CH.15 - BUSINESS ETHICS AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

Question 1

Refers to the standards of right and wrong based on conduct and morals in a particular society

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Ethics

Question 2

Mutual obligation, resulting in the exchange of favors over years and generations

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Future favors

Question 3

Clique of trusted family members, friends, who are at the center of power or influence

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Inner circle

Question 4

Unwritten standards of how to behave and conform to cultural ideals of right and wrong

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Morality

Question 5

Ethical philosophy: all decisions should do the greatest good for the largest number of people

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Principle of utilitarianism

Question 6

When was DDT banned in the US?

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1972

Question 7

Turning in or otherwise exposing people who behave unethically in your company

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Whistleblowing

Question 8

Any group that an organization interacts with terms of business operations

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Stakeholders

Question 9

Occurs when a group’s goals or pressures overrides a person’s need to help another person

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Ethical conflict

Question 10

To justify unethical behavior with excuses

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Rationalize

Question 11

Formalized sets of ethical guidelines developed by some companies

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Ethical codes

Question 12

Ethical standards

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Ethical standards are different from law

Question 13

Giving unfair preferential treatment to one person or group at the expense of another

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Favoritism

Question 14

“Silent Spring” presents a view of nature compromised by synthetic pesticides, especially

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DDT

Question 15

Scholar and founder of the environmental movement. Warned of the dangers of pesticides.

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Rachel Carson

Question 16

An ethical philosophy that holds that all primary goals should achieve long-term self-interests

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Principle of individualism

Question 17

Refers to using, distributing, or selling copyrighted materials

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Copyright infringement

Question 18

Disturbed by the reckless use of synthetic chemical pesticides after WW II, Carson wrote

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Silent Spring (1962)

Question 19

Practice of currying favor, or kissing up, with a manager to achieve your own goals

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Boss massaging

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