Which of the following statements is true about the righteous moralist approach to ethics?

Abstract

This essay categorizes and analyzes the arguments for and against a code of ethics for the American Society for Public Administration. The arguments against a code are said to be from practicality, procedure, and administrative theory. The arguments for a code are said to be from objectivism, community, and courage. The negative argument from practicality is based on the founders' call for moderation in moral matters. The negative argument from procedure places great value on consensus, and builds consensus around the agreement to agree on nothing substantive. The negative argument from administrative theory honors the tradition of the value neutral administrator who has no discretion and therefore no moral responsibility. The affirmative argument from objectivism posits transcendent values and holds that actions are the predicates of being. The affirmative argument from community maintains that the community is the arbiter of what is ethical, and that ethical relativism represents both a loss of paradigm and a loss of a sense of community in public administration. The affirmative argument from courage says the language of moral choice makes felicitous that which in any case is necessary.

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Which approach to ethics holds that the moral worth of actions or practices is determined by their consequences?
What term refers to the accepted principles of right or wrong governing the conduct of businesspeople?
Which ethics approach is typically associated with managers from developed countries?
What are four determinants of ethical behavior?

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Chapter 05 Ethics in International Business Answer Key

True / False Questions

1.Ethical strategies are the accepted principles of right or wrong governing the conduct

of businesspeople.

FALSE

An ethical strategy is a strategy, or course of action, that does not violate the

accepted principles of right or wrong governing the conduct of businesspeople.

2.What is considered normal business practice in one country may be considered

unethical in other countries.

TRUE

Many of the ethical issues in international business are rooted in the fact that political

systems, law, economic development, and culture vary significantly from nation to

nation. What is considered normal practice in one nation may be considered unethical

in another.

3.The Sullivan principles mandated that GM could operate in South Africa as long as the

company complied with the apartheid laws.

FALSE

GM adopted the Sullivan principles. Sullivan argued that it was ethically justified for

GM to operate in South Africa so long as two conditions were fulfilled. First, the

company should not obey the apartheid laws in its own South African operations.

Second, the company should do everything within its power to promote the abolition

of apartheid laws.

4. The tragedy of the commons occurs when a resource held in common by all, but

owned by no one, is overused by individuals, resulting in its degradation.

TRUE

The tragedy of the commons occurs when a resource held in common by all, but

owned by no one, is overused by individuals, resulting in its degradation. The

phenomenon was first named by Garrett Hardin when describing a particular problem

in sixteenth-century England.

5.Corporations can contribute to the global tragedy of the commons by not pumping

pollutants into the atmosphere or dumping them in oceans or rivers.

FALSE

In the modern world, corporations can contribute to the global tragedy of the

commons by moving production to locations where they are free to pump pollutants

into the atmosphere or dump them in oceans or rivers, thereby harming these

valuable global commons.