Law Midterm
Name: ________________________ Class: ___________________ Date: __________
ID: A
Business Law Mid-Term (Chapters 1-4)
Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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1. 1. Select the best definition of ethics:
a.
c.
the right of all persons to have the same access to the law and courts.
b.
____
a fundamental principle of fairness in all legal matters. a set of principles of right conduct. d.
group of rights and procedures to provide fairness, unhampered by the narrow strictures of the old common law or other technical requirements of the law.
2. Choose the statement regarding duty to rescue that is false:
a.
Under a liberal–communitarian approach, citizens owe a duty to the state to rescue other citizens based on reciprocal rights and duties. b.
____
There is no general duty to rescue c. an individual.
One basis for not imposing individual rescue liability is: An individual should have a right of freedom of action, privacy and personal autonomy not to intervene and perform rescue.
Bigan was legally responsible through his acts and deeds, for placing Yania in the perilous position and owed him a duty of rescue. d.
3. Which of the following views on outsourcing would be consistent with the free market ethics
approach advocated by Milton Friedman?
a.
Outsourcing is detrimental to the economy because it limits profitability. c.
Outsourcing enhances competitiveness, modernization, and bigger market opportunities.
b.
Outsourcing decreases efficiency and productivity.
d.
Automating processes and replacing workers is unethical since it does not serve a greater good. 1
Name: ________________________
____
ID: A
4. Assuming a business ethical dilemma, which statement best illustrates Gilligan approach suggested
in her theory of “The Ethics of Care”?
a.
care and responsibility
ID: A
Business Law Mid-Term (Chapters 1-4)
Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
____
1. 1. Select the best definition of ethics:
a.
c.
the right of all persons to have the same access to the law and courts.
b.
____
a fundamental principle of fairness in all legal matters. a set of principles of right conduct. d.
group of rights and procedures to provide fairness, unhampered by the narrow strictures of the old common law or other technical requirements of the law.
2. Choose the statement regarding duty to rescue that is false:
a.
Under a liberal–communitarian approach, citizens owe a duty to the state to rescue other citizens based on reciprocal rights and duties. b.
____
There is no general duty to rescue c. an individual.
One basis for not imposing individual rescue liability is: An individual should have a right of freedom of action, privacy and personal autonomy not to intervene and perform rescue.
Bigan was legally responsible through his acts and deeds, for placing Yania in the perilous position and owed him a duty of rescue. d.
3. Which of the following views on outsourcing would be consistent with the free market ethics
approach advocated by Milton Friedman?
a.
Outsourcing is detrimental to the economy because it limits profitability. c.
Outsourcing enhances competitiveness, modernization, and bigger market opportunities.
b.
Outsourcing decreases efficiency and productivity.
d.
Automating processes and replacing workers is unethical since it does not serve a greater good. 1
Name: ________________________
____
ID: A
4. Assuming a business ethical dilemma, which statement best illustrates Gilligan approach suggested
in her theory of “The Ethics of Care”?
a.
care and responsibility