The Major Drivers of Unethical Business Behavior Include

question 14

Multiple Choice

The major drivers of unethical business behavior include

• A) greed,pervasive managerial immorality,and a general lack of scruples on the part of top executives regarding how customers and suppliers should be treated.
• B) corporate cultures that put the bottom line ahead of ethics,heavy pressures on company managers to meet or beat performance targets,and overzealous or obsessive pursuit of wealth accumulation,power,status,and other selfish interests.
• C) widespread managerial belief in the ethical relativism school of thinking.
• D) an aversion to ethical correctness on the part of top executives and a belief that unethical behavior is unimportant and probably won't be discovered.
• E) intense competitive pressures.

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Definitions:

Response Tendencies

The habitual ways in which individuals react to different situations or stimuli, often based on past experiences or personality.

Cognition

The cognitive process of gaining understanding and knowledge via thinking, experiences, and sensory input.

Albert Bandura

A psychologist known for his work on social learning theory and the concept of self-efficacy.

Negatively Reinforced

Strengthening a behavior because a negative condition is removed or avoided as a consequence of the behavior.