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_______ is the belief that some acts are always right or always wrong, whereas ______ is the belief that a decision may be right even if it is not in keeping with our own ethical standards.​

A) Moral universalism; moral relativism
B) Moral relativism; moral universalism
C) Utilitarianism; deontological ethics
D) Deontological ethics; utilitarianism

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Which person argued that a corporate manager's primary responsibility is to the shareholders of the organization and that managers should make the company as profitable as possible while also complying with the law?

A) John Rawls
B) John Stuart Mill
C) Immanuel Kant
D) Milton Friedman

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A recent study found that more creative people tend to be less ethical. Why is this so?​

The goal of utilitarian ethics is to

Explain the meaning of the following ethics traps: rationalization, conformity, following orders, lost in a crowd, and blind spots.

​Haley is an accountant for a large hospital network. She knows that she could easily "skim" money from the organization to keep for herself and chances are she would not get caught. However, she keeps thinking about what would happen to her and her family if her actions went viral and appeared all over the Internet or in her local newspaper. What ethics test is Haley considering?

John Johnson is a customer of company ABC. As such, John is a(n)

Under utilitarian ethics, if a decision maximizes happiness in the most people and minimizes pain, it is ethical.

What word is best associated with deontological ethics?​

Does ethical behavior maximize profitability?

What is ethics?

Life Principles are set by your parents and do not change over time.

Immanuel Kant was a German philosopher who was a proponent of utilitarian ethics.

Jamal was recently hired as a sales representative for a pharmaceutical company. He notices that all the other sales reps "pad" their expense accounts by claiming meals with clients that never took place and then pocket the extra money. Jamal figures that since everyone else is cheating on their expense accounts, he might as well do the same. What ethics trap is Jamal falling into?

Oxtron, Inc. is considering establishing a program that actively encourages ethical behavior. What reasons would support Oxtron's adoption of an ethics program?

Utilitarian ethics holds that decisions should be made on the basis of practicality, and whatever action is most convenient should be favored.

John Akers, former chairman of IBM, argued that ethics are not important to economic competitiveness.

Which of the following statements best exemplifies how society as a whole benefits from ethical behavior?

Your co-worker, Bill, comes into the office and tells you that he is going to play "hooky" and go golfing, believing that the boss will think he is out calling on clients. When your boss comes in, he asks you where Bill is and you reply, "I saw him in the office earlier this morning, but I haven't seen him lately." What would Kant call this misleading statement?

Wever, Inc. is considering relocating a facility to Mexico. The interests of the various stakeholders affected by this decision may conflict.