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DSST Business Ethics And Society

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1. What is a way in which government interventions in the economy can be beneficial to consumers?
Random drug testing of employees is allowed in all cases
Product safety regulations - Import tariffs
Decide the benefits of releasing the software now outweight the costs - & present the product as finished
NIMBY (not in my backyard)

2. 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?
All are correct guidelines
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
Ensure worker safety
Stage 2 people are concerned with obtaining rewards

3. What would NOT be illegal under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act?
Facilitating payment
Pure Food & Drug Act (in 1906 to force food producing industries to practice sanitation)
If workers were loyal - punctual - & had at least decently efficient they could expect to keep their jobs & perhaps even advance over time.
If a co. pays a low level official to ensure that their employees receive work visas more quickly than normal

4. What is NOT a type of discrimination investigated by the EEOC?
All are ways businesses are regulated
Stage 2 people are concerned with obtaining rewards
Any program which seeks to reverse the effects of any form of discrimination
Education

5. What is NOT an unethical pricing strategy?
A piece of code which spreads from computer to computer & can disrupt computer functions.
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Price cancellation
Goodwill (good reputation makes co. worth more)

6. What of the following is TRUE?
Philanthropic
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)
Oil spill
An NDA would be appropriate in all situations

7. What situation would be considered moral under Kantian theory?
It is messages sent electronicaly to a large # of people - it is unsolicited - It can be send through mail - instant messaging - blogs - & other electronic methods
Telling the truth because you think it is the right thing to do
A grease payment make things that would normally occur happen at a faster rate
Regulate how a co should manage certain processes that pollute the environment

8. Fossil fuels are?
Kerr-McGee (plutonium tampering)
Discrimination
Non-renewal resources
They can only sell stock amounting to a 10 M value at a time

9. What case established that is was how actions were interpreted that matter in sexual harassment cases?
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc
NDA (non-disclosure agreements are legal & binding)
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Product - Place - Promotion - & Price

10. Some people believe that women earn less than men because female held jobs have been historically devalued - & that women should be given equal pay for equal work. This belief called?
Dumpster diving
Nepotism (considering the interests of family ahead of what is best for the business)
Taxes negatively impact efficient economic operations by driving a wedge between businesses & customers. However - they are often necessary
Comparable worth

11. What statement is TRUE?
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters
Price cancellation
Environmental equilibrium
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.

12. What is NOT regulated by the FDA?
Telling the truth because you think it is the right thing to do
Product - Place - Promotion - & Price
Illegal drugs (drugs are monitored by DEA)
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

13. Does the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act include grease payments?
Stage 4 (people are motivated primarily by authority such as law)
Discontinue the sale of the textbooks because as a general rule the practice is not unconditional
No - grease payments are not considered bribes & are therefore not illegal under the FCPA
Sexual discrimination

14. An ombudsman is?
Patriot Act
Stage 1 (person most concerned with avoiding punishment)
An intermediary who investigates complaints against a group
Pre-conventional (main goal of a person is survival. justification of actions comes from understanding punishment & reward system)

15. What is true about spam?
Reputation
It is messages sent electronicaly to a large # of people - it is unsolicited - It can be send through mail - instant messaging - blogs - & other electronic methods
Self reference criterion
All would be addressed in an NDA

16. What statement BEST describes attitudes toward outsourcing?
Outsourcing is often criticized however it can have many economic benefits because it allows companies to produce at a lower cost.
Logos - jingles - & brand names can all be ex. of trademarks
OSHA
Board of Directors

17. Who is best known for creating the categorical imperative?
Although video surveillance is essentially unrestricted there are limits to an employers use of audio surveillance
To ensure & protect public health & safety
Decide the benefits of releasing the software now outweight the costs - & present the product as finished
Immanuel Kant

18. The term glass ceiling related to which employer-employee relations issue?
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc
Self reference criterion
Discrimination

19. What is NOT an attempt at creating a universal ethical standard?
KPCS (they work to reduce circulation of conflict diamonds)
The act did all
Universal Ethics Protocol organization
Outsourcing is unanimously agreed to be a beneficial process.

20. What moral theory considers the action resulting in the greatest benefit to all people as the most moral action?
Act utilitarianism
Government regulations are always detrimental because the economy is self-correcting
Democratic leadership style
Act utilitarianism (called maximizing utility)

21. What types of contributions to a political campaign have donations limits imposed by law?
Hard money
An intermediary who investigates complaints against a group
True statement teleological ethics an actions morality is determined based on its consequences. type of consequentialism.
60 days

22. What statement is TRUE?
To lower greenhouse gas emissions
Money that is donated to political parties for the purpose of party building activities
Sustainable development emphasizes the development of new & innovative technologies to reduce the overuse of natural resources
A grease payment make things that would normally occur happen at a faster rate

23. The origins of the FDA can be traces to what ACT?
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
Utilitarianism (focus on considering the benefit & costs & if benefits are greater than costs then action is moral)
Misstating financial statements
Pure Food & Drug Act (in 1906 to force food producing industries to practice sanitation)

24. What would NOT be addressed in a Non-disclosure agreement?
Ensure worker safety
All would be addressed in an NDA
An NDA would be appropriate in all situations
All are possible benefits

25. What group would not be considered a stakeholder?
All are stakeholders
A person has the right to remove documents about themselves from government records
Laws regulating consumer protection
Government regulations are always detrimental because the economy is self-correcting

26. the merger between Delta Air Lines & Northwest Airlines raised concerns about what?
Stage 2 people are concerned with obtaining rewards
Non-point source contributions
To ensure & protect public health & safety
Monopolies

27. What is regulated by FDA?
If workers were loyal - punctual - & had at least decently efficient they could expect to keep their jobs & perhaps even advance over time.
The study of designing more comfortably or easily used equipment
A move toward equality among all races in issues related to environmental hazards
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)

28. Which co was NOT implicated in the early 2000s?
All were implicated in scandals (Enron - Coca-Cola - Tyco International)
Authoritative (leader makes decisions & tells employees what their responsibilities are)
Pump & dump
A grease payment make things that would normally occur happen at a faster rate

29. Command & control regulations?
The act did all
Ethical egosim (states if it benefits the person then it is the right thing to do)
Regulate how a co should manage certain processes that pollute the environment
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

30. What is NOT a guideline set forth by Supreme court to be used in creating affirmative action programs?
Legal
Random drug testing of employees is allowed in all cases
Restore stakeholder confidence in the securities market after a series of scandals in the early 2000s
All are correct guidelines

31. What statement best describes the difference between corporate intelligence & corpirate espionage?
Corporate intelligence involves legally gathering information about a co. & corporate espionage involves illegally gathering information about a co.
All are stakeholders
Sets forth standards for management in relations with labor unions
It is messages sent electronicaly to a large # of people - it is unsolicited - It can be send through mail - instant messaging - blogs - & other electronic methods

32. Ergonomics is?
Any program which seeks to reverse the effects of any form of discrimination
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the business)
Board of Directors
The study of designing more comfortably or easily used equipment

33. What best describes soft money?
Money that is donated to political parties for the purpose of party building activities
Consequentialism (considers the consequences of an action & the extent to which they benefit society in determining morality)
It is unanimously agreed that there is a dire need for it in todays society
Kerr-McGee (plutonium tampering)

34. What is NOT illegal?
Kerr-McGee (plutonium tampering)
Pump & dump
Statistical discrimination - Unintentional discrimination
Authoritative (leader makes decisions & tells employees what their responsibilities are)

35. The fact that in many cases a company's worth is greater than the value of its tangible assets is referred to as?
Environmental equilibrium
The study of designing more comfortably or easily used equipment
Goodwill (good reputation makes co. worth more)
Laws regulating consumer protection

36. What type of information is complied to answer a specific question?
Ad hoc (means for this)
Logos - jingles - & brand names can all be ex. of trademarks
Help developing countries stregthen their economics
Regulate how a co should manage certain processes that pollute the environment

37. What is NOT a conflict of interest?
When a person or co. trades goods or services in place of money.
All are conflicts of interest
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
All are related to government & business interactions

38. The intent of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act was to?
Taxes negatively impact efficient economic operations by driving a wedge between businesses & customers. However - they are often necessary
Ensure worker safety
A grease payment make things that would normally occur happen at a faster rate
Restore stakeholder confidence in the securities market after a series of scandals in the early 2000s

39. If a resource is used at the same rate at which it can be replenished it is describes as?
Environmental equilibrium
Monopolies
Civil case (feel their rights have been violated)
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc

40. What agency does not relate in some manner to international trade?
All are ways businesses are regulated
EEOC (has to do with employment in US)
Civil case (feel their rights have been violated)
Education

41. What is NOT a responsibility that should be considreed by businesses?
Money that is donated to political parties for the purpose of party building activities
Fidiciary
It is messages sent electronicaly to a large # of people - it is unsolicited - It can be send through mail - instant messaging - blogs - & other electronic methods
It requires employers to give workers notice before mass layoffs so that they can prepare

42. What is NOT a rule for creating maxims under Kantian ethics?
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)
Environmental equilibrium
NDA (non-disclosure agreements are legal & binding)
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)

43. What is NOT related to the interactions that occur between government & business?
To ensure & protect public health & safety
OSHA
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
All are related to government & business interactions

44. What is NOT a way in which business's are regulated?
Statistical discrimination - Unintentional discrimination
All are ways businesses are regulated
All are correct guidelines
All are conflicts of interest

45. Karen Silkwood is associated with?
The WTO is governed by a conference of Secretariats with one Secretariat from each country
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)
Kerr-McGee (plutonium tampering)
Ensure worker safety

46. What is best ex. of point secure pollution?
Ethical egosim (states if it benefits the person then it is the right thing to do)
Oil spill
The study of designing more comfortably or easily used equipment
Goodwill (good reputation makes co. worth more)

47. What is NOT legally required in management relations with labor unions?
Although video surveillance is essentially unrestricted there are limits to an employers use of audio surveillance
Pay raises
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the business)
That management agrees to terms set forth by labor unions

48. A person is given the opportunity to volunteer at local food bank. They consider the other things they could do with that time. Decide to do volunteer work. What type of ethical theory does their thought process & decision follow?
Government regulations are always detrimental because the economy is self-correcting
Act utilitarianism
An NDA would be appropriate in all situations
Pump & dump

49. An employee of a donut shop does not steal donuts because they are afraid they would get fired if they did. Which of Kohlbergs stages are they in?
They can only sell stock amounting to a 10 M value at a time
Utilitarianism (focus on considering the benefit & costs & if benefits are greater than costs then action is moral)
Stage 1 (person most concerned with avoiding punishment)
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)

50. Business ethics is?
Outsourcing is often criticized however it can have many economic benefits because it allows companies to produce at a lower cost.
An attempt to apply moral & ethical principles to business actions
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
All are conflicts of interest