TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE

True/False Questions

1.   Common ways of Managing Ethical Behavior Across Borders (3): → Their stakeholders, The natural environment, General social welfare

 True         False

2.  A useful way to characterize ethical behaviors in cross-cultural and international context is in terms of (3): → How an organization treats its employees, How employees treat the organization, How both the organization and its employees treat other economic agents

 True         False

3.  Social Responsibility (Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)): → Set of obligations an organization undertakes to protect and enhance the society in which it functions

 True         False

4.  Whistle-Blowing → Disclosure by an employee of illegal or unethical conduct on the part of others within the organization

 True         False

5.     Dutch CSR experts Rob van Tulder and Alex van der Zwart suggest there are three main actors in the policy formulation process: → The state (which passes and enforces laws), The market (which utilizes inputs and allocates outputs to members of the society), Civil society (includes churches, charitable organizations, labor unions, etc)

 True         False

6.    Organizations may exercise social responsibility toward (3): → Their stakeholders, The natural environment, General social welfare

 True         False

7.   US multinationals may conceivably be responsible for human-rights abuses by foreign governments if the companies benefited from those abuses → Customer, Employees, Investors

 True         False

8.    A useful way to characterize ethical behaviors in cross-cultural and international context is in terms of (3): → Guidelines and codes of ethics, Ethics training, Organizational practices and the corporate culture

 True         False

9.    Codes of Ethics → Written statements of the values and ethical standards that guide the firms' actions

 True         False

10. Organizational Stakeholders → People and organizations that are directly affected by the practices of an organization and that have a stake in its performance

 True         False

CHECK ANSWERS

True/False Questions

1.      This is false. It should be Common ways of Managing Ethical Behavior Across Borders (3): → Guidelines and codes of ethics, Ethics training, Organizational practices and the corporate culture.

2.    This is true.

3.    This is true.

4.    This is true.

5.     This is true.

6.    This is true.

7.     This is false. It should be US multinationals may conceivably be responsible for human-rights abuses by foreign governments if the companies benefited from those abuses → Alien Tort Claims Act.

8.    This is false. It should be A useful way to characterize ethical behaviors in cross-cultural and international context is in terms of (3): → How an organization treats its employees, How employees treat the organization, How both the organization and its employees treat other economic agents.

9.    This is true.

10.  This is true.