MBL 926

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS / MEERVOUDIGE KEUSEVRAE

Answer all the questions / Beantwoord al die vrae.
Questions are from Carroll & Buchholtz, additional prescribed material and
lecture notes / Vrae is uit Corroll & Buchholtz, addisionele voorgeskrewe
leeswerk en lesingnotas.
Use the mark-reading sheet to answer the questions.
Gebruik die merkleesblad vir die beantwoording van vrae.

1.

Which of the following is least likely to be the case in which moral

disagreement or ambiguity would be an issue?
1.
2.
3.
4.

2.

determining how safe to make a product

deciding whether to pay a bribe to get a major contract
making a strategic decision based on instincts
firing an employee who has admitted to excessive stealing from the
organisation

The philosophy of entitlement holds that

1. the elderly are more entitled to social benefits that the youth are
2. someone is owed something just because he or she is a member of
society
3. stakeholders are entitled to be dealt with ethically by business
organisations
4. social problems take precedence over economic problems

3.

The classical view that a society can best determine its needs and
wants through the marketplace is referred to as
1.
2.
3.
4.

4.

the hands of time

the social contract of business
the invisible hand
corporate citizenry

Archie Carrolls four-part definition of Corporate Social Responsibility

includes the following components
1. economic, legal, environmental and ethical
2. economic, legal, social and philanthropic

3. economic, legal, ethical and philanthropic

4. economic, social, philanthropic and cultural
5.

In a special-interest society
1. special-interest groups share a common vision and have a unified
set of goals.
2. pluralism is carried to an extreme in which a myriad of specialinterest groups arise, each pursuing its own agenda.
3. special-interest groups are hesitant to commit to their causes and
memberships are decreasing.
4. general-purpose interest organisations attract a significant
following.

6.

Environmental groups, consumer activist groups, and the media are

usually
1.
2.
3.
4.

7.

Donaldson and Preston have articulated three aspects or values of the

stakeholder model of the firm, namely
1.
2.
3.
4.

8.

owners of a firm
secondary stakeholders of a firm
primary stakeholders of a firm
unimportant to a firm

Descriptive, normative and practical

Normative, instrumental and objective
Descriptive, objective and instrumental
Descriptive, normative and instrumental

The Principles of Stakeholder Management, also referred to as The

Clarkson Principles, which were developed by Max Clarkson, are
intended to
1. give stakeholders an overview of an organisations vision and
mission
2. provide managers with ethical decision-making tools so as to
ensure that ethical dilemmas are solved
3. ensure that managers effectively communicate with stakeholders at
all levels
4. provide managers with guiding precepts regarding how
stakeholders should be treated

9.

The managerial view of the firm generally does not include which of the
following stakeholder groups?

1.
2.
3.
4.
10.

The following assumptions lie behind the RIMS strategy

1.
2.
3.
4.

11.

moral consensus is a given

moral consensus is ethical absolutism
moral dissensus is a given
a focus should be placed on motives.

Micro-level ethical issues can be described as issues relating to

1.
2.
3.
4.

12.

customers
social activist groups
employees
suppliers

individual conduct
economic systems
government programmes and policies
the relationship between business and society

The deontological approach to ethics implies

1. maintaining the mean by taking rational control over ones
dispositions
2. seeking the option that maximizes pleasure and minimizes pain
3. striving towards the goal (telos) of eudaimonia
4. following universal categorical imperatives.

13.

Aristotles virtue-based theory implies

1.
2.
3.
4.

14.

Which of the following principles expresses morality from the point of

view of the individual or group of individuals?
1.
2.
3.
4.

15.

striving towards happiness (eudaimonia)

duties and responsibilities
respect for human rights
the interests of the majority.

rights
justice
utilitarianism
means-end.

The meso dimension of economic activity refers to

1. systems within the wider policy framework, e.g. on national level

2. the intra-organisational dimension, e.g. the effect of economic

activities on individuals
3. relationships between economic organisations and other parties,
e.g. the collective behaviour of those inside the organisation
against those on the outside
4. the relationship between the consumer and the supplier.
16.

The test of ventilation requires the individual to

1.
2.
3.
4.

17.

Virtue cannot be described as

1.
2.
3.
4.

18.

The Gag Test

The Test of Ones Best Self
The Test of Making Something Public
Test of the Purified Idea.

The Triple Bottom Line perspective refers to the following key

spheres of sustainability:
1.
2.
3.
4.

20.

enacted values
the capacity to make the right decision and act on it
the capacity for abstract thinking
practical wisdom.

One of the most common ethical errors made is when a persons

decision or action is justified when someone with authority says it is
appropriate. The ethical test which points out that a decision or course
of action may still be questionable or wrong even is someone else has
approved of it, is referred to as:
1.
2.
3.
4.

19.

consider the kind of person that he or she wants to be known as

seek others views by exposing ones proposed actions
consider whether the action can withstand public disclosure
consider whether the action really makes sense.

Economic, philanthropic and environmental

Economic, social and environmental
Economic, environmental and ethical
None of the above.

The attribute of urgency, which determines whether stakeholders are

core, strategic or environmental, can be described as:
1. The ability or capacity to produce an effect

2. The perceived validity or appropriateness of a stakeholders claim

to a stake
3. The degree to which the stakeholder claim on the business calls for
the business immediate attention or response
4. All of the above.
21.

Which of the following is not one of the elements in making moral

judgments?
1.
2.
3.
4.

22.

What is Kants deontological principle called which is best known in the

following form Act only according to that maxim by which you can at
the same time will that it should become a universal law?
1.
2.
3.
4.

23.

Jeremy Bentham
John Stuart Mill
John Rawls
Oliver Williams

Studies conducted by Posner and Schmidt, Baumhart, as well as

Brenner and Molander, have demonstrated that the following factor is
considered by managers as most significant in influencing unethical
behaviour
1.
2.
3.
4.

25.

The Categorical Imperative

The Divine Command
The Golden Rule
Don Quixote principle.

Which distinguished ethicist was criticized for his theory referred to as

a comprehensive principle of justice which is based, inter alia, on the
principle that each person has an equal right to the most extensive
basic liberties compatible with similar liberties for all others?
1.
2.
3.
4.

24.

moral imagination
moral obligation
moral evaluation
moral introspection

Behaviour of ones peers

Behaviour of superiors
Industry or professional ethical practices
Personal financial need.

Which philosopher encouraged the use of the case method (C.A.T.

scan) as a form of pedagogy particularly suited to the subject matter of
business ethics?

1.
2.
3.
4.

Donald Schon
Kenneth Andrews
Charles Gragg
Kenneth Goodpaster