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DSST Business Ethics And Society

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What statement is TRUE?
Illegal drugs (drugs are monitored by DEA)
Money that is donated to political parties for the purpose of party building activities
Taxes negatively impact efficient economic operations by driving a wedge between businesses & customers. However - they are often necessary
Lawyers

2. The purpose of the International Monetary Fund?
Employers may use subjective considerations for hiring as long as they do not produce a discriminatory environment
Education
If workers were loyal - punctual - & had at least decently efficient they could expect to keep their jobs & perhaps even advance over time.
Prevent international trade crisis

3. What would NOT be illegal under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act?
Fidiciary
That management agrees to terms set forth by labor unions
If a co. pays a low level official to ensure that their employees receive work visas more quickly than normal
Immanuel Kant

4. What is the four P's of advertising?
Product - Place - Promotion - & Price
Environmental equilibrium
Laws regulating consumer protection
Altruism (refers to placing the needs of another above oneself)

5. The term glass ceiling related to which employer-employee relations issue?
Discrimination
Education
Patriot Act
Pay raises

6. What would NOT be addressed in a Non-disclosure agreement?
All would be addressed in an NDA
That management agrees to terms set forth by labor unions
Logos - jingles - & brand names can all be ex. of trademarks
Price cancellation

7. What is a way in which government interventions in the economy can be beneficial to consumers?
Stage 4 (people are motivated primarily by authority such as law)
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.
Product safety regulations - Import tariffs

8. OSHA was created to?
The only ethical regulation s businesses follow are mandated by the government
All are correct guidelines
Taxes negatively impact efficient economic operations by driving a wedge between businesses & customers. However - they are often necessary
Ensure worker safety

9. If a person were to sue a co. for not fulfilling a contractual obligation it would be?
Philanthropic
Statistical discrimination - Unintentional discrimination
Altruism (refers to placing the needs of another above oneself)
Civil case (feel their rights have been violated)

10. A business practices underhanded accounting practices to raise stock prices & make money. Which type of ethics does this fall under?
Random drug testing of employees is allowed in all cases
Economical
Environmental equilibrium
Sexual discrimination

11. Command & control regulations?
Regulate how a co should manage certain processes that pollute the environment
Outsourcing is often criticized however it can have many economic benefits because it allows companies to produce at a lower cost.
Board of Directors
OSHA

12. What best describes in kind contribution?
When a person or co. trades goods or services in place of money.
The act did all
Advertising which involves technically true claims which are misleading by nature.
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit

13. What statement is TRUE?
All are correct guidelines
An NDA would be appropriate in all situations
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.
Discontinue the sale of the textbooks because as a general rule the practice is not unconditional

14. What statement would be the most correct under a classical view of business?
All are concerns about outsourcing
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit
Government regulations are always detrimental because the economy is self-correcting
Board of Directors

15. What is more typical of a values oriented ethical program that a compliance oriented ethics program?
Monopolies
All are ways businesses are regulated
Sexual discrimination
A strong focus on developing core values

16. Who is best known for creating the categorical imperative?
If workers were loyal - punctual - & had at least decently efficient they could expect to keep their jobs & perhaps even advance over time.
The act did all
Immanuel Kant
Deontological ethics (claims the morality of an action is determined by the morality of the action itself regardless of the consequences)

17. The Dukes vs. Walmart case involves which issue?
Sexual discrimination
When a lawyer withdraws legal representation for their client & notifies the proper authorities
An NDA would be appropriate in all situations
Product - Place - Promotion - & Price

18. What statement is FALSE?
Random drug testing of employees is allowed in all cases
Sustainable development emphasizes the development of new & innovative technologies to reduce the overuse of natural resources
Logos - jingles - & brand names can all be ex. of trademarks
Donated to a candidates campaign

19. What is NOT a type of discrimination investigated by the EEOC?
Allows foreign citizens to bring a citizen of the US to trial in the US
Education
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters
A move toward equality among all races in issues related to environmental hazards

20. What is NOT a rule for creating maxims under Kantian ethics?
Enquiring about off duty activities
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)
Democratic leadership style
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)

21. What group would not be considered a stakeholder?
All are possible benefits
The study of designing more comfortably or easily used equipment
All are stakeholders
To ensure & protect public health & safety

22. Which act makes it illegal for US citizens to participate in bribes?
Fidiciary
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
Ethics. Most people felt the program (which charged more for the middle class people) was highly unethical & would not support it.
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters

23. What is true about spam?
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
Legal
Farming (suitable for agricultural use)
Logos - jingles - & brand names can all be ex. of trademarks

24. If a resource is used at the same rate at which it can be replenished it is describes as?
Stage 4 (people are motivated primarily by authority such as law)
Environmental equilibrium
Pump & dump
Board of Directors

25. What case established that is was how actions were interpreted that matter in sexual harassment cases?
Education
NDA (non-disclosure agreements are legal & binding)
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc
A system of accountability - oversight - & control within the company

26. What theiry claims that person should only act in their own best interst?
EEOC (has to do with employment in US)
Facilitating payment
Stage 4 (people are motivated primarily by authority such as law)
Ethical egosim (states if it benefits the person then it is the right thing to do)

27. A lawyer knows their client is guilty but defends them anyway. This falls under which type of ethics?
That management agrees to terms set forth by labor unions
Legal
The considerations of large co about the well being of society when they make business decisions
Donated to a candidates campaign

28. What is NOT illegal?
Act utilitarianism (called maximizing utility)
Comparable worth
Statistical discrimination - Unintentional discrimination
A system of accountability - oversight - & control within the company

29. Implied falsity?
NIMBY (not in my backyard)
Advertising which involves technically true claims which are misleading by nature.
Fidiciary
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)

30. A software designer knows there are some minor problems with the software they are develoing. However - if they wait to declare the product finished - it will not be released before another similar products - which would be highly damaging to its suc
Self reference criterion
Decide the benefits of releasing the software now outweight the costs - & present the product as finished
Any program which seeks to reverse the effects of any form of discrimination
Enquiring about off duty activities

31. What is NOT a benefit which can come to companies as a result of substainable business practices?
Stage 4 (people are motivated primarily by authority such as law)
All are possible benefits
Any program which seeks to reverse the effects of any form of discrimination
To lower greenhouse gas emissions

32. What correctly describes the legality of camera surveillance methods in a workplace?
Although video surveillance is essentially unrestricted there are limits to an employers use of audio surveillance
Ethical relativism (no universal set of moral they are determined by the state & opinion in which one lives)
A move toward equality among all races in issues related to environmental hazards
Act utilitarianism (called maximizing utility)

33. What of the following is TRUE?
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)
When a lawyer withdraws legal representation for their client & notifies the proper authorities
Fidiciary
Kerr-McGee (plutonium tampering)

34. The EEOC investiges violations of the?
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Deontological ethics (claims the morality of an action is determined by the morality of the action itself regardless of the consequences)
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)
To lower greenhouse gas emissions

35. What did the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act NOT do?
Facilitating payment
Donating money to a humanitarian organizaiton for the purchase of blankets
The act did all
Ethical egosim (states if it benefits the person then it is the right thing to do)

36. What act conflicts with the Privacy Act of 1974?
To lower greenhouse gas emissions
Conflict diamonds
No - grease payments are not considered bribes & are therefore not illegal under the FCPA
Patriot Act

37. What is NOT an unethical pricing strategy?
Act utilitarianism
Price cancellation
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters
All are correct guidelines

38. Considered from an ethical standpoint - MNCs should?
Stage 4 (people are motivated primarily by authority such as law)
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not
Decide the benefits of releasing the software now outweight the costs - & present the product as finished
Lawyers

39. The perceived 'us' vs. 'them' mentality that emerges when doing business with different cultures is referred to?
All would be addressed in an NDA
Self reference criterion
The considerations of large co about the well being of society when they make business decisions
Laws regulating consumer protection

40. What is NOT an example of how corporate espionage can occur?
Stage 1 (person most concerned with avoiding punishment)
All are examples of corporate espionage
Economical
Environmental equilibrium

41. A noisy withdrawal would be done by?
Lawyers
Help developing countries stregthen their economics
The act did all
Hard money

42. What is NOT a type of loophole that developed in response to limitations placed on hard money contributions?
Non-point source contributions
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the business)
Allows an orgin site to send information to a computers browser
Stage 5 People act because they feel an obligation to society

43. What statement is TRUE?
Environmental equilibrium
Restore stakeholder confidence in the securities market after a series of scandals in the early 2000s
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Sustainable development emphasizes the development of new & innovative technologies to reduce the overuse of natural resources

44. According to teleological ethics an action's morality is determined based on its consequences?
True statement teleological ethics an actions morality is determined based on its consequences. type of consequentialism.
Post conventional (person is ruled by conscience instead of society)
Consequentialism (considers the consequences of an action & the extent to which they benefit society in determining morality)
Civil Rights Act of 1964

45. A virus is?
To ensure & protect public health & safety
Hard money
Statistical discrimination - Unintentional discrimination
A piece of code which spreads from computer to computer & can disrupt computer functions.

46. What is NOT a way in which business's are regulated?
All are ways businesses are regulated
Non-renewal resources
All are related to government & business interactions
Ethics. Most people felt the program (which charged more for the middle class people) was highly unethical & would not support it.

47. The fact that in many cases a company's worth is greater than the value of its tangible assets is referred to as?
The study of designing more comfortably or easily used equipment
Goodwill (good reputation makes co. worth more)
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
Immanuel Kant

48. What are conflict diamonds?
Prevent international trade crisis
All are possible benefits
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters
Diamonds which are sold with the purpose of funding insurrection or war.

49. What term describes a moral theory which derives morality from actions?
No - grease payments are not considered bribes & are therefore not illegal under the FCPA
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.
Fidiciary
Deontological ethics (claims the morality of an action is determined by the morality of the action itself regardless of the consequences)

50. What statement is NOT true?
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.
Education
All are stakeholders
If workers were loyal - punctual - & had at least decently efficient they could expect to keep their jobs & perhaps even advance over time.