Religious Studies 361 - Contemporary Ethical Issues » Fall 2021 » Midterm 2 (2)

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Question #1
Which of the following is NOT a way philosophy can help us in the area of business
A.   it helps us examine the arguments businesses use for their actions
B.   it helps us examine the fundamental assumptions and conceptual foundations of business
C.   it helps us understand the nature of business and make moral judgments
D.   it helps us make quick moral business decisions
Question #2
“Business ethics” falls into which of the following categories of philosophy?
A.   metaethics
B.   virtue ethics
C.   normative ethics
D.   utilitarianism
Question #3
“Rules of the game” is the same as
A.   role morality
B.   having a single set of ethical standards that apply throughout our life
C.   having a baseline of moral decency consistent throughout our lives
D.   making no distinction between different roles in our lives and what is moral behavior
Question #4
Which of the following would NOT be considered acting out of self- interest?
A.   instrumental morality
B.   intrinsic morality
C.   prudence
D.   benign self-interest
Question #5
Which of the following is NOT true of rule based approaches to business ethics?
A.   demonstrates that most of our business dealings are based on mistrust
B.   breeds the belief that the other business party is predatory
C.   leads to a litigious society
D.   advocated by economist Milton Friedman
Question #6
Relativists are the same as
A.   coherentists
B.   absolutists
C.   objectivists
D.   those who believe moral truths apply throughout space and time
Question #7
Which of the following statements would Machiavelli DISAGREE with?
A.   right and wrong matter more than praise or blame
B.   it is safer to be feared than to be loved
C.   a bold leader should acquire and use power for his personal advantage
D.   a leader has to promote his own interests above all others
Question #8
Which of the following is NOT true of corporate mission statements?
A.   a more outwardly directed mission statement recognizes the conflict between making a profit and meeting the needs of other stakeholders
B.   corporations are required to have a published mission statement
C.   a mission statement shows that a company may not be purely egoistic
D.   individual corporations can differ greatly in their goals and what they believe is appropriate behavior
Question #9
Which of the following does the case of the Bhopal disaster in the Gibson textbook NOT illustrate?
A.   the similarity between legal and moral responsibility
B.   the difficulty in analyzing ethical issues in business
C.   the many stakeholders and their incompatible interests
D.   the many factors we have to consider
Question #10
The idea that there is no distinction between doing what is decent and doing the heroic explains which of the following problems with utilitarianism?
A.   the problem of how to calculate future welfare
B.   ”sour grapes” syndrome
C.   partiality
D.   supererogation
Question #11
The Fair Trade or Trade Justice movement is a response to which of the following problems of Utilitarianism?
A.   supererogation
B.   the problem of how to calculate future welfare
C.   utility is not always fair
D.   it may pose a threat to minority groups
Question #12
Which of the following concepts would Immanuel Kant DISAGREE with?
A.   ethics is based on our ability to reason and our freedom of choice
B.   the morality of an act is determined by the amount of good or evil it produces
C.   motives are of utmost importance in assessing morality
D.   determining moral action does not rely on outside evidence
Question #13
Which of the following statements would Kant DISAGREE with?
A.   moral laws apply categorically in all circumstances
B.   moral actions are based upon our feelings
C.   maxims can be tested by whether or not they are consistent
D.   moral action is imperative because we have no alternative to do otherwise
Question #14
The statement, “Executives are agents responsible for increasing profits within legal means” is consistent with
A.   Norman Bowie’s views of what is meaningful work
B.   Kantian capitalism
C.   Edward Freeman’s view of “stakeholder theory”
D.   the traditional view of capitalism
Question #15
Which of the following is NOT true of Virtue Theory?
A.   concerned with duty to do what is right
B.   a teleological system
C.   learned from role models
D.   the aim is eudaimonia
Question #16
Which statement is NOT true of Aristotle’s concept of virtue?
A.   virtues are the same in any particular context
B.   virtues moderate or balance our feelings
C.   virtues are not just learned in the classroom
D.   intellectual virtues make someone clever but not necessarily good
Question #17
Which is NOT true of virtue theory?
A.   evaluates actions as part of a continuing personal history
B.   requires role models
C.   recognizes that actions take place within communities and must be judged in those terms
D.   does not lend itself well to corporate statements and management literature
Question #18
Which of the following is NOT true of Capitalism?
A.   capitalism left unchecked may lead to excessive, unreasonable, and/or harmful acts
B.   capitalism sometimes needs to be monitored and corrected
C.   capitalism makes a good servant to human flourishing, but a poor master
D.   Adam Smith advocated making merchants and manufacturers “rulers of mankind”
Question #19
Which of the following statements is NOT true of ethical theory?
A.   ethical theory provides an analytical framework for making decisions about what we should do
B.   ethical theory provides the basis “normative action” based upon outcomes, duties, and virtues
C.   ethical theory is implemented within a wider context
D.   ethical theory will provide an easy recipe for right action in every case
Question #20
Which of the following features of capitalism is NOT true?
A.   functions without government influence or modification
B.   has a profound influence over our everyday lives
C.   encourages consumption of finite resources
D.   has resulted in a high standard of living with affordable goods and services
Question #21
Which is NOT true of corporations?
A.   have considerable social and economic power to shape public opinion and legislative policy
B.   are run by executives who face a challenging ethical environment
C.   have no obligations to the society
D.   are a result of the industrial revolution
Question #22
Which of the following is NOT an ethical problem that results from capitalism’s drive for constant growth and increased consumption?
A.   goods with built in obsolescence
B.   shortages and pollution for future generations
C.   the invisible hand
D.   landfills and depleting resources
Question #23
Which of the following is UNTRUE of market morality
A.   businesses are a conduit for consumers’ demands
B.   consumer reaction to moral issues is combined with other factors
C.   consumers vote with their wallets
D.   implies that business has a duty to provide moral goods and services to customers
Question #24
Which of the following is NOT an example of a Negative Externality?
A.   failing to fix a car’s oil leak choosing instead to transfer the cost of the environmental burden to the community
B.   producing sweatshop apparel where the costs for healthcare, unemployment and safety are borne by the employees and not the manufacturer
C.   CocaCola, PepsiCo, and Cadbury-Schweppes control of 90% of the US soft drink market
D.   people living near a coal-fired power plant who must clean the power plant’s soot off their laundry
Question #25
Which of the following is NOT an example of some one using a common area or resource (“commons”) for their own use rather than respecting the communal nature of the resource?
A.   Russia making territorial claims on the Arctic
B.   Mylan Pharmaceutical’s unjustified inflation of Epi-Pen pricing
C.   Ammon Bundy’s group occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge
D.   Destruction of Gulf of Mexico resources by BP’s Deep Water Gulf Oil Disaster
Question #26
Which of the following is NOT true of government regulation?
A.   it operates by means of regulations, taxation, and government spending
B.   it is used to protect personal rights in the work place
C.   it is encouraged by free market advocates like Ayn Rand and Robert Nozick
D.   it is used to mitigate business cycles
Question #27
Which of the following statements is NOT true of globalization?
A.   believes boosting fair competition will result in greater worldwide prosperity
B.   is protectionistic of national economies
C.   is a liberal (libertarian) market approach
D.   has accelerated since 1995 with the formation of the World Trade Organization (WTO)
Question #28
Which of the following is an argument in favor of globalization?
A.   industrial pollution “blows away” into other nations
B.   makes business more efficient and leads to greater worldwide prosperity
C.   borders are open for trade but closed to immigrants who want jobs
D.   the race to the bottom
Question #29
Which of the following statements is NOT true of the World Trade Organization (WTO)?
A.   nations do not have to abide by its rulings
B.   it reflects the power and influence of its richer and more powerful nations
C.   it is an unelected and undemocratic transnational authority
D.   their hearings are closed to the public
Question #30
Which of the following descriptions of the Body Shop, the cosmetics business founded by Anita Roddick, is an example one of the “worst” features of capitalism?
A.   expanded internationally with willing customers and competitive prices
B.   ecologically friendly cosmetics
C.   low employee wages
D.   employed thousands
Question #31
Which of the following is NOT a conclusion of The Financial Crisis Inquiry Report on the great recession of 2007-2009?
A.   the financial crisis was unavoidable
B.   was the result of a systematic breakdown in accountability and ethics
C.   was the result of a combination of excessive borrowing, risky investments and a lack of transparency
D.   was the result of failures in corporate governance
Question #32
Which of the following is NOT a conclusion of the investigative report to the president, Deep Water: The Gulf Oil Disaster and the Future of Offshore Drilling?
A.   it undermined public faith in the energy industry, government regulators and our own capability to respond to this kind of crisis
B.   to be allowed to drill on the outer continental shelf is a private right to be exercised
C.   it can be traced to identifiable mistakes made by British Petroleum (BP), Halliburton, and Transocean
D.   it could have been prevented
Question #33
Which of the following illustrates the “gender gap”?
A.   the rejection by many women of the role of being only mothers and homemakers
B.   the post-war economy proving greater employment opportunities for women
C.   6 million women joining the workforce during World War II
D.   women earn only 75% of men’s wages
Question #34
Using the Olympic Games analogy, which of the following ideas would require a change in the structure of the workplace, i.e. redesigning the Games themselves as opposed to simply making sure they are fair?
A.   equal pay for equal work
B.   removing barriers to education
C.   women are systematically disadvantaged
D.   equal opportunity in hiring and promotion
Question #35
To characterize women managers as generally less self-confident, less emotionally stable, and less analytical illustrates which of the following views of gender differences?
A.   the differences are based on age not gender
B.   the differences between men and women are the result of “socialization”
C.   the differences between men and women are “illusory”
D.   men and women are “hard wired” to have differences
Question #36
The idea that genders have special positive qualities that make them essentially different defines
A.   gender egalitarianism
B.   traditional conceptual dichotomies
C.   essentialism
D.   traditional gender stereotypes
Question #37
The Ethics of Care is criticized because
A.   it embraces the idea of interdependent relationships
B.   there is no apparent independent criterion of right and wrong
C.   it goes against the traditional male view of classical philosophy
D.   leads to decisions based upon “rationality tinged with humane concern”
Question #38
Which of the following is NOT true of gender egalitarianism?
A.   accepts the notion of gender based dichotomies
B.   suggests society and the workplace have systematically devalued women’s experience
C.   suggests society and the workplace need to take more seriously the perspectives and experiences of women
D.   advocated by Mary Woolstonecraft
Question #39
When women in senior management are given difficult or precarious jobs that men don’t want defines
A.   the “glass ceiling”
B.   the “glass cliff”
C.   ”dual burdens”
D.   the “mommy track”
Question #40
The finding that 50% of male CEOs believe conditions for women are greatly improved, while only 25% of women agree that conditions have improved illustrates
A.   the reluctance of women to charge in cases of sexual harassment
B.   differences in form of address
C.   discrimination blindness
D.   workplace dangers
Question #41
Which of the following is NOT true of Allison Schieffelin’s case against Morgan Stanley?
A.   she settled her case four years later for $12 million
B.   these kinds of cases are exceedingly rare today
C.   in 1996 she filed a sexual discrimination complaint against Morgan Stanley with the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission
D.   300 women filed similar complaints against Morgan Stanley
Question #42
Which of the following is UNTRUE of the disproportionate burdens placed upon women by the effects of globalization?
A.   fewer women have entered the workplace as a result of globalization
B.   employers perceive women as more compliant
C.   women have less access to capital
D.   women who are no longer engaged in subsistence farming must seek seasonal employment
Question #43
Which is NOT true of Bloom’s taxonomy?
A.   Creating, evaluating, and analyzing are at the bottom of the Bloom pyramid
B.   Bloom’s taxonomy is a hierarchy of learning levels
C.   Bloom’s taxonomy may be used to help us diagnose our level of learning
D.   Bloom’s taxonomy is a way to help us understand our level of learning
Question #44
The first step in metacognition is
A.   Self-assessing
B.   Monitoring
C.   Regulating
D.   Goal-setting
Question #45
Which of the following is NOT an active reading strategy?
A.   Writing down questions you want the reading material to answer
B.   Previewing the material
C.   Paraphrasing the reading material as you go
D.   Re-reading the material until you remember the key concepts
Question #46
Which of the following is NOT a strategy for previewing reading material?
A.   Look at charts, graphs, or pictures in the chapter
B.   Page through the material looking at the section headings, bold print, and italicized words
C.   Skimming the material starting from the back of the chapter
D.   If you are reading a novel read the first line of every paragraph
Question #47
Which of the following is NOT one of the study tools reviewed in the lecture on metacognition strategies?
A.   Outlining
B.   Coffee
C.   Highlighting
D.   Flashcards
Question #48
When highlighting reading material which of the following is NOT recommended?
A.   The more you highlight the better
B.   Highlight “breadcrumbs” left by the author, like “There are three reasons…First…Second…Third”
C.   Highlighting key terms, questions, and key names is a way to preview material before you read the chapter.
D.   Highlight different elements, i.e. key terms, key names, and questions in different colors
Question #49
Which of the following is NOT a metacognition strategy?
A.   Write your own test questions
B.   Attend class or watch video lectures and take notes by hand
C.   Taking good notes and relying on the lecture material makes buying the book unnecessary
D.   Work in pairs or groups to study and review material

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