The XYZ Firm Is in Step 4 of Its Ethical

question 28

Multiple Choice

The XYZ firm is in Step 4 of its ethical decision-making process. Executives were asked to take the publicity test using an ethical-decision making metric. All scores were in the "No" column. What does this mean?

• A) The situation is not ethically troubling to the executives.
• B) The executives need to step back and reflect on how they wish to proceed.
• C) The situation is ethically troubling to the executives.
• D) The executives need to retake the test or take the moral mentor test instead.
• E) The results are invalid and the executives need to take the transparency test.

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Definitions:

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