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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 correctly describes the legality of camera surveillance methods in a workplace?
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)
Logos - jingles - & brand names can all be ex. of trademarks
Although video surveillance is essentially unrestricted there are limits to an employers use of audio surveillance
All would be addressed in an NDA

2. Fossil fuels are?
All are possible benefits
Diamonds which are sold with the purpose of funding insurrection or war.
Non-renewal resources
Discontinue the sale of the textbooks because as a general rule the practice is not unconditional

3. What is NOT an ex. of social engineering?
Dumpster diving
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
Post conventional (person is ruled by conscience instead of society)
Advertising which involves technically true claims which are misleading by nature.

4. What is NOT legally required in management relations with labor unions?
All were implicated in scandals (Enron - Coca-Cola - Tyco International)
That management agrees to terms set forth by labor unions
Stage 5 People act because they feel an obligation to society
Kerr-McGee (plutonium tampering)

5. What is NOT a legal way for employers to monitor employees?
Ethics. Most people felt the program (which charged more for the middle class people) was highly unethical & would not support it.
Enquiring about off duty activities
Philanthropic
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)

6. What term is synonymous with philanthropy?
KPCS (they work to reduce circulation of conflict diamonds)
Ensure worker safety
Comparable worth
Altruism (refers to placing the needs of another above oneself)

7. What is NOT a result of a shift to the new social contract?
Pay raises
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Utilitarianism (focus on considering the benefit & costs & if benefits are greater than costs then action is moral)
Hard money

8. What is NOT a rule for creating maxims under Kantian ethics?
Donated to a candidates campaign
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)
Stage 1 (person most concerned with avoiding punishment)
Authoritative (leader makes decisions & tells employees what their responsibilities are)

9. What is NOT a right outlined in the Privacy Act of 1974?
Facilitating payment
Environmental equilibrium
Ethical egosim (states if it benefits the person then it is the right thing to do)
A person has the right to remove documents about themselves from government records

10. What is NOT a reason clinton's attempt at healthcare reform in the early 1990s failed?
They can only sell stock amounting to a 10 M value at a time
When a lawyer withdraws legal representation for their client & notifies the proper authorities
Ethics. Most people felt the program (which charged more for the middle class people) was highly unethical & would not support it.
EEOC (has to do with employment in US)

11. What BEST describes the old social contract?
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
Donated to a candidates campaign
They can only sell stock amounting to a 10 M value at a time

12. A lawyer knows their client is guilty but defends them anyway. This falls under which type of ethics?
Stage 4 (people are motivated primarily by authority such as law)
Legal
Conflict diamonds
Allows an orgin site to send information to a computers browser

13. What statement would be the most correct under a classical view of business?
Diamonds which are sold with the purpose of funding insurrection or war.
Government regulations are always detrimental because the economy is self-correcting
NIMBY (not in my backyard)
EEOC (has to do with employment in US)

14. What statement is FALSE about merger between Delta Air Lines & Northwest Airlines in 2008?
Because Delta & Northwest are not the only airlines there is not way the merge could be considered anticompetitive
True statement teleological ethics an actions morality is determined based on its consequences. type of consequentialism.
It requires employers to give workers notice before mass layoffs so that they can prepare
A grease payment make things that would normally occur happen at a faster rate

15. A child cleans their room so they will be allowed to go to a friends house. Which of Kohlbergs stages are they in?
Pre-conventional (main goal of a person is survival. justification of actions comes from understanding punishment & reward system)
That management agrees to terms set forth by labor unions
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.
Through PACS

16. The purpose of the International Monetary Fund?
Taxes negatively impact efficient economic operations by driving a wedge between businesses & customers. However - they are often necessary
Non-point source contributions
An attempt to apply moral & ethical principles to business actions
Prevent international trade crisis

17. What aid employers in keeping information private?
Regulate how a co should manage certain processes that pollute the environment
Money that is donated to political parties for the purpose of party building activities
NDA (non-disclosure agreements are legal & binding)
The study of designing more comfortably or easily used equipment

18. What is a way in which government interventions in the economy can be beneficial to consumers?
All are possible benefits
Product safety regulations - Import tariffs
Ethical relativism (no universal set of moral they are determined by the state & opinion in which one lives)
Finding ways to eliminate the opportunities for employees to act unethically

19. the merger between Delta Air Lines & Northwest Airlines raised concerns about what?
All are related to government & business interactions
Because Dukes could not proves all women employees faced discrimination practices
EEOC (has to do with employment in US)
Monopolies

20. What is NOT an example of an in kind contribution?
The primary factor in sexual harassment cases is the intent of the action
Conflict diamonds
Donating money to a humanitarian organizaiton for the purchase of blankets
Legal

21. What BEST describes affirmative action?
Fidiciary
Stage 1 (person most concerned with avoiding punishment)
Price cancellation
Any program which seeks to reverse the effects of any form of discrimination

22. Which act makes it illegal for US citizens to participate in bribes?
Stage 5 People act because they feel an obligation to society
Although video surveillance is essentially unrestricted there are limits to an employers use of audio surveillance
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
All are examples of corporate espionage

23. Business ethics is?
Discrimination
Democratic leadership style
The act did all
An attempt to apply moral & ethical principles to business actions

24. What type of information is complied to answer a specific question?
Universal imperative
Employers may use subjective considerations for hiring as long as they do not produce a discriminatory environment
Democratic leadership style
Ad hoc (means for this)

25. Command & control regulations?
Regulate how a co should manage certain processes that pollute the environment
Random drug testing of employees is allowed in all cases
Education
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)

26. What does NOT focus on increasing the ethical awareness of employees & strengthening the ethical culture of a workplace?
Democratic leadership style
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
Ad hoc (means for this)
Board of Directors

27. What is NOT a way that government can influence businesses?
Through PACS
Illegal drugs (drugs are monitored by DEA)
Deontological ethics (claims the morality of an action is determined by the morality of the action itself regardless of the consequences)
Allows an orgin site to send information to a computers browser

28. A manager implements new safety procedures because they feel obligated to protect the safety of their employees. Which of Kolhbergs stages does this describe?
Stage 5 People act because they feel an obligation to society
Ad hoc (means for this)
Although video surveillance is essentially unrestricted there are limits to an employers use of audio surveillance
Donated to a candidates campaign

29. What statement is TRUE?
All would be addressed in an NDA
Act utilitarianism (called maximizing utility)
Taxes negatively impact efficient economic operations by driving a wedge between businesses & customers. However - they are often necessary
A person has the right to remove documents about themselves from government records

30. What group would not be considered a stakeholder?
Laws regulating consumer protection
All are stakeholders
All are related to government & business interactions
If a co. pays a low level official to ensure that their employees receive work visas more quickly than normal

31. What is the purpose of the Kyoto Protocol?
Meeting with senators - representative - staff members or other important people to persuade them to vote how you wish them to
Pre-conventional (main goal of a person is survival. justification of actions comes from understanding punishment & reward system)
To lower greenhouse gas emissions
Civil case (feel their rights have been violated)

32. What is NOT true of NAFTA?
Stage 2 people are concerned with obtaining rewards
True statement teleological ethics an actions morality is determined based on its consequences. type of consequentialism.
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters
Discontinue the sale of the textbooks because as a general rule the practice is not unconditional

33. What is best ex. of point secure pollution?
Oil spill
Meeting with senators - representative - staff members or other important people to persuade them to vote how you wish them to
Monopolies
Dumpster diving

34. What is the purpose of the WARN Act?
It requires employers to give workers notice before mass layoffs so that they can prepare
Telling the truth because you think it is the right thing to do
Donated to a candidates campaign
NDA (non-disclosure agreements are legal & binding)

35. Which co was NOT implicated in the early 2000s?
Prevent international trade crisis
Universal Ethics Protocol organization
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)
All were implicated in scandals (Enron - Coca-Cola - Tyco International)

36. What is NOT a regulation for insiders trading stock?
Authoritative (leader makes decisions & tells employees what their responsibilities are)
NIMBY (not in my backyard)
Stage 5 People act because they feel an obligation to society
They can only sell stock amounting to a 10 M value at a time

37. What statement is NOT true?
Ethical relativism (no universal set of moral they are determined by the state & opinion in which one lives)
Diamonds which are sold with the purpose of funding insurrection or war.
All were implicated in scandals (Enron - Coca-Cola - Tyco International)
Outsourcing is unanimously agreed to be a beneficial process.

38. What is the four P's of advertising?
Fidiciary
Sexual harassment
Utilitarianism (focus on considering the benefit & costs & if benefits are greater than costs then action is moral)
Product - Place - Promotion - & Price

39. Utilitarianism is a type of?
All are ways businesses are regulated
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
Consequentialism (considers the consequences of an action & the extent to which they benefit society in determining morality)
Advertising which involves technically true claims which are misleading by nature.

40. What is NOT a guideline set forth by Supreme court to be used in creating affirmative action programs?
Authoritative (leader makes decisions & tells employees what their responsibilities are)
Employers may use subjective considerations for hiring as long as they do not produce a discriminatory environment
All are correct guidelines
Outsourcing is unanimously agreed to be a beneficial process.

41. A conflict of interest?
A strong focus on developing core values
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit
Philanthropic
The WTO is governed by a conference of Secretariats with one Secretariat from each country

42. The purpose of the World Bank is?
Dumpster diving
Finding ways to eliminate the opportunities for employees to act unethically
Help developing countries stregthen their economics
If workers were loyal - punctual - & had at least decently efficient they could expect to keep their jobs & perhaps even advance over time.

43. If a person were to sue a co. for not fulfilling a contractual obligation it would be?
Donating money to a humanitarian organizaiton for the purchase of blankets
Civil case (feel their rights have been violated)
Misstating financial statements
A system of accountability - oversight - & control within the company

44. What is a standard that aides companies in improving their environmental practices?
Education
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)
Diamonds which are sold with the purpose of funding insurrection or war.
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.

45. Who has legal responsibility for a company's actions in a corporation?
Education
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the business)
Board of Directors
Laws regulating consumer protection

46. What statement best describes the difference between corporate intelligence & corpirate espionage?
An attempt to apply moral & ethical principles to business actions
Outside employment where a person has 2 jobs which conflict with each other
Utilitarianism (focus on considering the benefit & costs & if benefits are greater than costs then action is moral)
Corporate intelligence involves legally gathering information about a co. & corporate espionage involves illegally gathering information about a co.

47. The term glass ceiling related to which employer-employee relations issue?
Economical
Discrimination
Corporate intelligence involves legally gathering information about a co. & corporate espionage involves illegally gathering information about a co.
Diamonds which are sold with the purpose of funding insurrection or war.

48. What is NOT a type of imperative considered under Kantian ethics?
An attempt to apply moral & ethical principles to business actions
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc
Universal imperative
NIMBY (not in my backyard)

49. According to teleological ethics an action's morality is determined based on its consequences?
The act did all
True statement teleological ethics an actions morality is determined based on its consequences. type of consequentialism.
Post conventional (person is ruled by conscience instead of society)
When a person or co. trades goods or services in place of money.

50. What is environmental justice?
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
A move toward equality among all races in issues related to environmental hazards
Facilitating payment