Chapter 1 Self-Quiz

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. Bowie thinks that human beings possess a __________ that is beyond all price.

reason correct incorrect

respect correct incorrect

dignity correct incorrect

hope correct incorrect

work ethic correct incorrect

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. According to Bowie, Kant's main principle is that:

A person should be nice to others. correct incorrect

A person should tell the truth. correct incorrect

A person doing menial work should be replaced by a machine. correct incorrect

A person should be treated as an end, not merely as a means. correct incorrect

A person should be free. correct incorrect

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. In Das Kapital, Karl Marx expressed a concern about the human cost of becoming:

A wealthy entrepreneur correct incorrect

A proletarian correct incorrect

A property owner correct incorrect

An instrument of labor correct incorrect

A flight attendant correct incorrect

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. According to Norman Bowie, the main moral principle of the average American is:

All about money correct incorrect

The Golden Rule correct incorrect

The nonviolence rule correct incorrect

Shop til you drop correct incorrect

Never tell a lie correct incorrect

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. Hochschild shows that, in some professions, part of the job is managing our:

Feelings correct incorrect

Employees correct incorrect

Bodies correct incorrect

Friends correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. When the flight attendant refuses to show that she is tired or irritated, Hochschild says that she is:

Being fake correct incorrect

Being dishonest correct incorrect

Doing emotional labor correct incorrect

Doing her job correct incorrect

Doing customer service correct incorrect

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. Barry's article "The Cringing and the Craven" is mainly concerned with:

An employer's right to hire and fire as needed correct incorrect

Employees' right to freedom of expression in the workplace correct incorrect

Employees' right to skill-building and employability correct incorrect

Racial discrimination in the workplace correct incorrect

The increasing number of hours that employees spend on the job correct incorrect

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. Barry believes that if workers had greater rights to freedom of expression, then:

Employers would pressure workers with threats of punishment correct incorrect

Employees would waste more time at work talking correct incorrect

Many businesses would become less profitable correct incorrect

The economy would slow down correct incorrect

The economy could still flourish correct incorrect

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. According to Margaret Urban Walker, what is an example of a basic element that sustains human beings in a moral relationship?

Friendliness correct incorrect

Civility correct incorrect

Trust correct incorrect

A shared worldview correct incorrect

Politeness correct incorrect

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. Under principles of restorative justice, a college student who violates a drug policy might be asked to

Simply never do it again. correct incorrect

Leave campus and never return correct incorrect

Submit to surprise drug tests for the rest of the time he remains in college correct incorrect

Lead workshops on campus related to drug abuse correct incorrect

Pay a fine and remain on probation for the rest of his time in college correct incorrect

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. In the US, the core contingent workforce accounts for what percent of the total employed workforce? (8%)

1% correct incorrect

2% correct incorrect

4% correct incorrect

8% correct incorrect

15% correct incorrect

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. The Harvard Law Review article "Facial Discrimination" says that physically unattractive people:

Often face unfair treatment correct incorrect

Score lower on aptitude tests correct incorrect

Score higher on aptitude tests correct incorrect

Are more successful in school correct incorrect

Are legally protected from discrimination correct incorrect

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. The article "Facial Discrimination" suggests some ways to avoid appearance discrimination in the job interview process. Which of these is NOT suggested in the article?

The person being interviewed could sit behind a screen. correct incorrect

The job interview could happen over the telephone. correct incorrect

The employer could use affirmative action to try to hire more unattractive workers. correct incorrect

The job interviewer could pass along only job-related information to the decision maker. correct incorrect

Employers could hire based on work experience, education, and job-related aptitude tests. correct incorrect

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. Kant argues that freedom and the ability to make moral decisions are what make human beings especially valuable.

TRUE correct incorrect

FALSE correct incorrect

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. Hochschild argues that the nineteenth-century child laborer is performing emotional labor.

TRUE correct incorrect

FALSE correct incorrect

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. In the case of the flight attendant, the emotional style of offering the service is part of the service itself.

TRUE correct incorrect

FALSE correct incorrect

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. According to Hochschild, emotional labor is always a bad thing.

TRUE correct incorrect

FALSE correct incorrect

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. Barry believes that the workplace is changing so that freedom of expression is becoming less threatened.

TRUE correct incorrect

FALSE correct incorrect

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. Restorative justice is a modern concept.

TRUE correct incorrect

FALSE correct incorrect

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. Contingent work arrangements are typical only of lower-skilled jobs.

TRUE correct incorrect

FALSE correct incorrect

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. Parents and teachers usually treat unattractive children just the same as attractive ones.

TRUE correct incorrect

FALSE correct incorrect

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. The Harvard Law Review article argues that we should change traditional job interviews in order to prevent appearance discrimination.

TRUE correct incorrect

FALSE correct incorrect

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. Bowie thinks that human beings possess a __________ that is beyond all price.

reason correct incorrect

respect correct incorrect

dignity correct incorrect

hope correct incorrect

work ethic correct incorrect

* not completed

. According to Bowie, Kant's main principle is that:

A person should be nice to others. correct incorrect

A person should tell the truth. correct incorrect

A person doing menial work should be replaced by a machine. correct incorrect

A person should be treated as an end, not merely as a means. correct incorrect

A person should be free. correct incorrect

* not completed

. In Das Kapital, Karl Marx expressed a concern about the human cost of becoming:

A wealthy entrepreneur correct incorrect

A proletarian correct incorrect

A property owner correct incorrect

An instrument of labor correct incorrect

A flight attendant correct incorrect

* not completed

. According to Norman Bowie, the main moral principle of the average American is:

All about money correct incorrect

The Golden Rule correct incorrect

The nonviolence rule correct incorrect

Shop til you drop correct incorrect

Never tell a lie correct incorrect

* not completed

. Hochschild shows that, in some professions, part of the job is managing our:

Feelings correct incorrect

Employees correct incorrect

Bodies correct incorrect

Friends correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. When the flight attendant refuses to show that she is tired or irritated, Hochschild says that she is:

Being fake correct incorrect

Being dishonest correct incorrect

Doing emotional labor correct incorrect

Doing her job correct incorrect

Doing customer service correct incorrect

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. Barry's article "The Cringing and the Craven" is mainly concerned with:

An employer's right to hire and fire as needed correct incorrect

Employees' right to freedom of expression in the workplace correct incorrect

Employees' right to skill-building and employability correct incorrect

Racial discrimination in the workplace correct incorrect

The increasing number of hours that employees spend on the job correct incorrect

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. Barry believes that if workers had greater rights to freedom of expression, then:

Employers would pressure workers with threats of punishment correct incorrect

Employees would waste more time at work talking correct incorrect

Many businesses would become less profitable correct incorrect

The economy would slow down correct incorrect

The economy could still flourish correct incorrect

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. According to Margaret Urban Walker, what is an example of a basic element that sustains human beings in a moral relationship?

Friendliness correct incorrect

Civility correct incorrect

Trust correct incorrect

A shared worldview correct incorrect

Politeness correct incorrect

* not completed

. Under principles of restorative justice, a college student who violates a drug policy might be asked to

Simply never do it again. correct incorrect

Leave campus and never return correct incorrect

Submit to surprise drug tests for the rest of the time he remains in college correct incorrect

Lead workshops on campus related to drug abuse correct incorrect

Pay a fine and remain on probation for the rest of his time in college correct incorrect

* not completed

. In the US, the core contingent workforce accounts for what percent of the total employed workforce? (8%)

1% correct incorrect

2% correct incorrect

4% correct incorrect

8% correct incorrect

15% correct incorrect

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. The Harvard Law Review article "Facial Discrimination" says that physically unattractive people:

Often face unfair treatment correct incorrect

Score lower on aptitude tests correct incorrect

Score higher on aptitude tests correct incorrect

Are more successful in school correct incorrect

Are legally protected from discrimination correct incorrect

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. The article "Facial Discrimination" suggests some ways to avoid appearance discrimination in the job interview process. Which of these is NOT suggested in the article?

The person being interviewed could sit behind a screen. correct incorrect

The job interview could happen over the telephone. correct incorrect

The employer could use affirmative action to try to hire more unattractive workers. correct incorrect

The job interviewer could pass along only job-related information to the decision maker. correct incorrect

Employers could hire based on work experience, education, and job-related aptitude tests. correct incorrect

* not completed

. Kant argues that freedom and the ability to make moral decisions are what make human beings especially valuable.

TRUE correct incorrect

FALSE correct incorrect

* not completed

. Hochschild argues that the nineteenth-century child laborer is performing emotional labor.

TRUE correct incorrect

FALSE correct incorrect

* not completed

. In the case of the flight attendant, the emotional style of offering the service is part of the service itself.

TRUE correct incorrect

FALSE correct incorrect

* not completed

. According to Hochschild, emotional labor is always a bad thing.

TRUE correct incorrect

FALSE correct incorrect

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. Barry believes that the workplace is changing so that freedom of expression is becoming less threatened.

TRUE correct incorrect

FALSE correct incorrect

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. Restorative justice is a modern concept.

TRUE correct incorrect

FALSE correct incorrect

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. Contingent work arrangements are typical only of lower-skilled jobs.

TRUE correct incorrect

FALSE correct incorrect

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. Parents and teachers usually treat unattractive children just the same as attractive ones.

TRUE correct incorrect

FALSE correct incorrect

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. The Harvard Law Review article argues that we should change traditional job interviews in order to prevent appearance discrimination.

TRUE correct incorrect

FALSE correct incorrect