CEA Global Ethics & Cultural Considerations 5

Question 1

The UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs) rest on three pillars. Which option correctly identifies all three?

Accepted Answer

State duty to protect, Corporate responsibility to respect, Access to remedy

Answer

The UNGPs' three pillars are the state's duty to protect human rights, businesses' responsibility to respect them, and access to remedy for victims.

Question 2

An ethics professional conducting due diligence for a new joint venture in Southeast Asia should FIRST:

Accepted Answer

Assess the partner's human rights record, anti-corruption practices, and alignment with company values

Answer

Thorough pre-venture ethics due diligence identifies risks before commitments are made and informs risk mitigation strategies.

Question 3

The concept of 'moral free space' in integrated social contract theory refers to:

Accepted Answer

The range of ethical choices available to communities beyond what hypernorms require or prohibit

Answer

Moral free space is the domain within which authentic community norms can vary, provided they do not violate universal hypernorms.

Question 4

A corporation operating in a country with restricted freedom of speech should, at minimum:

Accepted Answer

Avoid becoming complicit in suppressing employees' protected speech rights within the workplace

Answer

Companies have a baseline responsibility not to be complicit in human rights violations, including restrictions on legitimate speech, even where local law permits it.

Question 5

Cross-cultural ethical relativism, taken to its logical extreme, leads to the problematic conclusion that:

Accepted Answer

No culture's practices can be criticized or judged by any external standard

Answer

Extreme relativism implies that practices like slavery or torture cannot be condemned across cultures, which undermines universal human rights.

(CEA) Certified Ethics Associate Practice Test

(CEA) Certified Ethics Associate Practice Test

CEA Global Ethics & Cultural Considerations 5