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DSST Business Ethics And Society

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1. What moral theory considers the action resulting in the greatest benefit to all people as the most moral action?
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Act utilitarianism (called maximizing utility)
Prevent international trade crisis
Act utilitarianism

2. A child cleans their room so they will be allowed to go to a friends house. Which of Kohlbergs stages are they in?
Pay raises
All are concerns about outsourcing
Pre-conventional (main goal of a person is survival. justification of actions comes from understanding punishment & reward system)
Nepotism (considering the interests of family ahead of what is best for the business)

3. What is NOT a result of a shift to the new social contract?
Pay raises
Employers may use subjective considerations for hiring as long as they do not produce a discriminatory environment
Stage 1 (person most concerned with avoiding punishment)
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the business)

4. What best describes soft money?
Any program which seeks to reverse the effects of any form of discrimination
Money that is donated to political parties for the purpose of party building activities
Farming (suitable for agricultural use)
All are conflicts of interest

5. What would NOT be addressed in a Non-disclosure agreement?
All are related to government & business interactions
All would be addressed in an NDA
Restore stakeholder confidence in the securities market after a series of scandals in the early 2000s
Hard money

6. The term quid pro quo related to what issue?
Non-renewal resources
The act did all
All are related to government & business interactions
Sexual harassment

7. Lobbying is?
Stage 1 (person most concerned with avoiding punishment)
Meeting with senators - representative - staff members or other important people to persuade them to vote how you wish them to
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)
Act utilitarianism

8. What is the purpose of the Kyoto Protocol?
Education
Telling the truth because you think it is the right thing to do
To lower greenhouse gas emissions
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc

9. What is true about spam?
Legal
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
Price cancellation
OSHA

10. What is NOT a guideline set forth by Supreme court to be used in creating affirmative action programs?
Outside employment where a person has 2 jobs which conflict with each other
Pure Food & Drug Act (in 1906 to force food producing industries to practice sanitation)
All are correct guidelines
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

11. 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
That management agrees to terms set forth by labor unions
Post conventional (person is ruled by conscience instead of society)
NIMBY (not in my backyard)

12. Protections for workers from workplace hazard are regulated & mandated by what agency?
OSHA
Farming (suitable for agricultural use)
Non-renewal resources
Legal

13. Which act makes it illegal for US citizens to participate in bribes?
Through PACS
Because Delta & Northwest are not the only airlines there is not way the merge could be considered anticompetitive
Donated to a candidates campaign
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

14. 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
Telling the truth because you think it is the right thing to do
No - grease payments are not considered bribes & are therefore not illegal under the FCPA
Education

15. What agency does not relate in some manner to international trade?
Kantian ethics (is deontological determines morality based on the morality of the action itself)
Reputation
EEOC (has to do with employment in US)
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not

16. What statement is TRUE?
A grease payment make things that would normally occur happen at a faster rate
Hard money
Ethical egosim (states if it benefits the person then it is the right thing to do)
The only ethical regulation s businesses follow are mandated by the government

17. What is NOT related to the interactions that occur between government & business?
All are related to government & business interactions
The primary factor in sexual harassment cases is the intent of the action
Pay raises
Non-renewal resources

18. An ombudsman is?
An intermediary who investigates complaints against a group
The primary factor in sexual harassment cases is the intent of the action
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Outside employment where a person has 2 jobs which conflict with each other

19. What term is synonymous with philanthropy?
Random drug testing of employees is allowed in all cases
They can only sell stock amounting to a 10 M value at a time
Altruism (refers to placing the needs of another above oneself)
Finding ways to eliminate the opportunities for employees to act unethically

20. What statement about Corporate Social Responsibility is FALSE?
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.
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)
Farming (suitable for agricultural use)
It is unanimously agreed that there is a dire need for it in todays society

21. What best describes in kind contribution?
Civil case (feel their rights have been violated)
Dumpster diving
When a person or co. trades goods or services in place of money.
Post conventional (person is ruled by conscience instead of society)

22. Ergonomics is?
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters
The WTO is governed by a conference of Secretariats with one Secretariat from each country
The study of designing more comfortably or easily used equipment
Ad hoc (means for this)

23. What statement is TRUE?
Statistical discrimination - Unintentional discrimination
Taxes negatively impact efficient economic operations by driving a wedge between businesses & customers. However - they are often necessary
Price cancellation
Discontinue the sale of the textbooks because as a general rule the practice is not unconditional

24. If a resource is used at the same rate at which it can be replenished it is describes as?
Environmental equilibrium
The study of designing more comfortably or easily used equipment
Kerr-McGee (plutonium tampering)
Self reference criterion

25. Noisy withdrawal is?
When a lawyer withdraws legal representation for their client & notifies the proper authorities
Product - Place - Promotion - & Price
Prevent international trade crisis
Pre-conventional (main goal of a person is survival. justification of actions comes from understanding punishment & reward system)

26. Ethical & philanthropic responsibilities are important in building?
Utilitarianism (focus on considering the benefit & costs & if benefits are greater than costs then action is moral)
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters
Reputation
Education

27. According to teleological ethics an action's morality is determined based on its consequences?
Ethical relativism (no universal set of moral they are determined by the state & opinion in which one lives)
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters
True statement teleological ethics an actions morality is determined based on its consequences. type of consequentialism.
Consequentialism (considers the consequences of an action & the extent to which they benefit society in determining morality)

28. A stable state economy is in a state of?
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.
Environmental equilibrium
Regulate how a co should manage certain processes that pollute the environment
Altruism (refers to placing the needs of another above oneself)

29. What did the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act NOT do?
The act did all
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
Money that is donated to political parties for the purpose of party building activities
Post conventional (person is ruled by conscience instead of society)

30. What statement is TRUE?
Pure Food & Drug Act (in 1906 to force food producing industries to practice sanitation)
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.
Although video surveillance is essentially unrestricted there are limits to an employers use of audio surveillance
Meeting with senators - representative - staff members or other important people to persuade them to vote how you wish them to

31. What aid employers in keeping information private?
Universal imperative
NDA (non-disclosure agreements are legal & binding)
Regulate how a co should manage certain processes that pollute the environment
Ethics. Most people felt the program (which charged more for the middle class people) was highly unethical & would not support it.

32. What act conflicts with the Privacy Act of 1974?
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not
Patriot Act
Finding ways to eliminate the opportunities for employees to act unethically
Sexual harassment

33. Who has legal responsibility for a company's actions in a corporation?
Board of Directors
The only ethical regulation s businesses follow are mandated by the government
All are ways businesses are regulated
Government regulations are always detrimental because the economy is self-correcting

34. What is NOT an ex. of social engineering?
Ad hoc (means for this)
Education
Universal Ethics Protocol organization
Dumpster diving

35. A business practices underhanded accounting practices to raise stock prices & make money. Which type of ethics does this fall under?
Economical
Logos - jingles - & brand names can all be ex. of trademarks
An attempt to apply moral & ethical principles to business actions
Ethical relativism (no universal set of moral they are determined by the state & opinion in which one lives)

36. Corporate governance?
A move toward equality among all races in issues related to environmental hazards
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
A system of accountability - oversight - & control within the company
Any program which seeks to reverse the effects of any form of discrimination

37. What is NOT illegal?
The considerations of large co about the well being of society when they make business decisions
The only ethical regulation s businesses follow are mandated by the government
Statistical discrimination - Unintentional discrimination
Facilitating payment

38. What case established that is was how actions were interpreted that matter in sexual harassment cases?
Pay raises
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc
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
Taxes negatively impact efficient economic operations by driving a wedge between businesses & customers. However - they are often necessary

39. A conflict of interest?
A piece of code which spreads from computer to computer & can disrupt computer functions.
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit
To lower greenhouse gas emissions
Lawyers

40. What is NOT true of NAFTA?
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters
Product - Place - Promotion - & Price
Stage 1 (person most concerned with avoiding punishment)
Taxes negatively impact efficient economic operations by driving a wedge between businesses & customers. However - they are often necessary

41. Business with a mindset of the customer is always right often find themselves subject to more of which type of fraud?
All are conflicts of interest
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the business)
Sexual harassment
NDA (non-disclosure agreements are legal & binding)

42. What is NOT a reason clinton's attempt at healthcare reform in the early 1990s failed?
Sexual discrimination
Decide the benefits of releasing the software now outweight the costs - & present the product as finished
Ethics. Most people felt the program (which charged more for the middle class people) was highly unethical & would not support it.
Sarbanes-Oxley Act

43. What is NOT an unethical pricing strategy?
Random drug testing of employees is allowed in all cases
Farming (suitable for agricultural use)
A piece of code which spreads from computer to computer & can disrupt computer functions.
Price cancellation

44. What theory claims that ethical beliefs are determined by the society in which one lives?
The considerations of large co about the well being of society when they make business decisions
The primary factor in sexual harassment cases is the intent of the action
Discrimination
Ethical relativism (no universal set of moral they are determined by the state & opinion in which one lives)

45. What type of information is complied to answer a specific question?
True statement teleological ethics an actions morality is determined based on its consequences. type of consequentialism.
Ad hoc (means for this)
No - grease payments are not considered bribes & are therefore not illegal under the FCPA
A piece of code which spreads from computer to computer & can disrupt computer functions.

46. The intent of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act was to?
All are concerns about outsourcing
Hard money
Product safety regulations - Import tariffs
Restore stakeholder confidence in the securities market after a series of scandals in the early 2000s

47. What is environmental justice?
A move toward equality among all races in issues related to environmental hazards
When a lawyer withdraws legal representation for their client & notifies the proper authorities
Regulate how a co should manage certain processes that pollute the environment
Environmental equilibrium

48. The origins of the FDA can be traces to what ACT?
Act utilitarianism
60 days
Pure Food & Drug Act (in 1906 to force food producing industries to practice sanitation)
Sarbanes-Oxley Act

49. 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)
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the business)
Conflict diamonds
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc

50. The term glass ceiling related to which employer-employee relations issue?
Discrimination
If workers were loyal - punctual - & had at least decently efficient they could expect to keep their jobs & perhaps even advance over time.
Fidiciary
The considerations of large co about the well being of society when they make business decisions