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BBE612S - BUSINESS ETHICS - 1ST OPP - NOV 2024 |
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n Am I BI A u n IVE Rs ITY
OF SCIEn CE Ano TECHn OLOGY
FACULTY OF COMMERCE, HUMAN SCIENCESAND EDUCATION
DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT SCIENCES
QUALIFICATION: BACHELOR OF MANAGEMENT
QUALIFICATION CODE: 07BBMA
LEVEL: 6
COURSE CODE: BBE612S
SESSION: NOVEMBER 2024
DURATION: 3 HOURS
COURSE NAME: BUSINESS ETHICS
PAPER: 1
MARKS: 100
EXAMINER{S)
MODERATOR:
FIRSTOPPORTUNITY EXAMINATION - QUESTION PAPER
Ms 0. Kangandjo
Mr B. Zealand
Mr M. Neema
Prof. Asa Romeo Asa
THIS QUESTION PAPER CONSISTSOF 6 PAGES (Including this front page)
INSTRUCTIONS
1.
Answer all questions.
2.
Read all the questions carefully before answering.
3.
Marks for each question are indicated at the end of each question.
4.
Please ensure that your writing is legible, neat and presentable and start each Section
on a new page.
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Section A. Part 1: Multiple choice questions from 1 - 10. Answer all the questions in the answer
booklet provided.
[2X 10 = 20marks]
QUESTION 1
1. The concept that there are no relevant differences among people that can justify unequal
treatment is known as:
(a) Egalitarianism
(b) Utilitarianism
(c) Socialism.
(d) None of the above
2. Which of the following issues is not investigated by Business Ethics?
(a) Systematic issues
(b) Corporate issues
(c) Public Education issues
(d) Individual issues
3. "It might be true that society as a whole would benefit by having some group
discriminated against" is a/an __________
argument for discrimination.
(a) Kantian
(b) Capitalist
(c) Utilitarianism
(d) Communist
4. Which of the following is NOT a valid criticism of adve11ising ethics?
(a) Adve11ising is wasteful
(b) Advertising debases the tastes of consumers
(c) Advertising promotes perfect competition
(d) Advertising uses images that many find vulgar and offensive
5. Which of the following makes freedom of choice impossible?
a) Information
b) Probability
c) Misrepresentation
d) Ignorance
6. Ethics violations destroy:
(a) nothing
(b) jobs
(c) profits
(d) trust
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7. An approach to moral judgment that emphasizes that we should cultivate loving and
caring relationships in our conduct instead of relying on abstract concepts and principles.
(a) Retributive justice
(b) Ethics of care
(c) Justice
(d) Virtue ethics
8. To increase job satisfaction, jobs must be expanded along all of the following dimensions,
except:
(a) Task identity
(b) Task complexity
(c) Task significance
(d) Feedback
9. Fish Delish is a chain a chain of food stores whose major product is fish. Fish Delish
would sell a franchise licence to a person only if the person also agreed to purchase a
certain number of coolers, fryers and other supplies from them. This is an example of:
(a) Tying arrangement
(b) Exclusive dealing arrangement
(c) Retail price maintenance agreement
(d) Manipulation of supply
10. Which one of the following is not an argument against discrimination?
(a) Rights argument
(b) Justice argument
(c) Affinnative action
(d) Utilitarian argument
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Section A. Part 2: TRUE/FALSE
Indicate whether the following statements are True or False. Answer all the questions in the
answer booklet provided. Indicate true or false next to the corresponding number(s)
QUESTION2
[I 0marks]
No. Questions
2.1 Categorical imperative is the requirement that I must act only on the maxim, whereby
at the same time you can imply that it shall become a universal law.
2.2 Intrinsic goods are things that are desired for their own sake, such as health and life.
2.3 Contractual rights and duties are for the society.
2.4 Employees must be given the opportunity to give or withhold consent before their
private lives are investigated and should be informed of any surveillance.
2.5 Firms in perfectly competitive free markets often engage in price fixing.
2.6 Whistle-blowing in business, is when an individual demands a consideration from
persons outside the firm as a condition for favorably dealing with them.
2.7 Some laws have nothing to do with morality.
2.8
2.9
2.10
Total
Getting others to understand and support one's idea before a meeting is called and act
of political tactic.
Quotas is the practice by which government agencies earmark a percentage of their
budget exclusively for hiring minority contractors now legally prohibited "except as a
last resort" in "an extreme case."
Ethical relativism is the theory that, because different societies have different ethical
beliefs, there is no rational way of determining whether an action is morally right or
wrong other than by asking the people of that society what they believe.
[l0marks]
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SECTION B. SHORT/ESSAY QUESTIONS
QUESTION 3
3.1. Explain the three basic ethical issues that business ethics deals with.
[70marks]
(6)
3.2. Fundamental principle of Distributive Justice is that equals should be treated equally and
unequal's treated unequally. Give a short explanation of distributive justice.
(2)
3.3. Briefly discuss the four types of distributive justice.
(8)
QUESTION 4
Monopoly markets are said to be unethical. What are the immoralities or ethical weaknesses of
such markets?
(6)
QUESTION 5
List any five of the most common types of political tactics encountered 111 a business
organization.
(10)
QUESTION 6
An automobile manufacturer releases a new model of electric car marketed as environmentally
friendly and energy-efficient. However, after several months on the market, repo1is emerge of
battery fires and malfunctions in the electric car, posing safety hazards to drivers and passengers.
6.1. With reference to the case, explain what the due care theory entails, focusing on the
importance of exercising reasonable care to prevent harm.
(9)
Some people are very allergic to peanuts or things derived from peanuts. A food company uses
peanut oil in its products. On the ingredients list, the company only lists "vegetable oil" without
specifying "peanut oil."
6.2. According to the contractual view, explain the four main moral duties of a business to its
customers.
(12)
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QUESTION 7
Elaborate on the most basic duty that a business owes it's customers according to the duty to
comply.
(8)
QUESTION 8
To lessen the negative effects of specialization, employers should expand jobs along five
dimensions. Name and explain any of the 3 (three) dimensions.
(9)
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