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DSST Business Ethics And Society

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1. What is NOT true of NAFTA?
Act utilitarianism
Product - Place - Promotion - & Price
Discrimination
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters

2. What statement is NOT true?
Outsourcing is unanimously agreed to be a beneficial process.
Regulate how a co should manage certain processes that pollute the environment
Authoritative (leader makes decisions & tells employees what their responsibilities are)
Universal Ethics Protocol organization

3. What is NOT a form of marketing fraud?
Stage 4 (people are motivated primarily by authority such as law)
Pump & dump
Prevent international trade crisis
Misstating financial statements

4. The FTC was created to monitor which type of regulation?
All are stakeholders
Philanthropic
It is unanimously agreed that there is a dire need for it in todays society
Laws regulating consumer protection

5. What is NOT a legal way for employers to monitor employees?
Enquiring about off duty activities
Farming (suitable for agricultural use)
The considerations of large co about the well being of society when they make business decisions
Universal imperative

6. Considered from an ethical standpoint - MNCs should?
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not
Ethical relativism (no universal set of moral they are determined by the state & opinion in which one lives)
Product - Place - Promotion - & Price
If workers were loyal - punctual - & had at least decently efficient they could expect to keep their jobs & perhaps even advance over time.

7. The Kimberley Process Certification Scheme was created to stop the circulation of?
Conflict diamonds
Facilitating payment
Prevent international trade crisis
No - grease payments are not considered bribes & are therefore not illegal under the FCPA

8. What would NOT be illegal under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act?
Through PACS
If a co. pays a low level official to ensure that their employees receive work visas more quickly than normal
Outside employment where a person has 2 jobs which conflict with each other
Post conventional (person is ruled by conscience instead of society)

9. What is NOT a type of loophole that developed in response to limitations placed on hard money contributions?
Universal Ethics Protocol organization
All are correct guidelines
Non-point source contributions
60 days

10. What statement would be the most correct under a classical view of business?
Immanuel Kant
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not
Government regulations are always detrimental because the economy is self-correcting
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)

11. What statement BEST describes attitudes toward outsourcing?
Outsourcing is often criticized however it can have many economic benefits because it allows companies to produce at a lower cost.
Legal
60 days
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters

12. What statement is FALSE about merger between Delta Air Lines & Northwest Airlines in 2008?
Illegal drugs (drugs are monitored by DEA)
Pump & dump
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Because Delta & Northwest are not the only airlines there is not way the merge could be considered anticompetitive

13. What is NOT a conflict of interest?
Donating money to a humanitarian organizaiton for the purchase of blankets
A strong focus on developing core values
Civil case (feel their rights have been violated)
All are conflicts of interest

14. A child cleans their room so they will be allowed to go to a friends house. Which of Kohlbergs stages are they in?
Sexual harassment
An NDA would be appropriate in all situations
Discrimination
Pre-conventional (main goal of a person is survival. justification of actions comes from understanding punishment & reward system)

15. What is a standard that aides companies in improving their environmental practices?
A strong focus on developing core values
All are possible benefits
Education
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)

16. In the case of Watson vs. Fort Worth Bank & Trust the court ruled?
Hard money
Board of Directors
Environmental equilibrium
Employers may use subjective considerations for hiring as long as they do not produce a discriminatory environment

17. Corporate citizenship?
Money that is donated to political parties for the purpose of party building activities
Discrimination
The WTO is governed by a conference of Secretariats with one Secretariat from each country
The considerations of large co about the well being of society when they make business decisions

18. The Tyco scandal is associated with which ACT?
An intermediary who investigates complaints against a group
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Pre-conventional (main goal of a person is survival. justification of actions comes from understanding punishment & reward system)
Authoritative (leader makes decisions & tells employees what their responsibilities are)

19. Command & control regulations?
No - grease payments are not considered bribes & are therefore not illegal under the FCPA
Regulate how a co should manage certain processes that pollute the environment
Logos - jingles - & brand names can all be ex. of trademarks
Diamonds which are sold with the purpose of funding insurrection or war.

20. What is NOT regulated by the FDA?
Monopolies
Act utilitarianism
Illegal drugs (drugs are monitored by DEA)
Stage 2 people are concerned with obtaining rewards

21. What theory claims that ethical beliefs are determined by the society in which one lives?
Lawyers
When a lawyer withdraws legal representation for their client & notifies the proper authorities
EEOC (has to do with employment in US)
Ethical relativism (no universal set of moral they are determined by the state & opinion in which one lives)

22. What is NOT legally required in management relations with labor unions?
Economical
No - grease payments are not considered bribes & are therefore not illegal under the FCPA
That management agrees to terms set forth by labor unions
Education

23. A stable state economy is in a state of?
No - grease payments are not considered bribes & are therefore not illegal under the FCPA
Legal
Environmental equilibrium
Employers may use subjective considerations for hiring as long as they do not produce a discriminatory environment

24. What is NOT an unethical pricing strategy?
Conflict diamonds
Price cancellation
Environmental equilibrium
Help developing countries stregthen their economics

25. What is NOT a result of a shift to the new social contract?
Pay raises
When a person or co. trades goods or services in place of money.
Consequentialism (considers the consequences of an action & the extent to which they benefit society in determining morality)
Money that is donated to political parties for the purpose of party building activities

26. What is NOT a type of discrimination investigated by the EEOC?
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
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc
Education
Ethical egosim (states if it benefits the person then it is the right thing to do)

27. The term quid pro quo related to what issue?
Sexual harassment
All are ways businesses are regulated
All are examples of corporate espionage
Education

28. Does the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act include grease payments?
KPCS (they work to reduce circulation of conflict diamonds)
No - grease payments are not considered bribes & are therefore not illegal under the FCPA
Any program which seeks to reverse the effects of any form of discrimination
Immanuel Kant

29. What term is synonymous with philanthropy?
Taxes negatively impact efficient economic operations by driving a wedge between businesses & customers. However - they are often necessary
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not
Donating money to a humanitarian organizaiton for the purchase of blankets
Altruism (refers to placing the needs of another above oneself)

30. An ombudsman is?
Restore stakeholder confidence in the securities market after a series of scandals in the early 2000s
An intermediary who investigates complaints against a group
Farming (suitable for agricultural use)
Ethics. Most people felt the program (which charged more for the middle class people) was highly unethical & would not support it.

31. What is best ex. of point secure pollution?
Education
Oil spill
A person has the right to remove documents about themselves from government records
Regulate how a co should manage certain processes that pollute the environment

32. What is NOT an example of how corporate espionage can occur?
Sexual discrimination
Through PACS
Sustainable development emphasizes the development of new & innovative technologies to reduce the overuse of natural resources
All are examples of corporate espionage

33. A virus is?
Laws regulating consumer protection
Oil spill
A piece of code which spreads from computer to computer & can disrupt computer functions.
Ensure worker safety

34. The term glass ceiling related to which employer-employee relations issue?
Any program which seeks to reverse the effects of any form of discrimination
Fidiciary
Discrimination
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)

35. What statement is TRUE?
Discontinue the sale of the textbooks because as a general rule the practice is not unconditional
Pay raises
Logos - jingles - & brand names can all be ex. of trademarks
All were implicated in scandals (Enron - Coca-Cola - Tyco International)

36. 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?
Ethical relativism (no universal set of moral they are determined by the state & opinion in which one lives)
Stage 1 (person most concerned with avoiding punishment)
To ensure & protect public health & safety
Environmental equilibrium

37. What statement is NOT true?
Kantian ethics (is deontological determines morality based on the morality of the action itself)
Regulate how a co should manage certain processes that pollute the 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.
Environmental equilibrium

38. The purpose of the World Bank is?
Monopolies
All are concerns about outsourcing
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
Help developing countries stregthen their economics

39. What statement about Corporate Social Responsibility is FALSE?
60 days
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)
It is unanimously agreed that there is a dire need for it in todays society
Board of Directors

40. Protections for workers from workplace hazard are regulated & mandated by what agency?
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 stakeholders
All are related to government & business interactions
OSHA

41. Lobbying is?
If workers were loyal - punctual - & had at least decently efficient they could expect to keep their jobs & perhaps even advance over time.
Meeting with senators - representative - staff members or other important people to persuade them to vote how you wish them to
Comparable worth
Outsourcing is unanimously agreed to be a beneficial process.

42. The Dukes vs. Walmart case involves which issue?
Dumpster diving
Sexual discrimination
Taxes negatively impact efficient economic operations by driving a wedge between businesses & customers. However - they are often necessary
Board of Directors

43. What act conflicts with the Privacy Act of 1974?
Pre-conventional (main goal of a person is survival. justification of actions comes from understanding punishment & reward system)
To ensure & protect public health & safety
Regulate how a co should manage certain processes that pollute the environment
Patriot Act

44. What is NOT a way in which business's are regulated?
Dumpster diving
Product safety regulations - Import tariffs
All are ways businesses are regulated
Logos - jingles - & brand names can all be ex. of trademarks

45. What statement is TRUE?
It is unanimously agreed that there is a dire need for it in todays society
Diamonds which are sold with the purpose of funding insurrection or war.
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.
All are possible benefits

46. What group would not be considered a stakeholder?
A move toward equality among all races in issues related to environmental hazards
Allows foreign citizens to bring a citizen of the US to trial in the US
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)
All are stakeholders

47. Which act makes it illegal for US citizens to participate in bribes?
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
All are correct guidelines
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Help developing countries stregthen their economics

48. A cookie?
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)
Allows an orgin site to send information to a computers browser
NDA (non-disclosure agreements are legal & binding)
If a co. pays a low level official to ensure that their employees receive work visas more quickly than normal

49. In what situation would an NDA NOT be used?
An NDA would be appropriate in all situations
All are conflicts of interest
Laws regulating consumer protection
Reputation

50. Business ethics is?
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.
A move toward equality among all races in issues related to environmental hazards
An attempt to apply moral & ethical principles to business actions
Stage 4 (people are motivated primarily by authority such as law)