Business Ethics: Decision Making for Personal Integrity & Social Responsibility 4th Edition Test ban
47. Which of the following observations is true?
A. Obedience to the law is sufficient to fulfill one's ethical duties.
B. The law is very effective at promoting "goods."
C. The law cannot anticipate every new dilemma that businesses might face.
D. An individual's ethical responsibility can never run counter to the law.
The law cannot possibly anticipate every new dilemma that businesses might face; so, often, there may not be a regulation for the particular dilemma that confronts a business leader.
AACSB: Analytical Thinking
AACSB: Ethics
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Blooms: Understand
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Learning Objective: 01-05 Distinguish legal responsibilities from ethical responsibilities.
Topic: Ethics and the Law
48. Which of the following is a true statement about the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)?
A. What counts as a disability remains ambiguous under the law.
B. The law lays out clear-cut rules for reasonable accommodation.
C. The law has not been put into practice till date.
D. Mental disabilities have been left out of the purview of the law.
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires employers to make reasonable accommodations for employees with disabilities. What conditions are covered under the ADA depends on a number of factors, including the severity of the illness and the effect it has on the employee's ability to work, among others.
AACSB: Ethics
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Blooms: Understand
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Learning Objective: 01-06 Explain why ethical responsibilities go beyond legal compliance.
Topic: Ethics and the Law
49. Practical reasoning is reasoning about:
A. what we should think.
B. what we should do.
C. what we should believe.
D. what we should share.
Practical reasoning is reasoning about what we should do.
AACSB: Ethics
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Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 01-07 Describe ethical decision making as a form of practical reasoning.
Topic: Ethics as Practical Reason
50. Reasoning about what should be done is known as _____ reasoning.
A. practical
B. objective
C. theoretical
D. predictive
Practical reasoning is reasoning about what we should do.
AACSB: Ethics
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Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 01-07 Describe ethical decision making as a form of practical reasoning.
Topic: Ethics as Practical Reason
51. Theoretical reasoning is reasoning about:
A. what we actually do.
B. what we should do.
C. what we should believe.
D. what we should implement.
Theoretical reasoning is reasoning about what we should believe.
AACSB: Ethics
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Blooms: Remember
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Learning Objective: 01-07 Describe ethical decision making as a form of practical reasoning.
Topic: Ethics as Practical Reason
52. _____ reasoning is reasoning about what we should believe.
A. Practical
B. Abstract
C. Theoretical
D. Descriptive
Theoretical reasoning is reasoning about what we should believe.
AACSB: Ethics
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Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 01-07 Describe ethical decision making as a form of practical reasoning.
Topic: Ethics as Practical Reason
53. Which of the following is the pursuit of the highest standard for what we should believe?
A. Theoretical reason
B. Notional reason
C. Emotional reason
D. Practical reason
Theoretical reason is the pursuit of truth, which is the highest standard for what we should believe. According to this tradition, science is the great arbiter of truth.
AACSB: Ethics
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Blooms: Remember
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Learning Objective: 01-07 Describe ethical decision making as a form of practical reasoning.
Topic: Ethics as Practical Reason
54. Which of the following is the great arbiter of truth according to the tradition of theoretical reason?