Business Ethics and Responsibility Quiz: Entrepreneurship & Corporate Responsibility Assessment
Explores ethical decision-making in entrepreneurship and corporate settings.
Welcome to the Business Ethics and Responsibility Quiz — a focused assessment designed for entrepreneurs, business leaders, and corporate professionals who want to evaluate their approach to ethical decision-making, stakeholder engagement, and corporate social responsibility. This quiz blends practical scenarios with foundational ethics concepts to help you assess strengths and identify areas for improvement in entrepreneurship and business practices.
Taking this quiz will help you benchmark your ethical leadership, compliance orientation, and commitment to sustainability and social responsibility. Whether you are launching a startup, managing a small business, or leading a corporate team, these questions are crafted to surface actionable insights on topics such as transparency, conflict of interest, fairness, environmental responsibility, and governance.
When a lucrative contract conflicts with your company’s sustainability policy, what do you do?
Assess how you prioritize environmental responsibility versus short-term profit.
You discover a colleague has been omitting regulatory disclosures to speed up a product launch. What is your response?
Measures how you handle regulatory compliance and whistleblowing.
How do you handle a conflict of interest where a vendor is owned by a close friend?
Evaluates transparency and governance in vendor selection.
A customer raises a legitimate complaint about product safety. What is your immediate action?
Tests customer-first ethics and responsiveness.
How transparent are you about your supply chain and sourcing practices?
Measures openness with stakeholders on sourcing and labor conditions.
What training do you provide to employees on ethical decision-making?
Evaluates investment in ethics education and culture-building.
How do you ensure executive decisions align with stakeholder interests?
Checks governance mechanisms and stakeholder representation.
How do you approach pricing and profit when communities are affected by your operations?
Assesses fairness and long-term community responsibility.
When developing new products, how do you address potential ethical risks?
Measures proactive ethical design and risk assessment.
What is your company’s approach to environmental goals and reporting?
Evaluates commitment to sustainability targets and accountability.
Frequently asked questions
This quiz is ideal for entrepreneurs, small business owners, managers, executives, compliance officers, and students of business who want to assess ethical decision-making, corporate responsibility, and governance practices within entrepreneurial and corporate settings.
The quiz sums the numeric values assigned to your selected answers to produce a total score (range: -20 to 20). Higher scores indicate stronger alignment with ethical best practices, while lower scores suggest areas that need improvement in compliance, transparency, or stakeholder responsibility.
Yes. We recommend recording your score, implementing recommended changes (such as ethics training, governance updates, and sustainability initiatives), and retaking the quiz periodically to track progress and measure the impact of improvements.
The quiz provides generalized, actionable recommendations suitable for a wide range of businesses. For tailored guidance, consider industry-specific ethics consultations, legal counsel, or sustainability advisors who can adapt recommendations to your company’s size, sector, and regulatory environment.
This quiz includes 10 carefully selected scenario-based questions that cover governance, compliance, sustainability, stakeholder engagement, and leadership. Together they provide a balanced and meaningful assessment of ethical practices across entrepreneurship and corporate settings.
The quiz itself is an assessment tool. How your responses are stored or shared depends on the platform hosting this quiz. Always check the privacy policy of the platform before submitting any personal or sensitive information.
If your score falls in the 'At Risk' range, take immediate steps to review compliance policies, implement training, establish transparent reporting channels, and engage external auditors or advisors. Prioritize actions that protect customers, employees, and stakeholders while reducing legal and reputational risk.
Yes. The quiz works well as a discussion starter in leadership retreats, ethics workshops, or board meetings. Compare individual results to identify common gaps and develop collective action plans to strengthen ethical culture across your organization.
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