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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 is NOT a conflict of interest?
Post conventional (person is ruled by conscience instead of society)
All are conflicts of interest
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc
A person has the right to remove documents about themselves from government records

2. What is true about spam?
True statement teleological ethics an actions morality is determined based on its consequences. type of consequentialism.
OSHA
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
Pump & dump

3. What statement is TRUE?
If workers were loyal - punctual - & had at least decently efficient they could expect to keep their jobs & perhaps even advance over time.
Post conventional (person is ruled by conscience instead of society)
When a person or co. trades goods or services in place of money.
Sustainable development emphasizes the development of new & innovative technologies to reduce the overuse of natural resources

4. What would NOT be addressed in a Non-disclosure agreement?
NIMBY (not in my backyard)
NDA (non-disclosure agreements are legal & binding)
All would be addressed in an NDA
The primary factor in sexual harassment cases is the intent of the action

5. What is NOT an unethical pricing strategy?
Meeting with senators - representative - staff members or other important people to persuade them to vote how you wish them to
Price cancellation
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.
Farming (suitable for agricultural use)

6. What group would not be considered a stakeholder?
Act utilitarianism
All are stakeholders
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
An NDA would be appropriate in all situations

7. What is NOT concern relative to outsourcing?
An attempt to apply moral & ethical principles to business actions
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
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit
All are concerns about outsourcing

8. An ombudsman is?
Donating money to a humanitarian organizaiton for the purchase of blankets
Goodwill (good reputation makes co. worth more)
Pump & dump
An intermediary who investigates complaints against a group

9. If a resource is used at the same rate at which it can be replenished it is describes as?
Pre-conventional (main goal of a person is survival. justification of actions comes from understanding punishment & reward system)
A system of accountability - oversight - & control within the company
They can only sell stock amounting to a 10 M value at a time
Environmental equilibrium

10. What term describes a moral theory which derives morality from actions?
Environmental equilibrium
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
Statistical discrimination - Unintentional discrimination
Deontological ethics (claims the morality of an action is determined by the morality of the action itself regardless of the consequences)

11. What is NOT a result of a shift to the new social contract?
Pay raises
Kerr-McGee (plutonium tampering)
Fidiciary
If a co. pays a low level official to ensure that their employees receive work visas more quickly than normal

12. Fast food places do not pay their workers less than minimum wage because it is against the law. Which of Kohlbergs stages does this describe?
Restore stakeholder confidence in the securities market after a series of scandals in the early 2000s
Environmental equilibrium
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not
Stage 4 (people are motivated primarily by authority such as law)

13. What statement is FALSE about merger between Delta Air Lines & Northwest Airlines in 2008?
OSHA
Logos - jingles - & brand names can all be ex. of trademarks
Because Delta & Northwest are not the only airlines there is not way the merge could be considered anticompetitive
Advertising which involves technically true claims which are misleading by nature.

14. The term quid pro quo related to what issue?
Sexual harassment
Price cancellation
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
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

15. A cookie?
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)
Prevent international trade crisis
Allows an orgin site to send information to a computers browser
Authoritative (leader makes decisions & tells employees what their responsibilities are)

16. What is NOT related to the interactions that occur between government & business?
Patriot Act
All are related to government & business interactions
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Although video surveillance is essentially unrestricted there are limits to an employers use of audio surveillance

17. 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
Diamonds which are sold with the purpose of funding insurrection or war.
Allows foreign citizens to bring a citizen of the US to trial in the US
Decide the benefits of releasing the software now outweight the costs - & present the product as finished
If workers were loyal - punctual - & had at least decently efficient they could expect to keep their jobs & perhaps even advance over time.

18. What moral theory considers the action resulting in the greatest benefit to all people as the most moral action?
Act utilitarianism (called maximizing utility)
Comparable worth
The study of designing more comfortably or easily used equipment
Farming (suitable for agricultural use)

19. The Dukes vs. Walmart case involves which issue?
Monopolies
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)
Comparable worth
Sexual discrimination

20. What did the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act NOT do?
The act did all
Patriot Act
To lower greenhouse gas emissions
Discrimination

21. What is NOT true of the WTO?
It is unanimously agreed that there is a dire need for it in todays society
The WTO is governed by a conference of Secretariats with one Secretariat from each country
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit

22. Karen Silkwood is associated with?
Kerr-McGee (plutonium tampering)
Fidiciary
All would be addressed in an NDA
Discrimination

23. What does NOT focus on increasing the ethical awareness of employees & strengthening the ethical culture of a workplace?
Democratic leadership style
Money that is donated to political parties for the purpose of party building activities
A strong focus on developing core values
All are possible benefits

24. Considered from an ethical standpoint - MNCs should?
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not
Goodwill (good reputation makes co. worth more)
Stage 2 people are concerned with obtaining rewards
When a lawyer withdraws legal representation for their client & notifies the proper authorities

25. What case established that is was how actions were interpreted that matter in sexual harassment cases?
Government regulations are always detrimental because the economy is self-correcting
Meeting with senators - representative - staff members or other important people to persuade them to vote how you wish them to
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc
Money that is donated to political parties for the purpose of party building activities

26. Implied falsity?
All are stakeholders
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)
Advertising which involves technically true claims which are misleading by nature.
No - grease payments are not considered bribes & are therefore not illegal under the FCPA

27. What theory claims that ethical beliefs are determined by the society in which one lives?
Product safety regulations - Import tariffs
The considerations of large co about the well being of society when they make business decisions
A person has the right to remove documents about themselves from government records
Ethical relativism (no universal set of moral they are determined by the state & opinion in which one lives)

28. Who has legal responsibility for a company's actions in a corporation?
Altruism (refers to placing the needs of another above oneself)
All are conflicts of interest
Regulate how a co should manage certain processes that pollute the environment
Board of Directors

29. What agency does not relate in some manner to international trade?
Ethics. Most people felt the program (which charged more for the middle class people) was highly unethical & would not support it.
EEOC (has to do with employment in US)
Utilitarianism (focus on considering the benefit & costs & if benefits are greater than costs then action is moral)
All would be addressed in an NDA

30. The fact that in many cases a company's worth is greater than the value of its tangible assets is referred to as?
Pump & dump
Ad hoc (means for this)
Consequentialism (considers the consequences of an action & the extent to which they benefit society in determining morality)
Goodwill (good reputation makes co. worth more)

31. What is a way in which government interventions in the economy can be beneficial to consumers?
Product safety regulations - Import tariffs
Fidiciary
Reputation
Civil case (feel their rights have been violated)

32. The Fair Labor Standards Act?
Sets forth standards for management in relations with labor unions
To ensure & protect public health & safety
Prevent international trade crisis
All are related to government & business interactions

33. The purpose of the World Bank is?
Help developing countries stregthen their economics
If workers were loyal - punctual - & had at least decently efficient they could expect to keep their jobs & perhaps even advance over time.
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)

34. What is NOT a type of imperative considered under Kantian ethics?
The WTO is governed by a conference of Secretariats with one Secretariat from each country
Kantian ethics (is deontological determines morality based on the morality of the action itself)
Universal imperative
Money that is donated to political parties for the purpose of party building activities

35. What best describes rule utilitarianism?
All are ways businesses are regulated
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
They can only sell stock amounting to a 10 M value at a time
Ensure worker safety

36. The origins of the FDA can be traces to what ACT?
Product - Place - Promotion - & Price
Pure Food & Drug Act (in 1906 to force food producing industries to practice sanitation)
A strong focus on developing core values
Taxes negatively impact efficient economic operations by driving a wedge between businesses & customers. However - they are often necessary

37. What statement is TRUE?
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.
The primary factor in sexual harassment cases is the intent of the action
Economical
Through PACS

38. What aid employers in keeping information private?
The considerations of large co about the well being of society when they make business decisions
Civil Rights Act of 1964
NDA (non-disclosure agreements are legal & binding)
Prevent international trade crisis

39. What statement is TRUE?
Logos - jingles - & brand names can all be ex. of trademarks
NDA (non-disclosure agreements are legal & binding)
Price cancellation
Stage 5 People act because they feel an obligation to society

40. What statement BEST describes attitudes toward outsourcing?
An NDA would be appropriate in all situations
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc
Outsourcing is often criticized however it can have many economic benefits because it allows companies to produce at a lower cost.
Education

41. What is NOT an agency responsible for protecting workers health?
KPCS (they work to reduce circulation of conflict diamonds)
Dumpster diving
Legal
Price cancellation

42. What is the purpose of the WARN Act?
Advertising which involves technically true claims which are misleading by nature.
Monopolies
It requires employers to give workers notice before mass layoffs so that they can prepare
The act did all

43. Who is best known for creating the categorical imperative?
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
Goodwill (good reputation makes co. worth more)
Discrimination
Immanuel Kant

44. A conflict of interest?
Illegal drugs (drugs are monitored by DEA)
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit
Facilitating payment
An NDA would be appropriate in all situations

45. Which act makes it illegal for US citizens to participate in bribes?
Facilitating payment
Board of Directors
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
Altruism (refers to placing the needs of another above oneself)

46. What is NOT a legal way for employers to monitor employees?
An attempt to apply moral & ethical principles to business actions
Enquiring about off duty activities
Price cancellation
Regulate how a co should manage certain processes that pollute the environment

47. What statement best describes the difference between corporate intelligence & corpirate espionage?
Through PACS
Corporate intelligence involves legally gathering information about a co. & corporate espionage involves illegally gathering information about a co.
Discontinue the sale of the textbooks because as a general rule the practice is not unconditional
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc

48. What statement is FALSE?
Goodwill (good reputation makes co. worth more)
Nepotism (considering the interests of family ahead of what is best for the business)
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)
Random drug testing of employees is allowed in all cases

49. A lawyer knows their client is guilty but defends them anyway. This falls under which type of ethics?
Legal
Prevent international trade crisis
Money that is donated to political parties for the purpose of party building activities
Pay raises

50. What BEST describes the old social contract?
Ethics. Most people felt the program (which charged more for the middle class people) was highly unethical & would not support it.
Donating money to a humanitarian organizaiton for the purchase of blankets
If workers were loyal - punctual - & had at least decently efficient they could expect to keep their jobs & perhaps even advance over time.
Through PACS