C06 Online Exam 2_03 SCORE 100 PERCENT

Question 1 of 20

Which of the following is an ethical rule governing contracts?

A. The contract must be fair.

B. The contract must be enforceable.

C. The contract must be specific.

D. The contract must not be immoral.

Question 2 of 20

Which of the following is NOT one of the “universal human rights” espoused by the United Nations?

A. the right to own property

B. the right to welfare

C. the right to reasonable working hours

D. the right to periodic holidays with pay

Question 3 of 20

What did critics allege was wrong with Disney’s principles when it came to human rights standards for China?

A. Their code of ethics conflicted with cultural values in China.

B. Their code of ethics did not include occupational safety.

C. Their code of ethics had not been updated since the foundation of the company.

D. Their code of ethics was too narrow and not enforced.

Question 4 of 20

What is the definition of egalitarianism?

A. Every person should be given exactly equal shares of a society’s or a group’s benefits and burdens.

B. In any situation the right course of action is the one that will provide people with the greatest amount of benefits while minimizing harms.

C. Benefits should be distributed according to the value of the contribution the individual makes to a society, a task, a group, or an exchange.

D. Work burdens should be distributed according to people’s abilities, and benefits should be distributed according to people’s needs.

Question 5 of 20

What is the categorical imperative?

A. the requirement that people be divided into “separate but equal” categories

B. the duty that the government has to not separate people into groups

C. the requirement that everyone should be treated equally

D. none of the above

Question 6 of 20

What type of justice involves remuneration for wrongs or injuries?

A. retributive justice

B. distributive justice

C. reparative justice

D. compensatory justice

Question 7 of 20

Rawls’ Principle of equal liberty includes __________.

A. the right to vote

B. freedom of speech

C. freedom of arbitrary arrest

D. all of the above

E. none of the above

Question 8 of 20

What is one of the limitations of Kant’s theory?

A. It conflicts with all human rights.

B. It is difficult to balance rights against other conflicting rights.

C. It can help individuals make decisions, but not companies.

D. It does not have any limitations.

Question 9 of 20

Which of the following is not true of utilitarianism?

A. It advocates maximizing utility.

B. It provides an easy way to measure utility.

C. It appears intuitive to many people.

D. It has influenced economics.

Question 10 of 20

What does rule utilitarianism look at?

 A. the amount of utility produced by a particular action

B. the moral rules of a particular action

C. the people affected by a particular action

D. the legality and legal rules of a particular action

Question 11 of 20

What is a criticism of utilitarianism?

A. Not all values can be measured.

B. It harms the weak.

C. It does not account for the environment.

D. It does not provide a system to determine who should receive benefits.

Question 12 of 20

What does the libertarian philosophy espouse?  

A. That human beings have the right to an orderly but liberal society.

B. That human beings intrinsically crave liberty and cannot abide by rules.

C. That freedom from human constraint is necessarily good.

D. That all human constraints are evil.

Question 13 of 20

What are intrinsic goods?

A. things that are considered good because they lead to other good things

B. things that we believe we desire, because of advertising and popular opinion

C. things that are desired for their own sake, such as health and life

D. things which we do not value or desire, but others do

Question 14 of 20

What is a major problem with the utilitarian reliance on measurement?

A. Comparative measures of the values things have for different people cannot be made; we cannot get into each other’s skin to measure the pleasure or pain caused.

B. All benefits and costs are possible to measure.

C. People may not want to consider the potential costs of an action.

D. All of the above

Question 15 of 20

What was the ethical dilemma that Traidos Bank was presented with when dealing with Swiss pharmaceutical company, Roche?

A. Roche was engaging in legally dubious accounting practices.

B. Roche dealt with countries that Traidos Bank found to be unethical.

C. Roche used questionably obtained organs for transplant drug testing.

D. Roche did not deal fairly with Traidos Bank.

Question 16 of 20

5.0 Points

Why did the Ford managers decide not to fix the gas tank on the Pinto?

A. because they believed it was best for society as a whole

B. because they did not have enough time or budget

C. to save money on the cost of fixing the tanks

D. because they were acting in self-interest

Question 17 of 20

What type of justice involves the allocation of benefits and burdens?

A. retributive justice

B. distributive justice

C. reparative justice

D. compensatory justice

Question 18 of 20

Which of the following is NOT true regarding moral rights?

A. They are closely related to duties.

B. They provide a basis for justifying one’s actions.

C. They generally override utilitarian standards.

D. They are immune from all utilitarian considerations.

Question 19 of 20

Which of the following is not a moral right?

A. negative rights

B. contractual rights

C. positive rights

D. legal rights

Question 20 of 20

Immanuel Kant’s principle, called the categorical imperative, requires that everyone be treated as __________.

A. a free and equal person

B. a dependent employee

C. an indentured person

D. a non-resident employee