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DSST Business Ethics And Society

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Which act makes it illegal for US citizens to participate in bribes?
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
The primary factor in sexual harassment cases is the intent of the action
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit
Patriot Act

2. What situation would be considered moral under Kantian theory?
That management agrees to terms set forth by labor unions
Board of Directors
Sustainable development emphasizes the development of new & innovative technologies to reduce the overuse of natural resources
Telling the truth because you think it is the right thing to do

3. What is NOT true of sexual harassment?
A grease payment make things that would normally occur happen at a faster rate
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the business)
The primary factor in sexual harassment cases is the intent of the action
Enquiring about off duty activities

4. What statement would be the most correct under a classical view of business?
Lawyers
Environmental equilibrium
To ensure & protect public health & safety
Government regulations are always detrimental because the economy is self-correcting

5. Hiring family members would be considered which type of conflict of interest?
All are concerns about outsourcing
EEOC (has to do with employment in US)
Nepotism (considering the interests of family ahead of what is best for the business)
Product - Place - Promotion - & Price

6. Who is best known for creating the categorical imperative?
All are correct guidelines
Sexual discrimination
Immanuel Kant
Environmental equilibrium

7. What is NOT a rule for creating maxims under Kantian ethics?
Universal imperative
Board of Directors
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)
All are ways businesses are regulated

8. What is NOT legally required in management relations with labor unions?
Stage 2 people are concerned with obtaining rewards
Ethical relativism (no universal set of moral they are determined by the state & opinion in which one lives)
Statistical discrimination - Unintentional discrimination
That management agrees to terms set forth by labor unions

9. The term quid pro quo related to what issue?
Price cancellation
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Sexual harassment
A system of accountability - oversight - & control within the company

10. What type of information is complied to answer a specific question?
Ad hoc (means for this)
To lower greenhouse gas emissions
A grease payment make things that would normally occur happen at a faster rate
All are related to government & business interactions

11. What type of responsibility is the LEAST regulated?
Philanthropic
Outsourcing is often criticized however it can have many economic benefits because it allows companies to produce at a lower cost.
All were implicated in scandals (Enron - Coca-Cola - Tyco International)
Meeting with senators - representative - staff members or other important people to persuade them to vote how you wish them to

12. What is a way in which government interventions in the economy can be beneficial to consumers?
Enquiring about off duty activities
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
When a lawyer withdraws legal representation for their client & notifies the proper authorities
Product safety regulations - Import tariffs

13. Which co was NOT implicated in the early 2000s?
Post conventional (person is ruled by conscience instead of society)
All were implicated in scandals (Enron - Coca-Cola - Tyco International)
Stage 1 (person most concerned with avoiding punishment)
Outside employment where a person has 2 jobs which conflict with each other

14. A child cleans their room so they will be allowed to go to a friends house. Which of Kohlbergs stages are they in?
Monopolies
Pre-conventional (main goal of a person is survival. justification of actions comes from understanding punishment & reward system)
All are conflicts of interest
Education

15. What best describes in kind contribution?
Donated to a candidates campaign
Sexual discrimination
Allows foreign citizens to bring a citizen of the US to trial in the US
When a person or co. trades goods or services in place of money.

16. 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?
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not
It requires employers to give workers notice before mass layoffs so that they can prepare
Act utilitarianism
If workers were loyal - punctual - & had at least decently efficient they could expect to keep their jobs & perhaps even advance over time.

17. What is NOT a type of imperative considered under Kantian ethics?
Immanuel Kant
A system of accountability - oversight - & control within the company
Board of Directors
Universal imperative

18. What is a standard that aides companies in improving their environmental practices?
Price cancellation
Prevent international trade crisis
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)
It requires employers to give workers notice before mass layoffs so that they can prepare

19. What is regulated by FDA?
Product safety regulations - Import tariffs
Pre-conventional (main goal of a person is survival. justification of actions comes from understanding punishment & reward system)
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.
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)

20. What statement is TRUE?
Utilitarianism (focus on considering the benefit & costs & if benefits are greater than costs then action is moral)
A piece of code which spreads from computer to computer & can disrupt computer functions.
Taxes negatively impact efficient economic operations by driving a wedge between businesses & customers. However - they are often necessary
Goodwill (good reputation makes co. worth more)

21. What act conflicts with the Privacy Act of 1974?
Diamonds which are sold with the purpose of funding insurrection or war.
Facilitating payment
Patriot Act
Immanuel Kant

22. What is NOT a way that government can influence businesses?
Legal
Meeting with senators - representative - staff members or other important people to persuade them to vote how you wish them to
Through PACS
Ensure worker safety

23. The term glass ceiling related to which employer-employee relations issue?
Discrimination
All are related to government & business interactions
Outside employment where a person has 2 jobs which conflict with each other
Pump & dump

24. What statement about Corporate Social Responsibility is FALSE?
It is unanimously agreed that there is a dire need for it in todays society
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Donating money to a humanitarian organizaiton for the purchase of blankets
A grease payment make things that would normally occur happen at a faster rate

25. Utilitarianism is a type of?
Consequentialism (considers the consequences of an action & the extent to which they benefit society in determining morality)
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
NDA (non-disclosure agreements are legal & binding)

26. What is NOT a way in which business's are regulated?
All are ways businesses are regulated
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the business)
Pay raises
Prevent international trade crisis

27. What is NOT related to the interactions that occur between government & business?
They can only sell stock amounting to a 10 M value at a time
All are related to government & business interactions
Self reference criterion
Act utilitarianism (called maximizing utility)

28. Oversight refers to?
Finding ways to eliminate the opportunities for employees to act unethically
An NDA would be appropriate in all situations
Utilitarianism (focus on considering the benefit & costs & if benefits are greater than costs then action is moral)
Ethical relativism (no universal set of moral they are determined by the state & opinion in which one lives)

29. A conflict of interest?
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit
Sexual discrimination
Advertising which involves technically true claims which are misleading by nature.
A person has the right to remove documents about themselves from government records

30. A manager implements new safety procedures because they feel obligated to protect the safety of their employees. Which of Kolhbergs stages does this describe?
All are ways businesses are regulated
Decide the benefits of releasing the software now outweight the costs - & present the product as finished
An intermediary who investigates complaints against a group
Stage 5 People act because they feel an obligation to society

31. the merger between Delta Air Lines & Northwest Airlines raised concerns about what?
No - grease payments are not considered bribes & are therefore not illegal under the FCPA
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
Monopolies
An intermediary who investigates complaints against a group

32. A business practices underhanded accounting practices to raise stock prices & make money. Which type of ethics does this fall under?
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc
Economical
Oil spill
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)

33. What statement is FALSE about merger between Delta Air Lines & Northwest Airlines in 2008?
Comparable worth
Dumpster diving
Because Delta & Northwest are not the only airlines there is not way the merge could be considered anticompetitive
Advertising which involves technically true claims which are misleading by nature.

34. What group would not be considered a stakeholder?
All are stakeholders
60 days
When a lawyer withdraws legal representation for their client & notifies the proper authorities
Prevent international trade crisis

35. OSHA was created to?
All were implicated in scandals (Enron - Coca-Cola - Tyco International)
Allows an orgin site to send information to a computers browser
Ensure worker safety
Goodwill (good reputation makes co. worth more)

36. The fact that in many cases a company's worth is greater than the value of its tangible assets is referred to as?
Hard money
Discrimination
Goodwill (good reputation makes co. worth more)
True statement teleological ethics an actions morality is determined based on its consequences. type of consequentialism.

37. What types of contributions to a political campaign have donations limits imposed by law?
Altruism (refers to placing the needs of another above oneself)
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)
Discontinue the sale of the textbooks because as a general rule the practice is not unconditional
Hard money

38. The Kimberley Process Certification Scheme was created to stop the circulation of?
Conflict diamonds
Act utilitarianism
Product - Place - Promotion - & Price
All are possible benefits

39. What is NOT a reason clinton's attempt at healthcare reform in the early 1990s failed?
An intermediary who investigates complaints against a group
Ethics. Most people felt the program (which charged more for the middle class people) was highly unethical & would not support it.
Donated to a candidates campaign
All are correct guidelines

40. Ergonomics is?
The study of designing more comfortably or easily used equipment
Stage 2 people are concerned with obtaining rewards
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Kantian ethics (is deontological determines morality based on the morality of the action itself)

41. How many days of notice does the WARN Act require employers to give employees?
Immanuel Kant
60 days
A person has the right to remove documents about themselves from government records
Sets forth standards for management in relations with labor unions

42. What is NOT regulated by the FDA?
Logos - jingles - & brand names can all be ex. of trademarks
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)
Illegal drugs (drugs are monitored by DEA)
An intermediary who investigates complaints against a group

43. What is the purpose of the Kyoto Protocol?
Taxes negatively impact efficient economic operations by driving a wedge between businesses & customers. However - they are often necessary
To lower greenhouse gas emissions
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)

44. What is NOT illegal?
Education
Any program which seeks to reverse the effects of any form of discrimination
No - grease payments are not considered bribes & are therefore not illegal under the FCPA
Statistical discrimination - Unintentional discrimination

45. What of the following is TRUE?
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the business)
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Hard money

46. What is NOT a legal way for employers to monitor employees?
Enquiring about off duty activities
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)
Civil case (feel their rights have been violated)
Immanuel Kant

47. What is NOT an ex. of social engineering?
All are concerns about outsourcing
Dumpster diving
Deontological ethics (claims the morality of an action is determined by the morality of the action itself regardless of the consequences)
Outsourcing is often criticized however it can have many economic benefits because it allows companies to produce at a lower cost.

48. What is NOT a type of loophole that developed in response to limitations placed on hard money contributions?
Pre-conventional (main goal of a person is survival. justification of actions comes from understanding punishment & reward system)
Non-point source contributions
Because Dukes could not proves all women employees faced discrimination practices
No - grease payments are not considered bribes & are therefore not illegal under the FCPA

49. The intent of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act was to?
Ethical egosim (states if it benefits the person then it is the right thing to do)
Help developing countries stregthen their economics
If a co. pays a low level official to ensure that their employees receive work visas more quickly than normal
Restore stakeholder confidence in the securities market after a series of scandals in the early 2000s

50. Noisy withdrawal is?
Allows an orgin site to send information to a computers browser
Philanthropic
When a lawyer withdraws legal representation for their client & notifies the proper authorities
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.