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DSST Business Ethics And Society

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1. In what situation would an NDA NOT be used?
It is unanimously agreed that there is a dire need for it in todays society
Through PACS
An NDA would be appropriate in all situations
Any program which seeks to reverse the effects of any form of discrimination

2. Karen Silkwood is associated with?
That management agrees to terms set forth by labor unions
Kerr-McGee (plutonium tampering)
Allows an orgin site to send information to a computers browser
All are related to government & business interactions

3. 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?
Ethical egosim (states if it benefits the person then it is the right thing to do)
Stage 4 (people are motivated primarily by authority such as law)
NIMBY (not in my backyard)
Utilitarianism (focus on considering the benefit & costs & if benefits are greater than costs then action is moral)

4. What is the four P's of advertising?
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Product - Place - Promotion - & Price
Allows foreign citizens to bring a citizen of the US to trial in the US
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the business)

5. Corporate governance?
Allows an orgin site to send information to a computers browser
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the business)
A system of accountability - oversight - & control within the company
Education

6. The Fair Labor Standards Act?
Sets forth standards for management in relations with labor unions
All are possible benefits
Stage 2 people are concerned with obtaining rewards
Universal Ethics Protocol organization

7. A conflict of interest?
Regulate how a co should manage certain processes that pollute the environment
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit
Any program which seeks to reverse the effects of any form of discrimination
Taxes negatively impact efficient economic operations by driving a wedge between businesses & customers. However - they are often necessary

8. What are conflict diamonds?
Post conventional (person is ruled by conscience instead of society)
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit
Diamonds which are sold with the purpose of funding insurrection or war.
Reputation

9. What is NOT a rule for creating maxims under Kantian ethics?
A grease payment make things that would normally occur happen at a faster rate
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)
Environmental equilibrium

10. What is NOT illegal?
Stage 2 people are concerned with obtaining rewards
All are correct guidelines
Statistical discrimination - Unintentional discrimination
Post conventional (person is ruled by conscience instead of society)

11. What is a standard that aides companies in improving their environmental practices?
Product safety regulations - Import tariffs
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the business)
Donating money to a humanitarian organizaiton for the purchase of blankets
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)

12. If a person owns a cupcake business & works in a cupcake factory - what type of conflict of interest is it considered?
Product - Place - Promotion - & Price
Enquiring about off duty activities
Outside employment where a person has 2 jobs which conflict with each other
Deontological ethics (claims the morality of an action is determined by the morality of the action itself regardless of the consequences)

13. What group would not be considered a stakeholder?
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the business)
All are stakeholders
Although video surveillance is essentially unrestricted there are limits to an employers use of audio surveillance
When a lawyer withdraws legal representation for their client & notifies the proper authorities

14. The FTC was created to monitor which type of regulation?
Outside employment where a person has 2 jobs which conflict with each other
Corporate intelligence involves legally gathering information about a co. & corporate espionage involves illegally gathering information about a co.
Laws regulating consumer protection
If workers were loyal - punctual - & had at least decently efficient they could expect to keep their jobs & perhaps even advance over time.

15. Hiring family members would be considered which type of conflict of interest?
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
Nepotism (considering the interests of family ahead of what is best for the business)
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)
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

16. An ombudsman is?
An intermediary who investigates complaints against a group
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Illegal drugs (drugs are monitored by DEA)
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

17. What statement is NOT true?
Altruism (refers to placing the needs of another above oneself)
Legal
Outsourcing is unanimously agreed to be a beneficial process.
Universal imperative

18. What term describes a moral theory which derives morality from actions?
Product safety regulations - Import tariffs
Restore stakeholder confidence in the securities market after a series of scandals in the early 2000s
Non-point source contributions
Deontological ethics (claims the morality of an action is determined by the morality of the action itself regardless of the consequences)

19. What best describes in kind contribution?
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)
When a person or co. trades goods or services in place of money.
Universal Ethics Protocol organization
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not

20. What is NOT concern relative to outsourcing?
All are concerns about outsourcing
A grease payment make things that would normally occur happen at a faster rate
Board of Directors
Because Delta & Northwest are not the only airlines there is not way the merge could be considered anticompetitive

21. What is regulated by FDA?
The act did all
Prevent international trade crisis
Lawyers
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)

22. 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 5 People act because they feel an obligation to society
Immanuel Kant
Meeting with senators - representative - staff members or other important people to persuade them to vote how you wish them to
Stage 1 (person most concerned with avoiding punishment)

23. Which co was NOT implicated in the early 2000s?
Education
Restore stakeholder confidence in the securities market after a series of scandals in the early 2000s
All were implicated in scandals (Enron - Coca-Cola - Tyco International)
Telling the truth because you think it is the right thing to do

24. A virus is?
Finding ways to eliminate the opportunities for employees to act unethically
Random drug testing of employees is allowed in all cases
A piece of code which spreads from computer to computer & can disrupt computer functions.
Fidiciary

25. What agency does not relate in some manner to international trade?
EEOC (has to do with employment in US)
KPCS (they work to reduce circulation of conflict diamonds)
Board of Directors
Random drug testing of employees is allowed in all cases

26. What statement best describes the difference between corporate intelligence & corpirate espionage?
Democratic leadership style
Corporate intelligence involves legally gathering information about a co. & corporate espionage involves illegally gathering information about a co.
All would be addressed in an NDA
All are stakeholders

27. Business with a mindset of the customer is always right often find themselves subject to more of which type of fraud?
All were implicated in scandals (Enron - Coca-Cola - Tyco International)
Education
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the business)
The primary factor in sexual harassment cases is the intent of the action

28. Corporate citizenship?
All would be addressed in an NDA
The considerations of large co about the well being of society when they make business decisions
Immanuel Kant
Sarbanes-Oxley Act

29. What is NOT a type of discrimination investigated by the EEOC?
When a lawyer withdraws legal representation for their client & notifies the proper authorities
Education
Enquiring about off duty activities
Ethical egosim (states if it benefits the person then it is the right thing to do)

30. The term glass ceiling related to which employer-employee relations issue?
Discrimination
Corporate intelligence involves legally gathering information about a co. & corporate espionage involves illegally gathering information about a co.
All would be addressed in an NDA
Government regulations are always detrimental because the economy is self-correcting

31. The Alien Tort Claims Act?
A piece of code which spreads from computer to computer & can disrupt computer functions.
Finding ways to eliminate the opportunities for employees to act unethically
Allows foreign citizens to bring a citizen of the US to trial in the US
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

32. What is NOT a right outlined in the Privacy Act of 1974?
NIMBY (not in my backyard)
A person has the right to remove documents about themselves from government records
An intermediary who investigates complaints against a group
Pump & dump

33. The Kimberley Process Certification Scheme was created to stop the circulation of?
Random drug testing of employees is allowed in all cases
Finding ways to eliminate the opportunities for employees to act unethically
Outsourcing is unanimously agreed to be a beneficial process.
Conflict diamonds

34. The fact that in many cases a company's worth is greater than the value of its tangible assets is referred to as?
An NDA would be appropriate in all situations
Ethics. Most people felt the program (which charged more for the middle class people) was highly unethical & would not support it.
Laws regulating consumer protection
Goodwill (good reputation makes co. worth more)

35. What is NOT a conflict of interest?
All are conflicts of interest
Diamonds which are sold with the purpose of funding insurrection or war.
Advertising which involves technically true claims which are misleading by nature.
True statement teleological ethics an actions morality is determined based on its consequences. type of consequentialism.

36. What best describes soft money?
Pay raises
Money that is donated to political parties for the purpose of party building activities
Democratic leadership style
NIMBY (not in my backyard)

37. What statement is TRUE?
Goodwill (good reputation makes co. worth more)
Outsourcing is unanimously agreed to be a beneficial process.
Consequentialism (considers the consequences of an action & the extent to which they benefit society in determining morality)
Sustainable development emphasizes the development of new & innovative technologies to reduce the overuse of natural resources

38. What is NOT a type of imperative considered under Kantian ethics?
Reputation
Universal imperative
All are conflicts of interest
Kantian ethics (is deontological determines morality based on the morality of the action itself)

39. Fossil fuels are?
Product - Place - Promotion - & Price
Ethics. Most people felt the program (which charged more for the middle class people) was highly unethical & would not support it.
Non-renewal resources
It is unanimously agreed that there is a dire need for it in todays society

40. What statement is NOT true?
An NDA would be appropriate in all situations
KPCS (they work to reduce circulation of conflict diamonds)
Environmental equilibrium
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.

41. A business practices underhanded accounting practices to raise stock prices & make money. Which type of ethics does this fall under?
Nepotism (considering the interests of family ahead of what is best for the business)
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the business)
Economical
Meeting with senators - representative - staff members or other important people to persuade them to vote how you wish them to

42. What situation would be considered moral under Kantian theory?
The primary factor in sexual harassment cases is the intent of the action
When a person or co. trades goods or services in place of money.
Telling the truth because you think it is the right thing to do
Kantian ethics (is deontological determines morality based on the morality of the action itself)

43. Command & control regulations?
Regulate how a co should manage certain processes that pollute the environment
Deontological ethics (claims the morality of an action is determined by the morality of the action itself regardless of the consequences)
Sexual harassment
Patriot Act

44. Hard money is?
Kantian ethics (is deontological determines morality based on the morality of the action itself)
Donated to a candidates campaign
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
It is unanimously agreed that there is a dire need for it in todays society

45. How many days of notice does the WARN Act require employers to give employees?
60 days
All are stakeholders
Deontological ethics (claims the morality of an action is determined by the morality of the action itself regardless of the consequences)
Economical

46. If a resource is used at the same rate at which it can be replenished it is describes as?
Ethics. Most people felt the program (which charged more for the middle class people) was highly unethical & would not support it.
Environmental equilibrium
Discrimination
Deontological ethics (claims the morality of an action is determined by the morality of the action itself regardless of the consequences)

47. Arable land is used for?
Farming (suitable for agricultural use)
Pump & dump
Stage 1 (person most concerned with avoiding punishment)
Act utilitarianism (called maximizing utility)

48. 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
A strong focus on developing core values
The primary factor in sexual harassment cases is the intent of the action
Decide the benefits of releasing the software now outweight the costs - & present the product as finished
Although video surveillance is essentially unrestricted there are limits to an employers use of audio surveillance

49. According to teleological ethics an action's morality is determined based on its consequences?
Finding ways to eliminate the opportunities for employees to act unethically
True statement teleological ethics an actions morality is determined based on its consequences. type of consequentialism.
Product - Place - Promotion - & Price
All are possible benefits

50. What aid employers in keeping information private?
Restore stakeholder confidence in the securities market after a series of scandals in the early 2000s
NDA (non-disclosure agreements are legal & binding)
Sexual harassment
Donated to a candidates campaign

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