At LBK Industries, Responsibility for Quality Control Rests with a Team

question 36

Multiple Choice

At LBK Industries, responsibility for quality control rests with a team of quality control inspectors and supervisors rather than with employees. LBK uses what type of organizational control?

• A) Matrix control
• B) Hierarchical control
• C) Decentralized control
• D) Bottom-up control
• E) Balanced control

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Definitions:

Absolute Obligation

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Ethical Theory

The branch of philosophy that involves systematizing, defending, and recommending concepts of right and wrong conduct.

Virtue Ethics

The ethical system which proposes that a decision is ethical when it promotes positive character traits such as honesty, courage, or fairness.

Categorical Imperatives

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