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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 true of NAFTA?
It is unanimously agreed that there is a dire need for it in todays society
Hard money
Ethical relativism (no universal set of moral they are determined by the state & opinion in which one lives)
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters

2. Considered from an ethical standpoint - MNCs should?
Civil case (feel their rights have been violated)
A grease payment make things that would normally occur happen at a faster rate
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not
A move toward equality among all races in issues related to environmental hazards

3. The purpose of the World Bank is?
The study of designing more comfortably or easily used equipment
Democratic leadership style
Help developing countries stregthen their economics
The act did all

4. The origins of the FDA can be traces to what ACT?
Pure Food & Drug Act (in 1906 to force food producing industries to practice sanitation)
Legal
The only ethical regulation s businesses follow are mandated by the government
The WTO is governed by a conference of Secretariats with one Secretariat from each country

5. Ethical & philanthropic responsibilities are important in building?
Pure Food & Drug Act (in 1906 to force food producing industries to practice sanitation)
Stage 1 (person most concerned with avoiding punishment)
Reputation
Education

6. What does NOT focus on increasing the ethical awareness of employees & strengthening the ethical culture of a workplace?
Laws regulating consumer protection
Ad hoc (means for this)
Democratic leadership style
Environmental equilibrium

7. What correctly describes the legality of camera surveillance methods in a workplace?
Although video surveillance is essentially unrestricted there are limits to an employers use of audio surveillance
Ethical relativism (no universal set of moral they are determined by the state & opinion in which one lives)
Civil case (feel their rights have been violated)
Pre-conventional (main goal of a person is survival. justification of actions comes from understanding punishment & reward system)

8. What is NOT a result of a shift to the new social contract?
Pre-conventional (main goal of a person is survival. justification of actions comes from understanding punishment & reward system)
Lawyers
Pay raises
Discontinue the sale of the textbooks because as a general rule the practice is not unconditional

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

10. What is NOT a type of imperative considered under Kantian ethics?
Pre-conventional (main goal of a person is survival. justification of actions comes from understanding punishment & reward system)
Discrimination
Universal imperative
Misstating financial statements

11. What term describes a moral theory which derives morality from actions?
Sustainable development emphasizes the development of new & innovative technologies to reduce the overuse of natural resources
Sets forth standards for management in relations with labor unions
The only ethical regulation s businesses follow are mandated by the government
Deontological ethics (claims the morality of an action is determined by the morality of the action itself regardless of the consequences)

12. What is NOT a type of discrimination investigated by the EEOC?
Stage 4 (people are motivated primarily by authority such as law)
Outsourcing is often criticized however it can have many economic benefits because it allows companies to produce at a lower cost.
Education
All are concerns about outsourcing

13. What statement is TRUE?
Universal imperative
Taxes negatively impact efficient economic operations by driving a wedge between businesses & customers. However - they are often necessary
EEOC (has to do with employment in US)
Donating money to a humanitarian organizaiton for the purchase of blankets

14. What statement is NOT true?
Facilitating payment
All are concerns about outsourcing
Outsourcing is unanimously agreed to be a beneficial process.
Because Dukes could not proves all women employees faced discrimination practices

15. What is more typical of a values oriented ethical program that a compliance oriented ethics program?
A strong focus on developing core values
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)
OSHA
Farming (suitable for agricultural use)

16. What type of responsibility is the LEAST regulated?
Philanthropic
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters
KPCS (they work to reduce circulation of conflict diamonds)
Kerr-McGee (plutonium tampering)

17. What is NOT a legal way for employers to monitor employees?
Fidiciary
All were implicated in scandals (Enron - Coca-Cola - Tyco International)
Enquiring about off duty activities
Ad hoc (means for this)

18. What is NOT a responsibility that should be considreed by businesses?
Allows an orgin site to send information to a computers browser
Fidiciary
Post conventional (person is ruled by conscience instead of society)
All are stakeholders

19. A lawyer knows their client is guilty but defends them anyway. This falls under which type of ethics?
Act utilitarianism
Logos - jingles - & brand names can all be ex. of trademarks
A strong focus on developing core values
Legal

20. What is the responsibility of the FDA?
Economical
It requires employers to give workers notice before mass layoffs so that they can prepare
To ensure & protect public health & safety
True statement teleological ethics an actions morality is determined based on its consequences. type of consequentialism.

21. The perceived 'us' vs. 'them' mentality that emerges when doing business with different cultures is referred to?
A grease payment make things that would normally occur happen at a faster rate
All are ways businesses are regulated
Self reference criterion
Government regulations are always detrimental because the economy is self-correcting

22. The Alien Tort Claims Act?
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)
Deontological ethics (claims the morality of an action is determined by the morality of the action itself regardless of the consequences)
Authoritative (leader makes decisions & tells employees what their responsibilities are)
Allows foreign citizens to bring a citizen of the US to trial in the US

23. Hiring family members would be considered which type of conflict of interest?
Outsourcing is unanimously agreed to be a beneficial process.
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
Nepotism (considering the interests of family ahead of what is best for the business)
Conflict diamonds

24. Does the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act include grease payments?
Telling the truth because you think it is the right thing to do
An attempt to apply moral & ethical principles to business actions
No - grease payments are not considered bribes & are therefore not illegal under the FCPA
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit

25. Cost benefit considerations would be most typical of what type of ethics?
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)
Utilitarianism (focus on considering the benefit & costs & if benefits are greater than costs then action is moral)
Fidiciary
Decide the benefits of releasing the software now outweight the costs - & present the product as finished

26. Which co was NOT implicated in the early 2000s?
Environmental equilibrium
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc
When a lawyer withdraws legal representation for their client & notifies the proper authorities
All were implicated in scandals (Enron - Coca-Cola - Tyco International)

27. 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)
Price cancellation
Ethics. Most people felt the program (which charged more for the middle class people) was highly unethical & would not support it.
All were implicated in scandals (Enron - Coca-Cola - Tyco International)

28. What is NOT regulated by the FDA?
Illegal drugs (drugs are monitored by DEA)
The considerations of large co about the well being of society when they make business decisions
Logos - jingles - & brand names can all be ex. of trademarks
Comparable worth

29. 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?
All are concerns about outsourcing
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the business)
Stage 2 people are concerned with obtaining rewards
Through PACS

30. A cookie?
Legal
Enquiring about off duty activities
Utilitarianism (focus on considering the benefit & costs & if benefits are greater than costs then action is moral)
Allows an orgin site to send information to a computers browser

31. What is best ex. of point secure pollution?
Oil spill
Laws regulating consumer protection
All would be addressed in an NDA
Outside employment where a person has 2 jobs which conflict with each other

32. What is NOT a conflict of interest?
NIMBY (not in my backyard)
Environmental equilibrium
Fidiciary
All are conflicts of interest

33. 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?
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.
Illegal drugs (drugs are monitored by DEA)
Post conventional (person is ruled by conscience instead of society)
Price cancellation

34. According to teleological ethics an action's morality is determined based on its consequences?
Non-point source contributions
True statement teleological ethics an actions morality is determined based on its consequences. type of consequentialism.
KPCS (they work to reduce circulation of conflict diamonds)
Board of Directors

35. If people object to something being built near their homes it is referred to as?
They can only sell stock amounting to a 10 M value at a time
NIMBY (not in my backyard)
A strong focus on developing core values
Education

36. What is the four P's of advertising?
Allows an orgin site to send information to a computers browser
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc
Comparable worth
Product - Place - Promotion - & Price

37. Who is best known for creating the categorical imperative?
Education
Immanuel Kant
NDA (non-disclosure agreements are legal & binding)
Environmental equilibrium

38. What is NOT an ex. of social engineering?
Dumpster diving
A system of accountability - oversight - & control within the company
Self reference criterion
Non-renewal resources

39. What is NOT an attempt at creating a universal ethical standard?
Deontological ethics (claims the morality of an action is determined by the morality of the action itself regardless of the consequences)
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)
Outsourcing is unanimously agreed to be a beneficial process.
Universal Ethics Protocol organization

40. What statement would be the most correct under a classical view of business?
OSHA
Because Delta & Northwest are not the only airlines there is not way the merge could be considered anticompetitive
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the business)
Government regulations are always detrimental because the economy is self-correcting

41. What is NOT an unethical pricing strategy?
Pre-conventional (main goal of a person is survival. justification of actions comes from understanding punishment & reward system)
Price cancellation
Allows foreign citizens to bring a citizen of the US to trial in the US
Because Dukes could not proves all women employees faced discrimination practices

42. What would NOT be addressed in a Non-disclosure agreement?
Pay raises
All are examples of corporate espionage
The considerations of large co about the well being of society when they make business decisions
All would be addressed in an NDA

43. The intent of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act was to?
They can only sell stock amounting to a 10 M value at a time
Restore stakeholder confidence in the securities market after a series of scandals in the early 2000s
Lawyers
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)

44. 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?
Goodwill (good reputation makes co. worth more)
Stage 4 (people are motivated primarily by authority such as law)
Pump & dump
NDA (non-disclosure agreements are legal & binding)

45. What is NOT true of sexual harassment?
A strong focus on developing core values
The primary factor in sexual harassment cases is the intent of the action
All are examples of corporate espionage
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

46. A business practices underhanded accounting practices to raise stock prices & make money. Which type of ethics does this fall under?
Economical
60 days
When a lawyer withdraws legal representation for their client & notifies the proper authorities
If workers were loyal - punctual - & had at least decently efficient they could expect to keep their jobs & perhaps even advance over time.

47. What would NOT be illegal under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act?
Facilitating payment
Reputation
Help developing countries stregthen their economics
If a co. pays a low level official to ensure that their employees receive work visas more quickly than normal

48. What is NOT a type of loophole that developed in response to limitations placed on hard money contributions?
Non-point source contributions
Discrimination
Ad hoc (means for this)
Money that is donated to political parties for the purpose of party building activities

49. What of the following is TRUE?
The primary factor in sexual harassment cases is the intent of the action
No - grease payments are not considered bribes & are therefore not illegal under the FCPA
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)
Kerr-McGee (plutonium tampering)

50. What is NOT a right outlined in the Privacy Act of 1974?
Reputation
Allows an orgin site to send information to a computers browser
Monopolies
A person has the right to remove documents about themselves from government records