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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 would be the most correct under a classical view of business?
60 days
Government regulations are always detrimental because the economy is self-correcting
KPCS (they work to reduce circulation of conflict diamonds)
Meeting with senators - representative - staff members or other important people to persuade them to vote how you wish them to

2. What type of responsibility is the LEAST regulated?
Oil spill
Philanthropic
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)
Pump & dump

3. the merger between Delta Air Lines & Northwest Airlines raised concerns about what?
Prevent international trade crisis
Monopolies
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Comparable worth

4. What types of contributions to a political campaign have donations limits imposed by law?
Diamonds which are sold with the purpose of funding insurrection or war.
Hard money
Stage 4 (people are motivated primarily by authority such as law)
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

5. Utilitarianism is a type of?
The study of designing more comfortably or easily used equipment
Consequentialism (considers the consequences of an action & the extent to which they benefit society in determining morality)
The primary factor in sexual harassment cases is the intent of the action
Dumpster diving

6. What is NOT legally required in management relations with labor unions?
All are correct guidelines
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)
That management agrees to terms set forth by labor unions
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

7. What is best ex. of point secure pollution?
Oil spill
A strong focus on developing core values
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc
Education

8. What best describes in kind contribution?
Allows foreign citizens to bring a citizen of the US to trial in the US
When a person or co. trades goods or services in place of money.
All are stakeholders
A piece of code which spreads from computer to computer & can disrupt computer functions.

9. 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
Decide the benefits of releasing the software now outweight the costs - & present the product as finished
Farming (suitable for agricultural use)
No - grease payments are not considered bribes & are therefore not illegal under the FCPA
A grease payment make things that would normally occur happen at a faster rate

10. What is the purpose of the WARN Act?
Stage 4 (people are motivated primarily by authority such as law)
When a lawyer withdraws legal representation for their client & notifies the proper authorities
Dumpster diving
It requires employers to give workers notice before mass layoffs so that they can prepare

11. What is true about spam?
Sustainable development emphasizes the development of new & innovative technologies to reduce the overuse of natural resources
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
Ethics. Most people felt the program (which charged more for the middle class people) was highly unethical & would not support it.
Ethical egosim (states if it benefits the person then it is the right thing to do)

12. What act conflicts with the Privacy Act of 1974?
Logos - jingles - & brand names can all be ex. of trademarks
To ensure & protect public health & safety
Patriot Act
Corporate intelligence involves legally gathering information about a co. & corporate espionage involves illegally gathering information about a co.

13. OSHA was created to?
Laws regulating consumer protection
No - grease payments are not considered bribes & are therefore not illegal under the FCPA
Ensure worker safety
NDA (non-disclosure agreements are legal & binding)

14. Who is best known for creating the categorical imperative?
Misstating financial statements
Immanuel Kant
Allows an orgin site to send information to a computers browser
Philanthropic

15. Implied falsity?
Fidiciary
Advertising which involves technically true claims which are misleading by nature.
Conflict diamonds
All are conflicts of interest

16. Oversight refers to?
60 days
Diamonds which are sold with the purpose of funding insurrection or war.
Finding ways to eliminate the opportunities for employees to act unethically
All are related to government & business interactions

17. The Kimberley Process Certification Scheme was created to stop the circulation of?
All are conflicts of interest
Conflict diamonds
OSHA
Education

18. Does the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act include grease payments?
Post conventional (person is ruled by conscience instead of society)
Ensure worker safety
No - grease payments are not considered bribes & are therefore not illegal under the FCPA
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

19. If a person were to sue a co. for not fulfilling a contractual obligation it would be?
All would be addressed in an NDA
Decide the benefits of releasing the software now outweight the costs - & present the product as finished
Donated to a candidates campaign
Civil case (feel their rights have been violated)

20. An employee of a donut shop does not steal donuts because they are afraid they would get fired if they did. Which of Kohlbergs stages are they in?
Stage 1 (person most concerned with avoiding punishment)
An attempt to apply moral & ethical principles to business actions
That management agrees to terms set forth by labor unions
Meeting with senators - representative - staff members or other important people to persuade them to vote how you wish them to

21. What statement is TRUE?
Misstating financial statements
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.
Stage 5 People act because they feel an obligation to society
Legal

22. A stable state economy is in a state of?
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Environmental equilibrium
Money that is donated to political parties for the purpose of party building activities
A strong focus on developing core values

23. What is NOT an agency responsible for protecting workers health?
All are stakeholders
KPCS (they work to reduce circulation of conflict diamonds)
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)
All are related to government & business interactions

24. Ethical & philanthropic responsibilities are important in building?
Outside employment where a person has 2 jobs which conflict with each other
Sets forth standards for management in relations with labor unions
Stage 5 People act because they feel an obligation to society
Reputation

25. What is NOT a way that government can influence businesses?
Democratic leadership style
The study of designing more comfortably or easily used equipment
Price cancellation
Through PACS

26. Noisy withdrawal is?
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
When a lawyer withdraws legal representation for their client & notifies the proper authorities
Money that is donated to political parties for the purpose of party building activities

27. What is NOT an ex. of social engineering?
Civil Rights Act of 1964
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.
Dumpster diving
Help developing countries stregthen their economics

28. What statement is NOT true?
A move toward equality among all races in issues related to environmental hazards
All are conflicts of interest
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.
If a co. pays a low level official to ensure that their employees receive work visas more quickly than normal

29. In what situation would an NDA NOT be used?
Act utilitarianism (called maximizing utility)
An NDA would be appropriate in all situations
Kantian ethics (is deontological determines morality based on the morality of the action itself)
Patriot Act

30. What case established that is was how actions were interpreted that matter in sexual harassment cases?
Board of Directors
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc
If a co. pays a low level official to ensure that their employees receive work visas more quickly than normal
An intermediary who investigates complaints against a group

31. The Dukes vs. Walmart case involves which issue?
All would be addressed in an NDA
Because Dukes could not proves all women employees faced discrimination practices
Non-renewal resources
Sexual discrimination

32. 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?
Telling the truth because you think it is the right thing to do
Economical
Post conventional (person is ruled by conscience instead of society)
All are examples of corporate espionage

33. The EEOC investiges violations of the?
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Reputation
Ad hoc (means for this)
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit

34. What term is synonymous with philanthropy?
KPCS (they work to reduce circulation of conflict diamonds)
Outside employment where a person has 2 jobs which conflict with each other
Altruism (refers to placing the needs of another above oneself)
Meeting with senators - representative - staff members or other important people to persuade them to vote how you wish them to

35. What is a way in which government interventions in the economy can be beneficial to consumers?
Reputation
Product safety regulations - Import tariffs
NIMBY (not in my backyard)
A system of accountability - oversight - & control within the company

36. What is NOT a way in which business's are regulated?
Misstating financial statements
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)
All are related to government & business interactions
All are ways businesses are regulated

37. The Tyco scandal is associated with which ACT?
Fidiciary
Ethics. Most people felt the program (which charged more for the middle class people) was highly unethical & would not support it.
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
The WTO is governed by a conference of Secretariats with one Secretariat from each country

38. What is NOT true of sexual harassment?
OSHA
The primary factor in sexual harassment cases is the intent of the action
All are examples of corporate espionage
Logos - jingles - & brand names can all be ex. of trademarks

39. What is NOT a guideline set forth by Supreme court to be used in creating affirmative action programs?
An intermediary who investigates complaints against a group
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.
Logos - jingles - & brand names can all be ex. of trademarks
All are correct guidelines

40. What is NOT a type of discrimination investigated by the EEOC?
Monopolies
Outsourcing is unanimously agreed to be a beneficial process.
To lower greenhouse gas emissions
Education

41. The FTC was created to monitor which type of regulation?
Laws regulating consumer protection
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.
Hard money
Nepotism (considering the interests of family ahead of what is best for the business)

42. What moral theory is NOT consequentialist?
Kantian ethics (is deontological determines morality based on the morality of the action itself)
Oil spill
When a person or co. trades goods or services in place of money.
Restore stakeholder confidence in the securities market after a series of scandals in the early 2000s

43. The intent of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act was to?
The only ethical regulation s businesses follow are mandated by the government
Kantian ethics (is deontological determines morality based on the morality of the action itself)
Restore stakeholder confidence in the securities market after a series of scandals in the early 2000s
A system of accountability - oversight - & control within the company

44. 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
Kantian ethics (is deontological determines morality based on the morality of the action itself)
Philanthropic
A grease payment make things that would normally occur happen at a faster rate

45. What does EEOC stand for?
Consequentialism (considers the consequences of an action & the extent to which they benefit society in determining morality)
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not
An attempt to apply moral & ethical principles to business actions
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

46. Ergonomics is?
Education
The study of designing more comfortably or easily used equipment
Pump & dump
Corporate intelligence involves legally gathering information about a co. & corporate espionage involves illegally gathering information about a co.

47. What is NOT concern relative to outsourcing?
Allows foreign citizens to bring a citizen of the US to trial in the US
All are concerns about outsourcing
Fidiciary
All would be addressed in an NDA

48. What moral theory considers the action resulting in the greatest benefit to all people as the most moral action?
Act utilitarianism (called maximizing utility)
Discontinue the sale of the textbooks because as a general rule the practice is not unconditional
Dumpster diving
Meeting with senators - representative - staff members or other important people to persuade them to vote how you wish them to

49. Fossil fuels are?
Non-renewal resources
KPCS (they work to reduce circulation of conflict diamonds)
Ad hoc (means for this)
The primary factor in sexual harassment cases is the intent of the action

50. What is NOT regulated by the FDA?
Act utilitarianism
All are correct guidelines
Donating money to a humanitarian organizaiton for the purchase of blankets
Illegal drugs (drugs are monitored by DEA)