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DSST Business Ethics And Society

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. OSHA was created to?
Ensure worker safety
Conflict diamonds
Facilitating payment
All were implicated in scandals (Enron - Coca-Cola - Tyco International)

2. A lawyer knows their client is guilty but defends them anyway. This falls under which type of ethics?
Monopolies
Legal
An NDA would be appropriate in all situations
Ethical egosim (states if it benefits the person then it is the right thing to do)

3. What is NOT true of sexual harassment?
Universal imperative
The primary factor in sexual harassment cases is the intent of the action
Corporate intelligence involves legally gathering information about a co. & corporate espionage involves illegally gathering information about a co.
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not

4. Considered from an ethical standpoint - MNCs should?
Ethics. Most people felt the program (which charged more for the middle class people) was highly unethical & would not support it.
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not
Stage 1 (person most concerned with avoiding punishment)
Kerr-McGee (plutonium tampering)

5. What is NOT an ex. of social engineering?
Enquiring about off duty activities
Price cancellation
Pure Food & Drug Act (in 1906 to force food producing industries to practice sanitation)
Dumpster diving

6. What would NOT be addressed in a Non-disclosure agreement?
Board of Directors
All would be addressed in an NDA
Sexual harassment
Product - Place - Promotion - & Price

7. What is NOT a way in which business's are regulated?
Pure Food & Drug Act (in 1906 to force food producing industries to practice sanitation)
All are ways businesses are regulated
Fidiciary
A grease payment make things that would normally occur happen at a faster rate

8. Lobbying is?
Monopolies
Meeting with senators - representative - staff members or other important people to persuade them to vote how you wish them to
The act did all
To lower greenhouse gas emissions

9. The president of the co must decide whethere to continue to sell textbooks that he knows have incorrect information in them or not. Considered from standpoint of Kantian ethics the president would most likely?
Logos - jingles - & brand names can all be ex. of trademarks
Discontinue the sale of the textbooks because as a general rule the practice is not unconditional
Help developing countries stregthen their economics
Fidiciary

10. Karen Silkwood is associated with?
Altruism (refers to placing the needs of another above oneself)
Kerr-McGee (plutonium tampering)
All are related to government & business interactions
Laws regulating consumer protection

11. What statement is TRUE?
Logos - jingles - & brand names can all be ex. of trademarks
Universal Ethics Protocol organization
A move toward equality among all races in issues related to environmental hazards
All were implicated in scandals (Enron - Coca-Cola - Tyco International)

12. What is NOT true of NAFTA?
Sexual discrimination
Oil spill
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters
Universal imperative

13. If a person owns a cupcake business & works in a cupcake factory - what type of conflict of interest is it considered?
All are examples of corporate espionage
Any program which seeks to reverse the effects of any form of discrimination
It is unanimously agreed that there is a dire need for it in todays society
Outside employment where a person has 2 jobs which conflict with each other

14. A conflict of interest?
Because Dukes could not proves all women employees faced discrimination practices
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit
Employers may use subjective considerations for hiring as long as they do not produce a discriminatory environment
Civil case (feel their rights have been violated)

15. Corporate citizenship?
An NDA would be appropriate in all situations
The study of designing more comfortably or easily used equipment
Kerr-McGee (plutonium tampering)
The considerations of large co about the well being of society when they make business decisions

16. What statement is NOT true?
Meeting with senators - representative - staff members or other important people to persuade them to vote how you wish them to
Altruism (refers to placing the needs of another above oneself)
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.
Non-renewal resources

17. The FTC was created to monitor which type of regulation?
Decide the benefits of releasing the software now outweight the costs - & present the product as finished
Laws regulating consumer protection
All are correct guidelines
Enquiring about off duty activities

18. What statement is FALSE about merger between Delta Air Lines & Northwest Airlines in 2008?
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
Hard money
Because Delta & Northwest are not the only airlines there is not way the merge could be considered anticompetitive
Stage 5 People act because they feel an obligation to society

19. What statement BEST describes attitudes toward outsourcing?
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)
NDA (non-disclosure agreements are legal & binding)
Restore stakeholder confidence in the securities market after a series of scandals in the early 2000s
Outsourcing is often criticized however it can have many economic benefits because it allows companies to produce at a lower cost.

20. Business with a mindset of the customer is always right often find themselves subject to more of which type of fraud?
A system of accountability - oversight - & control within the company
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the business)
Allows foreign citizens to bring a citizen of the US to trial in the US
When a lawyer withdraws legal representation for their client & notifies the proper authorities

21. The purpose of the International Monetary Fund?
Sustainable development emphasizes the development of new & innovative technologies to reduce the overuse of natural resources
Consequentialism (considers the consequences of an action & the extent to which they benefit society in determining morality)
Employers may use subjective considerations for hiring as long as they do not produce a discriminatory environment
Prevent international trade crisis

22. What statement is TRUE?
Through PACS
A move toward equality among all races in issues related to environmental hazards
A grease payment make things that would normally occur happen at a faster rate
The study of designing more comfortably or easily used equipment

23. What moral theory considers the action resulting in the greatest benefit to all people as the most moral action?
Any program which seeks to reverse the effects of any form of discrimination
Act utilitarianism (called maximizing utility)
Outside employment where a person has 2 jobs which conflict with each other
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.

24. 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?
Ethics. Most people felt the program (which charged more for the middle class people) was highly unethical & would not support it.
Act utilitarianism
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters
All are examples of corporate espionage

25. What is more typical of a values oriented ethical program that a compliance oriented ethics program?
Outside employment where a person has 2 jobs which conflict with each other
It is unanimously agreed that there is a dire need for it in todays society
A strong focus on developing core values
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

26. What is best ex. of point secure pollution?
Kerr-McGee (plutonium tampering)
It requires employers to give workers notice before mass layoffs so that they can prepare
Oil spill
Sarbanes-Oxley Act

27. What is a standard that aides companies in improving their environmental practices?
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters
Facilitating payment
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)
Stage 4 (people are motivated primarily by authority such as law)

28. What is regulated by FDA?
Kerr-McGee (plutonium tampering)
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)
Altruism (refers to placing the needs of another above oneself)
Immanuel Kant

29. What is environmental justice?
Decide the benefits of releasing the software now outweight the costs - & present the product as finished
Product safety regulations - Import tariffs
All are ways businesses are regulated
A move toward equality among all races in issues related to environmental hazards

30. If a resource is used at the same rate at which it can be replenished it is describes as?
All are correct guidelines
Stage 4 (people are motivated primarily by authority such as law)
Conflict diamonds
Environmental equilibrium

31. What is the purpose of the WARN Act?
When a person or co. trades goods or services in place of money.
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not
Post conventional (person is ruled by conscience instead of society)
It requires employers to give workers notice before mass layoffs so that they can prepare

32. Ethical & philanthropic responsibilities are important in building?
Monopolies
Discrimination
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
Reputation

33. 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?
Post conventional (person is ruled by conscience instead of society)
Sustainable development emphasizes the development of new & innovative technologies to reduce the overuse of natural resources
Act utilitarianism
All were implicated in scandals (Enron - Coca-Cola - Tyco International)

34. What case established that is was how actions were interpreted that matter in sexual harassment cases?
All are possible benefits
Hard money
Ethical egosim (states if it benefits the person then it is the right thing to do)
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc

35. What is NOT a guideline set forth by Supreme court to be used in creating affirmative action programs?
All are correct guidelines
Regulate how a co should manage certain processes that pollute the environment
Consequentialism (considers the consequences of an action & the extent to which they benefit society in determining morality)
Illegal drugs (drugs are monitored by DEA)

36. What agency does not relate in some manner to international trade?
Civil case (feel their rights have been violated)
Stage 5 People act because they feel an obligation to society
EEOC (has to do with employment in US)
KPCS (they work to reduce circulation of conflict diamonds)

37. What is NOT an attempt at creating a universal ethical standard?
That management agrees to terms set forth by labor unions
Pump & dump
Universal Ethics Protocol organization
Help developing countries stregthen their economics

38. What is NOT a regulation for insiders trading stock?
Farming (suitable for agricultural use)
They can only sell stock amounting to a 10 M value at a time
Sexual harassment
Advertising which involves technically true claims which are misleading by nature.

39. What theiry claims that person should only act in their own best interst?
A strong focus on developing core values
Pure Food & Drug Act (in 1906 to force food producing industries to practice sanitation)
Ethical egosim (states if it benefits the person then it is the right thing to do)
Comparable worth

40. What statement would be the most correct under a classical view of business?
No - grease payments are not considered bribes & are therefore not illegal under the FCPA
Government regulations are always detrimental because the economy is self-correcting
KPCS (they work to reduce circulation of conflict diamonds)
Comparable worth

41. What did the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act NOT do?
An NDA would be appropriate in all situations
Altruism (refers to placing the needs of another above oneself)
The act did all
Philanthropic

42. What is NOT a responsibility that should be considreed by businesses?
Fidiciary
When a lawyer withdraws legal representation for their client & notifies the proper authorities
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the business)
Sets forth standards for management in relations with labor unions

43. Does the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act include grease payments?
No - grease payments are not considered bribes & are therefore not illegal under the FCPA
Ensure worker safety
NIMBY (not in my backyard)
Sexual discrimination

44. If people object to something being built near their homes it is referred to as?
NIMBY (not in my backyard)
Illegal drugs (drugs are monitored by DEA)
Kantian ethics (is deontological determines morality based on the morality of the action itself)
To lower greenhouse gas emissions

45. A child cleans their room so they will be allowed to go to a friends house. Which of Kohlbergs stages are they in?
All are concerns about outsourcing
Pre-conventional (main goal of a person is survival. justification of actions comes from understanding punishment & reward system)
Democratic leadership style
Environmental equilibrium

46. What is NOT true of the WTO?
Sexual discrimination
Immanuel Kant
The WTO is governed by a conference of Secretariats with one Secretariat from each country
Conflict diamonds

47. The origins of the FDA can be traces to what ACT?
Pure Food & Drug Act (in 1906 to force food producing industries to practice sanitation)
Random drug testing of employees is allowed in all cases
Economical
Monopolies

48. Why did Supreme Court rule in favor of Walmart in the case of Dukes vs Walmart?
Decide the benefits of releasing the software now outweight the costs - & present the product as finished
To lower greenhouse gas emissions
Government regulations are always detrimental because the economy is self-correcting
Because Dukes could not proves all women employees faced discrimination practices

49. The EEOC investiges violations of the?
Government regulations are always detrimental because the economy is self-correcting
Civil Rights Act of 1964
The considerations of large co about the well being of society when they make business decisions
Help developing countries stregthen their economics

50. In the case of Watson vs. Fort Worth Bank & Trust the court ruled?
Oil spill
Employers may use subjective considerations for hiring as long as they do not produce a discriminatory environment
No - grease payments are not considered bribes & are therefore not illegal under the FCPA
OSHA