1. A Proceed cautiously. If a scenario is legal and profitable, one should proceed with caution as it may be infringing on ethical grounds.

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1 BA 342 Exam 1 Fall Practice Exam Solutions 1. A Proceed cautiously. If a scenario is legal and profitable, one should proceed with caution as it may be infringing on ethical grounds. 2. Multiple Select Personal, organization, national, global 3. D 9% 4. E None of the above. The three models of management ethics are moral, amoral, and immoral. 5. B Amoral management. Amoral management is the correct answer because we are dealing with a situation that was not meant to be harmful or unethical. However, because the company did not consider all the consequences of its actions, this is an example of amoral management, similar to the Dominos example discussed in class. 6. D Social contract orientation 7. D Universal ethical principle 8. B Level of establishing connections and participating in life 9. A Results. While results are a source of value, it is considered an internal source of value. 10. A Personal 11. C Utilitarianism 12. A Virtue theory 13. D Categorical imperative and deontological theory. Kant s categorical imperative is a type of deontological theory. 14. Multiple Select - All answers should be selected. 15. C Servant leadership 16. B Ethics of care 17. D Common sense Lion Tutors

2 18. D Behavior of superiors 19. B Act with integrity 20. A Compliance orientation. See page 20 in the review packet for details. 21. C Shift toward ethics 22. C Listening to employees. The three major activities of a moral manager are serving as a role model, communicating ethics and values, and using rewards and discipline effectively. 23. Multiple Select Ethics training, realistic objectives, ethics audits and risk assessments, codes of conduct, corporate transparency, board of directors oversight, discipline of violators 24. A Clearness 25. B Reduced importance of ethical decision making. The side effects of technology are depletion of natural resources, technological unemployment, environmental pollution, and creation of unsatisfying jobs. 26. E Both A and C. See page 28 in the review packet for details. 27. E None of the above 28. C Credit card theft 29. D Familiar search. See page 32 of the review packet for details. 30. C Faster 31. B Human freezing 32. E None of the above 33. D Both A and C. Creating super bugs and weeds in addition to labeling GMFs are both major ethical issues surrounding GMFs. 34. Multiple Select All of the answers should be selected. 35. D Most people Start with wanting to behave ethically (applying values) 36. D Categorical Imperative (duty Based) 37. A Insure that everyone s safety is assured 38. C People largely want to operate ethically 39. B Responsible Leadership Lion Tutors

3 40. A We will hold each other accountable 41. E Lying to prosecutors 42. D learning what is occurring in the realm of moral behaviors 43. C Categorical Imperative (Also known as a duty-based ethics system) 44. B Normative ethics. Normative ethics are concerned with supplying and justifying a coherent moral system of thinking about and judging what should or ought to be done. 45. Multiple Select Awareness, known facts, unknown facts, stakeholders, standards, values, actions 46. B Principles approach 47. A Conventional approach. The conventional approach is when we compare decisions that are made to what we believe to be acceptable within society. This approach relies on the use of common sense and an ethical grounding. 48. B Liability responsibilities 49. C Personal. PONG stands for personal, organizational, national, and global. Lion Tutors

4 BA 342 Exam 1 Check Your Understanding Solutions Introduction to Ethics and Chapter 7: 1. A and B; No, you cannot make someone ethical. Yes, you can teach people values and teach them about making ethical judgments; you can provide ethics training, but you cannot instill values and ethics into a person 2. A; Unfairness in employee promotion is not one of the 5 top types of misconduct according to the findings of this survey; the other choices did rank in the top 5 3. B; An amoral manager does NOT consider the ethics of his/her behavior 4. B; Conventional level; at this level you focus on others and are responsive to family and friends. 5. C; Moral management conforms to the highest standards of ethical behavior or professional standards or conduct 6. E; This is a somewhat subject question that Professor Johnson included as a Clicker Question in class; It appears that the media is generally negative about business, focusing on scandals and explosive content that is more likely to get attention; If it bleeds, it leads is a media mantra, reflecting the media s tendency to focus on negative stories to increase viewership/readership Chapter 8: 1. E; Using the phone for personal calls is not considered one of the top unethical issues in the workplace in Chapter 8 2. A; Pre-conventional is not one of the approaches to ethical decision making; it is related to Kohlberg s levels 3. E; Utilitarianism does not focus on the golden rule; it is a teleological theory 4. B: Categorical imperative; this was one of Kant s concepts 5. A; One s best self is an ethical test 6. A; Being a moral person; the other pillar of leadership is being a moral manager 7. C; Bubble up strategy is not related to the Fraud Triangle Lion Tutors

5 Chapter 9: 1. B; Technological determinism; we are simply pushing the tech frontier because we can and want to; ethics is not always a consideration 2. E; None of the above; all of these are the big 4 ethics and tech issues 3. A; The FTC Federal Trade Commission covers privacy rights in the US 4. C; Although technology does enable employers to monitor employees at work, it is not considered a benefit of tech in the workplace 5. A; Biotech looks at ethical issues related to the commercial use of biotechnology Lion Tutors