Chapter 2
1. The Body Shop is an international retail chain that sells personal care items.
The company buys all-natural beauty care products and
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making a healthy profit. Which term describes The Body Shop's commitment
to earn profit while being socially responsible?
a. legal responsibility
b. preconventional morality
c. sustainability
d. economic responsibility
2. IBM has been operating its "Reinventing Education" program for several
years. The program involves intensive research into how educational
institutions can use the fruits of new technologies to transform what they do,
and then providing those resources to the educational institutions along with
the training to make the best use of the technology. At which level of
corporate social responsibility is IBM operating?
a. profit
b. philanthropic
c. ethical
d. legal
3. In the pyramid of social responsibility, which level forms the foundation?
a. philanthropic responsibility
b. economic responsibility
c. moral responsibility
d. ethical responsibility
4. One of the most popular foods in Thailand is shark fin soup. An animal rights
organization is claiming the shark fin soup made by the leading producer
contains mercury, yet the leading producer of shark fin soup wants to
continue selling the soup because it believes it has a responsibility to its
investors to be profitable. At which level on the pyramid of corporate social
responsibility is the soup manufacturer operating?
a. philanthropic
b. legal
c. economic
d. ethical
5. HealthTrust Alliance has an elaborate system for marketing its dietary
supplement, herbal, aromatherapy, and homeopathic products to pharmacy
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customers. The program includes sending form letters (which may include
information that is not true) to patients designed to solicit customers. At
which level of ethical development is this company operating?
a. preconventional morality
b. unconventional morality
c. social responsibility
d. conventional morality
6. There are many environmentally unsafe materials used in the manufacture of
computers. Twenty years ago, Hewlett-Packard (HP) began a program in
which it offered to recycle computers for its customers. HP saw that this
effort was not enough to protect the environment and has created a
corporate division devoted to recycling computers and other wastes
commonly used in the manufacture of computers. Which level of morality is
HP demonstrating?
a. conventional
b. preconventional
c. unconventional
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