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DSST Business Ethics And Society

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1. What is more typical of a values oriented ethical program that a compliance oriented ethics program?
Lawyers
An intermediary who investigates complaints against a group
Because Delta & Northwest are not the only airlines there is not way the merge could be considered anticompetitive
A strong focus on developing core values

2. 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?
Comparable worth
60 days
Ethical relativism (no universal set of moral they are determined by the state & opinion in which one lives)
Meeting with senators - representative - staff members or other important people to persuade them to vote how you wish them to

3. The purpose of the World Bank is?
Conflict diamonds
Help developing countries stregthen their economics
True statement teleological ethics an actions morality is determined based on its consequences. type of consequentialism.
Taxes negatively impact efficient economic operations by driving a wedge between businesses & customers. However - they are often necessary

4. According to teleological ethics an action's morality is determined based on its consequences?
True statement teleological ethics an actions morality is determined based on its consequences. type of consequentialism.
A strong focus on developing core values
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)

5. Hard money is?
Donated to a candidates campaign
All were implicated in scandals (Enron - Coca-Cola - Tyco International)
Environmental equilibrium
To ensure & protect public health & safety

6. A manager implements new safety procedures because they feel obligated to protect the safety of their employees. Which of Kolhbergs stages does this describe?
Stage 5 People act because they feel an obligation to society
Outsourcing is unanimously agreed to be a beneficial process.
Monopolies
Donated to a candidates campaign

7. Which act makes it illegal for US citizens to participate in bribes?
Civil Rights Act of 1964
To ensure & protect public health & safety
They can only sell stock amounting to a 10 M value at a time
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

8. Protections for workers from workplace hazard are regulated & mandated by what agency?
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
If a co. pays a low level official to ensure that their employees receive work visas more quickly than normal
All are concerns about outsourcing
OSHA

9. The Alien Tort Claims Act?
Allows foreign citizens to bring a citizen of the US to trial in the US
The considerations of large co about the well being of society when they make business decisions
Employers may use subjective considerations for hiring as long as they do not produce a discriminatory environment
Donated to a candidates campaign

10. What moral theory considers the action resulting in the greatest benefit to all people as the most moral action?
Post conventional (person is ruled by conscience instead of society)
All are conflicts of interest
Act utilitarianism (called maximizing utility)
Telling the truth because you think it is the right thing to do

11. What statement is NOT true?
Authoritative (leader makes decisions & tells employees what their responsibilities are)
Laws regulating consumer protection
Outsourcing is unanimously agreed to be a beneficial process.
Taxes negatively impact efficient economic operations by driving a wedge between businesses & customers. However - they are often necessary

12. What describes a type of conflict of interest where a broker owns securities & spreads rumors about them to make the price go up - then sells them before the price goes back down?
Pump & dump
Misstating financial statements
The considerations of large co about the well being of society when they make business decisions
All are stakeholders

13. A business practices underhanded accounting practices to raise stock prices & make money. Which type of ethics does this fall under?
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)
Pay raises
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc
Economical

14. Cost benefit considerations would be most typical of what type of ethics?
Utilitarianism (focus on considering the benefit & costs & if benefits are greater than costs then action is moral)
Democratic leadership style
Hard money
Ensure worker safety

15. What is NOT true of the WTO?
Pay raises
The WTO is governed by a conference of Secretariats with one Secretariat from each country
Lawyers
Stage 2 people are concerned with obtaining rewards

16. The Dukes vs. Walmart case involves which issue?
Sets forth standards for management in relations with labor unions
Employers may use subjective considerations for hiring as long as they do not produce a discriminatory environment
Sexual discrimination
The act did all

17. What is a way in which government interventions in the economy can be beneficial to consumers?
Restore stakeholder confidence in the securities market after a series of scandals in the early 2000s
Allows foreign citizens to bring a citizen of the US to trial in the US
Non-renewal resources
Product safety regulations - Import tariffs

18. Utilitarianism is a type of?
Laws regulating consumer protection
Stage 2 people are concerned with obtaining rewards
Consequentialism (considers the consequences of an action & the extent to which they benefit society in determining morality)
Sexual harassment

19. What is NOT an ex. of social engineering?
Dumpster diving
Pre-conventional (main goal of a person is survival. justification of actions comes from understanding punishment & reward system)
Nepotism (considering the interests of family ahead of what is best for the business)
No - grease payments are not considered bribes & are therefore not illegal under the FCPA

20. What is a standard that aides companies in improving their environmental practices?
Pay raises
Enquiring about off duty activities
Lawyers
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)

21. What is the responsibility of the FDA?
To ensure & protect public health & safety
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)
NIMBY (not in my backyard)
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.

22. What BEST describes affirmative action?
Stage 4 (people are motivated primarily by authority such as law)
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)
Any program which seeks to reverse the effects of any form of discrimination
Employers may use subjective considerations for hiring as long as they do not produce a discriminatory environment

23. The intent of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act was to?
Prevent international trade crisis
Democratic leadership style
To lower greenhouse gas emissions
Restore stakeholder confidence in the securities market after a series of scandals in the early 2000s

24. What is NOT a benefit which can come to companies as a result of substainable business practices?
All are possible benefits
A piece of code which spreads from computer to computer & can disrupt computer functions.
Advertising which involves technically true claims which are misleading by nature.
Facilitating payment

25. What statement is TRUE?
A grease payment make things that would normally occur happen at a faster rate
That management agrees to terms set forth by labor unions
Illegal drugs (drugs are monitored by DEA)
Civil case (feel their rights have been violated)

26. Business with a mindset of the customer is always right often find themselves subject to more of which type of fraud?
It is unanimously agreed that there is a dire need for it in todays society
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the business)
All are concerns about outsourcing
Although video surveillance is essentially unrestricted there are limits to an employers use of audio surveillance

27. What is NOT true of NAFTA?
Donated to a candidates campaign
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the business)
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters
Reputation

28. Which co was NOT implicated in the early 2000s?
All were implicated in scandals (Enron - Coca-Cola - Tyco International)
Discontinue the sale of the textbooks because as a general rule the practice is not unconditional
Stage 1 (person most concerned with avoiding punishment)
Product safety regulations - Import tariffs

29. Who is best known for creating the categorical imperative?
Immanuel Kant
Stage 1 (person most concerned with avoiding punishment)
Monopolies
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

30. Karen Silkwood is associated with?
Because Dukes could not proves all women employees faced discrimination practices
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters
All are concerns about outsourcing
Kerr-McGee (plutonium tampering)

31. If a person were to sue a co. for not fulfilling a contractual obligation it would be?
Donated to a candidates campaign
All are concerns about outsourcing
Civil case (feel their rights have been violated)
When a person or co. trades goods or services in place of money.

32. What correctly describes the legality of camera surveillance methods in a workplace?
When a person or co. trades goods or services in place of money.
Corporate intelligence involves legally gathering information about a co. & corporate espionage involves illegally gathering information about a co.
Although video surveillance is essentially unrestricted there are limits to an employers use of audio surveillance
Outside employment where a person has 2 jobs which conflict with each other

33. A conflict of interest?
Education
Monopolies
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit
Oil spill

34. A stable state economy is in a state of?
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.
Reputation
Comparable worth
Environmental equilibrium

35. What is regulated by FDA?
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)
They can only sell stock amounting to a 10 M value at a time
Sexual harassment
True statement teleological ethics an actions morality is determined based on its consequences. type of consequentialism.

36. What act conflicts with the Privacy Act of 1974?
Post conventional (person is ruled by conscience instead of society)
Patriot Act
A grease payment make things that would normally occur happen at a faster rate
If workers were loyal - punctual - & had at least decently efficient they could expect to keep their jobs & perhaps even advance over time.

37. What case established that is was how actions were interpreted that matter in sexual harassment cases?
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc
Hard money
Stage 2 people are concerned with obtaining rewards
It requires employers to give workers notice before mass layoffs so that they can prepare

38. the merger between Delta Air Lines & Northwest Airlines raised concerns about what?
Monopolies
KPCS (they work to reduce circulation of conflict diamonds)
It requires employers to give workers notice before mass layoffs so that they can prepare
All are related to government & business interactions

39. What is NOT a legal way for employers to monitor employees?
Enquiring about off duty activities
Oil spill
The WTO is governed by a conference of Secretariats with one Secretariat from each country
Donating money to a humanitarian organizaiton for the purchase of blankets

40. Ethical & philanthropic responsibilities are important in building?
Laws regulating consumer protection
When a person or co. trades goods or services in place of money.
True statement teleological ethics an actions morality is determined based on its consequences. type of consequentialism.
Reputation

41. What is NOT illegal?
Authoritative (leader makes decisions & tells employees what their responsibilities are)
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the business)
The considerations of large co about the well being of society when they make business decisions
Statistical discrimination - Unintentional discrimination

42. The perceived 'us' vs. 'them' mentality that emerges when doing business with different cultures is referred to?
No - grease payments are not considered bribes & are therefore not illegal under the FCPA
Environmental equilibrium
Self reference criterion
If a co. pays a low level official to ensure that their employees receive work visas more quickly than normal

43. What is NOT related to the interactions that occur between government & business?
If workers were loyal - punctual - & had at least decently efficient they could expect to keep their jobs & perhaps even advance over time.
Outsourcing is unanimously agreed to be a beneficial process.
All are related to government & business interactions
Economical

44. An ombudsman is?
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)
Meeting with senators - representative - staff members or other important people to persuade them to vote how you wish them to
An intermediary who investigates complaints against a group
Democratic leadership style

45. What statement is FALSE about merger between Delta Air Lines & Northwest Airlines in 2008?
Decide the benefits of releasing the software now outweight the costs - & present the product as finished
Sustainable development emphasizes the development of new & innovative technologies to reduce the overuse of natural resources
Because Delta & Northwest are not the only airlines there is not way the merge could be considered anticompetitive
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

46. What does NOT focus on increasing the ethical awareness of employees & strengthening the ethical culture of a workplace?
Democratic leadership style
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)
Environmental equilibrium
An attempt to apply moral & ethical principles to business actions

47. Arable land is used for?
Farming (suitable for agricultural use)
Pure Food & Drug Act (in 1906 to force food producing industries to practice sanitation)
Because Dukes could not proves all women employees faced discrimination practices
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.

48. What statement is TRUE?
Taxes negatively impact efficient economic operations by driving a wedge between businesses & customers. However - they are often necessary
When a person or co. trades goods or services in place of money.
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.
Product safety regulations - Import tariffs

49. Command & control regulations?
Goodwill (good reputation makes co. worth more)
Consequentialism (considers the consequences of an action & the extent to which they benefit society in determining morality)
Random drug testing of employees is allowed in all cases
Regulate how a co should manage certain processes that pollute the environment

50. What is NOT a regulation for insiders trading stock?
An intermediary who investigates complaints against a group
An NDA would be appropriate in all situations
Board of Directors
They can only sell stock amounting to a 10 M value at a time