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DSST Business Ethics And Society

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1. What is NOT a benefit which can come to companies as a result of substainable business practices?
All are possible benefits
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)
Monopolies
Immanuel Kant

2. Hard money is?
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)
Donated to a candidates campaign
Self reference criterion
Price cancellation

3. 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)
It requires employers to give workers notice before mass layoffs so that they can prepare
Ethical relativism (no universal set of moral they are determined by the state & opinion in which one lives)
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)

4. What does EEOC stand for?
Hard money
That management agrees to terms set forth by labor unions
A person has the right to remove documents about themselves from government records
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

5. If a person were to sue a co. for not fulfilling a contractual obligation it would be?
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.
Employers may use subjective considerations for hiring as long as they do not produce a discriminatory environment
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)

6. Which act makes it illegal for US citizens to participate in bribes?
Prevent international trade crisis
Education
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
The study of designing more comfortably or easily used equipment

7. What statement BEST describes attitudes toward outsourcing?
All were implicated in scandals (Enron - Coca-Cola - Tyco International)
Outsourcing is often criticized however it can have many economic benefits because it allows companies to produce at a lower cost.
Allows foreign citizens to bring a citizen of the US to trial in the US
Corporate intelligence involves legally gathering information about a co. & corporate espionage involves illegally gathering information about a co.

8. Arable land is used for?
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)
Farming (suitable for agricultural use)
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters
If workers were loyal - punctual - & had at least decently efficient they could expect to keep their jobs & perhaps even advance over time.

9. The purpose of the World Bank is?
All are conflicts of interest
Economical
Non-point source contributions
Help developing countries stregthen their economics

10. OSHA was created to?
Through PACS
Pre-conventional (main goal of a person is survival. justification of actions comes from understanding punishment & reward system)
Ensure worker safety
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)

11. What statement is FALSE about merger between Delta Air Lines & Northwest Airlines in 2008?
Because Delta & Northwest are not the only airlines there is not way the merge could be considered anticompetitive
Restore stakeholder confidence in the securities market after a series of scandals in the early 2000s
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)

12. Hiring family members would be considered which type of conflict of interest?
Allows an orgin site to send information to a computers browser
Government regulations are always detrimental because the economy is self-correcting
Nepotism (considering the interests of family ahead of what is best for the business)
Act utilitarianism

13. What is NOT an illegal basis of discrimination?
Pure Food & Drug Act (in 1906 to force food producing industries to practice sanitation)
Authoritative (leader makes decisions & tells employees what their responsibilities are)
Enquiring about off duty activities
Education

14. What best describes rule utilitarianism?
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
OSHA
Advertising which involves technically true claims which are misleading by nature.

15. What statement would be the most correct under a classical view of business?
All are stakeholders
Government regulations are always detrimental because the economy is self-correcting
If a co. pays a low level official to ensure that their employees receive work visas more quickly than normal
Dumpster diving

16. A stable state economy is in a state of?
Although video surveillance is essentially unrestricted there are limits to an employers use of audio surveillance
Immanuel Kant
Environmental equilibrium
Finding ways to eliminate the opportunities for employees to act unethically

17. A manager implements new safety procedures because they feel obligated to protect the safety of their employees. Which of Kolhbergs stages does this describe?
Facilitating payment
Any program which seeks to reverse the effects of any form of discrimination
Stage 5 People act because they feel an obligation to society
A strong focus on developing core values

18. the merger between Delta Air Lines & Northwest Airlines raised concerns about what?
To lower greenhouse gas emissions
60 days
Monopolies
If a co. pays a low level official to ensure that their employees receive work visas more quickly than normal

19. What theory claims that ethical beliefs are determined by the society in which one lives?
The act did all
Enquiring about off duty activities
Ethical relativism (no universal set of moral they are determined by the state & opinion in which one lives)
Nepotism (considering the interests of family ahead of what is best for the business)

20. What statement is FALSE?
A piece of code which spreads from computer to computer & can disrupt computer functions.
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Random drug testing of employees is allowed in all cases
Product - Place - Promotion - & Price

21. What statement is FALSE?
Logos - jingles - & brand names can all be ex. of trademarks
Goodwill (good reputation makes co. worth more)
The only ethical regulation s businesses follow are mandated by the government
Laws regulating consumer protection

22. What is the stakeholder model of corporate governance?
Product - Place - Promotion - & Price
An attempt to apply moral & ethical principles to business actions
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
If a co. pays a low level official to ensure that their employees receive work visas more quickly than normal

23. Fast food places do not pay their workers less than minimum wage because it is against the law. Which of Kohlbergs stages does this describe?
Board of Directors
Money that is donated to political parties for the purpose of party building activities
Stage 4 (people are motivated primarily by authority such as law)
Through PACS

24. What is NOT a result of a shift to the new social contract?
That management agrees to terms set forth by labor unions
Pay raises
The only ethical regulation s businesses follow are mandated by the government
An NDA would be appropriate in all situations

25. What is NOT a guideline set forth by Supreme court to be used in creating affirmative action programs?
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
All are correct guidelines
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
No - grease payments are not considered bribes & are therefore not illegal under the FCPA

26. Who is best known for creating the categorical imperative?
Immanuel Kant
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Reputation
Act utilitarianism (called maximizing utility)

27. What statement about Corporate Social Responsibility is FALSE?
Pure Food & Drug Act (in 1906 to force food producing industries to practice sanitation)
Consequentialism (considers the consequences of an action & the extent to which they benefit society in determining morality)
It is unanimously agreed that there is a dire need for it in todays society
Non-point source contributions

28. Ergonomics is?
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
The study of designing more comfortably or easily used equipment
Laws regulating consumer protection
An intermediary who investigates complaints against a group

29. What theiry claims that person should only act in their own best interst?
Illegal drugs (drugs are monitored by DEA)
Deontological ethics (claims the morality of an action is determined by the morality of the action itself regardless of the consequences)
Comparable worth
Ethical egosim (states if it benefits the person then it is the right thing to do)

30. What is NOT a right outlined in the Privacy Act of 1974?
Taxes negatively impact efficient economic operations by driving a wedge between businesses & customers. However - they are often necessary
All are examples of corporate espionage
A person has the right to remove documents about themselves from government records
EEOC (has to do with employment in US)

31. How many days of notice does the WARN Act require employers to give employees?
NDA (non-disclosure agreements are legal & binding)
Enquiring about off duty activities
60 days
Civil Rights Act of 1964

32. What is NOT true of NAFTA?
Stage 4 (people are motivated primarily by authority such as law)
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.
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters
Finding ways to eliminate the opportunities for employees to act unethically

33. What is NOT a reason clinton's attempt at healthcare reform in the early 1990s failed?
Non-renewal resources
Ethics. Most people felt the program (which charged more for the middle class people) was highly unethical & would not support it.
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
60 days

34. What is NOT an ex. of social engineering?
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)
Universal imperative
Meeting with senators - representative - staff members or other important people to persuade them to vote how you wish them to
Dumpster diving

35. What agency does not relate in some manner to international trade?
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Legal
Stage 1 (person most concerned with avoiding punishment)
EEOC (has to do with employment in US)

36. What term describes a moral theory which derives morality from actions?
Deontological ethics (claims the morality of an action is determined by the morality of the action itself regardless of the consequences)
Environmental equilibrium
Environmental equilibrium
NIMBY (not in my backyard)

37. What is NOT a conflict of interest?
All are conflicts of interest
The considerations of large co about the well being of society when they make business decisions
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
Prevent international trade crisis

38. The Dukes vs. Walmart case involves which issue?
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Taxes negatively impact efficient economic operations by driving a wedge between businesses & customers. However - they are often necessary
Because Dukes could not proves all women employees faced discrimination practices
Sexual discrimination

39. A conflict of interest?
A system of accountability - oversight - & control within the company
Reputation
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit
Consequentialism (considers the consequences of an action & the extent to which they benefit society in determining morality)

40. In the case of Watson vs. Fort Worth Bank & Trust the court ruled?
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)
Employers may use subjective considerations for hiring as long as they do not produce a discriminatory environment
True statement teleological ethics an actions morality is determined based on its consequences. type of consequentialism.
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)

41. 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
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
Reputation
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not

42. Command & control regulations?
Education
Democratic leadership style
A system of accountability - oversight - & control within the company
Regulate how a co should manage certain processes that pollute the environment

43. Corporate citizenship?
Price cancellation
Ad hoc (means for this)
Goodwill (good reputation makes co. worth more)
The considerations of large co about the well being of society when they make business decisions

44. What statement best describes the difference between corporate intelligence & corpirate espionage?
Corporate intelligence involves legally gathering information about a co. & corporate espionage involves illegally gathering information about a co.
A grease payment make things that would normally occur happen at a faster rate
Non-renewal resources
Finding ways to eliminate the opportunities for employees to act unethically

45. What act conflicts with the Privacy Act of 1974?
Laws regulating consumer protection
A grease payment make things that would normally occur happen at a faster rate
It is unanimously agreed that there is a dire need for it in todays society
Patriot Act

46. Does the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act include grease payments?
No - grease payments are not considered bribes & are therefore not illegal under the FCPA
Restore stakeholder confidence in the securities market after a series of scandals in the early 2000s
When a lawyer withdraws legal representation for their client & notifies the proper authorities
Pre-conventional (main goal of a person is survival. justification of actions comes from understanding punishment & reward system)

47. Utilitarianism is a type of?
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not
The only ethical regulation s businesses follow are mandated by the government
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)
Consequentialism (considers the consequences of an action & the extent to which they benefit society in determining morality)

48. What is the four P's of advertising?
Self reference criterion
Allows an orgin site to send information to a computers browser
Product - Place - Promotion - & Price
A piece of code which spreads from computer to computer & can disrupt computer functions.

49. Business ethics is?
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Dumpster diving
Non-renewal resources
An attempt to apply moral & ethical principles to business actions

50. Ethical & philanthropic responsibilities are important in building?
An NDA would be appropriate in all situations
Pump & dump
Reputation
Civil Rights Act of 1964