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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 is NOT concern relative to outsourcing?
OSHA
Farming (suitable for agricultural use)
Outside employment where a person has 2 jobs which conflict with each other
All are concerns about outsourcing

2. A cookie?
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the business)
Any program which seeks to reverse the effects of any form of discrimination
Allows an orgin site to send information to a computers browser
An attempt to apply moral & ethical principles to business actions

3. What is NOT a legal way for employers to monitor employees?
All are conflicts of interest
NDA (non-disclosure agreements are legal & binding)
Enquiring about off duty activities
Laws regulating consumer protection

4. What is NOT a rule for creating maxims under Kantian ethics?
Self reference criterion
It is unanimously agreed that there is a dire need for it in todays society
OSHA
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)

5. 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?
Any program which seeks to reverse the effects of any form of discrimination
Post conventional (person is ruled by conscience instead of society)
Universal imperative
Decide the benefits of releasing the software now outweight the costs - & present the product as finished

6. What term is synonymous with philanthropy?
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
Prevent international trade crisis
Altruism (refers to placing the needs of another above oneself)
Telling the truth because you think it is the right thing to do

7. 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?
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)
Finding ways to eliminate the opportunities for employees to act unethically
Employers may use subjective considerations for hiring as long as they do not produce a discriminatory environment
Stage 2 people are concerned with obtaining rewards

8. If a resource is used at the same rate at which it can be replenished it is describes as?
Environmental equilibrium
Although video surveillance is essentially unrestricted there are limits to an employers use of audio surveillance
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not
Pure Food & Drug Act (in 1906 to force food producing industries to practice sanitation)

9. What is NOT a benefit which can come to companies as a result of substainable business practices?
Regulate how a co should manage certain processes that pollute the environment
Government regulations are always detrimental because the economy is self-correcting
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters
All are possible benefits

10. Oversight refers to?
Deontological ethics (claims the morality of an action is determined by the morality of the action itself regardless of the consequences)
Allows foreign citizens to bring a citizen of the US to trial in the US
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)
Finding ways to eliminate the opportunities for employees to act unethically

11. A stable state economy is in a state of?
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)
Pure Food & Drug Act (in 1906 to force food producing industries to practice sanitation)
Environmental equilibrium

12. What statement is NOT true?
Because Delta & Northwest are not the only airlines there is not way the merge could be considered anticompetitive
Outsourcing is unanimously agreed to be a beneficial process.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)

13. If a person were to sue a co. for not fulfilling a contractual obligation it would be?
Civil case (feel their rights have been violated)
Ethical egosim (states if it benefits the person then it is the right thing to do)
Outsourcing is often criticized however it can have many economic benefits because it allows companies to produce at a lower cost.
Universal imperative

14. What term describes a moral theory which derives morality from actions?
Farming (suitable for agricultural use)
Act utilitarianism (called maximizing utility)
Deontological ethics (claims the morality of an action is determined by the morality of the action itself regardless of the consequences)
Misstating financial statements

15. 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?
Act utilitarianism
If a co. pays a low level official to ensure that their employees receive work visas more quickly than normal
Dumpster diving
Stage 1 (person most concerned with avoiding punishment)

16. What act conflicts with the Privacy Act of 1974?
Civil case (feel their rights have been violated)
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
Stage 5 People act because they feel an obligation to society
Patriot Act

17. Corporate citizenship?
The considerations of large co about the well being of society when they make business decisions
Sets forth standards for management in relations with labor unions
Sexual discrimination
Finding ways to eliminate the opportunities for employees to act unethically

18. What are conflict diamonds?
Discrimination
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.
Ensure worker safety
Diamonds which are sold with the purpose of funding insurrection or war.

19. What BEST describes affirmative action?
When a person or co. trades goods or services in place of money.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Any program which seeks to reverse the effects of any form of discrimination
Advertising which involves technically true claims which are misleading by nature.

20. What is a way in which government interventions in the economy can be beneficial to consumers?
Product safety regulations - Import tariffs
It is unanimously agreed that there is a dire need for it in todays society
Enquiring about off duty activities
NIMBY (not in my backyard)

21. 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.
Democratic leadership style
Taxes negatively impact efficient economic operations by driving a wedge between businesses & customers. However - they are often necessary
Monopolies

22. Ergonomics is?
A grease payment make things that would normally occur happen at a faster rate
The study of designing more comfortably or easily used equipment
Price cancellation
Enquiring about off duty activities

23. What is best ex. of point secure pollution?
Because Delta & Northwest are not the only airlines there is not way the merge could be considered anticompetitive
All are examples of corporate espionage
Pure Food & Drug Act (in 1906 to force food producing industries to practice sanitation)
Oil spill

24. What is NOT an ex. of social engineering?
All are possible benefits
Dumpster diving
All are stakeholders
Stage 2 people are concerned with obtaining rewards

25. What is NOT a responsibility that should be considreed by businesses?
Fidiciary
Democratic leadership style
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)
Random drug testing of employees is allowed in all cases

26. What statement about Corporate Social Responsibility is FALSE?
All are related to government & business interactions
Civil case (feel their rights have been violated)
Discrimination
It is unanimously agreed that there is a dire need for it in todays society

27. Fossil fuels are?
Non-renewal resources
Altruism (refers to placing the needs of another above oneself)
Immanuel Kant
All are concerns about outsourcing

28. Why did Supreme Court rule in favor of Walmart in the case of Dukes vs Walmart?
All are ways businesses are regulated
Because Dukes could not proves all women employees faced discrimination practices
Because Delta & Northwest are not the only airlines there is not way the merge could be considered anticompetitive
Ethical egosim (states if it benefits the person then it is the right thing to do)

29. The Dukes vs. Walmart case involves which issue?
If workers were loyal - punctual - & had at least decently efficient they could expect to keep their jobs & perhaps even advance over time.
Ad hoc (means for this)
Sexual discrimination
Sarbanes-Oxley Act

30. What is NOT a form of marketing fraud?
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the business)
Product - Place - Promotion - & Price
Ethical relativism (no universal set of moral they are determined by the state & opinion in which one lives)
Misstating financial statements

31. Who has legal responsibility for a company's actions in a corporation?
Board of Directors
Immanuel Kant
Regulate how a co should manage certain processes that pollute the environment
Nepotism (considering the interests of family ahead of what is best for the business)

32. Utilitarianism is a type of?
Lawyers
They can only sell stock amounting to a 10 M value at a time
Sexual discrimination
Consequentialism (considers the consequences of an action & the extent to which they benefit society in determining morality)

33. What types of contributions to a political campaign have donations limits imposed by law?
A piece of code which spreads from computer to computer & can disrupt computer functions.
Hard money
Environmental equilibrium
Education

34. What would NOT be illegal under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act?
Reputation
Board of Directors
If a co. pays a low level official to ensure that their employees receive work visas more quickly than normal
Regulate how a co should manage certain processes that pollute the environment

35. What is regulated by FDA?
All are stakeholders
Stage 1 (person most concerned with avoiding punishment)
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)
Conflict diamonds

36. A manager implements new safety procedures because they feel obligated to protect the safety of their employees. Which of Kolhbergs stages does this describe?
Education
Sexual harassment
Stage 5 People act because they feel an obligation to society
Outside employment where a person has 2 jobs which conflict with each other

37. What is NOT a result of a shift to the new social contract?
Pay raises
Deontological ethics (claims the morality of an action is determined by the morality of the action itself regardless of the consequences)
An intermediary who investigates complaints against a group
Patriot Act

38. What BEST describes the old social contract?
Allows foreign citizens to bring a citizen of the US to trial in the US
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.
Pay raises

39. What statement is TRUE?
A grease payment make things that would normally occur happen at a faster rate
Outsourcing is unanimously agreed to be a beneficial process.
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)
Donating money to a humanitarian organizaiton for the purchase of blankets

40. A grease payment can also be called?
Facilitating payment
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
Decide the benefits of releasing the software now outweight the costs - & present the product as finished
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the business)

41. What would NOT be addressed in a Non-disclosure agreement?
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)
All would be addressed in an NDA
An attempt to apply moral & ethical principles to business actions
Universal imperative

42. What is NOT a type of loophole that developed in response to limitations placed on hard money contributions?
Non-point source contributions
Prevent international trade crisis
Farming (suitable for agricultural use)
A system of accountability - oversight - & control within the company

43. What is NOT an illegal basis of discrimination?
Legal
Education
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

44. What is a standard that aides companies in improving their environmental practices?
Conflict diamonds
Statistical discrimination - Unintentional discrimination
Stage 1 (person most concerned with avoiding punishment)
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)

45. Business ethics is?
Ethical egosim (states if it benefits the person then it is the right thing to do)
An attempt to apply moral & ethical principles to business actions
To lower greenhouse gas emissions
All are concerns about outsourcing

46. The FTC was created to monitor which type of regulation?
Environmental equilibrium
Authoritative (leader makes decisions & tells employees what their responsibilities are)
Laws regulating consumer protection
An intermediary who investigates complaints against a group

47. 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)
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.
60 days
A piece of code which spreads from computer to computer & can disrupt computer functions.

48. What is NOT a type of discrimination investigated by the EEOC?
Oil spill
Patriot Act
Education
Environmental equilibrium

49. What moral theory considers the action resulting in the greatest benefit to all people as the most moral action?
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)
Act utilitarianism (called maximizing utility)
If workers were loyal - punctual - & had at least decently efficient they could expect to keep their jobs & perhaps even advance over time.
Civil case (feel their rights have been violated)

50. An ombudsman is?
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc
An intermediary who investigates complaints against a group
Sexual discrimination
Environmental equilibrium