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1 MIDTERM EXAMINATION MGT610 Business Ethics BY VIRTUALIANS.PK Question # 01 Mark: 1 The three major types of ethical issues include except? Communication issues Systematic issues Corporate issues Individual issues Question # 02 Marks: 1 Which of the following refers to the reasoning process by which human behaviors, institutions, or policies are judged to be in accordance or notwith moral standards? Moral reasoning Moral duty Moral justice By:- Izma Khan Page 1

2 Question # 03 Marks: 1 The principle of categorical imperative is given by: James Mill Herbert Spencer Jeremy Bentham Immanuel Kant Question # 04 Marks: 1 Which kind of theory Utilitarianism has? Conceptual Ethical Behavior Question # 05 Marks: 1 In which year Justice Department charged the accounting firm of Arthur Andersen for obstruction of justice? By:- Izma Khan Page 2

3 Question # 06 Marks: 1 The main purpose of business ethics is to? understanding ethical uncertainities principles and concepts Application of practices All of the above Question # 07 Marks: 1 The contributive principle of distributive justice measured the contributions in terms of: Economic quality Minimum standard of living Work effort Opportunity Question # 08 Marks: 1 An acquired disposition that is a valuable part of a morally good person, exhibited in the person's habitual behavior is known as? Select correct option: By:- Izma Khan Page 3

4 Moral responsibiliy Moral ethics Moral virtue Question # 09 Marks: 1 Which one of the following is not considered as category of issues involving justice? Select correct option: Distributive Justice Retributive justice Compulsory justice Compensator justice Question # 10 Marks: 1 Utilitarianism suggests that it is ethical to make decisions based on: Moral virtues Common decency What is best for most people. None of the given Question # 11 Marks: 1 Which one of the following is the right order for three stages of moral development? By:- Izma Khan Page 4

5 Principled morality, conventional morality and selfish Conventional morality, Principled morality and selfish Selfish, Conventional morality and Principled morality Question # 12 Marks: 1 Which of the following choices does NOT describe a situation that is covered by the concept of rights? The absence of prohibitions against an activity The authorization to do something to secure one's interests The necessity of doing something required by authority The existence of prohibitions on others to enable individuals to pursue an activity Question # 13 Marks: 1 Right action comes to be defined in terms of moral principles chosen because of their logical comprehensiveness, universality, and consistency is known as? By:- Izma Khan Page 5

6 Interpersonal Concordance Orientation Universal Ethical Principles Orientation Social Contract Orientation Law and Order Orientation Question # 14 Total Marks: 1 Principle of Utility as a method was the idea of: James Mill Herbert Spencer Jeremy Bentham Kant Question # 15 Marks: 1 Which one of the following is not a basic type of moral standards? Utilitarianism Rights Justice Relevant Question # 16 Marks: 1 Which one of the following ethic sees concrete communities and communal relationships as having a fundamental value? By:- Izma Khan Page 6

7 The care of ethic Demands of caring Communitarian ethic Socialism Question # 17 Total Marks: 1 Which one of the following moral judgment approaches will be used where someone has to make a decision how benefits and burdens should be distributed among the members of a group? Utility Rights Justice Caring Question # 18 Marks: 1 Socialist view on distribution is best described as: From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs The benefits a person receives should be proportional to his contribution Form each they choose, to each as they are chosen Always treat humanity as an end in itself rather than as a means Question # 19 Mark: 1 Which one of the following is a type of moral standards? By:- Izma Khan Page 7

8 Utilitarianism Rights Justice All of the above Question # 20 Total Marks: 1 The three major types of ethical issues include except? Communication issues Systematic issues Corporate issues Individual issues Question # 21 Marks: 1 The person's reasons for acting must be reasons that he or she would be willing to have all others use, even as a basis of how they treat him or her is known as? Reversibility Universalizability Rule utilitarianism Question # 22 Mark : 1 Which statement reflects the "punishment and obedience orientation" stage By:- Izma Khan Page 8

9 (stage one) of moral development? Select correct option: I don't steal because my friends don't steal I don't steal because I don't want to be spanked I don't steal because it would harm society as a whole I don't steal because it would not be fair to everyone else if I did Question # 23 Marks: 1 Justice based on needs and abilities is known as? Communication Capitalism Socialism Question # 24 Marks: 1 An acquired disposition that is a valuable part of a morally good person, exhibited in the person's habitual behavior is known as? Moral responsibility Moral ethics Moral virtue By:- Izma Khan Page 9

10 Question # 25 Marks: 1 Which one of the following justices refers to the just imposition of penalties and punishments? Distributive Retributive Compensatory Kentia Question # 26 Marks: 1 In which of the following someone looks at individual acts to see whether they produce more pleasure, one looks only at moral rules at actions of a particular type? Rule Utilitarianism Conventional Utilitarianism Weighting cost and benefit None of the Above Question # 27 Marks: 1 Circumstances that leave a person uncertain but not altogether unsure about what he or she is doing is a feature of Excusing conditions Moral reasoning Mitigating factors By:- Izma Khan Page 10

11 Ignorance Question # 28 Marks: 1 Which of the following deals with the distribution of benefits and burdens, mostly in the evaluation of social, political, and economic institutions? Retributive justice Compensator justice Distributive justice Ethical justice Question # 29 Marks: 1 Which one of the following is not a feature of moral standard? Prohibit Value Condemn All of the given options Question # 30 Marks: 1 On what grounds Carol Gilligan criticized Kohlberg s research? It describes female characteristics Stages of growth in moral development It describes both male and female characteristics It ignores female approach to moral development By:- Izma Khan Page 11

12 Question # 31 Marks: 1 How many essential components of Moral reasoning are? Question # 32 Marks: 1 The type with which one looks only at moral rules or actions of a particular type is known as? Rule utilitarianism Utilitarianism Both a & b Question # 33 Marks: 1 How many stages of moral development proposed by Carol Gilligan? Three Four Two By:- Izma Khan Page 12

13 Question # 34 Marks: 1 Literally the word ethics stand for Understanding human nature Study of morality properties of chemical substances Both 2 & 3 Question # 35 Marks: 1 The kind of care that is owed to those with whom we have special concrete relationships is known as? Utilitarian standards Standards of justice Standards of Caring Question # 36 Marks: 1 Circumstances that leave a person uncertain but not altogether unsure about what he or she is doing is a feature of Excusing conditions Moral reasoning Mitigating factors Ignorance By:- Izma Khan Page 13

14 Question # 37 Marks: 1 Who is the world s largest retailer? Proctor and Gamble Wal-Mart Liver Brothers Dashing Group Question # 38 Marks: 1 Which of the following stands for capitalist Justice? Benefits should be distributed according to the value of the contribution the individual makes to a society Benefits should not be distributed according to the value of the contribution the individual makes to a society Benefits should be distributed according to employer judgment Question # 39 Marks: 1 Which of the following is TRUE regarding moral reasoning and its evaluation? By:- Izma Khan Page 14

15 Moral reasoning does not involve factual or descriptive judgments Ordinary logical standards of validity do not apply to moral reasoning Special logical standards of validity do not apply to moral reasoning Moral reasoning involves normative or value judgments Question # 40 Marks: 1 Which of the following issues are not satisfied by utilitarianism? Justice Right Justice & Right Question # 41 Marks: 1 is the philosophical study of moral values and rules. Morality Ethics Business Ethics Philosophy Question # 42 Marks: 1 Idea of a precise quantitative method for decision making is most fully realized in By:- Izma Khan Page 15

16 James Rachel's Carol Gilligan Bentham Henry Fayol Question # 43 Marks: 1 Shadow pricing is a technique which is used in? Accounting Business Ethics Management Question # 44 Marks: 1 Which principle of John Rawls assumes that a productive society will incorporate inequalities? Principle 1 Principle 2 Part a of principle 2 Part b of principle 2 Question # 45 Marks: 1 By:- Izma Khan Page 16

17 Which one of the following is not a feature of moral standard? Prohibit Value Condemn All of the given options Question # 46 Marks: 1 Equality of income and equality of opportunity is refers to: Economic equality Human equality Equality Political equality Question # 47 Marks: 1 Equality of income and equality of opportunity is refers to: Equality Political equality Economic equality Human equality Question # 48 Marks: 1 is a code of conduct that an individual or a group has about right and wrong. Select correct option: Morality By:- Izma Khan Page 17

18 Ethics Business Ethics Personal Ethics Question # 49 Marks: 1 The limited rights and correlative duties that arise when one person enters an agreement with another person is the definition of: Select correct option: Contract Justice Special obligations Legal rights Question # 50 Marks: 1 Which one of the following is an alternative to moral principles? Virtue Ethics Logic Ethics Real Ethics Question # 51 Marks: 1 The type with which one looks only at moral rules or actions of a particular type is known as? By:- Izma Khan Page 18

19 Selec correct option: Rule utilitarianism Utilitarianism Both a & b Question # 52 Marks: 1 The person's reasons for acting must be reasons that he or she would be willing to have all others use, even as a basis of how they treat him or her is known as? Select correct option: Reversibility Universalizability Rule utilitarianism Question # 53 Marks: 1 Which one of the country has more collectivist culture? USA Japan Pakistan By:- Izma Khan Page 19

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