1.

Some employers might decide to treat employees well as a means to

produce greater workplace harmony and productivity. This approach
is reminiscent of _____ ethics.
Utilitarian
2. Some employers emphasize the rights and duties of all employees,
and treat employees well simply because "it is the right thing to do."
Identify the ethical approach for this perspective.
Deontological ethics
3. Which of the following statements is true about the right of due
process?
In legal contexts, due process refers to the procedures that police and courts
must follow in exercising their authority over citizens.
4. The issue of workplace bullying is more predominant in the service
sector because:
that work relies significantly on interpersonal relationships and interaction.
5. Identify the doctrine which holds that employers are free to fire an
employee at any time and for any reason, unless an agreement
specifies otherwise.
The doctrine of employment at will
6. Which of the following is true of health and safety at the workplace?
Health and safety have instrumental value and intrinsic value.
7. Discussions in ethics about employee health and safety tend to focus
on the relative risks workers face and the level of acceptable
workplace risk because:
employers cannot be responsible for providing an ideally safe and healthy
workplace.
8. Comparison of the probabilities of harm involved in various activities
would determine the __________:
relative risks
9. When can we conclude that an activity has an "acceptable level of
risk?"
If it can be determined that the probability of harm involved in a specific work
activity is equal to or less than the probability of harm of some more common
activity.
10.
Which of the following approaches to health and safety at the
workplace can be considered paternalistic decision making which
treats employees like children and makes crucial decisions for them?
Acceptable level of risk approach

11.
Which of the following statements is true about the market
controlled approach to health and safety?
In this approach, employees would be free to choose the risks they are willing
to face by bargaining with employers.
12.
Enlightened self-interest would be a valuable theory to
introduce and apply in the _____ approach to health and safety.
market controlled
13.
Identify the correct statement about government standards in
the government-regulated ethics approach to health and safety.
Standards can overcome market failures that result from insufficient
information.
14.
Critics in both industry and government argue that OSHA
should aim to achieve the optimal, rather than highest feasible, level
of safety. Which of the following can be used to achieve this goal?
Cost-benefit analysis
15.
Identify the distinguishing feature between cost-benefit
analysis and cost-effectiveness.
Cost-benefit analysis is ethically problematic.
16.
Which of the following statement is true about the cost-benefit
analysis?
It requires that an economic value be placed on one's life and bodily integrity.
17.
According to the universal principle of Kantian philosophy, the
ethical obligation of _____ should guide employment interactions.
respect for people
18.
The Tripartite' part of the Tripartite Declaration of Principles
Concerning Multinational Enterprises and Social Policy refers to all
of the following except critical cooperation necessary from all of the
following except:
the suppliers and agents associated with the firm.
19.
Which of the following is discrimination against those
traditionally considered to be in power or the majority?
Reverse discrimination
20.
Which of the following is an example of reverse discrimination
in America?
A female interviewer rejects a male interviewee because of gender.
21.
An organization, in an attempt to avoid discrimination suits
filed against it, intentionally hires a lot of black women, and a few
disabled people. Which of the following is most likely to occur?
A white man or a woman will file a reverse discrimination suit.

22.
Which of the following refers to a policy or a program that tries
to respond to instances of past discrimination by implementing
proactive measures to ensure equal opportunity today?
Affirmative action
23.
All of the following are ways through which affirmative action
can arise at the workplace except:
consultant based affirmative action.
24.
The law relating to affirmative action applies only to about 20
percent of the workforce who are subject to Executive Order 11246,
which requires affirmative action efforts to ensure equal
opportunity. Which of the following is required by courts in order to
remedy a finding of past discrimination, when Executive Order 11246
is not applicable?
Judicial affirmative action
25.
Which of the following affirmative action plans would include
training plans and programs, focused recruiting activity, or the
elimination of discrimination?
Voluntary affirmative action