A giant step is taken toward improving ethical performance throughout the company when: The firm hires a university ethics professor to lecture employees on moral philosophy. The Justice Department launches an investigation of the firm's pricing practices. Senior-level managers signal to employees that they believe ethics is a high priority.
For managers who reason at stages 2 and 3, their personal rewards, recognition from others, or compliance with the company's rules become their main ethical compass. T or F True According to utilitarian reasoning, an action is ethically preferred when its benefits outweigh its costs. T or F True
False Because managers make major decisions, they have limited opportunity to influence the ethical tone of the firm. T or F False Only in the last few years have scholars found a positive relationship between an organization's economic performance and attention to spiritual values. T or F True
Building ethical safeguards into a company's everyday routines is called: Change management. Justifying ethics. Institutionalizing ethics. Ethical awareness. Institutionalizing ethics. A company that channels employee behavior in a lawful direction by emphasizing the threat of detection and punishment is:
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Transcribed image text: :Business managers need a set of ethical guidelines to help them اخترأحد الخيارات a.None of these answers o b. Understand the changing customs throughout the world o c. Justify the resolution which best helps themselves o d.
Ethics are primarily based on religious beliefs. T or F
Ethical ideas are present in all societies, all organizations, and all individual persons. T or F
Ethical behavior protects business firms from abuse by unethical employees and competitors.
Business managers should use all four methods of ethical reasoning—virtues, utility, rights, and justice —to better understand ethical issues at work. T or F
The Justice Department launches an investigation of the firm's pricing practices. Senior-level managers signal to employees that they believe ethics is a high priority. A consumer hot line is created and staffed 24 hours a day. Senior-level managers signal to employees that they believe ethics is a high priority.
Business cannot expect to be profitable while adhering to ethical principles of conduct. T or F
Ethics are primarily based on religious beliefs. T or F
Ethical ideas are present in all societies, all organizations, and all individual persons. T or F
Ethical behavior protects business firms from abuse by unethical employees and competitors.
Business managers should use all four methods of ethical reasoning—virtues, utility, rights, and justice —to better understand ethical issues at work. T or F
The Justice Department launches an investigation of the firm's pricing practices. Senior-level managers signal to employees that they believe ethics is a high priority. A consumer hot line is created and staffed 24 hours a day. Senior-level managers signal to employees that they believe ethics is a high priority.
Business cannot expect to be profitable while adhering to ethical principles of conduct. T or F