Question

The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act applies to:

Group of answer choices

American companies

Companies that have been caught offering bribes in the past

Companies doing business or trading in the United States

Both (b) and (c)

All companies in the world

Knowing what one is attempting to accomplish is a helpful approach when trying to do what?

Group of answer choices

Deal with an international issue

Make a new policy

Create a new value

Sidestep an issue

Deal with any problem

It is a principle of ethics that “ought” implies “can.” What does this mean?

Group of answer choices

There are some things you ought to do, but you can’t.

You are only morally responsible for things that you ought to do.

If you can do something, you ought to do it.

You are only morally responsible for things that you are capable of doing.

There are some things you can do, but you ought not.

For every pair of shoes sold, Toms Shoes gives a pair of shoes to a child in a developing nation. What is the problem with this model of charitable giving?

Group of answer choices

The free shoes damage the local economy by undercutting local businesses.

The children don’t really need shoes.

Both (b) and (c)

The project is a short-term fix that won’t lift the community out of poverty.

All of (a), (b), and (c)

Answer 1

1. The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act applies to:

ans: Both (b) and (c)

this acts is applied to all the companies and intermediaries which are associated in conducting business in the united states territory. it prohibits them from paying bribes to foreign officials

2. Knowing what one is attempting to accomplish is a helpful approach when trying to do what?

ans: Deal with any problem

Any kind of problem whether solving international issues, making new policy or creating value, knowing what one is trying to accomplish can be helpful in solving it

3. it is a principle of ethics that “ought” implies “can.” What does this mean?

ans: You are only morally responsible for things that you ought to do.

according to this ethics principle, if you are morally obliged to the things, you ought to be