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What is the primary focus of business ethics?
What is the primary focus of business ethics?
- Minimizing competition in the market
- Maximizing profits at any cost
- Balancing responsibilities to oneself and others (correct)
- Avoiding legal compliance
What does Warren Buffett's quote imply about reputation?
What does Warren Buffett's quote imply about reputation?
- It takes a long time to build and can be easily rebuilt
- It is essential and can be quickly damaged (correct)
- It is influenced by personal integrity only
- It is irrelevant in business
What does the text emphasize about ethical decision making in business?
What does the text emphasize about ethical decision making in business?
- It is solely based on personal integrity
- It involves considerations of social responsibility (correct)
- It is unrelated to practical reasoning
- It is not important in the business environment
Why does the text suggest that it takes 20 years to build a reputation?
Why does the text suggest that it takes 20 years to build a reputation?
What is the primary concern of ethics in the business environment according to the text?
What is the primary concern of ethics in the business environment according to the text?
Business ethics examines the responsibilities we owe to ourselves and to each other.
Business ethics examines the responsibilities we owe to ourselves and to each other.
Ethical decision making is not considered a form of practical reasoning according to the text.
Ethical decision making is not considered a form of practical reasoning according to the text.
Personal integrity and social responsibility are considered to be the same in terms of ethics.
Personal integrity and social responsibility are considered to be the same in terms of ethics.
Ethics is not important in the business environment.
Ethics is not important in the business environment.
Ethical responsibilities are limited to legal compliance according to the text.
Ethical responsibilities are limited to legal compliance according to the text.
What distinguishes ethics from other practical decisions within business?
What distinguishes ethics from other practical decisions within business?
In the context of ethics, what do social sciences primarily focus on according to the text?
In the context of ethics, what do social sciences primarily focus on according to the text?
What type of reasoning do philosophers emphasize in the context of ethics, according to the text?
What type of reasoning do philosophers emphasize in the context of ethics, according to the text?
What does ethics seek an account of in relation to human behavior?
What does ethics seek an account of in relation to human behavior?
How does the text describe the focus of ethics compared to social sciences in relation to human decision making?
How does the text describe the focus of ethics compared to social sciences in relation to human decision making?
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