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When managers cannot find the right balance between profitability and profit growth, they can place too much emphasis on current profitability at the expense of future profitability and profit growth can make an enterprise less attractive to shareholders or they can place too much emphasis on profit growth can reduce the current profitability of the enterprise and have the same effect.

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Stock-based compensation schemes for senior executives are designed to align the interests of managers with those of stockholders.

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To stimulate reduction in its production costs, Delta LLC has moved its manufacturing facilities to an underdeveloped country where there are few labor laws. The employees at the manufacturing facilities are children and teenagers, and they receive minimal wages. Which of the following ethical issues is illustrated in this scenario?


A) On-the-job consumption
B) Opportunistic exploitation
C) Self-dealing
D) Information manipulation
E) Substandard working conditions

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Which of the following statements is true in the context of unethical behavior?


A) Business ethics significantly differ from personal ethics.
B) An individual with a strong sense of personal ethics is more likely to engage in self-dealing.
C) A personal ethical code will exert a profound influence on the way individuals behave as businesspeople.
D) Focusing only on applying straightforward business calculus can eliminate ethical concerns.
E) An organizational culture that fosters decision making on purely economic terms eliminates unethical practices.

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Consider a national chain of company-owned fast-food restaurants. For this firm, list the important stakeholders. Then describe how each stakeholder group can affect the firm's profitability.

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Internal stakeholders of a national chai...

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Tom just received a $500 bonus for surpassing his yearly sales targets. This is an example of using employee incentives to motivate employees to work toward goals that are central to maximizing long-term profitability.

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Which of the following are an example of an internal stakeholder in a company?


A) Customers
B) Government regulators
C) Board members
D) Suppliers
E) Creditors

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Explain the principles of agency theory, including the issues it addresses. What are some effective ways to deal with agency problems, as implied or stated by agency theory?

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Agency theory addresses situations where...

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Venus LLC is a large monopolistic electronic firm. The firm has been putting a lot of pressure on some of the complementor companies, asking them to bundle their products along with the products made by Venus LLC, which will make it mandatory for customers to buy Venus LLC products along with the complementary products, even if they are unrelated. Which of the following is Venus LLC demonstrating?


A) Agency strategy
B) Dumping strategy
C) Price limiting
D) Anticompetitive behavior
E) On-the-job consumption

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To foster ethical behavior through organizational culture, businesses should:


A) avoid explicitly articulating values that place a strong emphasis on ethical behavior.
B) draft a formal statement of the ethical priorities they will follow.
C) encourage self-dealing among managers.
D) eliminate the need for a moral compass.
E) avoid putting strong governance processes in place.

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