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DSST Business Ethics And Society

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1. What is NOT a way in which business's are regulated?
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.
It requires employers to give workers notice before mass layoffs so that they can prepare
All are ways businesses are regulated
Outsourcing is unanimously agreed to be a beneficial process.

2. What agency does not relate in some manner to international trade?
Dumpster diving
Random drug testing of employees is allowed in all cases
EEOC (has to do with employment in US)
Act utilitarianism (called maximizing utility)

3. What is NOT illegal?
Monopolies
True statement teleological ethics an actions morality is determined based on its consequences. type of consequentialism.
Statistical discrimination - Unintentional discrimination
Non-point source contributions

4. What type of responsibility is the LEAST regulated?
Philanthropic
Sexual harassment
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)
All were implicated in scandals (Enron - Coca-Cola - Tyco International)

5. What is NOT true of the WTO?
All are conflicts of interest
Regulate how a co should manage certain processes that pollute the environment
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
The WTO is governed by a conference of Secretariats with one Secretariat from each country

6. Fast food places do not pay their workers less than minimum wage because it is against the law. Which of Kohlbergs stages does this describe?
Sets forth standards for management in relations with labor unions
Stage 4 (people are motivated primarily by authority such as law)
Pure Food & Drug Act (in 1906 to force food producing industries to practice sanitation)
Fidiciary

7. The CEO of a co works to raise stock prices because they will get a bonus if the stock prices increases by a certain %. Which of Kohlberg's stages are they in?
Stage 2 people are concerned with obtaining rewards
Utilitarianism (focus on considering the benefit & costs & if benefits are greater than costs then action is moral)
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)

8. What describes a type of conflict of interest where a broker owns securities & spreads rumors about them to make the price go up - then sells them before the price goes back down?
Because Dukes could not proves all women employees faced discrimination practices
Pump & dump
All are ways businesses are regulated
Kerr-McGee (plutonium tampering)

9. What is NOT an agency responsible for protecting workers health?
KPCS (they work to reduce circulation of conflict diamonds)
Civil case (feel their rights have been violated)
The act did all
Advertising which involves technically true claims which are misleading by nature.

10. What is NOT an ex. of social engineering?
EEOC (has to do with employment in US)
Discontinue the sale of the textbooks because as a general rule the practice is not unconditional
Dumpster diving
All are examples of corporate espionage

11. What is NOT a reason clinton's attempt at healthcare reform in the early 1990s failed?
Ethics. Most people felt the program (which charged more for the middle class people) was highly unethical & would not support it.
Utilitarianism (focus on considering the benefit & costs & if benefits are greater than costs then action is moral)
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)
Statistical discrimination - Unintentional discrimination

12. Ergonomics is?
The study of designing more comfortably or easily used equipment
Any program which seeks to reverse the effects of any form of discrimination
Kerr-McGee (plutonium tampering)
Illegal drugs (drugs are monitored by DEA)

13. 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.
Nepotism (considering the interests of family ahead of what is best for the business)
Self reference criterion

14. What is NOT a way that government can influence businesses?
Through PACS
Kerr-McGee (plutonium tampering)
All are possible benefits
All are related to government & business interactions

15. What best describes rule utilitarianism?
Lawyers
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
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
The considerations of large co about the well being of society when they make business decisions

16. A grease payment can also be called?
An attempt to apply moral & ethical principles to business actions
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.
KPCS (they work to reduce circulation of conflict diamonds)
Facilitating payment

17. Command & control regulations?
Ethical relativism (no universal set of moral they are determined by the state & opinion in which one lives)
NIMBY (not in my backyard)
All are examples of corporate espionage
Regulate how a co should manage certain processes that pollute the environment

18. What statement is TRUE?
Sustainable development emphasizes the development of new & innovative technologies to reduce the overuse of natural resources
All are examples of corporate espionage
Environmental equilibrium
Enquiring about off duty activities

19. According to teleological ethics an action's morality is determined based on its consequences?
To ensure & protect public health & safety
Misstating financial statements
True statement teleological ethics an actions morality is determined based on its consequences. type of consequentialism.
Through PACS

20. What statement is FALSE?
Random drug testing of employees is allowed in all cases
Philanthropic
Allows foreign citizens to bring a citizen of the US to trial in the US
Because Delta & Northwest are not the only airlines there is not way the merge could be considered anticompetitive

21. Who is best known for creating the categorical imperative?
When a lawyer withdraws legal representation for their client & notifies the proper authorities
Immanuel Kant
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)
Ensure worker safety

22. 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)
If workers were loyal - punctual - & had at least decently efficient they could expect to keep their jobs & perhaps even advance over time.
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)
Universal Ethics Protocol organization

23. Considered from an ethical standpoint - MNCs should?
Laws regulating consumer protection
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not
Prevent international trade crisis
Discontinue the sale of the textbooks because as a general rule the practice is not unconditional

24. What is environmental justice?
Outside employment where a person has 2 jobs which conflict with each other
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
An NDA would be appropriate in all situations

25. A conflict of interest?
Pay raises
Facilitating payment
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit
All are correct guidelines

26. What is NOT an illegal basis of discrimination?
60 days
Education
To lower greenhouse gas emissions
Universal imperative

27. Oversight refers to?
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)
Finding ways to eliminate the opportunities for employees to act unethically
Fidiciary
All are related to government & business interactions

28. How many days of notice does the WARN Act require employers to give employees?
60 days
Pre-conventional (main goal of a person is survival. justification of actions comes from understanding punishment & reward system)
Illegal drugs (drugs are monitored by DEA)
All were implicated in scandals (Enron - Coca-Cola - Tyco International)

29. What is regulated by FDA?
Ethics. Most people felt the program (which charged more for the middle class people) was highly unethical & would not support it.
Reputation
All are related to government & business interactions
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)

30. The term quid pro quo related to what issue?
Employers may use subjective considerations for hiring as long as they do not produce a discriminatory environment
Goodwill (good reputation makes co. worth more)
Sexual harassment
The considerations of large co about the well being of society when they make business decisions

31. What statement is TRUE?
Non-point source contributions
Patriot Act
A grease payment make things that would normally occur happen at a faster rate
All are examples of corporate espionage

32. The origins of the FDA can be traces to what ACT?
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
Pure Food & Drug Act (in 1906 to force food producing industries to practice sanitation)
KPCS (they work to reduce circulation of conflict diamonds)
Immanuel Kant

33. Why did Supreme Court rule in favor of Walmart in the case of Dukes vs Walmart?
Because Dukes could not proves all women employees faced discrimination practices
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)
The considerations of large co about the well being of society when they make business decisions

34. Hard money is?
It is unanimously agreed that there is a dire need for it in todays society
Stage 2 people are concerned with obtaining rewards
Donated to a candidates campaign
Decide the benefits of releasing the software now outweight the costs - & present the product as finished

35. What is NOT an example of an in kind contribution?
Sexual discrimination
Donating money to a humanitarian organizaiton for the purchase of blankets
Ensure worker safety
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc

36. What is NOT a guideline set forth by Supreme court to be used in creating affirmative action programs?
All are correct guidelines
Environmental equilibrium
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc
Logos - jingles - & brand names can all be ex. of trademarks

37. The Dukes vs. Walmart case involves which issue?
Help developing countries stregthen their economics
Outside employment where a person has 2 jobs which conflict with each other
Sexual discrimination
Because Dukes could not proves all women employees faced discrimination practices

38. What is NOT a form of marketing fraud?
All are examples of corporate espionage
Misstating financial statements
Act utilitarianism
Reputation

39. What is NOT concern relative to outsourcing?
Consequentialism (considers the consequences of an action & the extent to which they benefit society in determining morality)
All are concerns about outsourcing
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.

40. What is NOT a conflict of interest?
Employers may use subjective considerations for hiring as long as they do not produce a discriminatory environment
All are conflicts of interest
Donated to a candidates campaign
An attempt to apply moral & ethical principles to business actions

41. Cost benefit considerations would be most typical of what type of ethics?
Utilitarianism (focus on considering the benefit & costs & if benefits are greater than costs then action is moral)
Ad hoc (means for this)
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

42. What is NOT a type of loophole that developed in response to limitations placed on hard money contributions?
Outsourcing is unanimously agreed to be a beneficial process.
Non-renewal resources
Non-point source contributions
They can only sell stock amounting to a 10 M value at a time

43. A software designer knows there are some minor problems with the software they are develoing. However - if they wait to declare the product finished - it will not be released before another similar products - which would be highly damaging to its suc
Corporate intelligence involves legally gathering information about a co. & corporate espionage involves illegally gathering information about a co.
Allows an orgin site to send information to a computers browser
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)
Decide the benefits of releasing the software now outweight the costs - & present the product as finished

44. If a person owns a cupcake business & works in a cupcake factory - what type of conflict of interest is it considered?
Sustainable development emphasizes the development of new & innovative technologies to reduce the overuse of natural resources
All are conflicts of interest
Donating money to a humanitarian organizaiton for the purchase of blankets
Outside employment where a person has 2 jobs which conflict with each other

45. What is NOT a right outlined in the Privacy Act of 1974?
A person has the right to remove documents about themselves from government records
The only ethical regulation s businesses follow are mandated by the government
Environmental equilibrium
Donated to a candidates campaign

46. What is best ex. of point secure pollution?
Oil spill
Civil Rights Act of 1964
EEOC (has to do with employment in US)
Stage 4 (people are motivated primarily by authority such as law)

47. What is NOT a responsibility that should be considreed by businesses?
Self reference criterion
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc
All are correct guidelines
Fidiciary

48. What is the purpose of the WARN Act?
It requires employers to give workers notice before mass layoffs so that they can prepare
Nepotism (considering the interests of family ahead of what is best for the business)
Kantian ethics (is deontological determines morality based on the morality of the action itself)
Farming (suitable for agricultural use)

49. What is more typical of a values oriented ethical program that a compliance oriented ethics program?
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit
Fidiciary
If workers were loyal - punctual - & had at least decently efficient they could expect to keep their jobs & perhaps even advance over time.
A strong focus on developing core values

50. What type of information is complied to answer a specific question?
NDA (non-disclosure agreements are legal & binding)
Ad hoc (means for this)
The considerations of large co about the well being of society when they make business decisions
Pre-conventional (main goal of a person is survival. justification of actions comes from understanding punishment & reward system)