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DSST Business Ethics And Society

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1. What is NOT a rule for creating maxims under Kantian ethics?
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)
A piece of code which spreads from computer to computer & can disrupt computer functions.
NIMBY (not in my backyard)
Outside employment where a person has 2 jobs which conflict with each other

2. Business ethics is?
If a co. pays a low level official to ensure that their employees receive work visas more quickly than normal
Ethical egosim (states if it benefits the person then it is the right thing to do)
Consequentialism (considers the consequences of an action & the extent to which they benefit society in determining morality)
An attempt to apply moral & ethical principles to business actions

3. A grease payment can also be called?
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)
Discrimination
Facilitating payment
Corporate intelligence involves legally gathering information about a co. & corporate espionage involves illegally gathering information about a co.

4. The intent of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act was to?
Sexual harassment
Restore stakeholder confidence in the securities market after a series of scandals in the early 2000s
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
Ethics. Most people felt the program (which charged more for the middle class people) was highly unethical & would not support it.

5. The origins of the FDA can be traces to what ACT?
Post conventional (person is ruled by conscience instead of society)
Donated to a candidates campaign
The considerations of large co about the well being of society when they make business decisions
Pure Food & Drug Act (in 1906 to force food producing industries to practice sanitation)

6. In the case of Watson vs. Fort Worth Bank & Trust the court ruled?
Employers may use subjective considerations for hiring as long as they do not produce a discriminatory environment
Ad hoc (means for this)
An intermediary who investigates complaints against a group
Democratic leadership style

7. What is NOT an attempt at creating a universal ethical standard?
Misstating financial statements
Democratic leadership style
Universal Ethics Protocol organization
Ethics. Most people felt the program (which charged more for the middle class people) was highly unethical & would not support it.

8. 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
Conflict diamonds
Decide the benefits of releasing the software now outweight the costs - & present the product as finished
Ad hoc (means for this)
Self reference criterion

9. Business with a mindset of the customer is always right often find themselves subject to more of which type of fraud?
Regulate how a co should manage certain processes that pollute the environment
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the business)
Legal
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

10. What is NOT a form of marketing fraud?
All were implicated in scandals (Enron - Coca-Cola - Tyco International)
Misstating financial statements
Ethical egosim (states if it benefits the person then it is the right thing to do)
Authoritative (leader makes decisions & tells employees what their responsibilities are)

11. Hard money is?
Product - Place - Promotion - & Price
Outsourcing is often criticized however it can have many economic benefits because it allows companies to produce at a lower cost.
Donated to a candidates campaign
Monopolies

12. What statement is FALSE?
Random drug testing of employees is allowed in all cases
Through PACS
Outsourcing is often criticized however it can have many economic benefits because it allows companies to produce at a lower cost.
All are conflicts of interest

13. The term glass ceiling related to which employer-employee relations issue?
Price cancellation
Discrimination
Nepotism (considering the interests of family ahead of what is best for the business)
Advertising which involves technically true claims which are misleading by nature.

14. A lawyer knows their client is guilty but defends them anyway. This falls under which type of ethics?
Legal
Pay raises
Patriot Act
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit

15. What statement is TRUE?
Universal imperative
Logos - jingles - & brand names can all be ex. of trademarks
Ensure worker safety
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the business)

16. Protections for workers from workplace hazard are regulated & mandated by what agency?
Act utilitarianism
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit
Sexual harassment
OSHA

17. Why did Supreme Court rule in favor of Walmart in the case of Dukes vs Walmart?
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)
The WTO is governed by a conference of Secretariats with one Secretariat from each country
True statement teleological ethics an actions morality is determined based on its consequences. type of consequentialism.
Because Dukes could not proves all women employees faced discrimination practices

18. What theory claims that ethical beliefs are determined by the society in which one lives?
When a lawyer withdraws legal representation for their client & notifies the proper authorities
Ethical relativism (no universal set of moral they are determined by the state & opinion in which one lives)
Money that is donated to political parties for the purpose of party building activities
Non-point source contributions

19. What does NOT focus on increasing the ethical awareness of employees & strengthening the ethical culture of a workplace?
Help developing countries stregthen their economics
Democratic leadership style
Environmental equilibrium
All would be addressed in an NDA

20. Noisy withdrawal is?
Employers may use subjective considerations for hiring as long as they do not produce a discriminatory environment
A piece of code which spreads from computer to computer & can disrupt computer functions.
A system of accountability - oversight - & control within the company
When a lawyer withdraws legal representation for their client & notifies the proper authorities

21. Oversight refers to?
Any program which seeks to reverse the effects of any form of discrimination
Oil spill
Finding ways to eliminate the opportunities for employees to act unethically
Allows an orgin site to send information to a computers browser

22. 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
NIMBY (not in my backyard)
Outsourcing is often criticized however it can have many economic benefits because it allows companies to produce at a lower cost.
Non-point source contributions

23. What is NOT an unethical pricing strategy?
Pump & dump
Price cancellation
Hard money
Act utilitarianism

24. What would NOT be addressed in a Non-disclosure agreement?
All would be addressed in an NDA
Product - Place - Promotion - & Price
Deontological ethics (claims the morality of an action is determined by the morality of the action itself regardless of the consequences)
The only ethical regulation s businesses follow are mandated by the government

25. What best describes soft money?
Money that is donated to political parties for the purpose of party building activities
A move toward equality among all races in issues related to environmental hazards
All are conflicts of interest
All are stakeholders

26. Who has legal responsibility for a company's actions in a corporation?
Board of Directors
Decide the benefits of releasing the software now outweight the costs - & present the product as finished
Conflict diamonds
A system of accountability - oversight - & control within the company

27. A stable state economy is in a state of?
True statement teleological ethics an actions morality is determined based on its consequences. type of consequentialism.
All were implicated in scandals (Enron - Coca-Cola - Tyco International)
Environmental equilibrium
They can only sell stock amounting to a 10 M value at a time

28. What is the stakeholder model of corporate governance?
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
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.
Economical

29. The Fair Labor Standards Act?
Taxes negatively impact efficient economic operations by driving a wedge between businesses & customers. However - they are often necessary
Sets forth standards for management in relations with labor unions
Regulate how a co should manage certain processes that pollute the environment
All are correct guidelines

30. What is NOT regulated by the FDA?
Goodwill (good reputation makes co. worth more)
Ad hoc (means for this)
Illegal drugs (drugs are monitored by DEA)
A system of accountability - oversight - & control within the company

31. What statement is NOT true?
The primary factor in sexual harassment cases is the intent of the action
Outsourcing is unanimously agreed to be a beneficial process.
A move toward equality among all races in issues related to environmental hazards
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters

32. A child cleans their room so they will be allowed to go to a friends house. Which of Kohlbergs stages are they in?
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not
Pre-conventional (main goal of a person is survival. justification of actions comes from understanding punishment & reward system)
Stage 1 (person most concerned with avoiding punishment)
Taxes negatively impact efficient economic operations by driving a wedge between businesses & customers. However - they are often necessary

33. Ergonomics is?
Education
If workers were loyal - punctual - & had at least decently efficient they could expect to keep their jobs & perhaps even advance over time.
The study of designing more comfortably or easily used equipment
If a co. pays a low level official to ensure that their employees receive work visas more quickly than normal

34. An employer who posted a list of weekly resonsibilities for employees to fulfill would best be described by which leadership style?
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)
Telling the truth because you think it is the right thing to do
The act did all
Authoritative (leader makes decisions & tells employees what their responsibilities are)

35. What statement is NOT true?
Non-renewal resources
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.
NIMBY (not in my backyard)
Economical

36. Hiring family members would be considered which type of conflict of interest?
Nepotism (considering the interests of family ahead of what is best for the business)
Legal
A person has the right to remove documents about themselves from government records
Self reference criterion

37. What BEST describes the old social contract?
Prevent international trade crisis
Consequentialism (considers the consequences of an action & the extent to which they benefit society in determining morality)
If workers were loyal - punctual - & had at least decently efficient they could expect to keep their jobs & perhaps even advance over time.
To ensure & protect public health & safety

38. A conflict of interest?
Laws regulating consumer protection
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit
Government regulations are always detrimental because the economy is self-correcting
When a person or co. trades goods or services in place of money.

39. What is NOT a guideline set forth by Supreme court to be used in creating affirmative action programs?
Ethics. Most people felt the program (which charged more for the middle class people) was highly unethical & would not support it.
A grease payment make things that would normally occur happen at a faster rate
All are correct guidelines
Universal Ethics Protocol organization

40. What is NOT legally required in management relations with labor unions?
Misstating financial statements
If a co. pays a low level official to ensure that their employees receive work visas more quickly than normal
Civil Rights Act of 1964
That management agrees to terms set forth by labor unions

41. What is NOT a benefit which can come to companies as a result of substainable business practices?
A move toward equality among all races in issues related to environmental hazards
A piece of code which spreads from computer to computer & can disrupt computer functions.
Dumpster diving
All are possible benefits

42. What theiry claims that person should only act in their own best interst?
They can only sell stock amounting to a 10 M value at a time
Ethical egosim (states if it benefits the person then it is the right thing to do)
All would be addressed in an NDA
60 days

43. What is a standard that aides companies in improving their environmental practices?
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)
Fidiciary
Reputation

44. Some people believe that women earn less than men because female held jobs have been historically devalued - & that women should be given equal pay for equal work. This belief called?
Random drug testing of employees is allowed in all cases
Laws regulating consumer protection
It is unanimously agreed that there is a dire need for it in todays society
Comparable worth

45. Corporate citizenship?
Although video surveillance is essentially unrestricted there are limits to an employers use of audio surveillance
The considerations of large co about the well being of society when they make business decisions
Goodwill (good reputation makes co. worth more)
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

46. What does EEOC stand for?
Any program which seeks to reverse the effects of any form of discrimination
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Misstating financial statements
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

47. What is NOT a type of loophole that developed in response to limitations placed on hard money contributions?
The act did all
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
Non-point source contributions
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)

48. OSHA was created to?
An NDA would be appropriate in all situations
Ensure worker safety
Kantian ethics (is deontological determines morality based on the morality of the action itself)
A system of accountability - oversight - & control within the company

49. What is NOT true of sexual harassment?
Reputation
The primary factor in sexual harassment cases is the intent of the action
Environmental equilibrium
Telling the truth because you think it is the right thing to do

50. In what situation would an NDA NOT be used?
Farming (suitable for agricultural use)
An NDA would be appropriate in all situations
All are stakeholders
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)