Business Ethics & Financial Management homework assessments

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Question 1

· Which of the following statements about the doctrine of employment at will (EAW) is true? 

·	·	· Employment at will states that employers can fire an employee at any time but have to provide them with a valid reason.
·	·	· The freedom to terminate the employer-employee relationship is mutual, both theoretically and practically.
·	·	· The ethical rationale for EAW has both utilitarian and deontological elements.
·	·	· Civil rights laws are not an exception to the EAW because it prohibits firing someone on the basis of membership in certain prohibited classes.

Question 2

· Some employers might decide to treat employees well as a means to produce greater workplace harmony and productivity. This approach is reminiscent of __________ ethics. 

·	·	· deontological
·	·	· utilitarian
·	·	· normative
·	·	· Kantian

Question 3

Values that are fundamental across culture and theory are called: 

·	·	· authentic norms.
·	·	· hypernorms.
·	·	· ethnocentric norms.
·	·	· executive norms.

Question 4

· Which of the following is an example of reverse discrimination in America? 

·	·	· An African-American interviewer rejects another African-American based on ethnicity.
·	·	· A female interviewer rejects a male interviewee because of gender.
·	·	· A white interviewer rejects an African-American based on ethnicity.
·	·	· A female interviewer rejects another female interviewee because of gender.

Question 5

· Which of the following is discrimination against those traditionally considered to be in power or the majority? 

·	·	· Reverse discrimination
·	·	· Affirmative action
·	·	· Inverse discrimination
·	·	· Backward discrimination

Question 6

Discuss the various ways affirmative action occurs within a workplace.    Your response should be at least 200 words in length.