CEA Study Guide 2026
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📚 CEA Topics to Study (69)
✍️ Sample CEA Questions & Answers
1. The 'three-legged stool' model of business ethics holds that sustainable ethical behavior requires alignment among:
The three-legged stool model identifies values, organizational systems, and individual behavior as the mutually reinforcing pillars of ethical culture.
2. Which of the following best describes 'moral courage'?
Moral courage is the disposition to act on one's ethical convictions despite fear of personal, professional, or social consequences.
3. According to CEA principles, which approach to resolving an ethical dilemma is MOST structured and reliable?
A systematic ethical decision-making framework ensures all relevant factors—stakeholders, principles, consequences—are considered in a disciplined way.
4. Which behavior by a leader most effectively builds a speak-up culture?
Leaders build speak-up cultures by demonstrating through action that raising concerns leads to genuine, visible follow-through.
5. Which ethical obligation do organizations have when they discover that their operations have caused unexpected environmental harm?
Transparency and accountability require organizations to promptly disclose environmental harm to affected parties and regulators, enabling corrective action and maintaining public trust.
6. Which of the following best describes a 'privacy by design' approach?
Privacy by design, developed by Ann Cavoukian, requires that privacy be proactively integrated into the design of systems and business practices from the very beginning.