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TMA: TMA1/BUS818
Matric Number: NOU142514954
BUS818 - Business Ethics and Corporate Governance
Dr Osoba S.B (sosoba@noun.edu.ng )

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1 Ethics refers to the principles and standards of moral behaviour that are accepted by society as.
right versus wrong
demand versus supply
production and distribution
plus and minus
2 Ethicists use term ethics to refer primarily to the study of..
morality
justification
compiance
gentility
3 Legal and ethical actions are both acceptable within the legal framework and .
societal job
societal system
societal norms
societal expectation
4 The former minister of health, Professor Eyitayo Lambos article stated that about 100million people die of tobaccorelated/induced/sicknesses every year in the world and.. die every year in Nigeria .
5million
3million
2million
1million
5 Laws and regulations are promulgated especially in business to right the wrongs and unwholesome practices by
businessmen.
TRUE
FALSE
a and b above
none of the above
6 Laws are enacted to actually take care of. behaviours or behaviours that are below moral/ethical
standards.
ethical
unethical
structure
manage
7 The social sciences such as anthropology, sociology and psychology also study
morality
ethic
standard
gentility
8 A normative study is an investigation that attempts to reach normative conclusions, that is, conclusions about what
things are good or bad or about what actions are right or wrong. In short, a normative study aims to discover what should
be.
FALSE
TRUE
a and b above

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a and b above
none of the above
9 Business organisations are the primary .. through which people in modern societies carry on the task of
producing and distributing goods and services.
manufacturing institutions
academics institutions
economic institutions
financial institutions
10 in business ethics are ethical questions raised about the economic, political, legal, and other social
systems or institutions within which businesses operate.
School issues
Society issues
Systemic issues
Science issues
11 The laws of . today require that businesses discriminate against women and Jews in ways that most
people would say are clearly immoral.
Brazil
Germany
italy
Saudi Arabia
12 One way to argue that ethics should be brought into business is simply by pointing out that, ethics should govern all
voluntary .. .
human activities
human earnings
human strength
none of the above
13 A person is morally responsible for an injury when the person caused the injury and did so knowingly and
. .
freely
carelessly
carefully
kingly
14 The second requirement for moral responsibility is this
The person must know what government is doing.
The person must know what another person is doing.
The person must know what he/she is not doing.
The person must know what he/she is doing.
15 A manager in an. company.
ascend
asbestos
ascension
ashore
16 Ignorance of fact .. moral responsibility for the simple reason that a person cannot be held responsible
for something over which he or she has no control.
increase
eliminates
produce
allows
17 Within the modern corporation, .for a corporate act is often distributed among a number of
cooperating parties.
responsibility
anticipation

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unity
administration
18 In a corporation, employees often act on the basis of their .. .
government' orders
surbordinate' orders
superiors' orders
none of the above
19 Moral responsibility requires merely that one acts freely and knowingly, and it is irrelevant that one's wrongful act is
that of freely and knowingly choosing to follow an order.
yes
no
a and b above
none of the above
20 To Protect the Companys Image: Public relation is an element of .. in marketing.
promotion
production
pricing
placement
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