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DSST Business Ethics And Society

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1. What best describes rule utilitarianism?
Ensure worker safety
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
A move toward equality among all races in issues related to environmental hazards
Ad hoc (means for this)

2. A business practices underhanded accounting practices to raise stock prices & make money. Which type of ethics does this fall under?
Economical
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)
Diamonds which are sold with the purpose of funding insurrection or war.

3. What is the responsibility of the FDA?
Hard money
Fidiciary
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
To ensure & protect public health & safety

4. The term glass ceiling related to which employer-employee relations issue?
No - grease payments are not considered bribes & are therefore not illegal under the FCPA
When a lawyer withdraws legal representation for their client & notifies the proper authorities
Through PACS
Discrimination

5. A grease payment can also be called?
Facilitating payment
All are ways businesses are regulated
Logos - jingles - & brand names can all be ex. of trademarks
The act did all

6. What is NOT a responsibility that should be considreed by businesses?
Outsourcing is often criticized however it can have many economic benefits because it allows companies to produce at a lower cost.
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)
Fidiciary
Random drug testing of employees is allowed in all cases

7. 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?
Pay raises
Legal
Conflict diamonds
Post conventional (person is ruled by conscience instead of society)

8. What is NOT regulated by the FDA?
Legal
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.
Illegal drugs (drugs are monitored by DEA)
Post conventional (person is ruled by conscience instead of society)

9. Considered from an ethical standpoint - MNCs should?
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not
Universal Ethics Protocol organization
All are stakeholders
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)

10. What is NOT a way in which business's are regulated?
Although video surveillance is essentially unrestricted there are limits to an employers use of audio surveillance
All are ways businesses are regulated
An intermediary who investigates complaints against a group
A person has the right to remove documents about themselves from government records

11. What is NOT an example of an in kind contribution?
A strong focus on developing core values
Donating money to a humanitarian organizaiton for the purchase of blankets
Statistical discrimination - Unintentional discrimination
To ensure & protect public health & safety

12. 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?
Stage 4 (people are motivated primarily by authority such as law)
Decide the benefits of releasing the software now outweight the costs - & present the product as finished
Fidiciary
A person has the right to remove documents about themselves from government records

13. What statement is TRUE?
Economical
When a lawyer withdraws legal representation for their client & notifies the proper authorities
Act utilitarianism
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.

14. What act conflicts with the Privacy Act of 1974?
Universal imperative
Patriot Act
Oil spill
Statistical discrimination - Unintentional discrimination

15. Corporate citizenship?
Environmental equilibrium
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.
The considerations of large co about the well being of society when they make business decisions
Hard money

16. What situation would be considered moral under Kantian theory?
Legal
Telling the truth because you think it is the right thing to do
All are related to government & business interactions
Self reference criterion

17. What best describes soft money?
Kantian ethics (is deontological determines morality based on the morality of the action itself)
Immanuel Kant
Money that is donated to political parties for the purpose of party building activities
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)

18. Command & control regulations?
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
Consequentialism (considers the consequences of an action & the extent to which they benefit society in determining morality)
Education
Regulate how a co should manage certain processes that pollute the environment

19. Cost benefit considerations would be most typical of what type of ethics?
Stage 4 (people are motivated primarily by authority such as law)
60 days
Utilitarianism (focus on considering the benefit & costs & if benefits are greater than costs then action is moral)
Discontinue the sale of the textbooks because as a general rule the practice is not unconditional

20. 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?
Comparable worth
Pure Food & Drug Act (in 1906 to force food producing industries to practice sanitation)
Act utilitarianism
Sustainable development emphasizes the development of new & innovative technologies to reduce the overuse of natural resources

21. 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
Environmental equilibrium
Board of Directors
Stage 2 people are concerned with obtaining rewards
Decide the benefits of releasing the software now outweight the costs - & present the product as finished

22. What is regulated by FDA?
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
It is unanimously agreed that there is a dire need for it in todays society
Restore stakeholder confidence in the securities market after a series of scandals in the early 2000s

23. Lobbying is?
True statement teleological ethics an actions morality is determined based on its consequences. type of consequentialism.
Meeting with senators - representative - staff members or other important people to persuade them to vote how you wish them to
All are correct guidelines
OSHA

24. The Tyco scandal is associated with which ACT?
Stage 1 (person most concerned with avoiding punishment)
Discrimination
Fidiciary
Sarbanes-Oxley Act

25. Arable land is used for?
Stage 4 (people are motivated primarily by authority such as law)
Comparable worth
The study of designing more comfortably or easily used equipment
Farming (suitable for agricultural use)

26. The intent of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act was to?
Pay raises
When a person or co. trades goods or services in place of money.
Laws regulating consumer protection
Restore stakeholder confidence in the securities market after a series of scandals in the early 2000s

27. 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
Oil spill
Random drug testing of employees is allowed in all cases
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

28. 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?
Help developing countries stregthen their economics
Money that is donated to political parties for the purpose of party building activities
Stage 1 (person most concerned with avoiding punishment)
An NDA would be appropriate in all situations

29. What statement is NOT true?
Authoritative (leader makes decisions & tells employees what their responsibilities are)
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Finding ways to eliminate the opportunities for employees to act unethically
Outsourcing is unanimously agreed to be a beneficial process.

30. The Dukes vs. Walmart case involves which issue?
Government regulations are always detrimental because the economy is self-correcting
Pure Food & Drug Act (in 1906 to force food producing industries to practice sanitation)
Finding ways to eliminate the opportunities for employees to act unethically
Sexual discrimination

31. What statement is TRUE?
Ad hoc (means for this)
Facilitating payment
Employers may use subjective considerations for hiring as long as they do not produce a discriminatory environment
Taxes negatively impact efficient economic operations by driving a wedge between businesses & customers. However - they are often necessary

32. The president of the co must decide whethere to continue to sell textbooks that he knows have incorrect information in them or not. Considered from standpoint of Kantian ethics the president would most likely?
Discontinue the sale of the textbooks because as a general rule the practice is not unconditional
Education
EEOC (has to do with employment in US)
Pump & dump

33. An ombudsman is?
Stage 2 people are concerned with obtaining rewards
An intermediary who investigates complaints against a group
The considerations of large co about the well being of society when they make business decisions
EEOC (has to do with employment in US)

34. What is NOT a guideline set forth by Supreme court to be used in creating affirmative action programs?
All are correct guidelines
Pump & dump
Pre-conventional (main goal of a person is survival. justification of actions comes from understanding punishment & reward system)
Ethical relativism (no universal set of moral they are determined by the state & opinion in which one lives)

35. What is environmental justice?
The primary factor in sexual harassment cases is the intent of the action
A move toward equality among all races in issues related to environmental hazards
Regulate how a co should manage certain processes that pollute the environment
Allows foreign citizens to bring a citizen of the US to trial in the US

36. What did the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act NOT do?
The act did all
Post conventional (person is ruled by conscience instead of society)
Illegal drugs (drugs are monitored by DEA)
A strong focus on developing core values

37. What is NOT concern relative to outsourcing?
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Environmental equilibrium
Conflict diamonds
All are concerns about outsourcing

38. What is NOT illegal?
All are correct guidelines
Because Dukes could not proves all women employees faced discrimination practices
Statistical discrimination - Unintentional discrimination
True statement teleological ethics an actions morality is determined based on its consequences. type of consequentialism.

39. What is best ex. of point secure pollution?
An attempt to apply moral & ethical principles to business actions
Oil spill
Fidiciary
It is unanimously agreed that there is a dire need for it in todays society

40. What is NOT a type of imperative considered under Kantian ethics?
That management agrees to terms set forth by labor unions
Universal imperative
Hard money
Self reference criterion

41. Why did Supreme Court rule in favor of Walmart in the case of Dukes vs Walmart?
Altruism (refers to placing the needs of another above oneself)
Reputation
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the business)
Because Dukes could not proves all women employees faced discrimination practices

42. If a resource is used at the same rate at which it can be replenished it is describes as?
Environmental equilibrium
Diamonds which are sold with the purpose of funding insurrection or war.
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)
The primary factor in sexual harassment cases is the intent of the action

43. The origins of the FDA can be traces to what ACT?
Goodwill (good reputation makes co. worth more)
It requires employers to give workers notice before mass layoffs so that they can prepare
Government regulations are always detrimental because the economy is self-correcting
Pure Food & Drug Act (in 1906 to force food producing industries to practice sanitation)

44. The fact that in many cases a company's worth is greater than the value of its tangible assets is referred to as?
Goodwill (good reputation makes co. worth more)
OSHA
Immanuel Kant
Sexual discrimination

45. If people object to something being built near their homes it is referred to as?
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)
Any program which seeks to reverse the effects of any form of discrimination
Sustainable development emphasizes the development of new & innovative technologies to reduce the overuse of natural resources
NIMBY (not in my backyard)

46. Implied falsity?
Civil case (feel their rights have been violated)
Although video surveillance is essentially unrestricted there are limits to an employers use of audio surveillance
Advertising which involves technically true claims which are misleading by nature.
60 days

47. What is the purpose of the Kyoto Protocol?
Advertising which involves technically true claims which are misleading by nature.
To lower greenhouse gas emissions
Help developing countries stregthen their economics
All are related to government & business interactions

48. What statement best describes the difference between corporate intelligence & corpirate espionage?
Logos - jingles - & brand names can all be ex. of trademarks
Corporate intelligence involves legally gathering information about a co. & corporate espionage involves illegally gathering information about a co.
Sexual discrimination
A system of accountability - oversight - & control within the company

49. What is the four P's of advertising?
Outsourcing is often criticized however it can have many economic benefits because it allows companies to produce at a lower cost.
Universal Ethics Protocol organization
Product - Place - Promotion - & Price
The considerations of large co about the well being of society when they make business decisions

50. What is NOT a benefit which can come to companies as a result of substainable business practices?
All are possible benefits
NDA (non-disclosure agreements are legal & binding)
Altruism (refers to placing the needs of another above oneself)
Fidiciary