethics
D)ethical relativism