Health-Tech Materials Is a Firm That Manufactures Medical Equipment Purchased

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Health-Tech Materials is a firm that manufactures medical equipment purchased by hospitals and clinics. The firm employs over 2,500 workers in its two manufacturing facilities located in Texas and Arizona. Recently, Health-Tech dismissed a number of employees for ethics violations ranging from improper Internet usage to stealing company funds. In addition, the firm has been sued by two former employees for wrongful discharge. As a result, Health-Tech's top executives are evaluating the firm's hiring process, ethics training system, reward system, and disciplinary system to determine how to promote ethics and fair treatment. Health-Tech's HR department has devised a brief ethics test for employees to use when determining if their actions match Health-Tech's code of conduct. Which of the following questions is LEAST likely to be included on the ethics test?

• A)What Health-Tech employees will be affected by my actions?
• B)Will my actions reflect negatively on the image of Health-Tech?
• C)Would I perform this action if I worked for a Health-Tech competitor?
• D)Is the action I am about to perform on behalf of Health-Tech a legal one?

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Definitions:

Fear

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A painful feeling arising from the consciousness of something dishonorable, improper, or ridiculous, done by oneself or another.