Deck 4: Managing Ethical Challenges

Question 1

Issues involving use of water, chemical and nuclear production and waste, management of insects and weeds in agriculture, mining, energy production and use, land use, and pollution are known as ethics.

A) environmental
B) conservation
C) land use
D) global

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Which of the following describes the ethical categorization of utility?

A) Tolerance and compassion take precedence over rigid, absolute rules.
B) Fairness among equals.
C) The interests of the majority should outweigh the interests of the few.
D) Fundamental freedoms are innate to humans or should be granted by a nation to its citizens.

Answer 2

C

Question 3

One of your friends has written a novel and would like to copyright it. She asks you for advice about how to go about protecting her work. She wants to know whether she needs to consult a lawyer about filing for copyright protection. She is also concerned that a former friend is using her ideas in his own book. Write your friend an email addressing her concerns.

Answer 3

Not A nswer

Question 4

Find examples of advertising that seem to stretch ethics by making unreasonable claims. Choose one of these examples and write a short report to your instructor in which you discuss why you find the advertisement unethical. Use the terminology from this

Question 5

Which of the following statements about obtaining a copyright is accurate?

A) You must file a request for copyright within 90 days.
B) A work is copyrighted as soon as it exists in written form.
C) Copyrights cannot be obtained for pictures.
D) The copyright symbol is required to protect a copyrighted work.

Question 6

What steps can you take if you disagree with your company on an ethical conflict?

Question 7

Different ethical systems rarely overlap.

Question 8

What four steps can you take to stop cyberbullying and computer harassment?

Question 9

Which of the following circumstances falls into the category of "fair use"?

A) printing 10 copies of a handout for classroom use
B) scanning a textbook for use by attendees at a conference
C) allowing a select group of friends to access your digital music
D) selling copies of a leaflet produced by a non-profit corporation

Question 10

Imagine that you work at a company that manufactures infant products. While filing documents related to the development of a new stroller, you notice that some engineers have expressed concern about the safety of the locking mechanism. When you ask your boss about these safety concerns, he tells you to forget that you ever saw the documents and shred them. What are the ethical concerns with his instructions? Would you follow his direction? If not, what would you do and why? Write a memo discussing your plan of action (or inaction). Be sure to justify your decisions by discussing the applicable ethical standards. Be prepared to share your thoughts with a small group or with the class.

Question 11

To resolve an ethical dilemma you should first

A) consult a moral expert.
B) locate the ethical tension.
C) focus on rights over laws.
D) make sure that tolerance and compassion take precedence over rigidity.

Question 12

Values that are derived from constitutional, legal, utilitarian, and caring sources can also be described as ethics.

A) social
B) personal
C) legal
D) conservation

Question 13

Ultimately, conservation ethics are about sustainability.

Question 14

Plagiarism is

A) copyright infringement.
B) academic dishonesty.
C) patchwriting someone else's text into your own text without giving credit.
D) All of the above are correct.

Question 15

Ethics are systems of values.

A) moral
B) social
C) cultural
D) All of the above are correct.

Question 16

Which of the following are helpful categorizations of social ethical situations?

A) personal and conservation ethics
B) fair use and patent law
C) rights, justice, utility, and care
D) All of the above are correct.

Question 17

Which area of law involves machines, processes, and products?

A) trademark
B) copyright
C) trade secrets
D) patent

Question 18

Issues involving care are important, but they have the least gravity of the four categories of social ethical situations.