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A righteous moralist is most likely to claim that

A) a multinational's home-country standards of ethics are the appropriate ones for companies to follow in foreign countries.
B) a firm should adopt the ethics of the culture in which it is operating.
C) people should be treated as ends and never purely as means to the ends of others.
D) human beings have fundamental rights and privileges that transcend national boundaries and cultures.
E) inequalities are justified if they benefit the position of the least-advantaged person.

F) A) and C)
G) A) and B)

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In stating that all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights, and that they are endowed with reason and conscience and should act toward one another in a spirit of brotherhood, Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights echoes

A) the Friedman doctrine.
B) naive immoralism.
C) cultural relativism.
D) Kantian ethics.
E) the Sullivan principles.

F) B) and E)
G) D) and E)

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The last step in ethical decision making involves

Kantian ethics is concerned with environmental ethical issues such as manufacturing emissions and polluted waters.

While Kyle realized that his company was allowed to conduct a 12-hour workday in the overseas facility he managed, he instead implemented two 8-hour shifts because he felt it was fundamentally the right thing to do. A rights theorist would say that Kyle is using ________ to make this choice.

The practice of "gift giving" between the parties to a business negotiation is considered right and proper in many Asian cultures. However, some Westerners view the practice as a form of bribery, and therefore unethical, particularly if the gifts are substantial. This demonstrates that

Rapid Removal Inc. operates in three different countries, and the CEO believes that the best approach to ethics is cultural relativism. How will this ethical approach affect the actions of Rapid Removal Inc.?

According to the concept of cultural relativism, a firm, while operating in any host country, should adopt the ethics of the culture that is predominant in its home country.

"Facilitating payments" are payments to secure contracts that would not otherwise be secured.

The phrase "when in Rome, do as the Romans" is associated with

The code of ethics of a company draws heavily upon documents such as the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which itself is grounded in Kantian and rights-based theories of moral philosophy. In the context of this information, this company is most likely to

One criticism of the righteous moralist approach to ethics is that adopting home-country standards isn't always appropriate.

In order to build large production units and expedite certain routine government actions related to this, Scorpius Inc. made legal payments to the government officials of the host nation. Such payments are typically referred to as

Business ________ refers to accepted principles of right or wrong that govern the conduct of a businessperson, the members of a profession, or the actions of an organization.

Straight Arrow unloaded two tankers worth of toxic waste at a port in a foreign nation. Two hundred men and boys worked two days in their shorts and sandals to unload the barrels from the tankers for $5 a day. They were not told about the content of the barrels. Some observers felt that it was the obligation of not just the government, but also of Straight Arrow to ensure that no harm was done to the workers. These observers are most likely

Kendrik would like to hire just one company to construct the new highway overpass in Phoenix, but he can't imagine asking such a small crew to work many months in the hot conditions of the Arizona summer. Kendrik is relying on ________ to make his decision.

The ________ approach to ethics holds that an action is judged desirable if it leads to the best possible balance of good consequences over bad consequences.

BlueLine Boxes moved its entire production operation to a foreign country, where the company was free to dump pollutants into the river located adjacent to the factory. In this scenario, BlueLine Boxes is contributing to

The ________, developed by Rawls, indicates that inequalities are justified if they benefit the position of the least-advantaged members of society.

What is a drawback of the utilitarian approach to business ethics?