Multiple Choice
Identify the
letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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Which
of the following is NOT one of the competing views of corporate responsibility?
a. | The invisible
hand. | c. | The hand of
economics. | b. | The hand of government. | | | | |
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A
view of ethics which states that actions should be judged by their outcomes is
called:
a. | Deontology. | c. | Philology. | b. | Teleology. | | | | |
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What
is backstage culture?
a. | Unethical practices carried out in
secret. | c. | Cultural
information which enables foreigners to understand a market. | b. | Knowledge that
members of a culture are unwilling to share with outsiders. | | | | |
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What
does the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act prevent American companies from doing?
a. | Accepting bribes
from foreigners. | c. | Encouraging
foreigners to offer bribes to US officials. | b. | Offering bribes
to foreigners. | | | | |
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Why
should one not give a clock to a Chinese business contact?
a. | It implies that
you are in a hurry. | c. | It is thought to
bring bad luck. | b. | It implies that you have plenty of
time. | | | | |
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What
is reciprocity?
a. | Forcing a seller to buy something from the company he or she is
trying to sell to. | c. | Offering a buyer
a personal favour in exchange for placing an order. | b. | Helping a
company when it is in trouble, for example by giving extended credit, in the expectation of an
increase in purchases later as a show of gratitude. | | | | |
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Why
might a buyer ask a foreign company to inflate the invoice?
a. | To build up
credit for future transactions. | c. | To act as a
bribe. | b. | To avoid exchange controls and export cash.
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8.
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A
standard which is acceptable in all cultures and organizations is called:
a. | A hypernorm.
| c. | A moral free
space. | b. | A consistent norm. | | | | |
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9.
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What
is guangxi?
a. | A system for
eliminating bribes. | c. | A system for
monitoring business behavior in order to maintain ethical standards. | b. | A system for
establishing social obligations by doing favours. | | | | |
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10.
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Approximately what proportion of companies specify that buyers are not allowed to
accept gifts?
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