CSR is important because
A. it influences all aspects of company's operation
B. it gives company's mission and strategy
C. it increases the general affluence and societal expectation
D. all of the above
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Kate, the owner of a small telecommunications firm gives gifts of stock in her company to telephone company mangers who purchase her equipment. Kate is giving in to the ethical temptation of
A. kickbacks
B. misuse of corporate resources
C. sexual harassment
D. treating people unfairly
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CSR is positively correlated with revenue and profit because
A. consumers do not respond positively to links between the organisation and ethical and environmentally acceptable outcomes
B. being ethical costs money
C. consumers respond positively to links between the organisation and ethical and environmentally acceptable outcomes
D. an increase in demand will reduce revenue and profitability
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Which is the ethical code as per Kaptein and Klamer?
A. Broad acceptance within the company
B. Integration into a broad company
C. A valid motivation for its introduction
D. All of the above
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Benefits derived from social responsibility include
A. enhanced organizational efficiency
B. producing better products
C. attracting people who want to work for the firm
D. both A and C
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Which is favourable point of business ethics?
A. Helps in professionalisation of management
B. Reputation of business
C. Perpetual succession
D. All of the above
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Match the following.
List-I (Principle of Business Ethics)
List-II (Features)
a. Principle of not doing evil
1. Good wishes
b. Principle of proportional judgement
2. Attention
c. Principle of autonomy
3. Pressure
d. Principle of human dignity
4. Respect
A. a-1, b-3, c-2, d-4
B. a-1, b-2, c-3, d-4
C. a-2, b-1, c-3, d-4
D. a-3, b-1, c-2, d-4
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Assertion (A) Corporate behaviour towards stakeholders is an important concept in practice and a central part of corporate governance.
Reason (R) It has to be ethical, legal and responsible behaviour for organisation, stakeholders and society.
A. Both (A) and (R) are true
B. Both (A) and (R) are false
C. (A) is false, but (R) is true
D. (A) is true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
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Which is/are the element of 7-S approach?
A. Strategy
B. Systems
C. Structure
D. All of these
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The code of ethics of public relations practitioners are
A. they must never compromise on the truth due to other requiremants
B. they must never impair human dignity and integrity
C. the code philosophy is to uphold the universal declaration of human rights of UNO
D. All of the above
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Which of the following statement(s) is/are true?
A. Ethical management is a case of normative ethics
B. Values bring about excellence and universal good
C. Values are internal dealing with internal development of a person
D. All of the above
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Which statement is true?
A. Strategic decisions are usually taken by top managers, while route decisions are make mostly by lower level managers
B. Routine decisions involve no extraordinary judgement, analysis and authority, since they are to traverse along more or less fixed avenues
C. Planning as a whole with its component parts like objectives, policies and procedures is the outcome of decision making
D. All of the above
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Who has defined following concept of corporate governance? "Corporate governance is defined as holding the balance between economic and social goals and between individual common goals. The governance framework is there to encourage the efficient use of resources and equally to require accountability for the stewardship of those resources."
A. K. Keasay
B. Cadbury Committee
C. J. J. Irani Committee
D. Ronald R. Sims
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From the workers perspective, organisations in production should minimise
A. worker alienation
B. monotony and dehumanisation of the worker
C. lack of water control over work conditions
D. all of the above
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Ethical codes are
A. Statements of the norms and beliefs of an organisation
B. Product of the firm
C. Product of regulation
D. Negative rule
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An organisation's obligation to act to protect and improve society's welfare as well as its own interests is referred to as
A. organisational social responsibility
B. organisational social responsiveness
C. corporate obligation
D. business ethics
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Which of the following does not contribute to the development of a manager's standard of ethics?
A. competitor behaviours
B. society's norms and values
C. individual life experiences
D. environmental situations
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