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DSST Business Ethics And Society

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1. What statement best describes the difference between corporate intelligence & corpirate espionage?
The only ethical regulation s businesses follow are mandated by the government
Decide the benefits of releasing the software now outweight the costs - & present the product as finished
Legal
Corporate intelligence involves legally gathering information about a co. & corporate espionage involves illegally gathering information about a co.

2. What moral theory considers the action resulting in the greatest benefit to all people as the most moral action?
Enquiring about off duty activities
All are conflicts of interest
Act utilitarianism (called maximizing utility)
Non-renewal resources

3. What is NOT true of the WTO?
No - grease payments are not considered bribes & are therefore not illegal under the FCPA
The WTO is governed by a conference of Secretariats with one Secretariat from each country
Price cancellation
Pump & dump

4. Karen Silkwood is associated with?
Kerr-McGee (plutonium tampering)
Post conventional (person is ruled by conscience instead of society)
Environmental equilibrium
Because Delta & Northwest are not the only airlines there is not way the merge could be considered anticompetitive

5. What does NOT focus on increasing the ethical awareness of employees & strengthening the ethical culture of a workplace?
Democratic leadership style
An attempt to apply moral & ethical principles to business actions
All are stakeholders
OSHA

6. What statement about Corporate Social Responsibility is FALSE?
Post conventional (person is ruled by conscience instead of society)
Democratic leadership style
Oil spill
It is unanimously agreed that there is a dire need for it in todays society

7. Arable land is used for?
Sexual discrimination
Government regulations are always detrimental because the economy is self-correcting
Farming (suitable for agricultural use)
Pure Food & Drug Act (in 1906 to force food producing industries to practice sanitation)

8. Ergonomics is?
Authoritative (leader makes decisions & tells employees what their responsibilities are)
The study of designing more comfortably or easily used equipment
Nepotism (considering the interests of family ahead of what is best for the business)
Help developing countries stregthen their economics

9. The president of the co must decide whethere to continue to sell textbooks that he knows have incorrect information in them or not. Considered from standpoint of Kantian ethics the president would most likely?
Discontinue the sale of the textbooks because as a general rule the practice is not unconditional
True statement teleological ethics an actions morality is determined based on its consequences. type of consequentialism.
Telling the truth because you think it is the right thing to do
Meeting with senators - representative - staff members or other important people to persuade them to vote how you wish them to

10. What statement is FALSE about merger between Delta Air Lines & Northwest Airlines in 2008?
Illegal drugs (drugs are monitored by DEA)
Because Delta & Northwest are not the only airlines there is not way the merge could be considered anticompetitive
Regulate how a co should manage certain processes that pollute the environment
Hard money

11. What is NOT a rule for creating maxims under Kantian ethics?
Taxes negatively impact efficient economic operations by driving a wedge between businesses & customers. However - they are often necessary
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)
Sexual discrimination
A grease payment make things that would normally occur happen at a faster rate

12. Lobbying is?
Patriot Act
Consequentialism (considers the consequences of an action & the extent to which they benefit society in determining morality)
All are examples of corporate espionage
Meeting with senators - representative - staff members or other important people to persuade them to vote how you wish them to

13. What is the stakeholder model of corporate governance?
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc
To ensure & protect public health & safety
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.
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

14. What is NOT true of NAFTA?
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters
Product - Place - Promotion - & Price
Self reference criterion
Ethical egosim (states if it benefits the person then it is the right thing to do)

15. If a person owns a cupcake business & works in a cupcake factory - what type of conflict of interest is it considered?
When a person or co. trades goods or services in place of money.
All would be addressed in an NDA
Outside employment where a person has 2 jobs which conflict with each other
Random drug testing of employees is allowed in all cases

16. The Dukes vs. Walmart case involves which issue?
Universal imperative
Discontinue the sale of the textbooks because as a general rule the practice is not unconditional
Sexual discrimination
KPCS (they work to reduce circulation of conflict diamonds)

17. The Alien Tort Claims Act?
Authoritative (leader makes decisions & tells employees what their responsibilities are)
Allows foreign citizens to bring a citizen of the US to trial in the US
Pure Food & Drug Act (in 1906 to force food producing industries to practice sanitation)
Ethics. Most people felt the program (which charged more for the middle class people) was highly unethical & would not support it.

18. Ethical & philanthropic responsibilities are important in building?
Reputation
Non-renewal resources
Immanuel Kant
All were implicated in scandals (Enron - Coca-Cola - Tyco International)

19. Oversight refers to?
Education
Finding ways to eliminate the opportunities for employees to act unethically
Democratic leadership style
Outsourcing is unanimously agreed to be a beneficial process.

20. What act conflicts with the Privacy Act of 1974?
All are stakeholders
Patriot Act
Although video surveillance is essentially unrestricted there are limits to an employers use of audio surveillance
Legal

21. A conflict of interest?
An attempt to apply moral & ethical principles to business actions
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
Random drug testing of employees is allowed in all cases
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit

22. If people object to something being built near their homes it is referred to as?
NIMBY (not in my backyard)
True statement teleological ethics an actions morality is determined based on its consequences. type of consequentialism.
All are correct guidelines
KPCS (they work to reduce circulation of conflict diamonds)

23. Which act makes it illegal for US citizens to participate in bribes?
Authoritative (leader makes decisions & tells employees what their responsibilities are)
Through PACS
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
Ethical egosim (states if it benefits the person then it is the right thing to do)

24. What are conflict diamonds?
The only ethical regulation s businesses follow are mandated by the government
Diamonds which are sold with the purpose of funding insurrection or war.
When a person or co. trades goods or services in place of money.
Through PACS

25. What aid employers in keeping information private?
Monopolies
Discrimination
NDA (non-disclosure agreements are legal & binding)
Ethical egosim (states if it benefits the person then it is the right thing to do)

26. The term glass ceiling related to which employer-employee relations issue?
All are possible benefits
Discrimination
NDA (non-disclosure agreements are legal & binding)
Employers may use subjective considerations for hiring as long as they do not produce a discriminatory environment

27. The purpose of the International Monetary Fund?
Pre-conventional (main goal of a person is survival. justification of actions comes from understanding punishment & reward system)
Meeting with senators - representative - staff members or other important people to persuade them to vote how you wish them to
Prevent international trade crisis
Conflict diamonds

28. Does the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act include grease payments?
No - grease payments are not considered bribes & are therefore not illegal under the FCPA
A grease payment make things that would normally occur happen at a faster rate
Enquiring about off duty activities
All are possible benefits

29. What term describes a moral theory which derives morality from actions?
Deontological ethics (claims the morality of an action is determined by the morality of the action itself regardless of the consequences)
Environmental equilibrium
Help developing countries stregthen their economics
All are concerns about outsourcing

30. What did the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act NOT do?
Monopolies
The act did all
True statement teleological ethics an actions morality is determined based on its consequences. type of consequentialism.
Sexual discrimination

31. What is NOT an example of how corporate espionage can occur?
All are ways businesses are regulated
To lower greenhouse gas emissions
All are examples of corporate espionage
Ethics. Most people felt the program (which charged more for the middle class people) was highly unethical & would not support it.

32. What is environmental justice?
Stage 4 (people are motivated primarily by authority such as law)
Sexual harassment
A move toward equality among all races in issues related to environmental hazards
Immanuel Kant

33. OSHA was created to?
Monopolies
Ensure worker safety
Regulate how a co should manage certain processes that pollute the environment
Stage 4 (people are motivated primarily by authority such as law)

34. What is NOT a reason clinton's attempt at healthcare reform in the early 1990s failed?
Diamonds which are sold with the purpose of funding insurrection or war.
Ethics. Most people felt the program (which charged more for the middle class people) was highly unethical & would not support it.
Post conventional (person is ruled by conscience instead of society)
Sets forth standards for management in relations with labor unions

35. The perceived 'us' vs. 'them' mentality that emerges when doing business with different cultures is referred to?
It is unanimously agreed that there is a dire need for it in todays society
Product - Place - Promotion - & Price
Self reference criterion
All would be addressed in an NDA

36. What is NOT illegal?
Board of Directors
Deontological ethics (claims the morality of an action is determined by the morality of the action itself regardless of the consequences)
Statistical discrimination - Unintentional discrimination
Authoritative (leader makes decisions & tells employees what their responsibilities are)

37. What is NOT a way that government can influence businesses?
Ensure worker safety
Ad hoc (means for this)
Through PACS
Advertising which involves technically true claims which are misleading by nature.

38. What best describes soft money?
Government regulations are always detrimental because the economy is self-correcting
Education
Money that is donated to political parties for the purpose of party building activities
The act did all

39. What is NOT a form of marketing fraud?
The WTO is governed by a conference of Secretariats with one Secretariat from each country
Misstating financial statements
Altruism (refers to placing the needs of another above oneself)
Act utilitarianism

40. What theory claims that ethical beliefs are determined by the society in which one lives?
Outsourcing is unanimously agreed to be a beneficial process.
All are related to government & business interactions
Ethical relativism (no universal set of moral they are determined by the state & opinion in which one lives)
Sustainable development emphasizes the development of new & innovative technologies to reduce the overuse of natural resources

41. What is NOT an illegal basis of discrimination?
Facilitating payment
Education
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
A person has the right to remove documents about themselves from government records

42. What statement is TRUE?
An intermediary who investigates complaints against a group
All are ways businesses are regulated
Price cancellation
Taxes negatively impact efficient economic operations by driving a wedge between businesses & customers. However - they are often necessary

43. What is NOT an unethical pricing strategy?
An intermediary who investigates complaints against a group
Non-point source contributions
Price cancellation
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

44. What is NOT concern relative to outsourcing?
Consequentialism (considers the consequences of an action & the extent to which they benefit society in determining morality)
All are concerns about outsourcing
Sustainable development emphasizes the development of new & innovative technologies to reduce the overuse of natural resources
Education

45. What statement is NOT true?
Ad hoc (means for this)
Outsourcing is unanimously agreed to be a beneficial process.
NIMBY (not in my backyard)
Conflict diamonds

46. A manager implements new safety procedures because they feel obligated to protect the safety of their employees. Which of Kolhbergs stages does this describe?
Price cancellation
Comparable worth
Stage 5 People act because they feel an obligation to society
It requires employers to give workers notice before mass layoffs so that they can prepare

47. What is NOT a legal way for employers to monitor employees?
Corporate intelligence involves legally gathering information about a co. & corporate espionage involves illegally gathering information about a co.
Outsourcing is unanimously agreed to be a beneficial process.
Enquiring about off duty activities
Reputation

48. What is a way in which government interventions in the economy can be beneficial to consumers?
Product safety regulations - Import tariffs
Restore stakeholder confidence in the securities market after a series of scandals in the early 2000s
Comparable worth
Education

49. What is NOT a way in which business's are regulated?
An attempt to apply moral & ethical principles to business actions
Fidiciary
Kerr-McGee (plutonium tampering)
All are ways businesses are regulated

50. An employer who posted a list of weekly resonsibilities for employees to fulfill would best be described by which leadership style?
NIMBY (not in my backyard)
Altruism (refers to placing the needs of another above oneself)
Authoritative (leader makes decisions & tells employees what their responsibilities are)
Stage 5 People act because they feel an obligation to society