conflicts of interest exist when employees must choose whether to
advance their own personal interests, those of the organization, or those of some other group
______ are used to obtain or retain business and are not generally cnosidered illegal in the U.S.
facilitation payments
A secret agreement between two or more parties for a fraudlent, illegal, or deceitful purpose is known as
collusion
the age discriminination in employment act specifically outlaws hiring practices that discriminate against people
who are 40 and over
_________ is associated with a hostile workplace where someone considered a target is threatened, harasses, belittled, or verbally abused.
bullying
examples of consumer fraud include shoplifting, collusion, guile, and duplicity.
true
_________ is defined as any purposeful communciation that deceives, mainpulates, or conceals facts in order to create a false impression.
fraud
An ________ requires an individual to choose among several actions that have negative outcomes
ethical dilemma
an ethical issue is problem, situation, or opportunity
requiring an individual, group, or organization to choose among several actions that must be evaluated as right or wrong, ethical or unethical
an interchange of giving and receivng in social relationsups known as
reciprocity
developing ethical issue awareness is the first step toward understanding business ethics.
true
when a restaurant claims that it sells the world's best cup of coffee, it could be accused of
puffery
______ is the offering of something of value in order to gain an illicit advantage
bribery
the ______ makes its illegal for individuals, firms, or third parties doing business in American markets to "make payments to foreign government officials to assist in obtaining or retaining business.
U.S. foreign corrupt practices act (FCPA)
an employee sorts through a competing business's trash to see if there are any documents that could reveal secret information. This is a misuse of
corporate intelligence