University:
Eastern Kentucky University
Course:
BUS 204 | Fundamentals of Business Law and Ethics
Academic year:

2019
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122

Pages:

4
Author:

Trevon Bernard

Business Ethics Q & A Week 6 Question 1 According to the legal doctrine of strict product liability, Selected Answer: a manufacturer need not be negligent to be held liable for a defective product. Correct Answer: a manufacturer need not be negligent to be held liable for a defective product. Question 2 Caveat emptor means Selected Answer: let the buyer beware Correct Answer: let the buyer beware Question 3 The consumer’s main source of product information is Selected Answer: the label and package. Correct Answer: the label and package. Question 4 The goal of advertising is Selected Answer: to persuade people to purchase the product. Correct Answer: to persuade people to purchase the product. Question 5 Terms like “can be,” “as much as,” and “help,” are examples of Selected Answer: ambiguit y. Business Ethics Q & A Correct Answer: ambiguit y. Product safety is the legal and moral responsibilities of manufacturers. Selected Answer: A. True Should there be a legal limit for how much a business is legally responsible for their product safety? Yes, with stipulations for the cause and application of the suit. If the consumer had any role in the damage or injury that is deemed irresponsible, the limits are present. What is due care? Selected Answer: D. Consumers and sellers are not equals. Correct! Due care is the idea that consumers and sellers do not met as equals and that the consumers' interests are particularly vulnerable to being harmed by the manufacturer. Question 1 An ecosystem Selected Answer: can be upset by human behavior. Correct Answer: can be upset by human behavior. Question 2 Concerning future generations, Selected Answer: the social and environmental policies we adopt can affect who is born in the future Business Ethics Q & A Correct Answer: the social and environmental policies we adopt can affect who is born in the future Question 3 Animal manure Selected Answer: is a large source of pollution. Correct Answer: is a large source of pollution. Question 4 Business has considered the environment to be Selected Answer: free and nearly limitless. Correct Answer: free and nearly limitless. Question 5 An assessment of costs and benefits inevitably involves Selected Answer: value judgments and factual uncertainties Correct Answer: value judgments and factual uncertainties The doctrine of strict product liability holds that the manufacturer of a product does not have legal responsibilities to compensate the user of that product for injuries suffered. Selected Answer: B. False Business Ethics Q & A Correct! The doctrine of strict product liability holds that the manufacturer of a product has legal responsibilities' to compensate the user of that product for injuries suffered. What is legal paternalism? Selected Answer: A. The idea that the law may justifiably be used to restrict the freedom of individualism for their own good. Correct. The idea that the law may justifiably be used to restrict the freedom of individualism for their own good. Manipulative pricing is when customers are misled on a product's true cost. Selected Answer: A. True Correct! Manipulative pricing occurs when customers are misled on a product's true cost.