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When translated, caveat emptor means "let the buyer beware."

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Relationships with customers and coworkers rarely create ethical problems.

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Most authorities agree that business ethics should be improved.

Business ethics rarely involves the application of moral standards to the business activity of a normal company.

All bribes are unethical.

An effective program for social responsibility takes time, money, and organization.

Consumers will probably pay in large part for cleaning up our environment through increased taxes or increased product costs.

Air and water quality may be improving, but land pollution is still a serious problem in many areas.

Improved water quality is not only necessary, it is attainable at no cost.

One way a social responsibility program can be funded is by passing on the cost to the consumer in the form of higher prices.

People exposed to loud noises for a long time can suffer permanent hearing loss.

The right to service entitles consumers to convenience, courtesy, and responsiveness from manufacturers and sellers of consumer products.

Ethical behavior is most likely to be compromised when the personal ethics of businesspeople are high.

The $1.6 billion Superfund created in 1980 is to be used to develop successful ways of storing land pollutants.

The field of business ethics applies moral standards to business situations.

There are many more socially responsible businesses today than there were ten years ago.

A code of ethics is a written guide to acceptable and ethical behavior as defined by an organization.

The fundamental issues concerning land pollution are how to restore already contaminated land and how to prevent further contamination.

A key step in developing and implementing a social responsibility program is the environmental audit.

Those who "blow whistles" sometimes lose their jobs.