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DSST Business Ethics And Society

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1. What is NOT an attempt at creating a universal ethical standard?
Deontological ethics (claims the morality of an action is determined by the morality of the action itself regardless of the consequences)
They can only sell stock amounting to a 10 M value at a time
Universal Ethics Protocol organization
NIMBY (not in my backyard)

2. Noisy withdrawal is?
KPCS (they work to reduce circulation of conflict diamonds)
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the business)
Telling the truth because you think it is the right thing to do
When a lawyer withdraws legal representation for their client & notifies the proper authorities

3. The EEOC investiges violations of the?
Ensure worker safety
Misstating financial statements
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Environmental equilibrium

4. In what situation would an NDA NOT be used?
Fidiciary
An NDA would be appropriate in all situations
All are correct guidelines
Universal imperative

5. What situation would be considered moral under Kantian theory?
Outside employment where a person has 2 jobs which conflict with each other
Telling the truth because you think it is the right thing to do
All are related to government & business interactions
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters

6. What is NOT a result of a shift to the new social contract?
Pay raises
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
The only ethical regulation s businesses follow are mandated by the government
EEOC (has to do with employment in US)

7. What is NOT true of sexual harassment?
That management agrees to terms set forth by labor unions
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
Through PACS
The primary factor in sexual harassment cases is the intent of the action

8. Cost benefit considerations would be most typical of what type of ethics?
Stage 1 (person most concerned with avoiding punishment)
Utilitarianism (focus on considering the benefit & costs & if benefits are greater than costs then action is moral)
NDA (non-disclosure agreements are legal & binding)
Act utilitarianism (called maximizing utility)

9. If people object to something being built near their homes it is referred to as?
Although video surveillance is essentially unrestricted there are limits to an employers use of audio surveillance
NIMBY (not in my backyard)
Pre-conventional (main goal of a person is survival. justification of actions comes from understanding punishment & reward system)
Discrimination

10. What is NOT a regulation for insiders trading stock?
They can only sell stock amounting to a 10 M value at a time
The study of designing more comfortably or easily used equipment
Universal Ethics Protocol organization
If a co. pays a low level official to ensure that their employees receive work visas more quickly than normal

11. What of the following is TRUE?
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Environmental equilibrium
Environmental equilibrium
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)

12. 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)
Discrimination
Regulate how a co should manage certain processes that pollute the environment
Immanuel Kant

13. If a person were to sue a co. for not fulfilling a contractual obligation it would be?
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
Civil case (feel their rights have been violated)
Act utilitarianism
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)

14. What case established that is was how actions were interpreted that matter in sexual harassment cases?
Price cancellation
Pre-conventional (main goal of a person is survival. justification of actions comes from understanding punishment & reward system)
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc
Dumpster diving

15. What statement is FALSE?
Advertising which involves technically true claims which are misleading by nature.
Consequentialism (considers the consequences of an action & the extent to which they benefit society in determining morality)
Because Dukes could not proves all women employees faced discrimination practices
The only ethical regulation s businesses follow are mandated by the government

16. What is a standard that aides companies in improving their environmental practices?
Farming (suitable for agricultural use)
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)
Price cancellation
Regulate how a co should manage certain processes that pollute the environment

17. Lobbying is?
Meeting with senators - representative - staff members or other important people to persuade them to vote how you wish them to
Reputation
A system of accountability - oversight - & control within the company
Telling the truth because you think it is the right thing to do

18. What is regulated by FDA?
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)
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 4 (people are motivated primarily by authority such as law)
Outside employment where a person has 2 jobs which conflict with each other

19. The CEO of a co works to raise stock prices because they will get a bonus if the stock prices increases by a certain %. Which of Kohlberg's stages are they in?
Decide the benefits of releasing the software now outweight the costs - & present the product as finished
Deontological ethics (claims the morality of an action is determined by the morality of the action itself regardless of the consequences)
Stage 2 people are concerned with obtaining rewards
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)

20. What is NOT a reason clinton's attempt at healthcare reform in the early 1990s failed?
Ethics. Most people felt the program (which charged more for the middle class people) was highly unethical & would not support it.
Authoritative (leader makes decisions & tells employees what their responsibilities are)
Prevent international trade crisis
Ad hoc (means for this)

21. According to teleological ethics an action's morality is determined based on its consequences?
Ethics. Most people felt the program (which charged more for the middle class people) was highly unethical & would not support it.
Taxes negatively impact efficient economic operations by driving a wedge between businesses & customers. However - they are often necessary
True statement teleological ethics an actions morality is determined based on its consequences. type of consequentialism.
All are ways businesses are regulated

22. Implied falsity?
Advertising which involves technically true claims which are misleading by nature.
Hard money
Meeting with senators - representative - staff members or other important people to persuade them to vote how you wish them to
Help developing countries stregthen their economics

23. Command & control regulations?
Regulate how a co should manage certain processes that pollute the environment
Decide the benefits of releasing the software now outweight the costs - & present the product as finished
Hard money
All are stakeholders

24. What is the purpose of the Kyoto Protocol?
Reputation
Altruism (refers to placing the needs of another above oneself)
All are possible benefits
To lower greenhouse gas emissions

25. The origins of the FDA can be traces to what ACT?
Employers may use subjective considerations for hiring as long as they do not produce a discriminatory environment
Legal
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Pure Food & Drug Act (in 1906 to force food producing industries to practice sanitation)

26. What is NOT a right outlined in the Privacy Act of 1974?
Environmental equilibrium
A person has the right to remove documents about themselves from government records
Stage 4 (people are motivated primarily by authority such as law)
Sexual discrimination

27. What group would not be considered a stakeholder?
All are stakeholders
To lower greenhouse gas emissions
Enquiring about off duty activities
Altruism (refers to placing the needs of another above oneself)

28. What theory claims that ethical beliefs are determined by the society in which one lives?
Education
Post conventional (person is ruled by conscience instead of society)
Ethical egosim (states if it benefits the person then it is the right thing to do)
Ethical relativism (no universal set of moral they are determined by the state & opinion in which one lives)

29. What does NOT focus on increasing the ethical awareness of employees & strengthening the ethical culture of a workplace?
Restore stakeholder confidence in the securities market after a series of scandals in the early 2000s
Democratic leadership style
Pump & dump
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

30. A noisy withdrawal would be done by?
Nepotism (considering the interests of family ahead of what is best for the business)
Taxes negatively impact efficient economic operations by driving a wedge between businesses & customers. However - they are often necessary
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)
Lawyers

31. A business practices underhanded accounting practices to raise stock prices & make money. Which type of ethics does this fall under?
Sets forth standards for management in relations with labor unions
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
Laws regulating consumer protection
Economical

32. The Tyco scandal is associated with which ACT?
Corporate intelligence involves legally gathering information about a co. & corporate espionage involves illegally gathering information about a co.
Enquiring about off duty activities
Because Delta & Northwest are not the only airlines there is not way the merge could be considered anticompetitive
Sarbanes-Oxley Act

33. What is a way in which government interventions in the economy can be beneficial to consumers?
Product safety regulations - Import tariffs
Reputation
Oil spill
Stage 2 people are concerned with obtaining rewards

34. Corporate governance?
Decide the benefits of releasing the software now outweight the costs - & present the product as finished
A system of accountability - oversight - & control within the company
They can only sell stock amounting to a 10 M value at a time
Democratic leadership style

35. Arable land is used for?
All are stakeholders
Farming (suitable for agricultural use)
A person has the right to remove documents about themselves from government records
Self reference criterion

36. What is NOT concern relative to outsourcing?
All are concerns about outsourcing
NIMBY (not in my backyard)
Outsourcing is unanimously agreed to be a beneficial process.
Facilitating payment

37. What is NOT illegal?
That management agrees to terms set forth by labor unions
Legal
Statistical discrimination - Unintentional 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

38. A virus is?
They can only sell stock amounting to a 10 M value at a time
Although video surveillance is essentially unrestricted there are limits to an employers use of audio surveillance
A piece of code which spreads from computer to computer & can disrupt computer functions.
Taxes negatively impact efficient economic operations by driving a wedge between businesses & customers. However - they are often necessary

39. An ombudsman is?
Discrimination
Product - Place - Promotion - & Price
An intermediary who investigates complaints against a group
Environmental equilibrium

40. What is NOT an example of how corporate espionage can occur?
Corporate intelligence involves legally gathering information about a co. & corporate espionage involves illegally gathering information about a co.
All are examples of corporate espionage
Laws regulating consumer protection
Telling the truth because you think it is the right thing to do

41. What statement is TRUE?
They can only sell stock amounting to a 10 M value at a time
All are ways businesses are regulated
Logos - jingles - & brand names can all be ex. of trademarks
Sarbanes-Oxley Act

42. What statement is TRUE?
Sustainable development emphasizes the development of new & innovative technologies to reduce the overuse of natural resources
Although video surveillance is essentially unrestricted there are limits to an employers use of audio surveillance
Discontinue the sale of the textbooks because as a general rule the practice is not unconditional
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.

43. How many days of notice does the WARN Act require employers to give employees?
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the business)
Outsourcing is unanimously agreed to be a beneficial process.
Education
60 days

44. The perceived 'us' vs. 'them' mentality that emerges when doing business with different cultures is referred to?
Self reference criterion
Deontological ethics (claims the morality of an action is determined by the morality of the action itself regardless of the consequences)
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
An intermediary who investigates complaints against a group

45. A lawyer knows their client is guilty but defends them anyway. This falls under which type of ethics?
A grease payment make things that would normally occur happen at a faster rate
Facilitating payment
Legal
All are related to government & business interactions

46. What BEST describes affirmative action?
Any program which seeks to reverse the effects of any form of discrimination
Utilitarianism (focus on considering the benefit & costs & if benefits are greater than costs then action is moral)
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
All are concerns about outsourcing

47. The Fair Labor Standards Act?
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.
Act utilitarianism (called maximizing utility)
An NDA would be appropriate in all situations
Sets forth standards for management in relations with labor unions

48. What is more typical of a values oriented ethical program that a compliance oriented ethics program?
Goodwill (good reputation makes co. worth more)
A strong focus on developing core values
Dumpster diving
Nepotism (considering the interests of family ahead of what is best for the business)

49. Does the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act include grease payments?
The primary factor in sexual harassment cases is the intent of the action
Comparable worth
Government regulations are always detrimental because the economy is self-correcting
No - grease payments are not considered bribes & are therefore not illegal under the FCPA

50. 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
Diamonds which are sold with the purpose of funding insurrection or war.
Taxes negatively impact efficient economic operations by driving a wedge between businesses & customers. However - they are often necessary
Self reference criterion