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DSST Business Ethics And Society

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What type of information is complied to answer a specific question?
Ad hoc (means for this)
Outsourcing is often criticized however it can have many economic benefits because it allows companies to produce at a lower cost.
When a lawyer withdraws legal representation for their client & notifies the proper authorities
Corporate intelligence involves legally gathering information about a co. & corporate espionage involves illegally gathering information about a co.

2. The Alien Tort Claims Act?
Allows foreign citizens to bring a citizen of the US to trial in the US
No - grease payments are not considered bribes & are therefore not illegal under the FCPA
Money that is donated to political parties for the purpose of party building activities
Universal imperative

3. The purpose of the International Monetary Fund?
All are possible benefits
Economical
The primary factor in sexual harassment cases is the intent of the action
Prevent international trade crisis

4. If people object to something being built near their homes it is referred to as?
NIMBY (not in my backyard)
The study of designing more comfortably or easily used equipment
A system of accountability - oversight - & control within the company
Allows foreign citizens to bring a citizen of the US to trial in the US

5. 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
Donated to a candidates campaign
Prevent international trade crisis

6. How many days of notice does the WARN Act require employers to give employees?
60 days
Sexual harassment
Nepotism (considering the interests of family ahead of what is best for the business)
Goodwill (good reputation makes co. worth more)

7. The perceived 'us' vs. 'them' mentality that emerges when doing business with different cultures is referred to?
Self reference criterion
Economical
Because Delta & Northwest are not the only airlines there is not way the merge could be considered anticompetitive
Education

8. In what situation would an NDA NOT be used?
All are related to government & business interactions
They can only sell stock amounting to a 10 M value at a time
An NDA would be appropriate in all situations
It is unanimously agreed that there is a dire need for it in todays society

9. What statement best describes the difference between corporate intelligence & corpirate espionage?
Statistical discrimination - Unintentional discrimination
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters
Corporate intelligence involves legally gathering information about a co. & corporate espionage involves illegally gathering information about a co.
Monopolies

10. What statement BEST describes attitudes toward outsourcing?
Enquiring about off duty activities
Outsourcing is often criticized however it can have many economic benefits because it allows companies to produce at a lower cost.
A strong focus on developing core values
Misstating financial statements

11. 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?
Misstating financial statements
Stage 2 people are concerned with obtaining rewards
Immanuel Kant
Stage 1 (person most concerned with avoiding punishment)

12. The Kimberley Process Certification Scheme was created to stop the circulation of?
Employers may use subjective considerations for hiring as long as they do not produce a discriminatory environment
Environmental equilibrium
Conflict diamonds
Legal

13. OSHA was created to?
Illegal drugs (drugs are monitored by DEA)
The primary factor in sexual harassment cases is the intent of the action
Ensure worker safety
Discontinue the sale of the textbooks because as a general rule the practice is not unconditional

14. 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?
Ethics. Most people felt the program (which charged more for the middle class people) was highly unethical & would not support it.
Comparable worth
Finding ways to eliminate the opportunities for employees to act unethically
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not

15. What is NOT true of NAFTA?
Meeting with senators - representative - staff members or other important people to persuade them to vote how you wish them to
Comparable worth
Sexual harassment
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters

16. What correctly describes the legality of camera surveillance methods in a workplace?
Although video surveillance is essentially unrestricted there are limits to an employers use of audio surveillance
Immanuel Kant
Ad hoc (means for this)
Government regulations are always detrimental because the economy is self-correcting

17. Utilitarianism is a type of?
Consequentialism (considers the consequences of an action & the extent to which they benefit society in determining morality)
Pay raises
Non-renewal resources
An NDA would be appropriate in all situations

18. A lawyer knows their client is guilty but defends them anyway. This falls under which type of ethics?
Restore stakeholder confidence in the securities market after a series of scandals in the early 2000s
Legal
Nepotism (considering the interests of family ahead of what is best for the business)
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc

19. What is NOT a conflict of interest?
A system of accountability - oversight - & control within the company
Through PACS
Donating money to a humanitarian organizaiton for the purchase of blankets
All are conflicts of interest

20. What is true about spam?
When a lawyer withdraws legal representation for their client & notifies the proper authorities
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
Dumpster diving
A piece of code which spreads from computer to computer & can disrupt computer functions.

21. What is NOT an illegal basis of discrimination?
Education
Prevent international trade crisis
Deontological ethics (claims the morality of an action is determined by the morality of the action itself regardless of the consequences)
EEOC (has to do with employment in US)

22. Protections for workers from workplace hazard are regulated & mandated by what agency?
All are examples of corporate espionage
OSHA
A person has the right to remove documents about themselves from government records
Education

23. What BEST describes the old social contract?
Meeting with senators - representative - staff members or other important people to persuade them to vote how you wish them to
Sexual discrimination
A piece of code which spreads from computer to computer & can disrupt computer functions.
If workers were loyal - punctual - & had at least decently efficient they could expect to keep their jobs & perhaps even advance over time.

24. What is NOT an example of how corporate espionage can occur?
All are examples of corporate espionage
Price cancellation
Comparable worth
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

25. The intent of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act was to?
Pump & dump
Restore stakeholder confidence in the securities market after a series of scandals in the early 2000s
Sustainable development emphasizes the development of new & innovative technologies to reduce the overuse of natural resources
All are conflicts of interest

26. According to teleological ethics an action's morality is determined based on its consequences?
EEOC (has to do with employment in US)
True statement teleological ethics an actions morality is determined based on its consequences. type of consequentialism.
Employers may use subjective considerations for hiring as long as they do not produce a discriminatory environment
Ad hoc (means for this)

27. Does the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act include grease payments?
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit
Dumpster diving
No - grease payments are not considered bribes & are therefore not illegal under the FCPA
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not

28. What is NOT concern relative to outsourcing?
All are concerns about outsourcing
Because Dukes could not proves all women employees faced discrimination practices
A person has the right to remove documents about themselves from government records
Discontinue the sale of the textbooks because as a general rule the practice is not unconditional

29. Oversight refers to?
The WTO is governed by a conference of Secretariats with one Secretariat from each country
Finding ways to eliminate the opportunities for employees to act unethically
Through PACS
No - grease payments are not considered bribes & are therefore not illegal under the FCPA

30. What moral theory is NOT consequentialist?
Kantian ethics (is deontological determines morality based on the morality of the action itself)
Government regulations are always detrimental because the economy is self-correcting
Act utilitarianism (called maximizing utility)
60 days

31. Ethical & philanthropic responsibilities are important in building?
Comparable worth
EEOC (has to do with employment in US)
Reputation
Immanuel Kant

32. the merger between Delta Air Lines & Northwest Airlines raised concerns about what?
Monopolies
Misstating financial statements
Fidiciary
A strong focus on developing core values

33. What of the following is TRUE?
Regulate how a co should manage certain processes that pollute the environment
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
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.
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)

34. What is NOT a right outlined in the Privacy Act of 1974?
Allows an orgin site to send information to a computers browser
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
Outside employment where a person has 2 jobs which conflict with each other
A person has the right to remove documents about themselves from government records

35. A noisy withdrawal would be done by?
Kerr-McGee (plutonium tampering)
Consequentialism (considers the consequences of an action & the extent to which they benefit society in determining morality)
Lawyers
Dumpster diving

36. In the case of Watson vs. Fort Worth Bank & Trust the court ruled?
It requires employers to give workers notice before mass layoffs so that they can prepare
Employers may use subjective considerations for hiring as long as they do not produce a discriminatory environment
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)
All were implicated in scandals (Enron - Coca-Cola - Tyco International)

37. What best describes in kind contribution?
Discrimination
When a person or co. trades goods or services in place of money.
When a lawyer withdraws legal representation for their client & notifies the proper authorities
Discontinue the sale of the textbooks because as a general rule the practice is not unconditional

38. What statement about Corporate Social Responsibility is FALSE?
It is unanimously agreed that there is a dire need for it in todays society
Pure Food & Drug Act (in 1906 to force food producing industries to practice sanitation)
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)

39. What is NOT illegal?
Stage 2 people are concerned with obtaining rewards
A piece of code which spreads from computer to computer & can disrupt computer functions.
Outsourcing is unanimously agreed to be a beneficial process.
Statistical discrimination - Unintentional discrimination

40. What is NOT a way in which business's are regulated?
Outsourcing is often criticized however it can have many economic benefits because it allows companies to produce at a lower cost.
The act did all
All are ways businesses are regulated
The primary factor in sexual harassment cases is the intent of the action

41. What is the purpose of the WARN Act?
It requires employers to give workers notice before mass layoffs so that they can prepare
Immanuel Kant
They can only sell stock amounting to a 10 M value at a time
Sets forth standards for management in relations with labor unions

42. What case established that is was how actions were interpreted that matter in sexual harassment cases?
Nepotism (considering the interests of family ahead of what is best for the business)
All are conflicts of interest
Utilitarianism (focus on considering the benefit & costs & if benefits are greater than costs then action is moral)
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc

43. What statement is FALSE?
If a co. pays a low level official to ensure that their employees receive work visas more quickly than normal
Although video surveillance is essentially unrestricted there are limits to an employers use of audio surveillance
Utilitarianism (focus on considering the benefit & costs & if benefits are greater than costs then action is moral)
Random drug testing of employees is allowed in all cases

44. Business with a mindset of the customer is always right often find themselves subject to more of which type of fraud?
Donated to a candidates campaign
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the business)
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit
It requires employers to give workers notice before mass layoffs so that they can prepare

45. The Fair Labor Standards Act?
Fidiciary
All were implicated in scandals (Enron - Coca-Cola - Tyco International)
Sets forth standards for management in relations with labor unions
It requires employers to give workers notice before mass layoffs so that they can prepare

46. The origins of the FDA can be traces to what ACT?
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)
EEOC (has to do with employment in US)
The considerations of large co about the well being of society when they make business decisions
Pure Food & Drug Act (in 1906 to force food producing industries to practice sanitation)

47. The EEOC investiges violations of the?
Goodwill (good reputation makes co. worth more)
Any program which seeks to reverse the effects of any form of discrimination
Sets forth standards for management in relations with labor unions
Civil Rights Act of 1964

48. 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
Utilitarianism (focus on considering the benefit & costs & if benefits are greater than costs then action is moral)
Kerr-McGee (plutonium tampering)
Donating money to a humanitarian organizaiton for the purchase of blankets

49. What is NOT a legal way for employers to monitor employees?
Restore stakeholder confidence in the securities market after a series of scandals in the early 2000s
Altruism (refers to placing the needs of another above oneself)
Universal imperative
Enquiring about off duty activities

50. What is the stakeholder model of corporate governance?
Authoritative (leader makes decisions & tells employees what their responsibilities are)
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
To lower greenhouse gas emissions
Because Delta & Northwest are not the only airlines there is not way the merge could be considered anticompetitive