Name and describe the five types of ethical climates.
What will be an ideal response?
Instrumental climates follow the principle of ethical egotism. Ethical egotists make
decisions based on selfish interests that serve the individual and his or her immediate
group and organization. Caring climates emphasize concern or care for others. Law and
order climates are driven by external criteria such as professional codes of conduct. Rules
climates are governed by the policies, rules, and procedures developed in the organization.
Independence climates give members wide latitude to make their own decisions.
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Careful monitoring of an organization's internal and external environment to detect early signs of opportunities and threats that may influence the firm's plans is called
A. competitive intelligence. B. forecasting. C. contingency planning. D. trend analysis. E. environmental scanning.
The author distinguishes between the Accounting Information System and the management Information System based on
a. whether the transactions are financial or nonfinancial b. whether discretionary or nondiscretionary reports are prepared c. the end users of the reports d. the organizational structure of the business
An organization’s ___________ is a description of how the organization intends to compete or provide value to its customers.
What will be an ideal response?
Each year, the U.S. Army shoots an estimated 200 million rounds of lead bullets at target practice areas across the United States. Pentagon officials, in response to environmentalists' concerns over lead poisoning in the soil, have invested over $12 million to develop an environmentally safe tungsten bullet. This is an example of one of the outcomes of ________.
A. Naderism B. marketing ethics C. consumerism D. cause marketing E. self-regulation