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DSST Business Ethics And Society

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1. What type of information is complied to answer a specific question?
Immanuel Kant
Meeting with senators - representative - staff members or other important people to persuade them to vote how you wish them to
Act utilitarianism (called maximizing utility)
Ad hoc (means for this)

2. What statement is NOT true?
Kantian ethics (is deontological determines morality based on the morality of the action itself)
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.
Illegal drugs (drugs are monitored by DEA)
True statement teleological ethics an actions morality is determined based on its consequences. type of consequentialism.

3. What is NOT a type of loophole that developed in response to limitations placed on hard money contributions?
Non-point source contributions
Philanthropic
A move toward equality among all races in issues related to environmental hazards
Sexual harassment

4. What is NOT true of sexual harassment?
The primary factor in sexual harassment cases is the intent of the action
Altruism (refers to placing the needs of another above oneself)
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)

5. What type of responsibility is the LEAST regulated?
Non-point source contributions
Illegal drugs (drugs are monitored by DEA)
Philanthropic
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)

6. What did the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act NOT do?
The act did all
Outsourcing is often criticized however it can have many economic benefits because it allows companies to produce at a lower cost.
Stage 4 (people are motivated primarily by authority such as law)
Oil spill

7. What situation would be considered moral under Kantian theory?
Telling the truth because you think it is the right thing to do
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)
Regulate how a co should manage certain processes that pollute the environment
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.

8. The term quid pro quo related to what issue?
Corporate intelligence involves legally gathering information about a co. & corporate espionage involves illegally gathering information about a co.
Because Dukes could not proves all women employees faced discrimination practices
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
Sexual harassment

9. What is the stakeholder model of corporate governance?
Regulate how a co should manage certain processes that pollute the environment
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
Statistical discrimination - Unintentional discrimination
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.

10. What aid employers in keeping information private?
NDA (non-disclosure agreements are legal & binding)
Authoritative (leader makes decisions & tells employees what their responsibilities are)
Kerr-McGee (plutonium tampering)
Finding ways to eliminate the opportunities for employees to act unethically

11. Hard money is?
Nepotism (considering the interests of family ahead of what is best for the business)
True statement teleological ethics an actions morality is determined based on its consequences. type of consequentialism.
Donated to a candidates campaign
It requires employers to give workers notice before mass layoffs so that they can prepare

12. What act conflicts with the Privacy Act of 1974?
All are ways businesses are regulated
Goodwill (good reputation makes co. worth more)
Enquiring about off duty activities
Patriot Act

13. What term is synonymous with philanthropy?
Altruism (refers to placing the needs of another above oneself)
Logos - jingles - & brand names can all be ex. of trademarks
Post conventional (person is ruled by conscience instead of society)
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)

14. A grease payment can also be called?
Facilitating payment
A move toward equality among all races in issues related to environmental hazards
Allows foreign citizens to bring a citizen of the US to trial in the US
The only ethical regulation s businesses follow are mandated by the government

15. What agency does not relate in some manner to international trade?
Act utilitarianism (called maximizing utility)
EEOC (has to do with employment in US)
Laws regulating consumer protection
Stage 1 (person most concerned with avoiding punishment)

16. The purpose of the International Monetary Fund?
The act did all
Prevent international trade crisis
NIMBY (not in my backyard)
Education

17. Does the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act include grease payments?
A piece of code which spreads from computer to computer & can disrupt computer functions.
True statement teleological ethics an actions morality is determined based on its consequences. type of consequentialism.
No - grease payments are not considered bribes & are therefore not illegal under the FCPA
A system of accountability - oversight - & control within the company

18. 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
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit
All would be addressed in an NDA
Decide the benefits of releasing the software now outweight the costs - & present the product as finished
Education

19. The Tyco scandal is associated with which ACT?
Sexual harassment
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Discontinue the sale of the textbooks because as a general rule the practice is not unconditional
If a co. pays a low level official to ensure that their employees receive work visas more quickly than normal

20. A conflict of interest?
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
When a person or co. trades goods or services in place of money.
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.

21. Noisy withdrawal is?
Sustainable development emphasizes the development of new & innovative technologies to reduce the overuse of natural resources
Advertising which involves technically true claims which are misleading by nature.
Pure Food & Drug Act (in 1906 to force food producing industries to practice sanitation)
When a lawyer withdraws legal representation for their client & notifies the proper authorities

22. 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?
Stage 2 people are concerned with obtaining rewards
Nepotism (considering the interests of family ahead of what is best for the business)
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
A grease payment make things that would normally occur happen at a faster rate

23. The Kimberley Process Certification Scheme was created to stop the circulation of?
Conflict diamonds
Universal Ethics Protocol organization
Environmental equilibrium
All were implicated in scandals (Enron - Coca-Cola - Tyco International)

24. What is NOT an illegal basis of discrimination?
All are correct guidelines
Education
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)
Outsourcing is unanimously agreed to be a beneficial process.

25. What is NOT a reason clinton's attempt at healthcare reform in the early 1990s failed?
Deontological ethics (claims the morality of an action is determined by the morality of the action itself regardless of the consequences)
No - grease payments are not considered bribes & are therefore not illegal under the FCPA
Economical
Ethics. Most people felt the program (which charged more for the middle class people) was highly unethical & would not support it.

26. What would NOT be addressed in a Non-disclosure agreement?
Donated to a candidates campaign
All would be addressed in an NDA
Employers may use subjective considerations for hiring as long as they do not produce a discriminatory environment
Random drug testing of employees is allowed in all cases

27. 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.
Conflict diamonds
Sexual harassment
Goodwill (good reputation makes co. worth more)

28. What statement is NOT true?
Outsourcing is unanimously agreed to be a beneficial process.
Hard money
No - grease payments are not considered bribes & are therefore not illegal under the FCPA
Civil case (feel their rights have been violated)

29. What BEST describes affirmative action?
Enquiring about off duty activities
All are related to government & business interactions
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
Any program which seeks to reverse the effects of any form of discrimination

30. According to teleological ethics an action's morality is determined based on its consequences?
All are conflicts of interest
They can only sell stock amounting to a 10 M value at a time
True statement teleological ethics an actions morality is determined based on its consequences. type of consequentialism.
Lawyers

31. The FTC was created to monitor which type of regulation?
Laws regulating consumer protection
It requires employers to give workers notice before mass layoffs so that they can prepare
It is unanimously agreed that there is a dire need for it in todays society
Education

32. What is NOT a legal way for employers to monitor employees?
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the business)
Enquiring about off duty activities
All are examples of corporate espionage
A piece of code which spreads from computer to computer & can disrupt computer functions.

33. What are conflict diamonds?
Ethical egosim (states if it benefits the person then it is the right thing to do)
Diamonds which are sold with the purpose of funding insurrection or war.
Fidiciary
Immanuel Kant

34. What is NOT a conflict of interest?
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
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc
All are conflicts of interest
Restore stakeholder confidence in the securities market after a series of scandals in the early 2000s

35. What is NOT an example of an in kind contribution?
The study of designing more comfortably or easily used equipment
Reputation
Donating money to a humanitarian organizaiton for the purchase of blankets
60 days

36. If people object to something being built near their homes it is referred to as?
NIMBY (not in my backyard)
Allows an orgin site to send information to a computers browser
Finding ways to eliminate the opportunities for employees to act unethically
Post conventional (person is ruled by conscience instead of society)

37. Corporate citizenship?
The considerations of large co about the well being of society when they make business decisions
When a person or co. trades goods or services in place of money.
Universal imperative
No - grease payments are not considered bribes & are therefore not illegal under the FCPA

38. What is NOT an unethical pricing strategy?
Price cancellation
All are conflicts of interest
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the business)

39. 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?
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Post conventional (person is ruled by conscience instead of society)
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)
Ensure worker safety

40. Arable land is used for?
Ethical egosim (states if it benefits the person then it is the right thing to do)
Nepotism (considering the interests of family ahead of what is best for the business)
Farming (suitable for agricultural use)
Philanthropic

41. What is NOT an ex. of social engineering?
Stage 1 (person most concerned with avoiding punishment)
Oil spill
Post conventional (person is ruled by conscience instead of society)
Dumpster diving

42. Business with a mindset of the customer is always right often find themselves subject to more of which type of fraud?
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the business)
Kerr-McGee (plutonium tampering)
When a lawyer withdraws legal representation for their client & notifies the proper authorities
Outsourcing is often criticized however it can have many economic benefits because it allows companies to produce at a lower cost.

43. What is NOT concern relative to outsourcing?
Education
All are concerns about outsourcing
True statement teleological ethics an actions morality is determined based on its consequences. type of consequentialism.
NDA (non-disclosure agreements are legal & binding)

44. 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?
Act utilitarianism
Stage 1 (person most concerned with avoiding punishment)
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters
It is unanimously agreed that there is a dire need for it in todays society

45. What best describes rule utilitarianism?
The study of designing more comfortably or easily used equipment
Non-point source contributions
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)
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

46. If a person owns a cupcake business & works in a cupcake factory - what type of conflict of interest is it considered?
Outside employment where a person has 2 jobs which conflict with each other
Because Dukes could not proves all women employees faced discrimination practices
OSHA
Product safety regulations - Import tariffs

47. What is NOT true of NAFTA?
A move toward equality among all races in issues related to environmental hazards
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters
The WTO is governed by a conference of Secretariats with one Secretariat from each country
An intermediary who investigates complaints against a group

48. The Alien Tort Claims Act?
If workers were loyal - punctual - & had at least decently efficient they could expect to keep their jobs & perhaps even advance over time.
Through PACS
Consequentialism (considers the consequences of an action & the extent to which they benefit society in determining morality)
Allows foreign citizens to bring a citizen of the US to trial in the US

49. OSHA was created to?
Non-point source contributions
Because Delta & Northwest are not the only airlines there is not way the merge could be considered anticompetitive
Ensure worker safety
Economical

50. What is NOT a form of marketing fraud?
Decide the benefits of releasing the software now outweight the costs - & present the product as finished
Misstating financial statements
All are concerns about outsourcing
Money that is donated to political parties for the purpose of party building activities