Human Resource Management Ethics
Final Exam
Course Introduction
Human Resource Management Ethics explores the ethical principles and challenges that arise in managing people within organizations. The course covers issues such as fair recruitment practices, workplace diversity and inclusion, employee privacy, compensation equity, and the ethical responsibilities of HR professionals. Students will examine real-world case studies, ethical frameworks, and decision-making models to analyze dilemmas related to labor relations, discrimination, whistleblowing, and organizational culture. Emphasis is placed on fostering an ethical climate, understanding legal and regulatory constraints, and promoting integrity and fairness in human resource practices.
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Business Ethics Ethical Decision Making Cases 12th Edition by O. C. Ferrell
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Chapter 1: The Importance of Business Ethics
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Q1) Specific and pervasive boundaries for behavior that should not be violated are known as _____.
A)philosophy
B)values
C)principles
D)business ethics
E)morals
Answer: C
Q2) Which of the following was developed in the 1980s to guide corporate support for ethical conduct by establishing a method for discussing best practices?
A)Federal Sentencing Guidelines for Organizations
B)Defense Industry Initiative on Business Ethics and Conduct
C)Corporate codes of conduct
D)U.S. Sentencing Commission
E)The Southern Common Market
Answer: B
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Chapter 2: Stakeholder Relationships, Social Responsibility, and Corporate Governance
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Q1) A stakeholder orientation is not complete unless it includes
A)clear accounting procedures.
B)major financing activities.
C)marketing strategy.
D)feedback from special-interest groups.
E)activities that actually address stakeholder issues.
Answer: E
Q2) The final step in implementing a stakeholder perspective is identifying stakeholders.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) Which of the following is a major ethical concern among corporate boards of directors?
A)Compensation
B)The non-traditional directorship approach
C)Dividend reporting
D)Secondary stakeholders
E)Debt swaps
Answer: A
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Chapter 3: Emerging Business Ethics Issues
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Q1) What are the different definitions of bribery?
Answer: Bribery is the practice of offering something (often money) in order to gain an illicitadvantage from someone in authority. Gifts, entertainment, and travel can also be usedas bribes. The key issue regarding whether or not something is considered bribery iswhether it is used to gain an advantage in a relationship. Bribery can be defined as anunlawful act, but it can also be a business ethics issue in that an industry or even nationalculture may include such payments as standard practice. Active bribery refers to the person who promises or gives the bribe and commits the offense. Passive bribery is an offense committed by an official who receives the bribe.
Q2) Ethical issues in business typically arise because of conflicts among individuals' morals and
A)the type of organization in which they work.
B)values and attitudes of the society in which they live.
C)the core values and culture of the organizations where they work.
D)laws and regulations of the country in which they live.
E)values and attitudes of their parents and religion.
Answer: C
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Chapter 4: The Institutionalization of Business Ethics
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Q1) The _____ is an independent agency within the Federal Reserve System that "regulate[s] the offering and provision of consumer financial products or services under the Federal consumer financial laws."
A)Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
B)Federal Reserve
C)World Trade Organization
D)Department of Justice
E)Federal Trade Commission
Q2) What is a primary reason why some small businesses resist the opening of large chain retailers like Walmart or Home Depot?
A)Because the large size creates economies of scale and they can charge lower prices
B)Because the selection in the stores is too large
C)Because large retailers attract crime to neighborhoods in which they are based
D)Because community leaders do not like the top management
E)Because large retailers almost never hire local workers as employees
Q3) Society often expects a lot from business. Do you think that it is possible to balance profit and other business objectives with the goals and desires of society? Why or why not?
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Chapter 5: Ethical Decision Making
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Q1) Which of the following is the first step in the ethical decision making process?
A)Being socialized into the firm's corporate culture
B)Applying a personal moral philosophy in order to individualize the ethical decision making process
C)Recognizing that an ethical issue exists
D)Soliciting the opinions of others in a work group or in the overall business in order to gain feedback
E)Enforcing the firm's ethical standards with rewards and punishment
Q2) The thought experiment used by John Rawls that examined how individuals would formulate principles if they did not know what their future position in society would be is called
A)equality principle
B)utilitarian veil
C)liberty principle
D)universal principle
E)veil of ignorance
Q3) The ethical decision making framework includes the concepts of ethical issue intensity, individual factors, organizational factors, and opportunity. Discuss how these concepts influence the ethical decision-making process.
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Chapter 6: Individual Factors: Moral Philosophies and Values
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Q1) _____ typically focuses on the end result of actions and happiness created by them, whereas _____ emphasizes the means and motives by which actions are justified.
A)Pragmatism; hedonism
B)Deontology; pragmatism
C)Utilitarianism; deontology
D)Utilitarianism; a goodness theory
E)A goodness theory; an obligation theory
Q2) Kohlberg's six stages of cognitive moral development can be reduced to three levels of ethical concern. Persons at the second level
A)define right as that which conforms to the expectations of good behavior of the larger society.
B)see beyond the norms, laws, and authority of groups or individuals.
C)are concerned with their immediate interests and with external rewards and punishments.
D)are concerned with their long-term interests and with internal rewards and punishments.
E)are unethical.
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Chapter 7: Organizational Factors: the Role of Ethical
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Q1) Which of the following cultures combines high levels of concern for people and performance?
A)Apathetic culture
B)Caring culture
C)Integrative culture
D)Exacting culture
E)Cooperative culture
Q2) Motivation is defined as
A)the reason why high achieving employees strive for high job performance.
B)a force within the individual that focuses his or her behavior on achieving a goal.
C)personal ambition without regard to the impact on others.
D)a desire to be finished with a project.
E)individual goals.
Q3) Why do centralized organizations tend to be more ethical than decentralized ones? Can you think of a situation or example in which a decentralized organization might be more ethical than a centralized one?
Q4) A cultural audit can be performed internally within the organization.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: Developing an Effective Ethics Program
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Q1) In the absence of ethics programs, employees are likely to make decisions based on
A)their observations of how their coworkers and superiors behave.
B)how they and their family members behave at home.
C)whatever they can get away with.
D)their educational backgrounds.
E)what they did at their previous organizations.
Q2) In the long run, a(n) ______ orientation may be better for companies, perhaps because it increases employees' awareness of ethics issues at work.
A)code
B)obedience
C)compliance
D)values
E)individual
Q3) The support of top management is essential to the successful effectiveness of an ethics and compliance program.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: Managing and Controlling Ethics Programs
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Q1) Under the _____, CEOs and CFOs may be criminally prosecuted if they knowingly certify misleading financial statements.
A)Sherman Antitrust Act
B)Ethical Compliance Act
C)Robinson-Patman Act
D)Sarbanes-Oxley Act
E)Dodd-Frank Act
Q2) While social reports often discuss issues related to a firm's performance in the four dimensions of social responsibility, as well as to specific social responsibility and ethical issues, ethics audits have a narrower focus on assessing and reporting on a firm's performance in terms of
A)ethical and legal conduct.
B)environmental performance.
C)financial performance.
D)customer satisfaction.
E)ethical misconduct.
Q3) An ethics audit is much broader than a social audit.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 10: Globalization of Ethical Decision Making
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Q1) Which of the following is not an article in the UN Human Rights Declaration?
A)Freedom of religion
B)The right to work in favorable conditions
C)The right to electricity and running water
D)The right to a home adequate for health and well-being
E)Mothers and children being entitled to a special level of care
Q2) Which of the following statements about multinational corporations (MNCs) is true?
A)MNCs operate on a global scale with strong ties to the nation in which they were founded.
B)MNCs are inherently unethical and always do harm in the countries in which they operate.
C)MNCs are characterized by a global strategy of focusing on opportunities throughout the world.
D)Most MNCs use licensing or franchising rather than opening up wholly owned subsidiaries in different countries.
E)Because of their power, MNCs usually increase the standard of living within the countries in which they operate.
Q3) Discuss the ethical issues associated with multinational corporations.
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Chapter 11: Ethical Leadership
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Q1) This occurs when there are two or more positions on an ethical decision.
A)Ethical leadership
B)Competing leadership
C)Ethical conflicts
D)Empowerment
E)Interpersonal communication
Q2) Which of the following is NOT something ethical leaders do?
A)Wait for ethical problems to arise
B)Identify potential risks
C)Identify emerging risks
D)Model the organization's values
E)Develop processes to deal with risk
Q3) _____ leaders are passionate about the company, live out corporate values daily in their behavior in the workplace, and form long-term relationships with employees and other stakeholders.
A)Authentic
B)Coaching
C)Transformational
D)Transactional
E)Pacesetter
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Chapter 12: Sustainability: Ethical and Social Responsibility
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Q1) Geothermal energy provides _______________and is a more dependable energy source than some other forms of alternative energy.
A)heat from the sun
B)a radiated heat
C)heat from steam
D)a constant source of heat
E)a dry heat
Q2) Congress passed the ____________to empower the EPA with the ability to track the 75,000 industrial chemicals currently produced or imported into the United States.
A)Federal Water Pollution Control Act
B)Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act
C)Safe Drinking Water Act
D)Toxic Substances Control Act
E)Food Quality Protection Act
Q3) Green Globes and LEED are certification groups that authorize buildings as "green."
A)True
B)False
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