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DSST Business Ethics And Society

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Corporate citizenship?
Ensure worker safety
Taxes negatively impact efficient economic operations by driving a wedge between businesses & customers. However - they are often necessary
Meeting with senators - representative - staff members or other important people to persuade them to vote how you wish them to
The considerations of large co about the well being of society when they make business decisions

2. What describes a type of conflict of interest where a broker owns securities & spreads rumors about them to make the price go up - then sells them before the price goes back down?
KPCS (they work to reduce circulation of conflict diamonds)
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)
To ensure & protect public health & safety
Pump & dump

3. What is NOT an attempt at creating a universal ethical standard?
That management agrees to terms set forth by labor unions
Restore stakeholder confidence in the securities market after a series of scandals in the early 2000s
Universal Ethics Protocol organization
Ethics. Most people felt the program (which charged more for the middle class people) was highly unethical & would not support it.

4. What group would not be considered a stakeholder?
If a co. pays a low level official to ensure that their employees receive work visas more quickly than normal
Ad hoc (means for this)
All are stakeholders
Immanuel Kant

5. What is NOT illegal?
Laws regulating consumer protection
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)
KPCS (they work to reduce circulation of conflict diamonds)
Statistical discrimination - Unintentional discrimination

6. What is environmental justice?
A move toward equality among all races in issues related to environmental hazards
Universal Ethics Protocol organization
Farming (suitable for agricultural use)
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters

7. What type of responsibility is the LEAST regulated?
Enquiring about off duty activities
Philanthropic
NDA (non-disclosure agreements are legal & binding)
Allows an orgin site to send information to a computers browser

8. Does the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act include grease payments?
Oil spill
No - grease payments are not considered bribes & are therefore not illegal under the FCPA
Employers may use subjective considerations for hiring as long as they do not produce a discriminatory environment
Finding ways to eliminate the opportunities for employees to act unethically

9. What statement is TRUE?
Outsourcing is often criticized however it can have many economic benefits because it allows companies to produce at a lower cost.
Non-renewal resources
The act did all
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.

10. A grease payment can also be called?
It is unanimously agreed that there is a dire need for it in todays society
Facilitating payment
Donating money to a humanitarian organizaiton for the purchase of blankets
A system of accountability - oversight - & control within the company

11. What is NOT a legal way for employers to monitor employees?
Enquiring about off duty activities
Goodwill (good reputation makes co. worth more)
Utilitarianism (focus on considering the benefit & costs & if benefits are greater than costs then action is moral)
Restore stakeholder confidence in the securities market after a series of scandals in the early 2000s

12. What is NOT an unethical pricing strategy?
Democratic leadership style
All are concerns about outsourcing
Price cancellation
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

13. The Tyco scandal is associated with which ACT?
An attempt to apply moral & ethical principles to business actions
That management agrees to terms set forth by labor unions
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Product safety regulations - Import tariffs

14. What are conflict diamonds?
Monopolies
Diamonds which are sold with the purpose of funding insurrection or war.
Facilitating payment
Pay raises

15. What situation would be considered moral under Kantian theory?
To lower greenhouse gas emissions
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
A piece of code which spreads from computer to computer & can disrupt computer functions.

16. What is NOT a benefit which can come to companies as a result of substainable business practices?
All are possible benefits
Misstating financial statements
Employers may use subjective considerations for hiring as long as they do not produce a discriminatory environment
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.

17. Who has legal responsibility for a company's actions in a corporation?
Board of Directors
To ensure & protect public health & safety
If workers were loyal - punctual - & had at least decently efficient they could expect to keep their jobs & perhaps even advance over time.
Civil Rights Act of 1964

18. What statement is NOT true?
A system of accountability - oversight - & control within the company
Education
The act did all
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.

19. What is NOT a result of a shift to the new social contract?
Pay raises
OSHA
When a lawyer withdraws legal representation for their client & notifies the proper authorities
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

20. If a person owns a cupcake business & works in a cupcake factory - what type of conflict of interest is it considered?
KPCS (they work to reduce circulation of conflict diamonds)
Taxes negatively impact efficient economic operations by driving a wedge between businesses & customers. However - they are often necessary
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Outside employment where a person has 2 jobs which conflict with each other

21. What type of information is complied to answer a specific question?
Dumpster diving
Ad hoc (means for this)
Nepotism (considering the interests of family ahead of what is best for the business)
All are possible benefits

22. The intent of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act was to?
EEOC (has to do with employment in US)
Ensure worker safety
Regulate how a co should manage certain processes that pollute the environment
Restore stakeholder confidence in the securities market after a series of scandals in the early 2000s

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?
Laws regulating consumer protection
To lower greenhouse gas emissions
Stage 4 (people are motivated primarily by authority such as law)
NIMBY (not in my backyard)

24. What agency does not relate in some manner to international trade?
EEOC (has to do with employment in US)
Altruism (refers to placing the needs of another above oneself)
Non-renewal resources
That management agrees to terms set forth by labor unions

25. The EEOC investiges violations of the?
A piece of code which spreads from computer to computer & can disrupt computer functions.
Prevent international trade crisis
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)
Civil Rights Act of 1964

26. The Fair Labor Standards Act?
Sets forth standards for management in relations with labor unions
Board of Directors
A strong focus on developing core values
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the business)

27. According to teleological ethics an action's morality is determined based on its consequences?
True statement teleological ethics an actions morality is determined based on its consequences. type of consequentialism.
When a person or co. trades goods or services in place of money.
Philanthropic
Allows an orgin site to send information to a computers browser

28. What best describes in kind contribution?
Decide the benefits of releasing the software now outweight the costs - & present the product as finished
Taxes negatively impact efficient economic operations by driving a wedge between businesses & customers. However - they are often necessary
When a person or co. trades goods or services in place of money.
Outside employment where a person has 2 jobs which conflict with each other

29. Corporate governance?
A system of accountability - oversight - & control within the company
Money that is donated to political parties for the purpose of party building activities
Universal Ethics Protocol organization
Meeting with senators - representative - staff members or other important people to persuade them to vote how you wish them to

30. The term glass ceiling related to which employer-employee relations issue?
Ethics. Most people felt the program (which charged more for the middle class people) was highly unethical & would not support it.
Discrimination
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)
Help developing countries stregthen their economics

31. Implied falsity?
Ethical relativism (no universal set of moral they are determined by the state & opinion in which one lives)
KPCS (they work to reduce circulation of conflict diamonds)
Advertising which involves technically true claims which are misleading by nature.
Dumpster diving

32. The fact that in many cases a company's worth is greater than the value of its tangible assets is referred to as?
Economical
Goodwill (good reputation makes co. worth more)
Oil spill
Fidiciary

33. What is NOT an ex. of social engineering?
Universal imperative
When a person or co. trades goods or services in place of money.
Dumpster diving
Sexual harassment

34. What is more typical of a values oriented ethical program that a compliance oriented ethics program?
Product safety regulations - Import tariffs
Oil spill
A strong focus on developing core values
OSHA

35. the merger between Delta Air Lines & Northwest Airlines raised concerns about what?
Ethical egosim (states if it benefits the person then it is the right thing to do)
Regulate how a co should manage certain processes that pollute the environment
Monopolies
Conflict diamonds

36. Command & control regulations?
Logos - jingles - & brand names can all be ex. of trademarks
Corporate intelligence involves legally gathering information about a co. & corporate espionage involves illegally gathering information about a co.
Ensure worker safety
Regulate how a co should manage certain processes that pollute the environment

37. What is best ex. of point secure pollution?
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.
Economical
Oil spill
An attempt to apply moral & ethical principles to business actions

38. What statement is FALSE?
Philanthropic
Fidiciary
Random drug testing of employees is allowed in all cases
The only ethical regulation s businesses follow are mandated by the government

39. Who is best known for creating the categorical imperative?
Immanuel Kant
Price cancellation
Outsourcing is often criticized however it can have many economic benefits because it allows companies to produce at a lower cost.
Prevent international trade crisis

40. What is NOT regulated by the FDA?
Taxes negatively impact efficient economic operations by driving a wedge between businesses & customers. However - they are often necessary
Illegal drugs (drugs are monitored by DEA)
Kantian ethics (is deontological determines morality based on the morality of the action itself)
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

41. A noisy withdrawal would be done by?
Economical
Lawyers
Civil case (feel their rights have been violated)
Through PACS

42. The purpose of the International Monetary Fund?
Consequentialism (considers the consequences of an action & the extent to which they benefit society in determining morality)
Dumpster diving
Act utilitarianism
Prevent international trade crisis

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?
Stage 1 (person most concerned with avoiding punishment)
Because Dukes could not proves all women employees faced discrimination practices
Ethics. Most people felt the program (which charged more for the middle class people) was highly unethical & would not support it.
Stage 5 People act because they feel an obligation to society

44. Ethical & philanthropic responsibilities are important in building?
Reputation
Universal imperative
It requires employers to give workers notice before mass layoffs so that they can prepare
Ad hoc (means for this)

45. Fossil fuels are?
Non-renewal resources
Illegal drugs (drugs are monitored by DEA)
An intermediary who investigates complaints against a group
All were implicated in scandals (Enron - Coca-Cola - Tyco International)

46. What act conflicts with the Privacy Act of 1974?
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.
Patriot Act
Because Dukes could not proves all women employees faced discrimination practices
Advertising which involves technically true claims which are misleading by nature.

47. Which co was NOT implicated in the early 2000s?
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit
All were implicated in scandals (Enron - Coca-Cola - Tyco International)
All are possible benefits
That management agrees to terms set forth by labor unions

48. What correctly describes the legality of camera surveillance methods in a workplace?
Discontinue the sale of the textbooks because as a general rule the practice is not unconditional
Although video surveillance is essentially unrestricted there are limits to an employers use of audio surveillance
All are possible benefits
A strong focus on developing core values

49. Hard money is?
When a person or co. trades goods or services in place of money.
Decide the benefits of releasing the software now outweight the costs - & present the product as finished
Outsourcing is often criticized however it can have many economic benefits because it allows companies to produce at a lower cost.
Donated to a candidates campaign

50. A manager implements new safety procedures because they feel obligated to protect the safety of their employees. Which of Kolhbergs stages does this describe?
Ethical egosim (states if it benefits the person then it is the right thing to do)
Act utilitarianism (called maximizing utility)
Stage 5 People act because they feel an obligation to society
Kantian ethics (is deontological determines morality based on the morality of the action itself)