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Question 37

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John Stuart Mill holds which of the following views about justice?

Select one:

a. Equal treatment is a presumptive right and no inequality of treatment is ever justified.

b. Equal treatment is not a presumptive right, and inequality of treatment is justified by the circumstances.

c. Equal treatment is not a presumptive right, but inequality of treatment is difficult to justify.

d. Equal treatment is a presumptive right that requires any inequality of treatment to be justified

Question 38

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A whistle-blower is primarily motivated by .

Select one:

a. ethical concern

b. fear of retribution

c. personal gain

d. retaliation

Question 39

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Which of the following is a personal conflict of interest?

Select one:

a. When the agent is obligated to act in the interests of two different principals whose interests conflict

b. When there is the possibility that an agent will fail to fulfill an obligation to act in the interests of the principal

c. When a large accounting firm provides management services to companies they also audit

d. None of these

e. When the agent has something to gain

Question 40

The top factor in managers' unethical behaviors is consistently cited as

Select one:

a. behaviors of superiors.

b. peer pressure.

c. greed.

d. financial need

Answer 1

37) option D Equal treatment is a presumptive right that requires any inequality of treatment to be justified is the right answer. According to john mill Equal treatment is a presumptive right but that requires any inequality of treatment to be justified. It is a presumptive right.

38) option C personal gain is the right answer

a whistle blower is primarily motivated by personal gain. a sizable financial reward can shift a whistleblowers motivation. The primary motivation is the financial gain of the reward. A whistle blower is a person who expose a secret information within an organization or firm that is deemed unethical or illegal.

39) option D when agent has something to gain is the right answer

A personal conflict of interest means is a situation in which a covered employee has a personal activity or financial interest or any relationship that could affect the employee’s ability to perform best interest of the organization

40) option A behavior of superior is the right answer

The top factor in managers' unethical behaviors is consistently cited as the behavior of superior. A superior’s behavior could affect the ethical behavior of a n employee. if the superior condones unethical activities such as padding expenses account, and other unethical activities could lead an employee to look up on unethical practices. The superior behavior such as continuously shouting the employee, assigning work load, other unwanted things done to the employee must leads to unethical behavior of an employee