BUS 309 Week 10 Quiz – Strayer
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9 Chapter 10
Moral
Choices Facing Employees
MULTIPLE
CHOICE
1. Based on guidelines of employer/employee
relations, which statement is true?
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a.
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company
loyalty is an outmoded, illegitimate concept that employees today reject
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b.
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the
traditional law of agency obliges employees to act loyally and in good faith
and to carry out lawful instructions
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c.
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an
employee's work contract is irrelevant to his or her moral obligations
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d.
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no
value is more important than loyalty, whether to a person or an organization
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2. Conflicts of interest
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a.
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have
become less frequent today.
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b.
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always
involve personal financial gain.
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c.
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are
morally worrisome only when the employee acts to the detriment of the
company.
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d.
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occur
when employees' private interests are substantial enough to potentially
interfere with their job duties.
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3. According to the Supreme Court,
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a.
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there
is nothing improper about an outsider’s using information, as long as the
information is not obtained from an insider who breaches a legal duty to the corporation’s
shareholders.
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b.
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anyone
buying/selling stock based on nonpublic information is guilty of inside
trading.
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c.
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insider
trading violates the interstate commerce clause of the Constitution.
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d.
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it
should be left up to the company, not the government, to decide whether or
not to prohibit insider trading.
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4. A "trade secret"
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a.
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is
legally equivalent to a patent or copyright.
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b.
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need
not be treated confidentially by the company in order to be protected.
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c.
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can
become part of an employee's technical knowledge, experience, and skill.
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d.
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is a
narrow, precise concept that the law defines in great detail.
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5. The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)
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a.
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doesn't
apply to countries where bribery is common.
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b.
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is
alleged by its critics to put American companies at a disadvantage.
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c.
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carefully
distinguishes bribery from extortion payments.
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d.
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outlaws
"grease payments".
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6. In determining the morality of giving and
receiving gifts in a business situation, which of the following factors is
MOSTrelevant?
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a.
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the
purpose of the gift
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b.
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the
size of the business
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c.
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amount
of the cash
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d.
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whether
the company is privately held or publicly held
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7. A whistle-blower
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a.
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doesn't
have to be a past or present member of the organization.
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b.
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doesn't
have to report activity that is illegal, immoral, or harmful.
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c.
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is
any employer who spreads gossip.
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d.
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far
from being disloyal, may be acting in the best interest of the organization.
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8. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act
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a.
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makes
it easier to fire whistle blowers.
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b.
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reduces
the law's protection of employees who disclose securities fraud.
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c.
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makes
it illegal for executives to retaliate against employees who report possible
violations of federal law.
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d.
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provides
penalties for blowing the whistle illegitimately or maliciously.
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9. According to Professor Norman Bowie, which of
the following factors is relevant to determining the morality of blowing the
whistle?
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a.
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the
whistle blower's motive
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b.
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whether
internal channels have been exhausted
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c.
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whether
the whistle blowing has some chance of success
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d.
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all
of the above
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10. In discussing the case of the truck stop
cashier who is asked to write up phony chits or receipts, the text argues that
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a.
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there
is nothing wrong with writing up the chits.
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b.
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she
should resign immediately.
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c.
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she
may be justified in "going along," at least temporarily.
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d.
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morality
never requires us to sacrifice our own interests.
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11. In the 1997 case of U.S. v. Hagan, the
Supreme Court found that Hagan
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a.
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had
been discriminated against because of whistle blowing.
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b.
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was
innocent of insider trading.
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c.
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violated
the FCPA despite never having gone overseas.
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d.
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had
misappropriated confidential information.
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