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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 case established that is was how actions were interpreted that matter in sexual harassment cases?
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc
All are concerns about outsourcing
True statement teleological ethics an actions morality is determined based on its consequences. type of consequentialism.
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.

2. What statement is TRUE?
Education
Telling the truth because you think it is the right thing to do
An attempt to apply moral & ethical principles to business actions
A grease payment make things that would normally occur happen at a faster rate

3. What statement would be the most correct under a classical view of business?
A move toward equality among all races in issues related to environmental hazards
All are stakeholders
Government regulations are always detrimental because the economy is self-correcting
Non-renewal resources

4. What statement is FALSE?
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)
Laws regulating consumer protection
The only ethical regulation s businesses follow are mandated by the government
Comparable worth

5. What is NOT true of NAFTA?
All are possible benefits
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters
Because Dukes could not proves all women employees faced discrimination practices
Sexual harassment

6. What is NOT a reason clinton's attempt at healthcare reform in the early 1990s failed?
The considerations of large co about the well being of society when they make business decisions
All are concerns about outsourcing
The only ethical regulation s businesses follow are mandated by the government
Ethics. Most people felt the program (which charged more for the middle class people) was highly unethical & would not support it.

7. What is the four P's of advertising?
Finding ways to eliminate the opportunities for employees to act unethically
Act utilitarianism
Reputation
Product - Place - Promotion - & Price

8. Ethical & philanthropic responsibilities are important in building?
Reputation
To ensure & protect public health & safety
Dumpster diving
60 days

9. What statement is TRUE?
Environmental equilibrium
Diamonds which are sold with the purpose of funding insurrection or war.
The considerations of large co about the well being of society when they make business decisions
Sustainable development emphasizes the development of new & innovative technologies to reduce the overuse of natural resources

10. The term glass ceiling related to which employer-employee relations issue?
Although video surveillance is essentially unrestricted there are limits to an employers use of audio surveillance
That management agrees to terms set forth by labor unions
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.
Discrimination

11. The origins of the FDA can be traces to what ACT?
Logos - jingles - & brand names can all be ex. of trademarks
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
Pure Food & Drug Act (in 1906 to force food producing industries to practice sanitation)
Enquiring about off duty activities

12. What type of information is complied to answer a specific question?
A system of accountability - oversight - & control within the company
Kerr-McGee (plutonium tampering)
Restore stakeholder confidence in the securities market after a series of scandals in the early 2000s
Ad hoc (means for this)

13. What statement is FALSE?
The only ethical regulation s businesses follow are mandated by the government
Ethics. Most people felt the program (which charged more for the middle class people) was highly unethical & would not support it.
Authoritative (leader makes decisions & tells employees what their responsibilities are)
Random drug testing of employees is allowed in all cases

14. Ergonomics is?
Product safety regulations - Import tariffs
The study of designing more comfortably or easily used equipment
Democratic leadership style
They can only sell stock amounting to a 10 M value at a time

15. What statement is NOT true?
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.
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc
Fidiciary
Money that is donated to political parties for the purpose of party building activities

16. What is regulated by FDA?
Comparable worth
All are stakeholders
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)
NDA (non-disclosure agreements are legal & binding)

17. What is NOT an ex. of social engineering?
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
Dumpster diving
Universal imperative

18. What is NOT a way in which business's are regulated?
All are ways businesses are regulated
A strong focus on developing core values
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
All are possible benefits

19. What term describes a moral theory which derives morality from actions?
Although video surveillance is essentially unrestricted there are limits to an employers use of audio surveillance
Deontological ethics (claims the morality of an action is determined by the morality of the action itself regardless of the consequences)
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)
Non-point source contributions

20. What is NOT a way that government can influence businesses?
Pure Food & Drug Act (in 1906 to force food producing industries to practice sanitation)
Through PACS
All are stakeholders
Stage 1 (person most concerned with avoiding punishment)

21. What aid employers in keeping information private?
NDA (non-disclosure agreements are legal & binding)
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.
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)
Fidiciary

22. 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?
Allows foreign citizens to bring a citizen of the US to trial in the US
Sexual discrimination
Comparable worth
Post conventional (person is ruled by conscience instead of society)

23. What is the purpose of the Kyoto Protocol?
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
To lower greenhouse gas emissions
Product - Place - Promotion - & Price
Outsourcing is unanimously agreed to be a beneficial process.

24. What statement is FALSE about merger between Delta Air Lines & Northwest Airlines in 2008?
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)
Outsourcing is often criticized however it can have many economic benefits because it allows companies to produce at a lower cost.
Non-point source contributions
Because Delta & Northwest are not the only airlines there is not way the merge could be considered anticompetitive

25. What is a standard that aides companies in improving their environmental practices?
All are concerns about outsourcing
A grease payment make things that would normally occur happen at a faster rate
To ensure & protect public health & safety
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)

26. 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?
Act utilitarianism
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)
Ethical egosim (states if it benefits the person then it is the right thing to do)
An attempt to apply moral & ethical principles to business actions

27. Cost benefit considerations would be most typical of what type of ethics?
Stage 5 People act because they feel an obligation to society
Utilitarianism (focus on considering the benefit & costs & if benefits are greater than costs then action is moral)
It is unanimously agreed that there is a dire need for it in todays society
Pre-conventional (main goal of a person is survival. justification of actions comes from understanding punishment & reward system)

28. What group would not be considered a stakeholder?
All are stakeholders
Misstating financial statements
KPCS (they work to reduce circulation of conflict diamonds)
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit

29. A conflict of interest?
Fidiciary
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit
It is unanimously agreed that there is a dire need for it in todays society
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not

30. What is NOT a type of loophole that developed in response to limitations placed on hard money contributions?
Outsourcing is often criticized however it can have many economic benefits because it allows companies to produce at a lower cost.
NIMBY (not in my backyard)
Non-point source contributions
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)

31. Fossil fuels are?
All are possible benefits
Hard money
Non-renewal resources
All are ways businesses are regulated

32. What theory claims that ethical beliefs are determined by the society in which one lives?
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit
Ethical relativism (no universal set of moral they are determined by the state & opinion in which one lives)
To ensure & protect public health & safety
Hard money

33. An ombudsman is?
The primary factor in sexual harassment cases is the intent of the action
The WTO is governed by a conference of Secretariats with one Secretariat from each country
An intermediary who investigates complaints against a group
Discrimination

34. OSHA was created to?
Civil case (feel their rights have been violated)
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)
Price cancellation
Ensure worker safety

35. What is true about spam?
Illegal drugs (drugs are monitored by DEA)
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
The primary factor in sexual harassment cases is the intent of the action
Help developing countries stregthen their economics

36. What is NOT true of the WTO?
Outsourcing is unanimously agreed to be a beneficial process.
Outsourcing is often criticized however it can have many economic benefits because it allows companies to produce at a lower cost.
The WTO is governed by a conference of Secretariats with one Secretariat from each country
Education

37. Which co was NOT implicated in the early 2000s?
All were implicated in scandals (Enron - Coca-Cola - Tyco International)
Discrimination
Advertising which involves technically true claims which are misleading by nature.
Allows an orgin site to send information to a computers browser

38. If a resource is used at the same rate at which it can be replenished it is describes as?
Board of Directors
Diamonds which are sold with the purpose of funding insurrection or war.
Environmental equilibrium
Ad hoc (means for this)

39. The EEOC investiges violations of the?
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Logos - jingles - & brand names can all be ex. of trademarks
Sarbanes-Oxley Act

40. What is more typical of a values oriented ethical program that a compliance oriented ethics program?
Finding ways to eliminate the opportunities for employees to act unethically
A strong focus on developing core values
Help developing countries stregthen their economics
To ensure & protect public health & safety

41. How many days of notice does the WARN Act require employers to give employees?
60 days
Laws regulating consumer protection
No - grease payments are not considered bribes & are therefore not illegal under the FCPA
An intermediary who investigates complaints against a group

42. What statement best describes the difference between corporate intelligence & corpirate espionage?
No - grease payments are not considered bribes & are therefore not illegal under the FCPA
Corporate intelligence involves legally gathering information about a co. & corporate espionage involves illegally gathering information about a co.
Sustainable development emphasizes the development of new & innovative technologies to reduce the overuse of natural resources
Pay raises

43. What statement is TRUE?
OSHA
Logos - jingles - & brand names can all be ex. of trademarks
Product safety regulations - Import tariffs
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)

44. What is NOT illegal?
An NDA would be appropriate in all situations
Statistical discrimination - Unintentional discrimination
Nepotism (considering the interests of family ahead of what is best for the business)
The only ethical regulation s businesses follow are mandated by the government

45. What is NOT a regulation for insiders trading stock?
Pre-conventional (main goal of a person is survival. justification of actions comes from understanding punishment & reward system)
They can only sell stock amounting to a 10 M value at a time
Economical
All were implicated in scandals (Enron - Coca-Cola - Tyco International)

46. What statement is TRUE?
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.
Ensure worker safety

47. What is the purpose of the WARN Act?
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
Through PACS
It requires employers to give workers notice before mass layoffs so that they can prepare

48. 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
All would be addressed in an NDA
Outside employment where a person has 2 jobs which conflict with each other
EEOC (has to do with employment in US)

49. The intent of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act was to?
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.
Restore stakeholder confidence in the securities market after a series of scandals in the early 2000s
Legal
Donating money to a humanitarian organizaiton for the purchase of blankets

50. Who has legal responsibility for a company's actions in a corporation?
True statement teleological ethics an actions morality is determined based on its consequences. type of consequentialism.
Immanuel Kant
Board of Directors
An NDA would be appropriate in all situations