MNCs and Employment Ethics
1. Why might equal opportunity be hard to export to some countries?
a. Language barriers
b. Cultural differences
c. Lack of formal education system
d. The barriers to equal opportunity are just too great
2. On an ethical continuum, ethical suggests that what is right is whatever a society
defines as right.
a. relativism
b. revolution
c. absolutism
d. None of these
3. Ethical inquiry is concerned with human actions and interactions, their effects
and motivations.
a. extrinsically
b. independently
c. intrinsically
d. locally
4. means deciding whether an action is right or wrong based on the possible
consequences of that action.
a. Essentialism
b. Consequentialism
c. Deontological principles
d. None of the above
5. means deciding whether an action is right or wrong by considering the principles
or duties that relate to that action.
a. Deontolgy
b. Epistemology
c. Consequentialism
d. Creationism
6. What does Naomi Klein call the tendency for western firms to outsource production
to developing countries?
a. The outdated factory
b. The abandoned factory
c. The discarded factory
d. None of the above
7. In which areas of the world are export processing zones located?
a. U.S.A.
b. South America
c. Asia
d. All of the above
8. Which of the following are identified byWar onWant as being ethical concerns in the Bangladeshi garment industry?
a. Low wages
b. Insecure employment
c. Management style
d. Workers' health and safety
e. All of the above
9. What is the value of the cut flowers industry according to War on Want's 'Growing Pains' Report?
a. $10 billion
b. $40 billion
c. $70 billion
d. Over $100 billion
10. What is the average monthly earnings of a Kenyan flower picker according to War on Want's 'Growing Pains' Report?
a. Just over ?10
b. Just over ?20
c. Just over ?50
d. Just over ?100