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DSST Business Ethics And Society

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1. What is NOT a guideline set forth by Supreme court to be used in creating affirmative action programs?
Democratic leadership style
That management agrees to terms set forth by labor unions
All are correct guidelines
Ad hoc (means for this)

2. What agency does not relate in some manner to international trade?
Oil spill
EEOC (has to do with employment in US)
Random drug testing of employees is allowed in all cases
Pay raises

3. What is a standard that aides companies in improving their environmental practices?
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)
Education
Meeting with senators - representative - staff members or other important people to persuade them to vote how you wish them to
Because Dukes could not proves all women employees faced discrimination practices

4. What is NOT a right outlined in the Privacy Act of 1974?
Sexual discrimination
EEOC (has to do with employment in US)
Universal Ethics Protocol organization
A person has the right to remove documents about themselves from government records

5. What act conflicts with the Privacy Act of 1974?
Patriot Act
60 days
Meeting with senators - representative - staff members or other important people to persuade them to vote how you wish them to
Nepotism (considering the interests of family ahead of what is best for the business)

6. A business practices underhanded accounting practices to raise stock prices & make money. Which type of ethics does this fall under?
Economical
Pump & dump
OSHA
Product - Place - Promotion - & Price

7. What group would not be considered a stakeholder?
Dumpster diving
It is unanimously agreed that there is a dire need for it in todays society
Any program which seeks to reverse the effects of any form of discrimination
All are stakeholders

8. What is NOT legally required in management relations with labor unions?
All are concerns about outsourcing
That management agrees to terms set forth by labor unions
Stage 2 people are concerned with obtaining rewards
No - grease payments are not considered bribes & are therefore not illegal under the FCPA

9. What best describes rule utilitarianism?
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
Any program which seeks to reverse the effects of any form of discrimination
OSHA
No - grease payments are not considered bribes & are therefore not illegal under the FCPA

10. What term is synonymous with philanthropy?
Altruism (refers to placing the needs of another above oneself)
Democratic leadership style
Goodwill (good reputation makes co. worth more)
Product safety regulations - Import tariffs

11. The term quid pro quo related to what issue?
If a co. pays a low level official to ensure that their employees receive work visas more quickly than normal
Sexual harassment
Facilitating payment
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)

12. How many days of notice does the WARN Act require employers to give employees?
Deontological ethics (claims the morality of an action is determined by the morality of the action itself regardless of the consequences)
Conflict diamonds
Pay raises
60 days

13. What is NOT a reason clinton's attempt at healthcare reform in the early 1990s failed?
Goodwill (good reputation makes co. worth more)
Ethics. Most people felt the program (which charged more for the middle class people) was highly unethical & would not support it.
An attempt to apply moral & ethical principles to business actions
Finding ways to eliminate the opportunities for employees to act unethically

14. Which act makes it illegal for US citizens to participate in bribes?
Product safety regulations - Import tariffs
A piece of code which spreads from computer to computer & can disrupt computer functions.
NIMBY (not in my backyard)
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

15. What is the purpose of the Kyoto Protocol?
A person has the right to remove documents about themselves from government records
Kantian ethics (is deontological determines morality based on the morality of the action itself)
Through PACS
To lower greenhouse gas emissions

16. What is NOT a legal way for employers to monitor employees?
Enquiring about off duty activities
The WTO is governed by a conference of Secretariats with one Secretariat from each country
Stage 4 (people are motivated primarily by authority such as law)
When a person or co. trades goods or services in place of money.

17. What is NOT a result of a shift to the new social contract?
Sexual discrimination
Fidiciary
Product - Place - Promotion - & Price
Pay raises

18. What correctly describes the legality of camera surveillance methods in a workplace?
All were implicated in scandals (Enron - Coca-Cola - Tyco International)
Pre-conventional (main goal of a person is survival. justification of actions comes from understanding punishment & reward system)
Government regulations are always detrimental because the economy is self-correcting
Although video surveillance is essentially unrestricted there are limits to an employers use of audio surveillance

19. The FTC was created to monitor which type of regulation?
Laws regulating consumer protection
Money that is donated to political parties for the purpose of party building activities
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
Outside employment where a person has 2 jobs which conflict with each other

20. What is NOT a regulation for insiders trading stock?
They can only sell stock amounting to a 10 M value at a time
Outside employment where a person has 2 jobs which conflict with each other
Comparable worth
Civil Rights Act of 1964

21. What is regulated by FDA?
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)
Discrimination
Allows foreign citizens to bring a citizen of the US to trial in the US
NDA (non-disclosure agreements are legal & binding)

22. The intent of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act was to?
That management agrees to terms set forth by labor unions
Universal imperative
Sexual discrimination
Restore stakeholder confidence in the securities market after a series of scandals in the early 2000s

23. What is NOT an example of an in kind contribution?
Allows an orgin site to send information to a computers browser
A system of accountability - oversight - & control within the company
Hard money
Donating money to a humanitarian organizaiton for the purchase of blankets

24. What would NOT be addressed in a Non-disclosure agreement?
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)
Because Dukes could not proves all women employees faced discrimination practices
All would be addressed in an NDA

25. What type of information is complied to answer a specific question?
Post conventional (person is ruled by conscience instead of society)
Ad hoc (means for this)
An attempt to apply moral & ethical principles to business actions
Conflict diamonds

26. Ergonomics is?
The study of designing more comfortably or easily used equipment
Act utilitarianism (called maximizing utility)
KPCS (they work to reduce circulation of conflict diamonds)
All are concerns about outsourcing

27. the merger between Delta Air Lines & Northwest Airlines raised concerns about what?
60 days
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.
Monopolies
Outsourcing is unanimously agreed to be a beneficial process.

28. The term glass ceiling related to which employer-employee relations issue?
Discrimination
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc
A strong focus on developing core values
Product safety regulations - Import tariffs

29. Karen Silkwood is associated with?
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Authoritative (leader makes decisions & tells employees what their responsibilities are)
Kerr-McGee (plutonium tampering)
Civil Rights Act of 1964

30. The fact that in many cases a company's worth is greater than the value of its tangible assets is referred to as?
Goodwill (good reputation makes co. worth more)
Meeting with senators - representative - staff members or other important people to persuade them to vote how you wish them to
Education
All are examples of corporate espionage

31. What statement is FALSE?
Ethical egosim (states if it benefits the person then it is the right thing to do)
Random drug testing of employees is allowed in all cases
Non-point source contributions
Any program which seeks to reverse the effects of any form of discrimination

32. A cookie?
All are stakeholders
Allows an orgin site to send information to a computers browser
Corporate intelligence involves legally gathering information about a co. & corporate espionage involves illegally gathering information about a co.
Environmental equilibrium

33. What are conflict diamonds?
Stage 4 (people are motivated primarily by authority such as law)
Diamonds which are sold with the purpose of funding insurrection or war.
Sexual harassment
Corporate intelligence involves legally gathering information about a co. & corporate espionage involves illegally gathering information about a co.

34. Arable land is used for?
The act did all
Universal Ethics Protocol organization
Hard money
Farming (suitable for agricultural use)

35. 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?
Comparable worth
Help developing countries stregthen their economics
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters
KPCS (they work to reduce circulation of conflict diamonds)

36. What is NOT a type of discrimination investigated by the EEOC?
Restore stakeholder confidence in the securities market after a series of scandals in the early 2000s
Legal
Education
They can only sell stock amounting to a 10 M value at a time

37. If a resource is used at the same rate at which it can be replenished it is describes as?
True statement teleological ethics an actions morality is determined based on its consequences. type of consequentialism.
Oil spill
NIMBY (not in my backyard)
Environmental equilibrium

38. The Fair Labor Standards Act?
Sets forth standards for management in relations with labor unions
All are stakeholders
Ethical relativism (no universal set of moral they are determined by the state & opinion in which one lives)
Taxes negatively impact efficient economic operations by driving a wedge between businesses & customers. However - they are often necessary

39. The perceived 'us' vs. 'them' mentality that emerges when doing business with different cultures is referred to?
All are ways businesses are regulated
Outsourcing is often criticized however it can have many economic benefits because it allows companies to produce at a lower cost.
Self reference criterion
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

40. Implied falsity?
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Goodwill (good reputation makes co. worth more)
Advertising which involves technically true claims which are misleading by nature.
Any program which seeks to reverse the effects of any form of discrimination

41. What case established that is was how actions were interpreted that matter in sexual harassment cases?
Consequentialism (considers the consequences of an action & the extent to which they benefit society in determining morality)
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc
Ensure worker safety
Conflict diamonds

42. What statement BEST describes attitudes toward outsourcing?
Diamonds which are sold with the purpose of funding insurrection or war.
Immanuel Kant
Altruism (refers to placing the needs of another above oneself)
Outsourcing is often criticized however it can have many economic benefits because it allows companies to produce at a lower cost.

43. Who has legal responsibility for a company's actions in a corporation?
Stage 1 (person most concerned with avoiding punishment)
A person has the right to remove documents about themselves from government records
Board of Directors
Corporate intelligence involves legally gathering information about a co. & corporate espionage involves illegally gathering information about a co.

44. 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?
Product safety regulations - Import tariffs
Telling the truth because you think it is the right thing to do
Prevent international trade crisis
Pump & dump

45. What best describes in kind contribution?
Outside employment where a person has 2 jobs which conflict with each other
Regulate how a co should manage certain processes that pollute the environment
When a person or co. trades goods or services in place of money.
Philanthropic

46. Command & control regulations?
Outside employment where a person has 2 jobs which conflict with each other
Regulate how a co should manage certain processes that pollute the environment
Allows foreign citizens to bring a citizen of the US to trial in the US
Product - Place - Promotion - & Price

47. What is the purpose of the WARN Act?
To ensure & protect public health & safety
Telling the truth because you think it is the right thing to do
It requires employers to give workers notice before mass layoffs so that they can prepare
Restore stakeholder confidence in the securities market after a series of scandals in the early 2000s

48. 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?
Stage 4 (people are motivated primarily by authority such as law)
The WTO is governed by a conference of Secretariats with one Secretariat from each country
Non-renewal resources
Meeting with senators - representative - staff members or other important people to persuade them to vote how you wish them to

49. What is NOT an unethical pricing strategy?
Nepotism (considering the interests of family ahead of what is best for the business)
Sexual discrimination
Price cancellation
When a person or co. trades goods or services in place of money.

50. What is the stakeholder model of corporate governance?
Civil case (feel their rights have been violated)
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
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
Facilitating payment