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DSST Business Ethics And Society

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1. What is NOT regulated by the FDA?
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)
Stage 5 People act because they feel an obligation to society
Immanuel Kant
Illegal drugs (drugs are monitored by DEA)

2. Fossil fuels are?
Non-point source contributions
Because Delta & Northwest are not the only airlines there is not way the merge could be considered anticompetitive
Non-renewal resources
Act utilitarianism

3. A stable state economy is in a state of?
Environmental equilibrium
The considerations of large co about the well being of society when they make business decisions
An attempt to apply moral & ethical principles to business actions
Although video surveillance is essentially unrestricted there are limits to an employers use of audio surveillance

4. What is NOT an example of how corporate espionage can occur?
The study of designing more comfortably or easily used equipment
All are examples of corporate espionage
Discrimination
Meeting with senators - representative - staff members or other important people to persuade them to vote how you wish them to

5. What agency does not relate in some manner to international trade?
EEOC (has to do with employment in US)
Help developing countries stregthen their economics
Monopolies
True statement teleological ethics an actions morality is determined based on its consequences. type of consequentialism.

6. If people object to something being built near their homes it is referred to as?
A piece of code which spreads from computer to computer & can disrupt computer functions.
NIMBY (not in my backyard)
To lower greenhouse gas emissions
It requires employers to give workers notice before mass layoffs so that they can prepare

7. The Kimberley Process Certification Scheme was created to stop the circulation of?
Conflict diamonds
Education
Product safety regulations - Import tariffs
Random drug testing of employees is allowed in all cases

8. What statement is TRUE?
Immanuel Kant
OSHA
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

9. What is the stakeholder model of corporate governance?
All were implicated in scandals (Enron - Coca-Cola - Tyco International)
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)
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
If a co. pays a low level official to ensure that their employees receive work visas more quickly than normal

10. What type of responsibility is the LEAST regulated?
Discrimination
Authoritative (leader makes decisions & tells employees what their responsibilities are)
Outside employment where a person has 2 jobs which conflict with each other
Philanthropic

11. What is NOT true of the WTO?
To ensure & protect public health & safety
Patriot Act
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)
The WTO is governed by a conference of Secretariats with one Secretariat from each country

12. What is NOT a form of marketing fraud?
All are examples of corporate espionage
Misstating financial statements
Economical
Help developing countries stregthen their economics

13. What is NOT an agency responsible for protecting workers health?
KPCS (they work to reduce circulation of conflict diamonds)
Farming (suitable for agricultural use)
The WTO is governed by a conference of Secretariats with one Secretariat from each country
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

14. Noisy withdrawal is?
When a lawyer withdraws legal representation for their client & notifies the proper authorities
Statistical discrimination - Unintentional discrimination
Post conventional (person is ruled by conscience instead of society)
Deontological ethics (claims the morality of an action is determined by the morality of the action itself regardless of the consequences)

15. What is NOT an unethical pricing strategy?
Dumpster diving
Price cancellation
Meeting with senators - representative - staff members or other important people to persuade them to vote how you wish them to
All are stakeholders

16. What is the responsibility of the FDA?
OSHA
When a lawyer withdraws legal representation for their client & notifies the proper authorities
To ensure & protect public health & safety
Prevent international trade crisis

17. What situation would be considered moral under Kantian theory?
Decide the benefits of releasing the software now outweight the costs - & present the product as finished
Telling the truth because you think it is the right thing to do
Through PACS
Farming (suitable for agricultural use)

18. What act conflicts with the Privacy Act of 1974?
Post conventional (person is ruled by conscience instead of society)
Meeting with senators - representative - staff members or other important people to persuade them to vote how you wish them to
Patriot Act
Act utilitarianism (called maximizing utility)

19. The intent of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act was to?
Conflict diamonds
Hard money
Restore stakeholder confidence in the securities market after a series of scandals in the early 2000s
Discontinue the sale of the textbooks because as a general rule the practice is not unconditional

20. What statement would be the most correct under a classical view of business?
To ensure & protect public health & safety
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Statistical discrimination - Unintentional discrimination
Government regulations are always detrimental because the economy is self-correcting

21. A conflict of interest?
Sexual discrimination
A strong focus on developing core values
It is unanimously agreed that there is a dire need for it in todays society
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit

22. What is more typical of a values oriented ethical program that a compliance oriented ethics program?
Sets forth standards for management in relations with labor unions
A strong focus on developing core values
That management agrees to terms set forth by labor unions
All are concerns about outsourcing

23. What theiry claims that person should only act in their own best interst?
If workers were loyal - punctual - & had at least decently efficient they could expect to keep their jobs & perhaps even advance over time.
Regulate how a co should manage certain processes that pollute the environment
EEOC (has to do with employment in US)
Ethical egosim (states if it benefits the person then it is the right thing to do)

24. The Alien Tort Claims Act?
Diamonds which are sold with the purpose of funding insurrection or war.
Universal imperative
Telling the truth because you think it is the right thing to do
Allows foreign citizens to bring a citizen of the US to trial in the US

25. Protections for workers from workplace hazard are regulated & mandated by what agency?
Consequentialism (considers the consequences of an action & the extent to which they benefit society in determining morality)
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
OSHA
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.

26. The purpose of the International Monetary Fund?
The considerations of large co about the well being of society when they make business decisions
A strong focus on developing core values
Prevent international trade crisis
Economical

27. What best describes soft money?
Prevent international trade crisis
Although video surveillance is essentially unrestricted there are limits to an employers use of audio surveillance
Money that is donated to political parties for the purpose of party building activities
Stage 5 People act because they feel an obligation to society

28. A lawyer knows their client is guilty but defends them anyway. This falls under which type of ethics?
Nepotism (considering the interests of family ahead of what is best for the business)
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.
Legal

29. the merger between Delta Air Lines & Northwest Airlines raised concerns about what?
A piece of code which spreads from computer to computer & can disrupt computer functions.
Monopolies
An intermediary who investigates complaints against a group
60 days

30. OSHA was created to?
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)
When a person or co. trades goods or services in place of money.
Authoritative (leader makes decisions & tells employees what their responsibilities are)
Ensure worker safety

31. What is NOT a benefit which can come to companies as a result of substainable business practices?
Non-point source contributions
All are examples of corporate espionage
All are possible benefits
Price cancellation

32. What aid employers in keeping information private?
NDA (non-disclosure agreements are legal & binding)
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
Money that is donated to political parties for the purpose of party building activities
If a co. pays a low level official to ensure that their employees receive work visas more quickly than normal

33. What is NOT a rule for creating maxims under Kantian ethics?
Reputation
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)
Random drug testing of employees is allowed in all cases
Stage 1 (person most concerned with avoiding punishment)

34. 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)
To ensure & protect public health & safety
Environmental equilibrium

35. A business practices underhanded accounting practices to raise stock prices & make money. Which type of ethics does this fall under?
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not
Economical
The WTO is governed by a conference of Secretariats with one Secretariat from each country
Fidiciary

36. Corporate governance?
A system of accountability - oversight - & control within the company
Sexual discrimination
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit
Ad hoc (means for this)

37. What of the following is TRUE?
Because Dukes could not proves all women employees faced discrimination practices
All are stakeholders
All are ways businesses are regulated
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)

38. What type of information is complied to answer a specific question?
Ad hoc (means for this)
Self reference criterion
Allows foreign citizens to bring a citizen of the US to trial in the US
Enquiring about off duty activities

39. Corporate citizenship?
It is unanimously agreed that there is a dire need for it in todays society
Nepotism (considering the interests of family ahead of what is best for the business)
All are examples of corporate espionage
The considerations of large co about the well being of society when they make business decisions

40. What best describes rule utilitarianism?
Finding ways to eliminate the opportunities for employees to act unethically
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.
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
Act utilitarianism

41. Oversight refers to?
Finding ways to eliminate the opportunities for employees to act unethically
Civil case (feel their rights have been violated)
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)
Reputation

42. Hard money is?
Universal imperative
Donated to a candidates campaign
That management agrees to terms set forth by labor unions
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)

43. The Tyco scandal is associated with which ACT?
Restore stakeholder confidence in the securities market after a series of scandals in the early 2000s
The only ethical regulation s businesses follow are mandated by the government
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
All are examples of corporate espionage

44. What did the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act NOT do?
Donating money to a humanitarian organizaiton for the purchase of blankets
The act did all
Statistical discrimination - Unintentional discrimination
Patriot Act

45. 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?
The study of designing more comfortably or easily used equipment
Stage 1 (person most concerned with avoiding punishment)
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.
Sustainable development emphasizes the development of new & innovative technologies to reduce the overuse of natural resources

46. What statement is TRUE?
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not
Logos - jingles - & brand names can all be ex. of trademarks
Dumpster diving
That management agrees to terms set forth by labor unions

47. What is NOT legally required in management relations with labor unions?
That management agrees to terms set forth by labor unions
Misstating financial statements
Democratic leadership style
Help developing countries stregthen their economics

48. An employer who posted a list of weekly resonsibilities for employees to fulfill would best be described by which leadership style?
Authoritative (leader makes decisions & tells employees what their responsibilities are)
The act did all
Statistical discrimination - Unintentional discrimination
Philanthropic

49. What statement is FALSE?
All are concerns about outsourcing
All were implicated in scandals (Enron - Coca-Cola - Tyco International)
Hard money
The only ethical regulation s businesses follow are mandated by the government

50. What statement is TRUE?
Deontological ethics (claims the morality of an action is determined by the morality of the action itself regardless of the consequences)
A grease payment make things that would normally occur happen at a faster rate
60 days
All are correct guidelines