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DSST Business Ethics And Society

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. In what situation would an NDA NOT be used?
An NDA would be appropriate in all situations
Sustainable development emphasizes the development of new & innovative technologies to reduce the overuse of natural resources
Product safety regulations - Import tariffs
Utilitarianism (focus on considering the benefit & costs & if benefits are greater than costs then action is moral)

2. Considered from an ethical standpoint - MNCs should?
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not
Universal imperative
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit
Civil case (feel their rights have been violated)

3. Ergonomics is?
The study of designing more comfortably or easily used equipment
Pay raises
Allows foreign citizens to bring a citizen of the US to trial in the US
Act utilitarianism (called maximizing utility)

4. Business with a mindset of the customer is always right often find themselves subject to more of which type of fraud?
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the business)
Pay raises
Patriot Act
OSHA

5. What type of responsibility is the LEAST regulated?
Sexual discrimination
All are related to government & business interactions
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit
Philanthropic

6. What is NOT true of NAFTA?
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
Patriot Act
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters

7. What is the stakeholder model of corporate governance?
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
EEOC (has to do with employment in US)
Authoritative (leader makes decisions & tells employees what their responsibilities are)

8. What agency does not relate in some manner to international trade?
Deontological ethics (claims the morality of an action is determined by the morality of the action itself regardless of the consequences)
Hard money
EEOC (has to do with employment in US)
Government regulations are always detrimental because the economy is self-correcting

9. A lawyer knows their client is guilty but defends them anyway. This falls under which type of ethics?
Stage 5 People act because they feel an obligation to society
Legal
To lower greenhouse gas emissions
Donating money to a humanitarian organizaiton for the purchase of blankets

10. What statement is TRUE?
Allows foreign citizens to bring a citizen of the US to trial in the US
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
Sustainable development emphasizes the development of new & innovative technologies to reduce the overuse of natural resources
Through PACS

11. Command & control regulations?
Regulate how a co should manage certain processes that pollute the environment
All are correct guidelines
Universal imperative
That management agrees to terms set forth by labor unions

12. The fact that in many cases a company's worth is greater than the value of its tangible assets is referred to as?
If a co. pays a low level official to ensure that their employees receive work visas more quickly than normal
Goodwill (good reputation makes co. worth more)
To ensure & protect public health & safety
Act utilitarianism

13. Lobbying is?
To ensure & protect public health & safety
Meeting with senators - representative - staff members or other important people to persuade them to vote how you wish them to
Comparable worth
Ethics. Most people felt the program (which charged more for the middle class people) was highly unethical & would not support it.

14. What is NOT a way in which business's are regulated?
Patriot Act
Product - Place - Promotion - & Price
Donating money to a humanitarian organizaiton for the purchase of blankets
All are ways businesses are regulated

15. Protections for workers from workplace hazard are regulated & mandated by what agency?
OSHA
Corporate intelligence involves legally gathering information about a co. & corporate espionage involves illegally gathering information about a co.
Self reference criterion
Logos - jingles - & brand names can all be ex. of trademarks

16. What statement is FALSE?
Kantian ethics (is deontological determines morality based on the morality of the action itself)
The only ethical regulation s businesses follow are mandated by the government
Universal Ethics Protocol organization
All are correct guidelines

17. What did the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act NOT do?
Civil case (feel their rights have been violated)
The act did all
Laws regulating consumer protection
Conflict diamonds

18. A cookie?
Allows an orgin site to send information to a computers browser
Non-renewal resources
Outside employment where a person has 2 jobs which conflict with each other
Illegal drugs (drugs are monitored by DEA)

19. The Alien Tort Claims Act?
Farming (suitable for agricultural use)
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)
Allows foreign citizens to bring a citizen of the US to trial in the US
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.

20. What is a standard that aides companies in improving their environmental practices?
All would be addressed in an NDA
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Any program which seeks to reverse the effects of any form of discrimination

21. Arable land is used for?
Farming (suitable for agricultural use)
Regulate how a co should manage certain processes that pollute the environment
Environmental equilibrium
All are stakeholders

22. What is NOT legally required in management relations with labor unions?
Because Delta & Northwest are not the only airlines there is not way the merge could be considered anticompetitive
Telling the truth because you think it is the right thing to do
The study of designing more comfortably or easily used equipment
That management agrees to terms set forth by labor unions

23. How many days of notice does the WARN Act require employers to give employees?
Education
60 days
All are related to government & business interactions
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)

24. Implied falsity?
Advertising which involves technically true claims which are misleading by nature.
Authoritative (leader makes decisions & tells employees what their responsibilities are)
Goodwill (good reputation makes co. worth more)
Act utilitarianism

25. If a person were to sue a co. for not fulfilling a contractual obligation it would be?
Help developing countries stregthen their economics
Price cancellation
Fidiciary
Civil case (feel their rights have been violated)

26. The Dukes vs. Walmart case involves which issue?
Sexual discrimination
Act utilitarianism (called maximizing utility)
It requires employers to give workers notice before mass layoffs so that they can prepare
The primary factor in sexual harassment cases is the intent of the action

27. In the case of Watson vs. Fort Worth Bank & Trust the court ruled?
The study of designing more comfortably or easily used equipment
Utilitarianism (focus on considering the benefit & costs & if benefits are greater than costs then action is moral)
Employers may use subjective considerations for hiring as long as they do not produce a discriminatory environment
Facilitating payment

28. Fossil fuels are?
Because Delta & Northwest are not the only airlines there is not way the merge could be considered anticompetitive
Non-renewal resources
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
Monopolies

29. What is NOT a conflict of interest?
Regulate how a co should manage certain processes that pollute the environment
If a co. pays a low level official to ensure that their employees receive work visas more quickly than normal
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)
All are conflicts of interest

30. What statement BEST describes attitudes toward outsourcing?
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Monopolies
Any program which seeks to reverse the effects of any form of discrimination
Outsourcing is often criticized however it can have many economic benefits because it allows companies to produce at a lower cost.

31. The Kimberley Process Certification Scheme was created to stop the circulation of?
To lower greenhouse gas emissions
Conflict diamonds
Altruism (refers to placing the needs of another above oneself)
Ethical relativism (no universal set of moral they are determined by the state & opinion in which one lives)

32. What is NOT an unethical pricing strategy?
Immanuel Kant
Allows an orgin site to send information to a computers browser
Price cancellation
All are possible benefits

33. The term quid pro quo related to what issue?
Sexual harassment
All are stakeholders
Government regulations are always detrimental because the economy is self-correcting
Logos - jingles - & brand names can all be ex. of trademarks

34. If people object to something being built near their homes it is referred to as?
NIMBY (not in my backyard)
Non-point source contributions
If workers were loyal - punctual - & had at least decently efficient they could expect to keep their jobs & perhaps even advance over time.
Non-renewal resources

35. What of the following is TRUE?
All are stakeholders
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)
Fidiciary
Act utilitarianism

36. What is the four P's of advertising?
Discrimination
Random drug testing of employees is allowed in all cases
Product - Place - Promotion - & Price
Pump & dump

37. What is NOT an example of an in kind contribution?
A piece of code which spreads from computer to computer & can disrupt computer functions.
Pre-conventional (main goal of a person is survival. justification of actions comes from understanding punishment & reward system)
A move toward equality among all races in issues related to environmental hazards
Donating money to a humanitarian organizaiton for the purchase of blankets

38. Ethical & philanthropic responsibilities are important in building?
Stage 4 (people are motivated primarily by authority such as law)
Reputation
Diamonds which are sold with the purpose of funding insurrection or war.
Sexual discrimination

39. If a person owns a cupcake business & works in a cupcake factory - what type of conflict of interest is it considered?
Education
Pay raises
Outside employment where a person has 2 jobs which conflict with each other
Sarbanes-Oxley Act

40. What correctly describes the legality of camera surveillance methods in a workplace?
Ethical egosim (states if it benefits the person then it is the right thing to do)
Reputation
Dumpster diving
Although video surveillance is essentially unrestricted there are limits to an employers use of audio surveillance

41. 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)
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
Stage 4 (people are motivated primarily by authority such as law)
Comparable worth

42. What is environmental justice?
NIMBY (not in my backyard)
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters
A move toward equality among all races in issues related to environmental hazards
Diamonds which are sold with the purpose of funding insurrection or war.

43. What is NOT a rule for creating maxims under Kantian ethics?
The study of designing more comfortably or easily used equipment
Ethical egosim (states if it benefits the person then it is the right thing to do)
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)
Government regulations are always detrimental because the economy is self-correcting

44. The purpose of the International Monetary Fund?
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)
Altruism (refers to placing the needs of another above oneself)
Environmental equilibrium
Prevent international trade crisis

45. Corporate governance?
A system of accountability - oversight - & control within the company
All are ways businesses are regulated
An intermediary who investigates complaints against a group
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.

46. Business ethics is?
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not
An attempt to apply moral & ethical principles to business actions
All are conflicts of interest
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc

47. A conflict of interest?
To lower greenhouse gas emissions
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit
Non-point source contributions
Conflict diamonds

48. What term describes a moral theory which derives morality from actions?
A person has the right to remove documents about themselves from government records
Deontological ethics (claims the morality of an action is determined by the morality of the action itself regardless of the consequences)
A move toward equality among all races in issues related to environmental hazards
Sexual harassment

49. The purpose of the World Bank is?
Illegal drugs (drugs are monitored by DEA)
All are ways businesses are regulated
EEOC (has to do with employment in US)
Help developing countries stregthen their economics

50. OSHA was created to?
Regulate how a co should manage certain processes that pollute the environment
Corporate intelligence involves legally gathering information about a co. & corporate espionage involves illegally gathering information about a co.
Ensure worker safety
Environmental equilibrium