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DSST Business Ethics And Society

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1. What is NOT related to the interactions that occur between government & business?
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
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Dumpster diving
All are related to government & business interactions

2. Arable land is used for?
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Environmental equilibrium
Farming (suitable for agricultural use)
Facilitating payment

3. What is the purpose of the Kyoto Protocol?
To lower greenhouse gas emissions
Self reference criterion
Product safety regulations - Import tariffs
60 days

4. What is NOT a rule for creating maxims under Kantian ethics?
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
Self reference criterion
Lawyers

5. What best describes in kind contribution?
Government regulations are always detrimental because the economy is self-correcting
The considerations of large co about the well being of society when they make business decisions
Employers may use subjective considerations for hiring as long as they do not produce a discriminatory environment
When a person or co. trades goods or services in place of money.

6. What moral theory is NOT consequentialist?
OSHA
Taxes negatively impact efficient economic operations by driving a wedge between businesses & customers. However - they are often necessary
Kantian ethics (is deontological determines morality based on the morality of the action itself)
Civil Rights Act of 1964

7. What is regulated by FDA?
Non-point source contributions
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)
Reputation
All are ways businesses are regulated

8. The purpose of the World Bank is?
Help developing countries stregthen their economics
A piece of code which spreads from computer to computer & can disrupt computer functions.
Utilitarianism (focus on considering the benefit & costs & if benefits are greater than costs then action is moral)
Advertising which involves technically true claims which are misleading by nature.

9. What is NOT true of NAFTA?
Fidiciary
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters
60 days
Random drug testing of employees is allowed in all cases

10. What is NOT a responsibility that should be considreed by businesses?
Outside employment where a person has 2 jobs which conflict with each other
Lawyers
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
Fidiciary

11. Oversight refers to?
Finding ways to eliminate the opportunities for employees to act unethically
Prevent international trade crisis
Hard money
Allows an orgin site to send information to a computers browser

12. What is NOT an unethical pricing strategy?
Philanthropic
Price cancellation
The considerations of large co about the well being of society when they make business decisions
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters

13. What is NOT a form of marketing fraud?
Because Delta & Northwest are not the only airlines there is not way the merge could be considered anticompetitive
Sets forth standards for management in relations with labor unions
Altruism (refers to placing the needs of another above oneself)
Misstating financial statements

14. Corporate citizenship?
Sustainable development emphasizes the development of new & innovative technologies to reduce the overuse of natural resources
The considerations of large co about the well being of society when they make business decisions
Allows foreign citizens to bring a citizen of the US to trial in the US
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

15. The perceived 'us' vs. 'them' mentality that emerges when doing business with different cultures is referred to?
Enquiring about off duty activities
No - grease payments are not considered bribes & are therefore not illegal under the FCPA
Self reference criterion
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

16. Considered from an ethical standpoint - MNCs should?
Discrimination
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not
Ethical relativism (no universal set of moral they are determined by the state & opinion in which one lives)
Oil spill

17. What statement best describes the difference between corporate intelligence & corpirate espionage?
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
All were implicated in scandals (Enron - Coca-Cola - Tyco International)
Environmental equilibrium
Corporate intelligence involves legally gathering information about a co. & corporate espionage involves illegally gathering information about a co.

18. Protections for workers from workplace hazard are regulated & mandated by what agency?
OSHA
Discrimination
All are possible benefits
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.

19. Fossil fuels are?
That management agrees to terms set forth by labor unions
Discrimination
Because Delta & Northwest are not the only airlines there is not way the merge could be considered anticompetitive
Non-renewal resources

20. Ergonomics is?
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit
The study of designing more comfortably or easily used equipment
KPCS (they work to reduce circulation of conflict diamonds)
Through PACS

21. What statement is NOT true?
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.
The primary factor in sexual harassment cases is the intent of the action
No - grease payments are not considered bribes & are therefore not illegal under the FCPA
Stage 5 People act because they feel an obligation to society

22. What does NOT focus on increasing the ethical awareness of employees & strengthening the ethical culture of a workplace?
Random drug testing of employees is allowed in all cases
Democratic leadership style
Altruism (refers to placing the needs of another above oneself)
Ensure worker safety

23. If a person were to sue a co. for not fulfilling a contractual obligation it would be?
Civil case (feel their rights have been violated)
Philanthropic
It is unanimously agreed that there is a dire need for it in todays society
Stage 5 People act because they feel an obligation to society

24. Corporate governance?
A system of accountability - oversight - & control within the company
An intermediary who investigates complaints against a group
Advertising which involves technically true claims which are misleading by nature.
Consequentialism (considers the consequences of an action & the extent to which they benefit society in determining morality)

25. What best describes soft money?
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
Taxes negatively impact efficient economic operations by driving a wedge between businesses & customers. However - they are often necessary
The WTO is governed by a conference of Secretariats with one Secretariat from each country

26. Hiring family members would be considered which type of conflict of interest?
Facilitating payment
Post conventional (person is ruled by conscience instead of society)
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)
Nepotism (considering the interests of family ahead of what is best for the business)

27. The term quid pro quo related to what issue?
A move toward equality among all races in issues related to environmental hazards
All were implicated in scandals (Enron - Coca-Cola - Tyco International)
Sexual harassment
Logos - jingles - & brand names can all be ex. of trademarks

28. What is NOT an agency responsible for protecting workers health?
Allows an orgin site to send information to a computers browser
Donating money to a humanitarian organizaiton for the purchase of blankets
Deontological ethics (claims the morality of an action is determined by the morality of the action itself regardless of the consequences)
KPCS (they work to reduce circulation of conflict diamonds)

29. What is NOT a type of discrimination investigated by the EEOC?
Stage 1 (person most concerned with avoiding punishment)
All are stakeholders
Education
All are conflicts of interest

30. What theory claims that ethical beliefs are determined by the society in which one lives?
Laws regulating consumer protection
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
Ethical relativism (no universal set of moral they are determined by the state & opinion in which one lives)
Stage 5 People act because they feel an obligation to society

31. What statement is NOT true?
Reputation
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
Outsourcing is unanimously agreed to be a beneficial process.
Hard money

32. What is NOT an example of an in kind contribution?
Misstating financial statements
Donating money to a humanitarian organizaiton for the purchase of blankets
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc
Lawyers

33. Lobbying is?
Meeting with senators - representative - staff members or other important people to persuade them to vote how you wish them to
Self reference criterion
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc
60 days

34. If a person owns a cupcake business & works in a cupcake factory - what type of conflict of interest is it considered?
All are possible benefits
Outside employment where a person has 2 jobs which conflict with each other
Product safety regulations - Import tariffs
Universal imperative

35. What is NOT regulated by the FDA?
Illegal drugs (drugs are monitored by DEA)
EEOC (has to do with employment in US)
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
Goodwill (good reputation makes co. worth more)

36. A child cleans their room so they will be allowed to go to a friends house. Which of Kohlbergs stages are they in?
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc
Pre-conventional (main goal of a person is survival. justification of actions comes from understanding punishment & reward system)
No - grease payments are not considered bribes & are therefore not illegal under the FCPA
Utilitarianism (focus on considering the benefit & costs & if benefits are greater than costs then action is moral)

37. What is true about spam?
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
That management agrees to terms set forth by labor unions
Product safety regulations - Import tariffs
Sarbanes-Oxley Act

38. What statement would be the most correct under a classical view of business?
Government regulations are always detrimental because the economy is self-correcting
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
A grease payment make things that would normally occur happen at a faster rate
Laws regulating consumer protection

39. A cookie?
60 days
Pump & dump
Allows an orgin site to send information to a computers browser
Through PACS

40. What does EEOC stand for?
Education
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Comparable worth

41. What statement is TRUE?
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.
That management agrees to terms set forth by labor unions
Monopolies
Diamonds which are sold with the purpose of funding insurrection or war.

42. A lawyer knows their client is guilty but defends them anyway. This falls under which type of ethics?
Although video surveillance is essentially unrestricted there are limits to an employers use of audio surveillance
Restore stakeholder confidence in the securities market after a series of scandals in the early 2000s
Legal
They can only sell stock amounting to a 10 M value at a time

43. What is environmental justice?
The study of designing more comfortably or easily used equipment
Nepotism (considering the interests of family ahead of what is best for the business)
A move toward equality among all races in issues related to environmental hazards
Education

44. Command & control regulations?
Regulate how a co should manage certain processes that pollute the environment
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
That management agrees to terms set forth by labor unions
Civil case (feel their rights have been violated)

45. What theiry claims that person should only act in their own best interst?
Universal Ethics Protocol organization
All are examples of corporate espionage
Ethical egosim (states if it benefits the person then it is the right thing to do)
To ensure & protect public health & safety

46. What are conflict diamonds?
All are related to government & business interactions
Diamonds which are sold with the purpose of funding insurrection or war.
Civil Rights Act of 1964
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)

47. If a resource is used at the same rate at which it can be replenished it is describes as?
Environmental equilibrium
Hard money
Universal Ethics Protocol organization
Ethical relativism (no universal set of moral they are determined by the state & opinion in which one lives)

48. 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)
The considerations of large co about the well being of society when they make business decisions
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc
Ensure worker safety

49. 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?
Act utilitarianism
Logos - jingles - & brand names can all be ex. of trademarks
That management agrees to terms set forth by labor unions
Stage 2 people are concerned with obtaining rewards

50. A business practices underhanded accounting practices to raise stock prices & make money. Which type of ethics does this fall under?
Economical
Goodwill (good reputation makes co. worth more)
Through PACS
Taxes negatively impact efficient economic operations by driving a wedge between businesses & customers. However - they are often necessary

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