Question

Health-Tech Materials is a firm that manufactures medical equipment purchased by hospitals and clinics. The firm employs over 2,500 workers in its two manufacturing facilities located in Texas and Arizona. Recently, Health-Tech dismissed a number of employees for ethics violations ranging from improper Internet usage to stealing company funds. In addition, the firm has been sued by two former employees for wrongful discharge. As a result, Health-Tech's top executives are evaluating the firm's hiring process, ethics training system, reward system, and disciplinary system to determine how to promote ethics and fair treatment.
Health-Tech's HR department has devised a brief ethics test for employees to use when determining if their actions match Health-Tech's code of conduct. Which of the following questions is LEAST likely to be included on the ethics test?
A) What Health-Tech employees will be affected by my actions?
B) Will my actions reflect negatively on the image of Health-Tech?
C) Would I perform this action if I worked for a Health-Tech competitor?
D) Is the action I am about to perform on behalf of Health-Tech a legal one?

Answer 1

Answer:

Correct Answer: The least likely question to be included in the ethic test is:

A) What Health-Tech employees will be affected by my actions?

Explanation:

This is because, it does not have a direct implication to the code of conduct expected by the Health-Tech's company when compared with others. For example, seeing a fraud going on in the company, it is expected that the staff should report to the appropriate management staff irrespective of whether the action would affect the staff's friend or not.