单选题 Business ethics are also the principles of conduct by which a company operates. This includes how the company owners want to manage the business and how the owners expect the employees to conduct themselves. Actions that result in civil lawsuits, criminal liability, or that simply damage the reputation of a business can all be considered examples of bad business ethics.
Dishonesty is a common example of bad business ethics. For example, if a company makes false claims in its advertising, the company is being dishonest to its customers. Making false advertising claims and failing to replace damaged or defective products or to refund their purchase price are examples of bad business ethics that can give a company a poor reputation and that can lead to civil lawsuits.
Many businesses have gained a bad reputation just by being in business. To some people, businesses are interested in making money, and that is the bottom line. It could be called capital ism in its purest form. Making money is not wrong in itself. It is the manner in which some businesses conduct themselves that brings up the question of ethical behavior.
Many global businesses, including most of the major brands that the public use, can be seen not to think too highly of good business ethics. Many major brands have been fined millions for breaking ethical business laws. Money is the major deciding factor.
Many companies have broken anti-trust, ethical and environmental laws and received fines worth millions. The problem is that the amount of money these companies are making outweighs the fines applied. Billion dollar profits blind the companies to their lack of business ethics, and the dollar sign wins.
A business may be a multi-million seller, but does it use good business ethics and do people care? Business ethics should eliminate exploitation, from the sweat shop children who are making sneakers to the coffee serving staff who are being ripped off in wages. Business ethics can be applied to everything from the trees cut down to make the paper that a business sells to the ramifications of importing coffee from certain countries.
In the end, it may be up to the public to make sure that a company adheres to correct business ethics. If the company is making large amounts of money, they may not wish to pay too close attention to their ethical behavior. There are many companies that pride themselves in their correct business ethics, but in this competitive world, they are becoming very few and far between.

单选题 Which of the following is not true about the business ethics?
A. It is the behavior that a business adheres to in its daily dealings with the world.
B. It includes the moral principles or codes a company implements to ensure that all individuals working in the company act with acceptable behavior.
C. It is the principles of conduct by which a company operates.
D. It has nothing to do with advertising and a reasonable cost for the quality of the product.

单选题 Why does the author say "many businesses have gained a bad reputation just by being in business" in the 4th paragraph?
A. Because the business ethics is considered to be an oxymoron.
B. Because making money is not wrong in itself.
C. Because a company can not make money and simultaneously adhere to the business ethics.
D. Because many companies did not mean to violate the business ethics.

单选题 Which is main reason why so many companies do not adhere to business ethics?
A. Billion dollar profits blind the companies to their lack of business ethics
B. Making money and profits should ignore the business ethics.
C. The amount of the fines is not even worth mentioning when compared with profits.
D. Many companies lack the consciousness of the business ethics.

单选题 What is considered to be a dishonesty?
A. Companies received fines because it makes false claims in its advertising.
B. Companies recall the defective products or to refund their purchase price.
C. Companies conceal the deficiency of products.
D. Companies become the link in the chain of unethical businesses.

单选题 What does the author suggest to deal with the ethics violation?
A. Business ethics should eliminate exploitation
B. The authority is urged to give stricter levels of punishment.
C. Companies should pride themselves in their correct business ethics.
D. Public should put pressure on those bad business ethics.

单选题 Which is not one of the phenomena in the present business world?
A. Many popular companies have been fined time and time again.
B. It is considered that businesses are interested in making money.
C. The issue of business ethics has garnered increased attention.
D. Those which adhere to business ethics are becoming very few and far between.