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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 best describes soft money?
Random drug testing of employees is allowed in all cases
Money that is donated to political parties for the purpose of party building activities
Monopolies
Because Delta & Northwest are not the only airlines there is not way the merge could be considered anticompetitive

2. Lobbying is?
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
Comparable worth
Regulate how a co should manage certain processes that pollute the environment

3. The EEOC investiges violations of the?
OSHA
Kantian ethics (is deontological determines morality based on the morality of the action itself)
A grease payment make things that would normally occur happen at a faster rate
Civil Rights Act of 1964

4. What did the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act NOT do?
The primary factor in sexual harassment cases is the intent of the action
NIMBY (not in my backyard)
NDA (non-disclosure agreements are legal & binding)
The act did all

5. What statement is TRUE?
NIMBY (not in my backyard)
Altruism (refers to placing the needs of another above oneself)
All are related to government & business interactions
A grease payment make things that would normally occur happen at a faster rate

6. 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?
All are stakeholders
Random drug testing of employees is allowed in all cases
Post conventional (person is ruled by conscience instead of society)
Sets forth standards for management in relations with labor unions

7. Hard money is?
Donated to a candidates campaign
Outsourcing is often criticized however it can have many economic benefits because it allows companies to produce at a lower cost.
The considerations of large co about the well being of society when they make business decisions
Product safety regulations - Import tariffs

8. The origins of the FDA can be traces to what ACT?
Conflict diamonds
Hard money
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
Pure Food & Drug Act (in 1906 to force food producing industries to practice sanitation)

9. What is NOT concern relative to outsourcing?
Board of Directors
Restore stakeholder confidence in the securities market after a series of scandals in the early 2000s
All are concerns about outsourcing
Sets forth standards for management in relations with labor unions

10. What group would not be considered a stakeholder?
The considerations of large co about the well being of society when they make business decisions
Product - Place - Promotion - & Price
Oil spill
All are stakeholders

11. What is the purpose of the Kyoto Protocol?
Enquiring about off duty activities
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
To lower greenhouse gas emissions
All were implicated in scandals (Enron - Coca-Cola - Tyco International)

12. What statement is FALSE?
Government regulations are always detrimental because the economy is self-correcting
Sets forth standards for management in relations with labor unions
Stage 5 People act because they feel an obligation to society
Random drug testing of employees is allowed in all cases

13. A business practices underhanded accounting practices to raise stock prices & make money. Which type of ethics does this fall under?
Economical
No - grease payments are not considered bribes & are therefore not illegal under the FCPA
All are related to government & business interactions
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)

14. The perceived 'us' vs. 'them' mentality that emerges when doing business with different cultures is referred to?
Education
Self reference criterion
Discontinue the sale of the textbooks because as a general rule the practice is not unconditional
Stage 4 (people are motivated primarily by authority such as law)

15. Business with a mindset of the customer is always right often find themselves subject to more of which type of fraud?
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the business)
Outsourcing is often criticized however it can have many economic benefits because it allows companies to produce at a lower cost.
Democratic leadership style
The WTO is governed by a conference of Secretariats with one Secretariat from each country

16. A manager implements new safety procedures because they feel obligated to protect the safety of their employees. Which of Kolhbergs stages does this describe?
Corporate intelligence involves legally gathering information about a co. & corporate espionage involves illegally gathering information about a co.
Stage 5 People act because they feel an obligation to society
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)
The considerations of large co about the well being of society when they make business decisions

17. A conflict of interest?
Pure Food & Drug Act (in 1906 to force food producing industries to practice sanitation)
Ethics. Most people felt the program (which charged more for the middle class people) was highly unethical & would not support it.
Environmental equilibrium
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit

18. Ergonomics is?
Ethical egosim (states if it benefits the person then it is the right thing to do)
Ad hoc (means for this)
The study of designing more comfortably or easily used equipment
Outsourcing is often criticized however it can have many economic benefits because it allows companies to produce at a lower cost.

19. The Tyco scandal is associated with which ACT?
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Environmental equilibrium
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)

20. If a person owns a cupcake business & works in a cupcake factory - what type of conflict of interest is it considered?
Donating money to a humanitarian organizaiton for the purchase of blankets
Act utilitarianism
Outside employment where a person has 2 jobs which conflict with each other
Conflict diamonds

21. What case established that is was how actions were interpreted that matter in sexual harassment cases?
Conflict diamonds
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not
Laws regulating consumer protection
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc

22. 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
Sustainable development emphasizes the development of new & innovative technologies to reduce the overuse of natural resources
Fidiciary
Decide the benefits of releasing the software now outweight the costs - & present the product as finished
Facilitating payment

23. 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.
All are related to government & business interactions
Money that is donated to political parties for the purpose of party building activities
Deontological ethics (claims the morality of an action is determined by the morality of the action itself regardless of the consequences)

24. Corporate governance?
Outsourcing is unanimously agreed to be a beneficial process.
Although video surveillance is essentially unrestricted there are limits to an employers use of audio surveillance
A system of accountability - oversight - & control within the company
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

25. The Kimberley Process Certification Scheme was created to stop the circulation of?
Conflict diamonds
All would be addressed in an NDA
All are conflicts of interest
A system of accountability - oversight - & control within the company

26. A noisy withdrawal would be done by?
Lawyers
Discrimination
OSHA
Because Delta & Northwest are not the only airlines there is not way the merge could be considered anticompetitive

27. Considered from an ethical standpoint - MNCs should?
Pre-conventional (main goal of a person is survival. justification of actions comes from understanding punishment & reward system)
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not
Diamonds which are sold with the purpose of funding insurrection or war.
EEOC (has to do with employment in US)

28. What is NOT a legal way for employers to monitor employees?
Enquiring about off duty activities
The WTO is governed by a conference of Secretariats with one Secretariat from each country
Goodwill (good reputation makes co. worth more)
Environmental equilibrium

29. Oversight refers to?
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)
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Finding ways to eliminate the opportunities for employees to act unethically

30. What moral theory is NOT consequentialist?
An attempt to apply moral & ethical principles to business actions
That management agrees to terms set forth by labor unions
Kantian ethics (is deontological determines morality based on the morality of the action itself)
60 days

31. What is a way in which government interventions in the economy can be beneficial to consumers?
An NDA would be appropriate in all situations
Patriot Act
Product safety regulations - Import tariffs
Pay raises

32. What is best ex. of point secure pollution?
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc
Universal Ethics Protocol organization
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)
Oil spill

33. What term is synonymous with philanthropy?
All are possible benefits
Monopolies
The considerations of large co about the well being of society when they make business decisions
Altruism (refers to placing the needs of another above oneself)

34. 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.
When a person or co. trades goods or services in place of money.
Help developing countries stregthen their economics
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit

35. What is NOT a way in which business's are regulated?
All are ways businesses are regulated
The WTO is governed by a conference of Secretariats with one Secretariat from each country
Environmental equilibrium
Sets forth standards for management in relations with labor unions

36. What BEST describes affirmative action?
An attempt to apply moral & ethical principles to business actions
Any program which seeks to reverse the effects of any form of discrimination
Pure Food & Drug Act (in 1906 to force food producing industries to practice sanitation)
Board of Directors

37. The term quid pro quo related to what issue?
Enquiring about off duty activities
60 days
If workers were loyal - punctual - & had at least decently efficient they could expect to keep their jobs & perhaps even advance over time.
Sexual harassment

38. What best describes rule utilitarianism?
True statement teleological ethics an actions morality is determined based on its consequences. type of consequentialism.
Dumpster diving
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
All are conflicts of interest

39. What is NOT regulated by the FDA?
Dumpster diving
Comparable worth
Fidiciary
Illegal drugs (drugs are monitored by DEA)

40. What is NOT a right outlined in the Privacy Act of 1974?
The considerations of large co about the well being of society when they make business decisions
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
A person has the right to remove documents about themselves from government records
Education

41. 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?
Stage 2 people are concerned with obtaining rewards
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)
The WTO is governed by a conference of Secretariats with one Secretariat from each country
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)

42. An employer who posted a list of weekly resonsibilities for employees to fulfill would best be described by which leadership style?
Authoritative (leader makes decisions & tells employees what their responsibilities are)
Monopolies
Ethical egosim (states if it benefits the person then it is the right thing to do)
Diamonds which are sold with the purpose of funding insurrection or war.

43. In the case of Watson vs. Fort Worth Bank & Trust the court ruled?
Ethical relativism (no universal set of moral they are determined by the state & opinion in which one lives)
Economical
Employers may use subjective considerations for hiring as long as they do not produce a discriminatory environment
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.

44. What is NOT a way that government can influence businesses?
Pure Food & Drug Act (in 1906 to force food producing industries to practice sanitation)
A strong focus on developing core values
It is unanimously agreed that there is a dire need for it in todays society
Through PACS

45. The purpose of the World Bank is?
Reputation
Lawyers
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
Help developing countries stregthen their economics

46. What situation would be considered moral under Kantian theory?
Laws regulating consumer protection
Telling the truth because you think it is the right thing to do
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)
Outsourcing is unanimously agreed to be a beneficial process.

47. Noisy withdrawal is?
All are possible benefits
A grease payment make things that would normally occur happen at a faster rate
When a lawyer withdraws legal representation for their client & notifies the proper authorities
Post conventional (person is ruled by conscience instead of society)

48. What is NOT a type of imperative considered under Kantian ethics?
Ensure worker safety
Hard money
Universal imperative
Enquiring about off duty activities

49. A child cleans their room so they will be allowed to go to a friends house. Which of Kohlbergs stages are they in?
Pre-conventional (main goal of a person is survival. justification of actions comes from understanding punishment & reward system)
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)
Civil case (feel their rights have been violated)
Sets forth standards for management in relations with labor unions

50. In what situation would an NDA NOT be used?
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 NDA would be appropriate in all situations
Act utilitarianism
Discrimination