Ethics and Positive Science Quiz

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What does business ethics deal with in the business environment?

  • Goodness and badness of an act (correct)
  • Social media management
  • Legal questions only
  • Technical issues in business

What is the nature of business ethics?

  • It is primarily concerned with individual conduct
  • It is related to the conduct of business and human aspects (correct)
  • It is a form of applied mathematics
  • It is a new concept in human civilization

Why do we need to study business ethics?

  • To avoid legal issues in business operations
  • To improve social media presence
  • To maximize profits for businesses
  • To make better decisions for ourselves, businesses, and society (correct)

What is one of the key objectives of business ethics?

<p>To act as moral standards and provide advice on moral practices (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the branch of philosophy concerned with human conduct?

<p>Ethics (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which word is used to refer to well-based standards of right and wrong?

<p>Ethical (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the word 'ethos' mean in Greek?

<p>Character (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does ethics aim at?

<p>Individual and social good (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does ethics aim to determine?

<p>The good and right thing to do (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How is ethics defined in the context of human conduct?

<p>Science of the ideal involved in human life (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What distinguishes ethics from positive science?

<p>Concern with what ought to be done (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the main goal of applied ethics?

<p>To guide moral judgment in decision-making (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the main difference between positive science and ethics?

<p>Positive science deals with facts, while ethics deals with value judgments (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why is ethics considered a normative science?

<p>Because it deals with judgments of value and standards of right or wrong (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the three ideals of logic, aesthetics, and ethics respectively?

<p>Truth, beauty, and value (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How does William Shaw define business ethics?

<p>The study of what constitutes right and wrong or good and bad human conduct in a business context (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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