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DSST Business Ethics And Society

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1. 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?
Allows an orgin site to send information to a computers browser
To lower greenhouse gas emissions
Stage 2 people are concerned with obtaining rewards
All are concerns about outsourcing

2. A virus is?
A piece of code which spreads from computer to computer & can disrupt computer functions.
Stage 1 (person most concerned with avoiding punishment)
Ethics. Most people felt the program (which charged more for the middle class people) was highly unethical & would not support it.
Altruism (refers to placing the needs of another above oneself)

3. What is NOT a legal way for employers to monitor employees?
Finding ways to eliminate the opportunities for employees to act unethically
Facilitating payment
When a person or co. trades goods or services in place of money.
Enquiring about off duty activities

4. What is NOT a guideline set forth by Supreme court to be used in creating affirmative action programs?
Farming (suitable for agricultural use)
A piece of code which spreads from computer to computer & can disrupt computer functions.
All are correct guidelines
Stage 2 people are concerned with obtaining rewards

5. What BEST describes affirmative action?
Pre-conventional (main goal of a person is survival. justification of actions comes from understanding punishment & reward system)
To ensure & protect public health & safety
Any program which seeks to reverse the effects of any form of discrimination
Democratic leadership style

6. Considered from an ethical standpoint - MNCs should?
Any program which seeks to reverse the effects of any form of discrimination
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)
Allows foreign citizens to bring a citizen of the US to trial in the US
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not

7. What is regulated by FDA?
They can only sell stock amounting to a 10 M value at a time
Civil case (feel their rights have been violated)
All are ways businesses are regulated
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)

8. Implied falsity?
True statement teleological ethics an actions morality is determined based on its consequences. type of consequentialism.
Prevent international trade crisis
Advertising which involves technically true claims which are misleading by nature.
That management agrees to terms set forth by labor unions

9. A noisy withdrawal would be done by?
Patriot Act
All are related to government & business interactions
Ethical relativism (no universal set of moral they are determined by the state & opinion in which one lives)
Lawyers

10. What is NOT a regulation for insiders trading stock?
Pure Food & Drug Act (in 1906 to force food producing industries to practice sanitation)
They can only sell stock amounting to a 10 M value at a time
A move toward equality among all races in issues related to environmental hazards
Random drug testing of employees is allowed in all cases

11. What term is synonymous with philanthropy?
True statement teleological ethics an actions morality is determined based on its consequences. type of consequentialism.
A strong focus on developing core values
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not
Altruism (refers to placing the needs of another above oneself)

12. What is NOT a rule for creating maxims under Kantian ethics?
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)
Goodwill (good reputation makes co. worth more)
All are related to government & business interactions
Oil spill

13. Business with a mindset of the customer is always right often find themselves subject to more of which type of fraud?
They can only sell stock amounting to a 10 M value at a time
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the business)
Random drug testing of employees is allowed in all cases
The WTO is governed by a conference of Secretariats with one Secretariat from each country

14. What is a standard that aides companies in improving their environmental practices?
An intermediary who investigates complaints against a group
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)
Discrimination
All would be addressed in an NDA

15. OSHA was created to?
Reputation
Ensure worker safety
Kantian ethics (is deontological determines morality based on the morality of the action itself)
Authoritative (leader makes decisions & tells employees what their responsibilities are)

16. What statement best describes the difference between corporate intelligence & corpirate espionage?
Meeting with senators - representative - staff members or other important people to persuade them to vote how you wish them to
A move toward equality among all races in issues related to environmental hazards
Universal imperative
Corporate intelligence involves legally gathering information about a co. & corporate espionage involves illegally gathering information about a co.

17. What statement is FALSE?
Logos - jingles - & brand names can all be ex. of trademarks
Stage 1 (person most concerned with avoiding punishment)
Random drug testing of employees is allowed in all cases
An intermediary who investigates complaints against a group

18. What is NOT an illegal basis of discrimination?
All are concerns about outsourcing
Education
Random drug testing of employees is allowed in all cases
An attempt to apply moral & ethical principles to business actions

19. What is NOT a way that government can influence businesses?
Education
Employers may use subjective considerations for hiring as long as they do not produce a discriminatory environment
Through PACS
Post conventional (person is ruled by conscience instead of society)

20. What term describes a moral theory which derives morality from actions?
Democratic leadership style
Deontological ethics (claims the morality of an action is determined by the morality of the action itself regardless of the consequences)
Help developing countries stregthen their economics
Allows foreign citizens to bring a citizen of the US to trial in the US

21. A person is given the opportunity to volunteer at local food bank. They consider the other things they could do with that time. Decide to do volunteer work. What type of ethical theory does their thought process & decision follow?
Donated to a candidates campaign
All are stakeholders
Hard money
Act utilitarianism

22. A grease payment can also be called?
Facilitating payment
A piece of code which spreads from computer to computer & can disrupt computer functions.
To ensure & protect public health & safety
Education

23. What statement about Corporate Social Responsibility is FALSE?
Comparable worth
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters
Legal
It is unanimously agreed that there is a dire need for it in todays society

24. What is NOT a responsibility that should be considreed by businesses?
Legal
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the business)
Fidiciary
Employers may use subjective considerations for hiring as long as they do not produce a discriminatory environment

25. The intent of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act was to?
Outsourcing is unanimously agreed to be a beneficial process.
Restore stakeholder confidence in the securities market after a series of scandals in the early 2000s
They can only sell stock amounting to a 10 M value at a time
All are stakeholders

26. The term quid pro quo related to what issue?
Laws regulating consumer protection
Sexual harassment
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters
All are possible benefits

27. What is NOT illegal?
The act did all
Advertising which involves technically true claims which are misleading by nature.
Statistical discrimination - Unintentional discrimination
Altruism (refers to placing the needs of another above oneself)

28. What agency does not relate in some manner to international trade?
Government regulations are always detrimental because the economy is self-correcting
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)
EEOC (has to do with employment in US)
It requires employers to give workers notice before mass layoffs so that they can prepare

29. Which co was NOT implicated in the early 2000s?
Patriot Act
Facilitating payment
All are conflicts of interest
All were implicated in scandals (Enron - Coca-Cola - Tyco International)

30. Karen Silkwood is associated with?
A person has the right to remove documents about themselves from government records
Act utilitarianism (called maximizing utility)
Kerr-McGee (plutonium tampering)
Authoritative (leader makes decisions & tells employees what their responsibilities are)

31. Business ethics is?
No - grease payments are not considered bribes & are therefore not illegal under the FCPA
Help developing countries stregthen their economics
It requires employers to give workers notice before mass layoffs so that they can prepare
An attempt to apply moral & ethical principles to business actions

32. Does the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act include grease payments?
Universal Ethics Protocol organization
Stage 2 people are concerned with obtaining rewards
Discrimination
No - grease payments are not considered bribes & are therefore not illegal under the FCPA

33. The term glass ceiling related to which employer-employee relations issue?
NDA (non-disclosure agreements are legal & binding)
A strong focus on developing core values
Random drug testing of employees is allowed in all cases
Discrimination

34. The origins of the FDA can be traces to what ACT?
All are ways businesses are regulated
An NDA would be appropriate in all situations
Pure Food & Drug Act (in 1906 to force food producing industries to practice sanitation)
Discrimination

35. If people object to something being built near their homes it is referred to as?
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)
Outsourcing is often criticized however it can have many economic benefits because it allows companies to produce at a lower cost.
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
NIMBY (not in my backyard)

36. What is NOT regulated by the FDA?
The WTO is governed by a conference of Secretariats with one Secretariat from each country
Illegal drugs (drugs are monitored by DEA)
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Pre-conventional (main goal of a person is survival. justification of actions comes from understanding punishment & reward system)

37. If a resource is used at the same rate at which it can be replenished it is describes as?
Monopolies
Environmental equilibrium
Finding ways to eliminate the opportunities for employees to act unethically
That management agrees to terms set forth by labor unions

38. What statement is TRUE?
A system of accountability - oversight - & control within the company
Statistical discrimination - Unintentional discrimination
Logos - jingles - & brand names can all be ex. of trademarks
Sarbanes-Oxley Act

39. A business practices underhanded accounting practices to raise stock prices & make money. Which type of ethics does this fall under?
Sustainable development emphasizes the development of new & innovative technologies to reduce the overuse of natural resources
Philanthropic
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Economical

40. What is the purpose of the Kyoto Protocol?
Stage 1 (person most concerned with avoiding punishment)
Act utilitarianism (called maximizing utility)
To lower greenhouse gas emissions
Board of Directors

41. A manager implements new safety procedures because they feel obligated to protect the safety of their employees. Which of Kolhbergs stages does this describe?
Post conventional (person is ruled by conscience instead of society)
Stage 5 People act because they feel an obligation to society
Monopolies
The only ethical regulation s businesses follow are mandated by the government

42. Arable land is used for?
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Because Delta & Northwest are not the only airlines there is not way the merge could be considered anticompetitive
Farming (suitable for agricultural use)
Sexual harassment

43. What is NOT related to the interactions that occur between government & business?
Civil Rights Act of 1964
All are possible benefits
All are related to government & business interactions
Ad hoc (means for this)

44. Corporate governance?
Through PACS
To ensure & protect public health & safety
All are correct guidelines
A system of accountability - oversight - & control within the company

45. Ergonomics is?
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Nepotism (considering the interests of family ahead of what is best for the business)
The study of designing more comfortably or easily used equipment
Authoritative (leader makes decisions & tells employees what their responsibilities are)

46. What is NOT a type of imperative considered under Kantian ethics?
Laws regulating consumer protection
Environmental equilibrium
Universal imperative
A person has the right to remove documents about themselves from government records

47. What types of contributions to a political campaign have donations limits imposed by law?
Kerr-McGee (plutonium tampering)
All are conflicts of interest
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc
Hard money

48. 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?
Pump & dump
Sexual discrimination
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc

49. What is true about spam?
Diamonds which are sold with the purpose of funding insurrection or war.
An NDA would be appropriate in all situations
Product - Place - Promotion - & Price
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

50. What is NOT true of NAFTA?
Sets forth standards for management in relations with labor unions
Outsourcing is unanimously agreed to be a beneficial process.
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters
OSHA