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DSST Business Ethics And Society

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1. What is NOT an agency responsible for protecting workers health?
Donating money to a humanitarian organizaiton for the purchase of blankets
KPCS (they work to reduce circulation of conflict diamonds)
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
Decide the benefits of releasing the software now outweight the costs - & present the product as finished

2. What is NOT true of NAFTA?
All are conflicts of interest
KPCS (they work to reduce circulation of conflict diamonds)
Facilitating payment
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters

3. Cost benefit considerations would be most typical of what type of ethics?
Ensure worker safety
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.
Education
Utilitarianism (focus on considering the benefit & costs & if benefits are greater than costs then action is moral)

4. The FTC was created to monitor which type of regulation?
Kantian ethics (is deontological determines morality based on the morality of the action itself)
Laws regulating consumer protection
Price cancellation
Self reference criterion

5. What moral theory considers the action resulting in the greatest benefit to all people as the most moral action?
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
Stage 5 People act because they feel an obligation to society
Act utilitarianism (called maximizing utility)
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)

6. What is a standard that aides companies in improving their environmental practices?
All are possible benefits
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
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)
NDA (non-disclosure agreements are legal & binding)

7. What act conflicts with the Privacy Act of 1974?
Sexual discrimination
Non-renewal resources
Patriot Act
Consequentialism (considers the consequences of an action & the extent to which they benefit society in determining morality)

8. What statement is NOT true?
A piece of code which spreads from computer to computer & can disrupt computer functions.
NDA (non-disclosure agreements are legal & binding)
Board of Directors
Outsourcing is unanimously agreed to be a beneficial process.

9. What is NOT an example of how corporate espionage can occur?
Act utilitarianism
All are examples of corporate espionage
Non-renewal resources
Self reference criterion

10. What statement about Corporate Social Responsibility is FALSE?
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the business)
It is unanimously agreed that there is a dire need for it in todays society
Kantian ethics (is deontological determines morality based on the morality of the action itself)
It requires employers to give workers notice before mass layoffs so that they can prepare

11. A virus is?
Altruism (refers to placing the needs of another above oneself)
Fidiciary
A piece of code which spreads from computer to computer & can disrupt computer functions.
Goodwill (good reputation makes co. worth more)

12. What is NOT a legal way for employers to monitor employees?
Hard money
Enquiring about off duty activities
The considerations of large co about the well being of society when they make business decisions
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

13. The president of the co must decide whethere to continue to sell textbooks that he knows have incorrect information in them or not. Considered from standpoint of Kantian ethics the president would most likely?
Kerr-McGee (plutonium tampering)
Civil case (feel their rights have been violated)
Discontinue the sale of the textbooks because as a general rule the practice is not unconditional
All are stakeholders

14. What is NOT a reason clinton's attempt at healthcare reform in the early 1990s failed?
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.
The study of designing more comfortably or easily used equipment
Ethics. Most people felt the program (which charged more for the middle class people) was highly unethical & would not support it.

15. Oversight refers to?
Government regulations are always detrimental because the economy is self-correcting
Finding ways to eliminate the opportunities for employees to act unethically
Statistical discrimination - Unintentional discrimination
Sustainable development emphasizes the development of new & innovative technologies to reduce the overuse of natural resources

16. A conflict of interest?
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
Education
The primary factor in sexual harassment cases is the intent of the action
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit

17. Ergonomics is?
Statistical discrimination - Unintentional discrimination
Immanuel Kant
Patriot Act
The study of designing more comfortably or easily used equipment

18. Which act makes it illegal for US citizens to participate in bribes?
Conflict diamonds
Facilitating payment
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
Meeting with senators - representative - staff members or other important people to persuade them to vote how you wish them to

19. What statement would be the most correct under a classical view of business?
Government regulations are always detrimental because the economy is self-correcting
Regulate how a co should manage certain processes that pollute the environment
NIMBY (not in my backyard)
Finding ways to eliminate the opportunities for employees to act unethically

20. 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
Dumpster diving
Regulate how a co should manage certain processes that pollute the environment
Decide the benefits of releasing the software now outweight the costs - & present the product as finished
All are conflicts of interest

21. The purpose of the International Monetary Fund?
Prevent international trade crisis
All are examples of corporate espionage
Kerr-McGee (plutonium tampering)
Deontological ethics (claims the morality of an action is determined by the morality of the action itself regardless of the consequences)

22. What group would not be considered a stakeholder?
The study of designing more comfortably or easily used equipment
Universal Ethics Protocol organization
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)
All are stakeholders

23. What is environmental justice?
Education
A move toward equality among all races in issues related to environmental hazards
Outsourcing is unanimously agreed to be a beneficial process.
Dumpster diving

24. A cookie?
Lawyers
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
All are examples of corporate espionage
Allows an orgin site to send information to a computers browser

25. Ethical & philanthropic responsibilities are important in building?
Reputation
Kerr-McGee (plutonium tampering)
Pay raises
A strong focus on developing core values

26. What is NOT a responsibility that should be considreed by businesses?
Fidiciary
Enquiring about off duty activities
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.
Monopolies

27. What theory claims that ethical beliefs are determined by the society in which one lives?
Ethical relativism (no universal set of moral they are determined by the state & opinion in which one lives)
A move toward equality among all races in issues related to environmental hazards
Economical
All are concerns about outsourcing

28. The purpose of the World Bank is?
A move toward equality among all races in issues related to environmental hazards
All are possible benefits
Help developing countries stregthen their economics
Education

29. What is NOT concern relative to outsourcing?
Goodwill (good reputation makes co. worth more)
Logos - jingles - & brand names can all be ex. of trademarks
All are concerns about outsourcing
Enquiring about off duty activities

30. An employer who posted a list of weekly resonsibilities for employees to fulfill would best be described by which leadership style?
It is unanimously agreed that there is a dire need for it in todays society
Authoritative (leader makes decisions & tells employees what their responsibilities are)
Environmental equilibrium
All were implicated in scandals (Enron - Coca-Cola - Tyco International)

31. What is true about spam?
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
All are concerns about outsourcing
It requires employers to give workers notice before mass layoffs so that they can prepare
Stage 1 (person most concerned with avoiding punishment)

32. What is NOT an example of an in kind contribution?
All are concerns about outsourcing
Stage 1 (person most concerned with avoiding punishment)
Universal imperative
Donating money to a humanitarian organizaiton for the purchase of blankets

33. What type of responsibility is the LEAST regulated?
Philanthropic
Telling the truth because you think it is the right thing to do
All are correct guidelines
Donated to a candidates campaign

34. What is the responsibility of the FDA?
60 days
Pre-conventional (main goal of a person is survival. justification of actions comes from understanding punishment & reward system)
Utilitarianism (focus on considering the benefit & costs & if benefits are greater than costs then action is moral)
To ensure & protect public health & safety

35. What does EEOC stand for?
Altruism (refers to placing the needs of another above oneself)
Because Delta & Northwest are not the only airlines there is not way the merge could be considered anticompetitive
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Pump & dump

36. Which co was NOT implicated in the early 2000s?
All were implicated in scandals (Enron - Coca-Cola - Tyco International)
NDA (non-disclosure agreements are legal & binding)
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)
Lawyers

37. What are conflict diamonds?
Diamonds which are sold with the purpose of funding insurrection or war.
Any program which seeks to reverse the effects of any form of discrimination
Meeting with senators - representative - staff members or other important people to persuade them to vote how you wish them to
Random drug testing of employees is allowed in all cases

38. The Fair Labor Standards Act?
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit
Sets forth standards for management in relations with labor unions
Through PACS
Sarbanes-Oxley Act

39. The term quid pro quo related to what issue?
Sexual harassment
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.
Stage 2 people are concerned with obtaining rewards
Because Dukes could not proves all women employees faced discrimination practices

40. What is NOT a form of marketing fraud?
The primary factor in sexual harassment cases is the intent of the action
Misstating financial statements
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
Reputation

41. What term is synonymous with philanthropy?
Restore stakeholder confidence in the securities market after a series of scandals in the early 2000s
Kerr-McGee (plutonium tampering)
Altruism (refers to placing the needs of another above oneself)
Statistical discrimination - Unintentional discrimination

42. What is NOT true of sexual harassment?
Post conventional (person is ruled by conscience instead of society)
The primary factor in sexual harassment cases is the intent of the action
Act utilitarianism
Any program which seeks to reverse the effects of any form of discrimination

43. 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?
NIMBY (not in my backyard)
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)
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 illegal?
Sexual harassment
The study of designing more comfortably or easily used equipment
Corporate intelligence involves legally gathering information about a co. & corporate espionage involves illegally gathering information about a co.
Statistical discrimination - Unintentional discrimination

45. Corporate governance?
All are correct guidelines
Taxes negatively impact efficient economic operations by driving a wedge between businesses & customers. However - they are often necessary
Product - Place - Promotion - & Price
A system of accountability - oversight - & control within the company

46. The Kimberley Process Certification Scheme was created to stop the circulation of?
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit
The primary factor in sexual harassment cases is the intent of the action
Conflict diamonds
Philanthropic

47. The perceived 'us' vs. 'them' mentality that emerges when doing business with different cultures is referred to?
An NDA would be appropriate in all situations
All are possible benefits
Self reference criterion
A person has the right to remove documents about themselves from government records

48. In the case of Watson vs. Fort Worth Bank & Trust the court ruled?
If workers were loyal - punctual - & had at least decently efficient they could expect to keep their jobs & perhaps even advance over time.
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
Outsourcing is unanimously agreed to be a beneficial process.
Employers may use subjective considerations for hiring as long as they do not produce a discriminatory environment

49. Protections for workers from workplace hazard are regulated & mandated by what agency?
OSHA
If workers were loyal - punctual - & had at least decently efficient they could expect to keep their jobs & perhaps even advance over time.
Because Delta & Northwest are not the only airlines there is not way the merge could be considered anticompetitive
Altruism (refers to placing the needs of another above oneself)

50. What statement is FALSE?
Laws regulating consumer protection
A grease payment make things that would normally occur happen at a faster rate
Universal imperative
The only ethical regulation s businesses follow are mandated by the government