What Defines an Unethical and Greed-Driven Culture

question 55

Multiple Choice

What defines an unethical and greed-driven culture?

• A) Company managers and staff have little regard for ethical standards.
• B) Companies run by executives that are driven by greed and ego gratification.
• C) Executives exude the "ends-justify-the-means" mentality in pursuing overambitious operating and financial targets.
• D) Companies that adopt accounting principles that make their financial performance appear better than it really is.
• E) All of these.

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Definitions:

Crop

Of birds and some invertebrates, an enlarged portion of the esophagus that stores food.

Birds

Warm-blooded, feathered vertebrates with beaks, laying hard-shelled eggs, and capable of flight in most species.

Food Storage

The practice of keeping food in certain conditions to prevent spoilage, contamination, and to extend its shelf life.

Bile

Mixture of salts, pigments, and cholesterol produced in the liver, then stored and concentrated in the gallbladder; emulsifies fats when secreted into the small intestine.