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DSST Business Ethics And Society

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Oversight refers to?
Diamonds which are sold with the purpose of funding insurrection or war.
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit
Education
Finding ways to eliminate the opportunities for employees to act unethically

2. Corporate citizenship?
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
The considerations of large co about the well being of society when they make business decisions
All are concerns about outsourcing

3. What case established that is was how actions were interpreted that matter in sexual harassment cases?
Non-renewal resources
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc
A system of accountability - oversight - & control within the company

4. The perceived 'us' vs. 'them' mentality that emerges when doing business with different cultures is referred to?
Goodwill (good reputation makes co. worth more)
Board of Directors
Money that is donated to political parties for the purpose of party building activities
Self reference criterion

5. What statement is TRUE?
Logos - jingles - & brand names can all be ex. of trademarks
To lower greenhouse gas emissions
When a person or co. trades goods or services in place of money.
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)

6. What would NOT be addressed in a Non-disclosure agreement?
Outside employment where a person has 2 jobs which conflict with each other
Sexual discrimination
Meeting with senators - representative - staff members or other important people to persuade them to vote how you wish them to
All would be addressed in an NDA

7. In what situation would an NDA NOT be used?
Kantian ethics (is deontological determines morality based on the morality of the action itself)
An NDA would be appropriate in all situations
Economical
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.

8. The Tyco scandal is associated with which ACT?
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Universal Ethics Protocol organization
They can only sell stock amounting to a 10 M value at a time
Dumpster diving

9. The Alien Tort Claims Act?
Allows foreign citizens to bring a citizen of the US to trial in the US
That management agrees to terms set forth by labor unions
All were implicated in scandals (Enron - Coca-Cola - Tyco International)
Fidiciary

10. What is NOT a way that government can influence businesses?
Through PACS
A move toward equality among all races in issues related to environmental hazards
Sexual harassment
Conflict diamonds

11. Who has legal responsibility for a company's actions in a corporation?
Board of Directors
It requires employers to give workers notice before mass layoffs so that they can prepare
Self reference criterion
Corporate intelligence involves legally gathering information about a co. & corporate espionage involves illegally gathering information about a co.

12. What is NOT an unethical pricing strategy?
Oil spill
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)
Kantian ethics (is deontological determines morality based on the morality of the action itself)
Price cancellation

13. What statement BEST describes attitudes toward outsourcing?
Goodwill (good reputation makes co. worth more)
Outsourcing is often criticized however it can have many economic benefits because it allows companies to produce at a lower cost.
To ensure & protect public health & safety
Pay raises

14. A stable state economy is in a state of?
Environmental equilibrium
All are examples of corporate espionage
Stage 1 (person most concerned with avoiding punishment)
The WTO is governed by a conference of Secretariats with one Secretariat from each country

15. What is NOT concern relative to outsourcing?
Kantian ethics (is deontological determines morality based on the morality of the action itself)
All are concerns about outsourcing
Non-renewal resources
EEOC (has to do with employment in US)

16. What is more typical of a values oriented ethical program that a compliance oriented ethics program?
Outsourcing is unanimously agreed to be a beneficial process.
Non-point source contributions
A strong focus on developing core values
Corporate intelligence involves legally gathering information about a co. & corporate espionage involves illegally gathering information about a co.

17. Ergonomics is?
Money that is donated to political parties for the purpose of party building activities
The study of designing more comfortably or easily used equipment
Goodwill (good reputation makes co. worth more)
Ad hoc (means for this)

18. 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?
Oil spill
Kerr-McGee (plutonium tampering)
Post conventional (person is ruled by conscience instead of society)
Facilitating payment

19. What is NOT true of NAFTA?
Conflict diamonds
A piece of code which spreads from computer to computer & can disrupt computer functions.
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters
All are examples of corporate espionage

20. The term quid pro quo related to what issue?
Sexual harassment
Self reference criterion
Meeting with senators - representative - staff members or other important people to persuade them to vote how you wish them to
Pure Food & Drug Act (in 1906 to force food producing industries to practice sanitation)

21. Business ethics is?
Universal Ethics Protocol organization
Money that is donated to political parties for the purpose of party building activities
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)
An attempt to apply moral & ethical principles to business actions

22. A child cleans their room so they will be allowed to go to a friends house. Which of Kohlbergs stages are they in?
Legal
If a co. pays a low level official to ensure that their employees receive work visas more quickly than normal
Donating money to a humanitarian organizaiton for the purchase of blankets
Pre-conventional (main goal of a person is survival. justification of actions comes from understanding punishment & reward system)

23. What statement is TRUE?
Sustainable development emphasizes the development of new & innovative technologies to reduce the overuse of natural resources
Telling the truth because you think it is the right thing to do
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.

24. If a person were to sue a co. for not fulfilling a contractual obligation it would be?
A grease payment make things that would normally occur happen at a faster rate
Corporate intelligence involves legally gathering information about a co. & corporate espionage involves illegally gathering information about a co.
Civil case (feel their rights have been violated)
True statement teleological ethics an actions morality is determined based on its consequences. type of consequentialism.

25. The origins of the FDA can be traces to what ACT?
If a co. pays a low level official to ensure that their employees receive work visas more quickly than normal
A person has the right to remove documents about themselves from government records
Pure Food & Drug Act (in 1906 to force food producing industries to practice sanitation)
Nepotism (considering the interests of family ahead of what is best for the business)

26. The FTC was created to monitor which type of regulation?
NDA (non-disclosure agreements are legal & binding)
Laws regulating consumer protection
Dumpster diving
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the business)

27. What is NOT a form of marketing fraud?
It requires employers to give workers notice before mass layoffs so that they can prepare
Ethics. Most people felt the program (which charged more for the middle class people) was highly unethical & would not support it.
The act did all
Misstating financial statements

28. 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?
Outside employment where a person has 2 jobs which conflict with each other
Legal
Oil spill
Act utilitarianism

29. What is a way in which government interventions in the economy can be beneficial to consumers?
Product safety regulations - Import tariffs
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Farming (suitable for agricultural use)
No - grease payments are not considered bribes & are therefore not illegal under the FCPA

30. What type of information is complied to answer a specific question?
Employers may use subjective considerations for hiring as long as they do not produce a discriminatory environment
The only ethical regulation s businesses follow are mandated by the government
When a person or co. trades goods or services in place of money.
Ad hoc (means for this)

31. Noisy withdrawal is?
Prevent international trade crisis
When a lawyer withdraws legal representation for their client & notifies the proper authorities
Farming (suitable for agricultural use)
Sustainable development emphasizes the development of new & innovative technologies to reduce the overuse of natural resources

32. Considered from an ethical standpoint - MNCs should?
An intermediary who investigates complaints against a group
If a co. pays a low level official to ensure that their employees receive work visas more quickly than normal
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not

33. What is NOT a right outlined in the Privacy Act of 1974?
Stage 1 (person most concerned with avoiding punishment)
Immanuel Kant
Enquiring about off duty activities
A person has the right to remove documents about themselves from government records

34. What is NOT an example of an in kind contribution?
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)
Pre-conventional (main goal of a person is survival. justification of actions comes from understanding punishment & reward system)
Donating money to a humanitarian organizaiton for the purchase of blankets
Economical

35. A conflict of interest?
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit
Facilitating payment
Corporate intelligence involves legally gathering information about a co. & corporate espionage involves illegally gathering information about a co.
A piece of code which spreads from computer to computer & can disrupt computer functions.

36. What is NOT illegal?
Product - Place - Promotion - & Price
Taxes negatively impact efficient economic operations by driving a wedge between businesses & customers. However - they are often necessary
A piece of code which spreads from computer to computer & can disrupt computer functions.
Statistical discrimination - Unintentional discrimination

37. What types of contributions to a political campaign have donations limits imposed by law?
Reputation
Statistical discrimination - Unintentional discrimination
Ethics. Most people felt the program (which charged more for the middle class people) was highly unethical & would not support it.
Hard money

38. 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?
KPCS (they work to reduce circulation of conflict diamonds)
Democratic leadership style
Comparable worth
NDA (non-disclosure agreements are legal & binding)

39. Who is best known for creating the categorical imperative?
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the business)
Immanuel Kant
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
Because Delta & Northwest are not the only airlines there is not way the merge could be considered anticompetitive

40. The EEOC investiges violations of the?
All are conflicts of interest
Sexual discrimination
Fidiciary
Civil Rights Act of 1964

41. What type of responsibility is the LEAST regulated?
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Sexual discrimination
Philanthropic
KPCS (they work to reduce circulation of conflict diamonds)

42. What statement about Corporate Social Responsibility is FALSE?
It is unanimously agreed that there is a dire need for it in todays society
The considerations of large co about the well being of society when they make business decisions
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)
The only ethical regulation s businesses follow are mandated by the government

43. The purpose of the International Monetary Fund?
All are stakeholders
Product - Place - Promotion - & Price
Prevent international trade crisis
All are possible benefits

44. What moral theory considers the action resulting in the greatest benefit to all people as the most moral action?
Laws regulating consumer protection
All are examples of corporate espionage
An attempt to apply moral & ethical principles to business actions
Act utilitarianism (called maximizing utility)

45. What did the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act NOT do?
The act did all
If a co. pays a low level official to ensure that their employees receive work visas more quickly than normal
That management agrees to terms set forth by labor unions
A strong focus on developing core values

46. What statement would be the most correct under a classical view of business?
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Government regulations are always detrimental because the economy is self-correcting
Authoritative (leader makes decisions & tells employees what their responsibilities are)
To lower greenhouse gas emissions

47. 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)
Illegal drugs (drugs are monitored by DEA)
Stage 5 People act because they feel an obligation to society
Employers may use subjective considerations for hiring as long as they do not produce a discriminatory environment

48. What is NOT a rule for creating maxims under Kantian ethics?
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
All are correct guidelines
Discrimination
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)

49. What is regulated by FDA?
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)
Comparable worth
Education

50. A virus is?
A piece of code which spreads from computer to computer & can disrupt computer functions.
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Farming (suitable for agricultural use)
Decide the benefits of releasing the software now outweight the costs - & present the product as finished