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DSST Business Ethics And Society

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1. What is NOT true of the WTO?
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
When a person or co. trades goods or services in place of money.
The WTO is governed by a conference of Secretariats with one Secretariat from each country
It requires employers to give workers notice before mass layoffs so that they can prepare

2. A cookie?
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)
All are possible benefits
The primary factor in sexual harassment cases is the intent of the action
Allows an orgin site to send information to a computers browser

3. If a person were to sue a co. for not fulfilling a contractual obligation it would be?
Philanthropic
To ensure & protect public health & safety
Money that is donated to political parties for the purpose of party building activities
Civil case (feel their rights have been violated)

4. Fossil fuels are?
The study of designing more comfortably or easily used equipment
Meeting with senators - representative - staff members or other important people to persuade them to vote how you wish them to
Sustainable development emphasizes the development of new & innovative technologies to reduce the overuse of natural resources
Non-renewal resources

5. What is NOT a guideline set forth by Supreme court to be used in creating affirmative action programs?
They can only sell stock amounting to a 10 M value at a time
All are correct guidelines
Ad hoc (means for this)
When a person or co. trades goods or services in place of money.

6. What best describes rule utilitarianism?
An NDA would be appropriate in all situations
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
Farming (suitable for agricultural use)
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

7. What group would not be considered a stakeholder?
The only ethical regulation s businesses follow are mandated by the government
All are stakeholders
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)
A piece of code which spreads from computer to computer & can disrupt computer functions.

8. What statement would be the most correct under a classical view of business?
Government regulations are always detrimental because the economy is self-correcting
Pay raises
Logos - jingles - & brand names can all be ex. of trademarks
Advertising which involves technically true claims which are misleading by nature.

9. 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?
Ensure worker safety
Enquiring about off duty activities
Stage 1 (person most concerned with avoiding punishment)
All are examples of corporate espionage

10. Which co was NOT implicated in the early 2000s?
Reputation
All were implicated in scandals (Enron - Coca-Cola - Tyco International)
Discontinue the sale of the textbooks because as a general rule the practice is not unconditional
The considerations of large co about the well being of society when they make business decisions

11. What would NOT be illegal under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act?
Act utilitarianism
An intermediary who investigates complaints against a group
If a co. pays a low level official to ensure that their employees receive work visas more quickly than normal
Ethical egosim (states if it benefits the person then it is the right thing to do)

12. What statement is NOT true?
An NDA would be appropriate in all situations
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.
Hard money
Environmental equilibrium

13. What is NOT an attempt at creating a universal ethical standard?
All are related to government & business interactions
Universal Ethics Protocol organization
EEOC (has to do with employment in US)
Altruism (refers to placing the needs of another above oneself)

14. What is NOT a way in which business's are regulated?
Democratic leadership style
A piece of code which spreads from computer to computer & can disrupt computer functions.
All are ways businesses are regulated
Ethical relativism (no universal set of moral they are determined by the state & opinion in which one lives)

15. What is NOT legally required in management relations with labor unions?
EEOC (has to do with employment in US)
That management agrees to terms set forth by labor unions
Outsourcing is unanimously agreed to be a beneficial process.
Employers may use subjective considerations for hiring as long as they do not produce a discriminatory environment

16. A virus is?
Illegal drugs (drugs are monitored by DEA)
Money that is donated to political parties for the purpose of party building activities
Farming (suitable for agricultural use)
A piece of code which spreads from computer to computer & can disrupt computer functions.

17. Business ethics is?
Sustainable development emphasizes the development of new & innovative technologies to reduce the overuse of natural resources
An attempt to apply moral & ethical principles to business actions
Education
Through PACS

18. What types of contributions to a political campaign have donations limits imposed by law?
Hard money
All are related to government & business interactions
When a lawyer withdraws legal representation for their client & notifies the proper authorities
Non-point source contributions

19. What is NOT a type of imperative considered under Kantian ethics?
All are conflicts of interest
Universal imperative
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit
A piece of code which spreads from computer to computer & can disrupt computer functions.

20. What is NOT illegal?
Diamonds which are sold with the purpose of funding insurrection or war.
Statistical discrimination - Unintentional discrimination
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
Ethics. Most people felt the program (which charged more for the middle class people) was highly unethical & would not support it.

21. What is the purpose of the Kyoto Protocol?
Post conventional (person is ruled by conscience instead of society)
Meeting with senators - representative - staff members or other important people to persuade them to vote how you wish them to
To lower greenhouse gas emissions
Misstating financial statements

22. 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?
Pump & dump
Environmental equilibrium
Dumpster diving
Act utilitarianism

23. What BEST describes the old social contract?
An attempt to apply moral & ethical principles to business actions
Random drug testing of employees is allowed in all cases
If workers were loyal - punctual - & had at least decently efficient they could expect to keep their jobs & perhaps even advance over time.
Donating money to a humanitarian organizaiton for the purchase of blankets

24. Considered from an ethical standpoint - MNCs should?
Environmental equilibrium
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the business)
Consequentialism (considers the consequences of an action & the extent to which they benefit society in determining morality)
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not

25. If a resource is used at the same rate at which it can be replenished it is describes as?
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not
Environmental equilibrium
Although video surveillance is essentially unrestricted there are limits to an employers use of audio surveillance
To lower greenhouse gas emissions

26. What is NOT an unethical pricing strategy?
Price cancellation
Economical
Environmental equilibrium
Finding ways to eliminate the opportunities for employees to act unethically

27. What is NOT a rule for creating maxims under Kantian ethics?
Through PACS
Because Delta & Northwest are not the only airlines there is not way the merge could be considered anticompetitive
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)
All are conflicts of interest

28. A business practices underhanded accounting practices to raise stock prices & make money. Which type of ethics does this fall under?
Economical
Sexual discrimination
They can only sell stock amounting to a 10 M value at a time
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not

29. Business with a mindset of the customer is always right often find themselves subject to more of which type of fraud?
Logos - jingles - & brand names can all be ex. of trademarks
Altruism (refers to placing the needs of another above oneself)
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the business)
Comparable worth

30. Corporate citizenship?
Government regulations are always detrimental because the economy is self-correcting
The considerations of large co about the well being of society when they make business decisions
Kantian ethics (is deontological determines morality based on the morality of the action itself)
Fidiciary

31. What is a standard that aides companies in improving their environmental practices?
An attempt to apply moral & ethical principles to business actions
All are examples of corporate espionage
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)
A system of accountability - oversight - & control within the company

32. The FTC was created to monitor which type of regulation?
It requires employers to give workers notice before mass layoffs so that they can prepare
Stage 2 people are concerned with obtaining rewards
Monopolies
Laws regulating consumer protection

33. The Fair Labor Standards Act?
Economical
Sets forth standards for management in relations with labor unions
Outside employment where a person has 2 jobs which conflict with each other
Laws regulating consumer protection

34. The perceived 'us' vs. 'them' mentality that emerges when doing business with different cultures is referred to?
Self reference criterion
All are stakeholders
All would be addressed in an NDA
Advertising which involves technically true claims which are misleading by nature.

35. What aid employers in keeping information private?
A piece of code which spreads from computer to computer & can disrupt computer functions.
All were implicated in scandals (Enron - Coca-Cola - Tyco International)
NIMBY (not in my backyard)
NDA (non-disclosure agreements are legal & binding)

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?
Stage 5 People act because they feel an obligation to society
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)
Random drug testing of employees is allowed in all cases
Any program which seeks to reverse the effects of any form of discrimination

37. What is NOT true of NAFTA?
A move toward equality among all races in issues related to environmental hazards
Kerr-McGee (plutonium tampering)
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)

38. A stable state economy is in a state of?
Utilitarianism (focus on considering the benefit & costs & if benefits are greater than costs then action is moral)
Environmental equilibrium
Comparable worth
Decide the benefits of releasing the software now outweight the costs - & present the product as finished

39. What is NOT a conflict of interest?
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
When a lawyer withdraws legal representation for their client & notifies the proper authorities
Post conventional (person is ruled by conscience instead of society)
All are conflicts of interest

40. An ombudsman is?
An intermediary who investigates complaints against a group
When a lawyer withdraws legal representation for their client & notifies the proper authorities
It is unanimously agreed that there is a dire need for it in todays society
Education

41. What statement is TRUE?
It is unanimously agreed that there is a dire need for it in todays society
An NDA would be appropriate in all situations
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

42. How many days of notice does the WARN Act require employers to give employees?
60 days
Discontinue the sale of the textbooks because as a general rule the practice is not unconditional
The study of designing more comfortably or easily used equipment
Taxes negatively impact efficient economic operations by driving a wedge between businesses & customers. However - they are often necessary

43. Which act makes it illegal for US citizens to participate in bribes?
KPCS (they work to reduce circulation of conflict diamonds)
The WTO is governed by a conference of Secretariats with one Secretariat from each country
Logos - jingles - & brand names can all be ex. of trademarks
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

44. The purpose of the World Bank is?
Help developing countries stregthen their economics
Sexual harassment
Facilitating payment
Monopolies

45. What best describes in kind contribution?
Allows foreign citizens to bring a citizen of the US to trial in the US
All are concerns about outsourcing
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit
When a person or co. trades goods or services in place of money.

46. What statement is TRUE?
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.
Pure Food & Drug Act (in 1906 to force food producing industries to practice sanitation)
If workers were loyal - punctual - & had at least decently efficient they could expect to keep their jobs & perhaps even advance over time.
Advertising which involves technically true claims which are misleading by nature.

47. What is NOT an agency responsible for protecting workers health?
Stage 5 People act because they feel an obligation to society
Logos - jingles - & brand names can all be ex. of trademarks
KPCS (they work to reduce circulation of conflict diamonds)
Although video surveillance is essentially unrestricted there are limits to an employers use of audio surveillance

48. What statement is FALSE?
Act utilitarianism
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters
The only ethical regulation s businesses follow are mandated by the government
Employers may use subjective considerations for hiring as long as they do not produce a discriminatory environment

49. What is NOT a form of marketing fraud?
Misstating financial statements
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the business)
When a person or co. trades goods or services in place of money.
Sarbanes-Oxley Act

50. What statement BEST describes attitudes toward outsourcing?
A move toward equality among all races in issues related to environmental hazards
Outsourcing is often criticized however it can have many economic benefits because it allows companies to produce at a lower cost.
All are examples of corporate espionage
True statement teleological ethics an actions morality is determined based on its consequences. type of consequentialism.

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