Which of the following components of the author's definition of business ethics is most likely to be disagreed with by some individuals?

a. specific situations

b. rules, standards, codes, or principles

c. morally right behavior

d. truthfulness

A person generally pursues an ethical lifestyle because ______.

a. s/he will appear to be either healthier or wealthier than those who do not

b. it is in his/her best self-interest

c. s/he lives in the context of others who collectively make up society

d. it is better to be just than unjust

A decision to be ethical requires an answer to which of the following questions?

a. Is there anything in business that guides decisions based on morals or virtues?

b. Do I have to sell my soul to be successful in business?

c. How am I to know precisely what is in my best self-interest?

d. Is it possible that I can be both an effective leader ans an ethical person?

While the religious can accept on faith the moral principles of their religion as the absolute commandments of God, it remains to _______.

a. discover which biblical principles constitute absolutes

b. the interpretation of absolutes in specific cases

c. a & b

d. neither a or b

Socrates says that in order to learn anything we must ______.

a. define what is good, moral, just, or right

b. admit we are ignorant

c. search for a common quality or qualities to construct definitions

d. a deductive syllogism for living and deciding

The ethical culture of the ______ was defined by the changing social contract between employees and employers.

a. 1940s

b. 1960s

c. 1980s

d. 2000s

The influential items that surround moral development include ______.

a. individual personality and socialization factors

b. ethical philosophies and decision ideologies

c. ethical decision history

d. all of the above