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DSST Business Ethics And Society

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1. Ergonomics is?
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
Taxes negatively impact efficient economic operations by driving a wedge between businesses & customers. However - they are often necessary
To lower greenhouse gas emissions
The study of designing more comfortably or easily used equipment

2. What is a way in which government interventions in the economy can be beneficial to consumers?
Monopolies
Product safety regulations - Import tariffs
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

3. What type of information is complied to answer a specific question?
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters
All are ways businesses are regulated
Ethical egosim (states if it benefits the person then it is the right thing to do)
Ad hoc (means for this)

4. What did the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act NOT do?
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Facilitating payment
All are stakeholders
The act did all

5. What act conflicts with the Privacy Act of 1974?
Allows an orgin site to send information to a computers browser
Non-point source contributions
Patriot Act
Pump & dump

6. What theiry claims that person should only act in their own best interst?
If workers were loyal - punctual - & had at least decently efficient they could expect to keep their jobs & perhaps even advance over time.
Money that is donated to political parties for the purpose of party building activities
Ethical egosim (states if it benefits the person then it is the right thing to do)
All are concerns about outsourcing

7. Considered from an ethical standpoint - MNCs should?
An intermediary who investigates complaints against a group
Taxes negatively impact efficient economic operations by driving a wedge between businesses & customers. However - they are often necessary
Stage 5 People act because they feel an obligation to society
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not

8. The fact that in many cases a company's worth is greater than the value of its tangible assets is referred to as?
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)
Allows foreign citizens to bring a citizen of the US to trial in the US
Nepotism (considering the interests of family ahead of what is best for the business)
Goodwill (good reputation makes co. worth more)

9. Utilitarianism is a type of?
Education
Goodwill (good reputation makes co. worth more)
Consequentialism (considers the consequences of an action & the extent to which they benefit society in determining morality)
When a lawyer withdraws legal representation for their client & notifies the proper authorities

10. In the case of Watson vs. Fort Worth Bank & Trust the court ruled?
Employers may use subjective considerations for hiring as long as they do not produce a discriminatory environment
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)
A move toward equality among all races in issues related to environmental hazards
Statistical discrimination - Unintentional discrimination

11. What is NOT concern relative to outsourcing?
Price cancellation
All are concerns about outsourcing
Meeting with senators - representative - staff members or other important people to persuade them to vote how you wish them to
Misstating financial statements

12. A conflict of interest?
Economical
Outsourcing is often criticized however it can have many economic benefits because it allows companies to produce at a lower cost.
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit
Restore stakeholder confidence in the securities market after a series of scandals in the early 2000s

13. A manager implements new safety procedures because they feel obligated to protect the safety of their employees. Which of Kolhbergs stages does this describe?
Goodwill (good reputation makes co. worth more)
Environmental equilibrium
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.
Stage 5 People act because they feel an obligation to society

14. Business ethics is?
To lower greenhouse gas emissions
An attempt to apply moral & ethical principles to business actions
Self reference criterion
Non-point source contributions

15. A business practices underhanded accounting practices to raise stock prices & make money. Which type of ethics does this fall under?
Economical
An NDA would be appropriate in all situations
Help developing countries stregthen their economics
Outsourcing is often criticized however it can have many economic benefits because it allows companies to produce at a lower cost.

16. What is NOT true of sexual harassment?
Sustainable development emphasizes the development of new & innovative technologies to reduce the overuse of natural resources
To ensure & protect public health & safety
The primary factor in sexual harassment cases is the intent of the action
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

17. What does EEOC stand for?
Donated to a candidates campaign
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
An NDA would be appropriate in all situations
Reputation

18. What is best ex. of point secure pollution?
Deontological ethics (claims the morality of an action is determined by the morality of the action itself regardless of the consequences)
The WTO is governed by a conference of Secretariats with one Secretariat from each country
All are examples of corporate espionage
Oil spill

19. 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.
To ensure & protect public health & safety
Non-renewal resources
Government regulations are always detrimental because the economy is self-correcting

20. What is the four P's of advertising?
Stage 2 people are concerned with obtaining rewards
Product - Place - Promotion - & Price
Sexual discrimination
If a co. pays a low level official to ensure that their employees receive work visas more quickly than normal

21. Implied falsity?
Kerr-McGee (plutonium tampering)
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
Universal imperative
Advertising which involves technically true claims which are misleading by nature.

22. The EEOC investiges violations of the?
Universal Ethics Protocol organization
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Ethics. Most people felt the program (which charged more for the middle class people) was highly unethical & would not support it.
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.

23. Who is best known for creating the categorical imperative?
An NDA would be appropriate in all situations
Immanuel Kant
Sets forth standards for management in relations with labor unions
Ad hoc (means for this)

24. What is NOT an attempt at creating a universal ethical standard?
Universal Ethics Protocol organization
Any program which seeks to reverse the effects of any form of discrimination
Act utilitarianism (called maximizing utility)
True statement teleological ethics an actions morality is determined based on its consequences. type of consequentialism.

25. What statement is NOT true?
Misstating financial statements
No - grease payments are not considered bribes & are therefore not illegal under the FCPA
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.
Outside employment where a person has 2 jobs which conflict with each other

26. What statement is NOT true?
Stage 1 (person most concerned with avoiding punishment)
Outsourcing is unanimously agreed to be a beneficial process.
Democratic leadership style
Lawyers

27. The FTC was created to monitor which type of regulation?
Product safety regulations - Import tariffs
Laws regulating consumer protection
Act utilitarianism
Conflict diamonds

28. 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)
A grease payment make things that would normally occur happen at a faster rate
Dumpster diving
Government regulations are always detrimental because the economy is self-correcting

29. What best describes in kind contribution?
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Reputation
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)
When a person or co. trades goods or services in place of money.

30. What is more typical of a values oriented ethical program that a compliance oriented ethics program?
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit
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
A strong focus on developing core values
Monopolies

31. What correctly describes the legality of camera surveillance methods in a workplace?
Decide the benefits of releasing the software now outweight the costs - & present the product as finished
If a co. pays a low level official to ensure that their employees receive work visas more quickly than normal
Although video surveillance is essentially unrestricted there are limits to an employers use of audio surveillance
Civil case (feel their rights have been violated)

32. Which co was NOT implicated in the early 2000s?
Farming (suitable for agricultural use)
All were implicated in scandals (Enron - Coca-Cola - Tyco International)
Discrimination
Through PACS

33. Cost benefit considerations would be most typical of what type of ethics?
Donating money to a humanitarian organizaiton for the purchase of blankets
Donated to a candidates campaign
Utilitarianism (focus on considering the benefit & costs & if benefits are greater than costs then action is moral)
Kantian ethics (is deontological determines morality based on the morality of the action itself)

34. What is NOT a guideline set forth by Supreme court to be used in creating affirmative action programs?
Non-point source contributions
All are correct guidelines
It requires employers to give workers notice before mass layoffs so that they can prepare
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc

35. Why did Supreme Court rule in favor of Walmart in the case of Dukes vs Walmart?
Because Dukes could not proves all women employees faced discrimination practices
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)
Taxes negatively impact efficient economic operations by driving a wedge between businesses & customers. However - they are often necessary
Government regulations are always detrimental because the economy is self-correcting

36. What is the purpose of the Kyoto Protocol?
Help developing countries stregthen their economics
EEOC (has to do with employment in US)
To lower greenhouse gas emissions
Nepotism (considering the interests of family ahead of what is best for the business)

37. What theory claims that ethical beliefs are determined by the society in which one lives?
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)
Ethical relativism (no universal set of moral they are determined by the state & opinion in which one lives)
Logos - jingles - & brand names can all be ex. of trademarks
Pump & dump

38. An employer who posted a list of weekly resonsibilities for employees to fulfill would best be described by which leadership style?
Donating money to a humanitarian organizaiton for the purchase of blankets
Authoritative (leader makes decisions & tells employees what their responsibilities are)
To lower greenhouse gas emissions
Statistical discrimination - Unintentional discrimination

39. What does NOT focus on increasing the ethical awareness of employees & strengthening the ethical culture of a workplace?
Ensure worker safety
A person has the right to remove documents about themselves from government records
Democratic leadership style
Because Delta & Northwest are not the only airlines there is not way the merge could be considered anticompetitive

40. 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?
Pre-conventional (main goal of a person is survival. justification of actions comes from understanding punishment & reward system)
Stage 4 (people are motivated primarily by authority such as law)
Discontinue the sale of the textbooks because as a general rule the practice is not unconditional
Oil spill

41. The perceived 'us' vs. 'them' mentality that emerges when doing business with different cultures is referred to?
Decide the benefits of releasing the software now outweight the costs - & present the product as finished
Self reference criterion
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)
Sexual discrimination

42. A noisy withdrawal would be done by?
All would be addressed in an NDA
Lawyers
All are conflicts of interest
A system of accountability - oversight - & control within the company

43. An ombudsman is?
An intermediary who investigates complaints against a group
An attempt to apply moral & ethical principles to business actions
Consequentialism (considers the consequences of an action & the extent to which they benefit society in determining morality)
Philanthropic

44. What case established that is was how actions were interpreted that matter in sexual harassment cases?
An attempt to apply moral & ethical principles to business actions
Misstating financial statements
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit

45. What is environmental justice?
A move toward equality among all races in issues related to environmental hazards
Statistical discrimination - Unintentional discrimination
Civil case (feel their rights have been violated)
Random drug testing of employees is allowed in all cases

46. Protections for workers from workplace hazard are regulated & mandated by what agency?
The study of designing more comfortably or easily used equipment
Misstating financial statements
OSHA
A person has the right to remove documents about themselves from government records

47. 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?
It requires employers to give workers notice before mass layoffs so that they can prepare
Stage 5 People act because they feel an obligation to society
Pump & dump
Act utilitarianism

48. What is NOT a type of imperative considered under Kantian ethics?
Universal imperative
It requires employers to give workers notice before mass layoffs so that they can prepare
Any program which seeks to reverse the effects of any form of discrimination
Post conventional (person is ruled by conscience instead of society)

49. What best describes rule utilitarianism?
Sets forth standards for management in relations with labor unions
Oil spill
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
Stage 2 people are concerned with obtaining rewards

50. What statement is FALSE about merger between Delta Air Lines & Northwest Airlines in 2008?
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
Advertising which involves technically true claims which are misleading by nature.
Because Delta & Northwest are not the only airlines there is not way the merge could be considered anticompetitive
Ensure worker safety