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DSST Business Ethics And Society

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1. The CEO of a co works to raise stock prices because they will get a bonus if the stock prices increases by a certain %. Which of Kohlberg's stages are they in?
A strong focus on developing core values
Pure Food & Drug Act (in 1906 to force food producing industries to practice sanitation)
Stage 2 people are concerned with obtaining rewards
Stage 4 (people are motivated primarily by authority such as law)

2. The Tyco scandal is associated with which ACT?
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Enquiring about off duty activities
Democratic leadership style

3. Does the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act include grease payments?
The act did all
Product - Place - Promotion - & Price
Allows an orgin site to send information to a computers browser
No - grease payments are not considered bribes & are therefore not illegal under the FCPA

4. A noisy withdrawal would be done by?
Education
Lawyers
60 days
The primary factor in sexual harassment cases is the intent of the action

5. What of the following is TRUE?
Act utilitarianism (called maximizing utility)
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)
Facilitating payment
When a lawyer withdraws legal representation for their client & notifies the proper authorities

6. What would NOT be addressed in a Non-disclosure agreement?
Price cancellation
Kerr-McGee (plutonium tampering)
All would be addressed in an NDA
A manager must consider which group of stakeholders is the most important to please & then work towards developing positive long term relationships with that group

7. What is NOT a way in which business's are regulated?
All are ways businesses are regulated
Non-point source contributions
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc
If a co. pays a low level official to ensure that their employees receive work visas more quickly than normal

8. What is the responsibility of the FDA?
To ensure & protect public health & safety
Authoritative (leader makes decisions & tells employees what their responsibilities are)
OSHA
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)

9. The EEOC investiges violations of the?
They can only sell stock amounting to a 10 M value at a time
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Consequentialism (considers the consequences of an action & the extent to which they benefit society in determining morality)
Ethical relativism (no universal set of moral they are determined by the state & opinion in which one lives)

10. Implied falsity?
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)
Advertising which involves technically true claims which are misleading by nature.
Environmental equilibrium
Conflict diamonds

11. Hard money is?
A move toward equality among all races in issues related to environmental hazards
Any program which seeks to reverse the effects of any form of discrimination
Lawyers
Donated to a candidates campaign

12. If a person were to sue a co. for not fulfilling a contractual obligation it would be?
A system of accountability - oversight - & control within the company
Civil case (feel their rights have been violated)
Universal imperative
Facilitating payment

13. What statement is FALSE?
Random drug testing of employees is allowed in all cases
Any program which seeks to reverse the effects of any form of discrimination
When a person or co. trades goods or services in place of money.
Employers may use subjective considerations for hiring as long as they do not produce a discriminatory environment

14. According to teleological ethics an action's morality is determined based on its consequences?
That management agrees to terms set forth by labor unions
True statement teleological ethics an actions morality is determined based on its consequences. type of consequentialism.
Oil spill
Non-point source contributions

15. Oversight refers to?
Patriot Act
Finding ways to eliminate the opportunities for employees to act unethically
To lower greenhouse gas emissions
All were implicated in scandals (Enron - Coca-Cola - Tyco International)

16. What is NOT an example of an in kind contribution?
They can only sell stock amounting to a 10 M value at a time
A strong focus on developing core values
Oil spill
Donating money to a humanitarian organizaiton for the purchase of blankets

17. Karen Silkwood is associated with?
It is unanimously agreed that there is a dire need for it in todays society
Although video surveillance is essentially unrestricted there are limits to an employers use of audio surveillance
Kantian ethics (is deontological determines morality based on the morality of the action itself)
Kerr-McGee (plutonium tampering)

18. Noisy withdrawal is?
A system of accountability - oversight - & control within the company
Act utilitarianism
Help developing countries stregthen their economics
When a lawyer withdraws legal representation for their client & notifies the proper authorities

19. What moral theory is NOT consequentialist?
Sustainable development emphasizes the development of new & innovative technologies to reduce the overuse of natural resources
Restore stakeholder confidence in the securities market after a series of scandals in the early 2000s
Illegal drugs (drugs are monitored by DEA)
Kantian ethics (is deontological determines morality based on the morality of the action itself)

20. A software designer knows there are some minor problems with the software they are develoing. However - if they wait to declare the product finished - it will not be released before another similar products - which would be highly damaging to its suc
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc
Decide the benefits of releasing the software now outweight the costs - & present the product as finished
Oil spill
A move toward equality among all races in issues related to environmental hazards

21. Cost benefit considerations would be most typical of what type of ethics?
The only ethical regulation s businesses follow are mandated by the government
All are examples of corporate espionage
Utilitarianism (focus on considering the benefit & costs & if benefits are greater than costs then action is moral)
Ad hoc (means for this)

22. What case established that is was how actions were interpreted that matter in sexual harassment cases?
It requires employers to give workers notice before mass layoffs so that they can prepare
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc
Pump & dump
Because Dukes could not proves all women employees faced discrimination practices

23. Command & control regulations?
Laws regulating consumer protection
Regulate how a co should manage certain processes that pollute the environment
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not
Kerr-McGee (plutonium tampering)

24. What moral theory considers the action resulting in the greatest benefit to all people as the most moral action?
Restore stakeholder confidence in the securities market after a series of scandals in the early 2000s
Sexual harassment
Act utilitarianism (called maximizing utility)
Through PACS

25. A person helps an old lady across the street because they think that it is the right thing to do - & makes them feel useful & happy. Which of Kohlbergs stages are they in?
Facilitating payment
Post conventional (person is ruled by conscience instead of society)
They can only sell stock amounting to a 10 M value at a time
Although video surveillance is essentially unrestricted there are limits to an employers use of audio surveillance

26. Utilitarianism is a type of?
Pre-conventional (main goal of a person is survival. justification of actions comes from understanding punishment & reward system)
Philanthropic
Consequentialism (considers the consequences of an action & the extent to which they benefit society in determining morality)
To ensure & protect public health & safety

27. What did the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act NOT do?
Outsourcing is often criticized however it can have many economic benefits because it allows companies to produce at a lower cost.
When a person or co. trades goods or services in place of money.
Price cancellation
The act did all

28. What act conflicts with the Privacy Act of 1974?
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not
Patriot Act
Discontinue the sale of the textbooks because as a general rule the practice is not unconditional

29. What is a way in which government interventions in the economy can be beneficial to consumers?
KPCS (they work to reduce circulation of conflict diamonds)
Employers may use subjective considerations for hiring as long as they do not produce a discriminatory environment
Product safety regulations - Import tariffs
Restore stakeholder confidence in the securities market after a series of scandals in the early 2000s

30. What statement is NOT true?
Any program which seeks to reverse the effects of any form of discrimination
Government regulations are always detrimental because the economy is self-correcting
Outsourcing is unanimously agreed to be a beneficial process.
Any company that is caught bluffing in negotiations for government contracts is immediately brought under investigation by the SEC & those involved may face criminal charges.

31. An ombudsman is?
An intermediary who investigates complaints against a group
They can only sell stock amounting to a 10 M value at a time
Act utilitarianism
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)

32. What is NOT an example of how corporate espionage can occur?
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.
KPCS (they work to reduce circulation of conflict diamonds)
All are examples of corporate espionage
Outsourcing is unanimously agreed to be a beneficial process.

33. A lawyer knows their client is guilty but defends them anyway. This falls under which type of ethics?
Regulate how a co should manage certain processes that pollute the environment
Legal
Ethical relativism (no universal set of moral they are determined by the state & opinion in which one lives)
All are related to government & business interactions

34. What theiry claims that person should only act in their own best interst?
Meeting with senators - representative - staff members or other important people to persuade them to vote how you wish them to
If workers were loyal - punctual - & had at least decently efficient they could expect to keep their jobs & perhaps even advance over time.
Ethical egosim (states if it benefits the person then it is the right thing to do)
NIMBY (not in my backyard)

35. A child cleans their room so they will be allowed to go to a friends house. Which of Kohlbergs stages are they in?
Immanuel Kant
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)
When a lawyer withdraws legal representation for their client & notifies the proper authorities
Pre-conventional (main goal of a person is survival. justification of actions comes from understanding punishment & reward system)

36. Ergonomics is?
All would be addressed in an NDA
It is unanimously agreed that there is a dire need for it in todays society
The study of designing more comfortably or easily used equipment
Logos - jingles - & brand names can all be ex. of trademarks

37. Protections for workers from workplace hazard are regulated & mandated by what agency?
A system of accountability - oversight - & control within the company
OSHA
Monopolies
Corporate intelligence involves legally gathering information about a co. & corporate espionage involves illegally gathering information about a co.

38. What is NOT a benefit which can come to companies as a result of substainable business practices?
Facilitating payment
All are possible benefits
Ad hoc (means for this)
If a co. pays a low level official to ensure that their employees receive work visas more quickly than normal

39. If a resource is used at the same rate at which it can be replenished it is describes as?
The WTO is governed by a conference of Secretariats with one Secretariat from each country
Goodwill (good reputation makes co. worth more)
An intermediary who investigates complaints against a group
Environmental equilibrium

40. Fossil fuels are?
Any company that is caught bluffing in negotiations for government contracts is immediately brought under investigation by the SEC & those involved may face criminal charges.
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Philanthropic
Non-renewal resources

41. What is NOT a result of a shift to the new social contract?
Statistical discrimination - Unintentional discrimination
Philanthropic
Oil spill
Pay raises

42. The Dukes vs. Walmart case involves which issue?
Sexual discrimination
Civil case (feel their rights have been violated)
Kerr-McGee (plutonium tampering)
A person considers an action independently of a situation & determines whether it is more often moral or immoral to determine how to classify it in all situations

43. What is NOT a legal way for employers to monitor employees?
Kantian ethics (is deontological determines morality based on the morality of the action itself)
Enquiring about off duty activities
Although video surveillance is essentially unrestricted there are limits to an employers use of audio surveillance
It is unanimously agreed that there is a dire need for it in todays society

44. What is NOT concern relative to outsourcing?
Meeting with senators - representative - staff members or other important people to persuade them to vote how you wish them to
Consequentialism (considers the consequences of an action & the extent to which they benefit society in determining morality)
All are concerns about outsourcing
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)

45. What is NOT a reason clinton's attempt at healthcare reform in the early 1990s failed?
Ethics. Most people felt the program (which charged more for the middle class people) was highly unethical & would not support it.
Conflict diamonds
Regulate how a co should manage certain processes that pollute the environment
Fidiciary

46. An employer who posted a list of weekly resonsibilities for employees to fulfill would best be described by which leadership style?
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit
Pre-conventional (main goal of a person is survival. justification of actions comes from understanding punishment & reward system)
Authoritative (leader makes decisions & tells employees what their responsibilities are)
EEOC (has to do with employment in US)

47. A grease payment can also be called?
Although video surveillance is essentially unrestricted there are limits to an employers use of audio surveillance
Facilitating payment
Allows an orgin site to send information to a computers browser
Statistical discrimination - Unintentional discrimination

48. the merger between Delta Air Lines & Northwest Airlines raised concerns about what?
Ethical relativism (no universal set of moral they are determined by the state & opinion in which one lives)
All are conflicts of interest
Monopolies
KPCS (they work to reduce circulation of conflict diamonds)

49. If people object to something being built near their homes it is referred to as?
NIMBY (not in my backyard)
A move toward equality among all races in issues related to environmental hazards
Act utilitarianism
Sexual discrimination

50. What term is synonymous with philanthropy?
Stage 4 (people are motivated primarily by authority such as law)
Corporate intelligence involves legally gathering information about a co. & corporate espionage involves illegally gathering information about a co.
Altruism (refers to placing the needs of another above oneself)
An intermediary who investigates complaints against a group