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These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy (BA Philosophy) , Cost Accounting .
| 301. |
A _________ action ‘tends to bring about what is good’. |
| A. | bad |
| B. | right |
| C. | wrong |
| D. | legal |
| Answer» B. right | |
| 302. |
________ argued that if conscience had strength and authority, “it would absolutely govern the world”. |
| A. | T. H. Green |
| B. | J. S. Mill |
| C. | Butler |
| D. | Immanuel Kant |
| Answer» C. Butler | |
| 303. |
Avoiding injury either to oneself or to another’s physical well-being implies the Respect for _______. |
| A. | Life |
| B. | Character |
| C. | Freedom |
| D. | Property |
| Answer» A. Life | |
| 304. |
Respect for life corresponds to the right to __________. |
| A. | Property |
| B. | Freedom |
| C. | Education |
| D. | Life |
| Answer» D. Life | |
| 305. |
Mackenzie defines ________ as ‘The science of the ideal in human conduct’. |
| A. | Character |
| B. | Ethics |
| C. | Hedonism |
| D. | Utilitarianism |
| Answer» B. Ethics | |
| 306. |
Butler’s term for intuitive moral faculty is _______. |
| A. | appetite |
| B. | desire |
| C. | purpose |
| D. | conscience |
| Answer» D. conscience | |
| 307. |
The right of the child to education corresponds to the parents’ __________ to ensure it. |
| A. | interest |
| B. | duty |
| C. | right |
| D. | capacity |
| Answer» B. duty | |
| 308. |
Education is a practical means that corresponds to the _________ theory of punishment. |
| A. | Deterrent |
| B. | Retributive |
| C. | Reformative |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Reformative | |
| 309. |
The right to freedom is essential to _________. |
| A. | Hedonism |
| B. | Democrac |
| C. | Dictatorship |
| D. | All these |
| Answer» B. Democrac | |
| 310. |
Deterrent theory of punishment is ___________. |
| A. | preventive |
| B. | reformative |
| C. | educative |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. preventive | |
| 311. |
Retributive theory of punishment involves ___________. |
| A. | education |
| B. | reformation |
| C. | revenge |
| D. | conversion |
| Answer» C. revenge | |
| 312. |
Capital punishment cannot be justified according to ___________ theory of punishment. |
| A. | Retributive |
| B. | Reformative |
| C. | both (a) and (b) |
| D. | neither (a) nor (b) |
| Answer» B. Reformative | |
| 313. |
The right to ________ is recently included in the fundamental rights in India. |
| A. | life |
| B. | freedom |
| C. | education |
| D. | property |
| Answer» C. education | |
| 314. |
_________ is not a proponent of hedonism. |
| A. | Kant |
| B. | T. H. Green |
| C. | both (a) and (b) |
| D. | neither (a) nor (b) |
| Answer» C. both (a) and (b) | |
| 315. |
Social Darwinism refers to the position of ___________. |
| A. | Kant |
| B. | J. S. Mill |
| C. | Bentham |
| D. | Spencer |
| Answer» D. Spencer | |
| 316. |
Those phenomena of conduct in these highest creatures, with which Morality is concerned, also conform to the laws of evolution. ___________ said this. |
| A. | Herbert Spencer |
| B. | Charles Darwin |
| C. | Bentham |
| D. | T. H. Green |
| Answer» A. Herbert Spencer | |
| 317. |
Find out the matching pairs. 1. Bentham/hedonism 2. Reformative view of punishment/the penalty of death 3. T. H. Green/utilitarianism 4. Kant/Critique of Practical reason |
| A. | Only 4 |
| B. | 1 and 4 |
| C. | 2 and 3 |
| D. | Only 1 |
| Answer» B. 1 and 4 | |
| 318. |
According to Sidgwick, ‘nothing is desirable in itself except ___________. |
| A. | pain |
| B. | pleasure |
| C. | both (a) and (b) |
| D. | neither (a) nor (b) |
| Answer» B. pleasure | |
| 319. |
Rights and duties are the __________ constituents of the citizen’s life. |
| A. | opposite |
| B. | contradictory |
| C. | invalid |
| D. | complementary |
| Answer» D. complementary | |
| 320. |
Right to _________ is the most fundamental right. |
| A. | property |
| B. | freedom |
| C. | education |
| D. | life |
| Answer» D. life | |
| 321. |
___________ theory of punishment is more humanitarian. |
| A. | Retributive |
| B. | Reformative |
| C. | both (a) and (b) |
| D. | neither (a) nor (b) |
| Answer» B. Reformative | |
| 322. |
The word ethics is derived from |
| A. | Latin word ‘ethike’. |
| B. | Greek word ‘ethik’ |
| C. | Greek word ‘ethike’ |
| D. | Latin word ‘ethik’ |
| Answer» C. Greek word ‘ethike’ | |
| 323. |
‘It is difficult but not impossible to conduct strictly honest business’ is famous quote by: |
| A. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| B. | Adam Smith |
| C. | George Bernard Shaw |
| D. | Peter Drucker |
| Answer» A. Mahatma Gandhi | |
| 324. |
The term ‘business ethics’ came into common use in year _________ |
| A. | 1950 |
| B. | 1960 |
| C. | 1970 |
| D. | 1980 |
| Answer» C. 1970 | |
| 325. |
Ethics is a set of _________ of human conduct that govern the behavior of individuals or organization. |
| A. | principles |
| B. | standards |
| C. | principles or standards |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. principles or standards | |
| 326. |
______________ is about obeying and adhering to rule and authority. |
| A. | Ethics |
| B. | Code |
| C. | Conduct |
| D. | Compliance |
| Answer» D. Compliance | |
| 327. |
Which of the following is an unethical business practice? |
| A. | Collusion |
| B. | False Communication |
| C. | Insider Trading |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» D. All of the above | |
| 328. |
Administrative corruption includes ‘gifts’ to the ___________ |
| A. | factory inspector |
| B. | boiler inspector |
| C. | pollution control board inspectors |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» D. All of the above | |
| 329. |
Business ethics is based on well accepted ____________ |
| A. | moral and social values |
| B. | social values only |
| C. | moral values only |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» A. moral and social values | |
| 330. |
Business ethics has a ____________ application. |
| A. | universal |
| B. | natural |
| C. | practical |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» A. universal | |
| 331. |
____________ are beliefs about what is right and wrong or good or bad. |
| A. | morals |
| B. | motivators |
| C. | cultures |
| D. | ethics |
| Answer» D. ethics | |
| 332. |
Business Ethics is _____________ in nature. |
| A. | absolute |
| B. | not absolute |
| C. | permanent |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» B. not absolute | |
| 333. |
The relevance of ethics is in its |
| A. | Context |
| B. | Principles |
| C. | Application |
| D. | Understanding |
| Answer» C. Application | |
| 334. |
Business malpractice does not include |
| A. | Black marketing |
| B. | Adulteration |
| C. | Advertising |
| D. | Duplication |
| Answer» C. Advertising | |
| 335. |
Ethics refers to a ________ that guides an individual while dealing with others. |
| A. | code |
| B. | conduct |
| C. | code of conduct |
| D. | rules of conduct |
| Answer» C. code of conduct | |
| 336. |
Ethics in compliance means |
| A. | it is about obeying and adhering to rules and authority. |
| B. | it deals with the moral principles behind the operation and regulation of marketing. |
| C. | it deals with the duties of a company to ensure that pr oducts and production processes do not cause harm. |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» A. it is about obeying and adhering to rules and authority. | |
| 337. |
_________made it important for businesses to have an ethics code, something in writing about what one ought to do, and what to strive for. |
| A. | The Ethics & Code Conduct Act, 2000 |
| B. | The Sarbanes-Ethics of Code Conduct Act, 2001 |
| C. | The Sarbanes-Oxley Act, 2002 |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act, 2002 | |
| 338. |
Compliance is about obeying and adhering to _______________. |
| A. | rules an authority |
| B. | discipline |
| C. | laws |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» A. rules an authority | |
| 339. |
An expert who is c onfidentially available to solve the e thical dilemmas is known as ______________. |
| A. | Ethic coach |
| B. | Ethics trainer |
| C. | Ethics guide |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» A. Ethic coach | |
| 340. |
Which of the following statements about business ethics is true? |
| A. | It concerns the impact of a business activities on society. |
| B. | It refers to principles and standards that determine acceptable behavior in the world of business. |
| C. | It relates to an individual’s values and moral standards and the resulting business decisions he or she makes. |
| D. | What is ethical is determined by the public, government regulators, interest groups, competitors and individual’s personal moral values. |
| Answer» B. It refers to principles and standards that determine acceptable behavior in the world of business. | |
| 341. |
Top managers demonstrate commitment to ethical business practices with |
| A. | the adoption of written codes of ethics. |
| B. | employee empowerment. |
| C. | decentralized decision making practices. |
| D. | collusion with other companies. |
| Answer» A. the adoption of written codes of ethics. | |
| 342. |
Feature that is NOT present in business ethics are— |
| A. | It has universal application. |
| B. | It is absolute in nature. |
| C. | It depends from business to business. |
| D. | It cannot be enforced by law. |
| Answer» B. It is absolute in nature. | |
| 343. |
In setting ethical standards, perhaps the most effective step that a company can take is to |
| A. | adopt a code of ethics. |
| B. | demonstrate top management support of ethical standards. |
| C. | engage employees in ethics training. |
| D. | take an accommodative stance. |
| Answer» B. demonstrate top management support of ethical standards. | |
| 344. |
Following is not a professional characteristic: |
| A. | Competition (Undercutting) |
| B. | Competency |
| C. | Character |
| D. | Compensation |
| Answer» A. Competition (Undercutting) | |
| 345. |
Ethics has become important because of |
| A. | Globalization |
| B. | Communication explosion |
| C. | Both (A) and (B) |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Both (A) and (B) | |
| 346. |
Corporate codes of ethics |
| A. | are always externally audited. |
| B. | create guidelines for employees to work by. |
| C. | are always compliance bas |
| Answer» B. create guidelines for employees to work by. | |
| 347. |
Ethical and unethical behaviours are determined by |
| A. | the individual. |
| B. | the culture. |
| C. | both the individual and the culture. |
| D. | neither the individual nor the culture. |
| Answer» C. both the individual and the culture. | |
| 348. |
The crucial step in understanding business ethics is |
| A. | Establishing codes of ethics. |
| B. | Learning to recognize ethical issues. |
| C. | Having efficient operations. |
| D. | Implementing a strategic plan. |
| Answer» B. Learning to recognize ethical issues. | |
| 349. |
A set of principles and expectations that are considered binding on any person who is member of a particular group is known as |
| A. | Code of ethics |
| B. | Values |
| C. | Ethics |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» A. Code of ethics | |
| 350. |
The idea of business ethics caught the attention of academics, media and business firms by the end of the _______________ . |
| A. | First World War |
| B. | Second World War |
| C. | Cold War |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Cold War | |
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