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DSST Business Ethics And Society

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1. What does EEOC stand for?
Sustainable development emphasizes the development of new & innovative technologies to reduce the overuse of natural resources
Lawyers
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the business)
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

2. The Kimberley Process Certification Scheme was created to stop the circulation of?
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Allows an orgin site to send information to a computers browser
The WTO is governed by a conference of Secretariats with one Secretariat from each country
Conflict diamonds

3. What BEST describes the old social contract?
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)
If workers were loyal - punctual - & had at least decently efficient they could expect to keep their jobs & perhaps even advance over time.
Enquiring about off duty activities

4. What moral theory considers the action resulting in the greatest benefit to all people as the most moral action?
True statement teleological ethics an actions morality is determined based on its consequences. type of consequentialism.
Act utilitarianism (called maximizing utility)
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)
Product safety regulations - Import tariffs

5. 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
Utilitarianism (focus on considering the benefit & costs & if benefits are greater than costs then action is moral)
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)
To lower greenhouse gas emissions

6. 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?
Ethical egosim (states if it benefits the person then it is the right thing to do)
Laws regulating consumer protection
Although video surveillance is essentially unrestricted there are limits to an employers use of audio surveillance
Stage 2 people are concerned with obtaining rewards

7. What term is synonymous with philanthropy?
All would be addressed in an NDA
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
Altruism (refers to placing the needs of another above oneself)
When a lawyer withdraws legal representation for their client & notifies the proper authorities

8. What aid employers in keeping information private?
Regulate how a co should manage certain processes that pollute the environment
NDA (non-disclosure agreements are legal & binding)
Product - Place - Promotion - & Price
Monopolies

9. Who is best known for creating the categorical imperative?
Consequentialism (considers the consequences of an action & the extent to which they benefit society in determining morality)
Money that is donated to political parties for the purpose of party building activities
Immanuel Kant
Act utilitarianism

10. What is NOT regulated by the FDA?
Illegal drugs (drugs are monitored by DEA)
The study of designing more comfortably or easily used equipment
Laws regulating consumer protection
If a co. pays a low level official to ensure that their employees receive work visas more quickly than normal

11. What statement is FALSE about merger between Delta Air Lines & Northwest Airlines in 2008?
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
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.
Oil spill

12. What is NOT an example of an in kind contribution?
Board of Directors
Price cancellation
Donating money to a humanitarian organizaiton for the purchase of blankets
To ensure & protect public health & safety

13. 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
The only ethical regulation s businesses follow are mandated by the government
If a co. pays a low level official to ensure that their employees receive work visas more quickly than normal
Sexual discrimination

14. What is NOT concern relative to outsourcing?
All are examples of corporate espionage
Enquiring about off duty activities
All are concerns about outsourcing
Pure Food & Drug Act (in 1906 to force food producing industries to practice sanitation)

15. What situation would be considered moral under Kantian theory?
NIMBY (not in my backyard)
Help developing countries stregthen their economics
Pump & dump
Telling the truth because you think it is the right thing to do

16. What statement about Corporate Social Responsibility is FALSE?
EEOC (has to do with employment in US)
It is unanimously agreed that there is a dire need for it in todays society
Pump & dump
Education

17. the merger between Delta Air Lines & Northwest Airlines raised concerns about what?
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
All would be addressed in an NDA
Product - Place - Promotion - & Price
Monopolies

18. What statement is TRUE?
An NDA would be appropriate in all situations
Enquiring about off duty activities
All are related to government & business interactions
Taxes negatively impact efficient economic operations by driving a wedge between businesses & customers. However - they are often necessary

19. What types of contributions to a political campaign have donations limits imposed by law?
A move toward equality among all races in issues related to environmental hazards
Civil case (feel their rights have been violated)
Hard money
Pre-conventional (main goal of a person is survival. justification of actions comes from understanding punishment & reward system)

20. Which act makes it illegal for US citizens to participate in bribes?
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
Prevent international trade crisis
Through PACS

21. What type of responsibility is the LEAST regulated?
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
Philanthropic
Laws regulating consumer protection
Environmental equilibrium

22. Implied falsity?
Reputation
Advertising which involves technically true claims which are misleading by nature.
All are stakeholders
Patriot Act

23. What statement is NOT true?
Reputation
Outsourcing is unanimously agreed to be a beneficial process.
Because Dukes could not proves all women employees faced discrimination practices
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)

24. The EEOC investiges violations of the?
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Meeting with senators - representative - staff members or other important people to persuade them to vote how you wish them to
Immanuel Kant
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the business)

25. What is NOT a form of marketing fraud?
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)
Kerr-McGee (plutonium tampering)
Reputation
Misstating financial statements

26. What is NOT related to the interactions that occur between government & business?
Universal Ethics Protocol organization
Oil spill
All are related to government & business interactions
Hard money

27. What is the four P's of advertising?
The considerations of large co about the well being of society when they make business decisions
Product - Place - Promotion - & Price
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
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. A manager implements new safety procedures because they feel obligated to protect the safety of their employees. Which of Kolhbergs stages does this describe?
Ethics. Most people felt the program (which charged more for the middle class people) was highly unethical & would not support it.
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc
Stage 5 People act because they feel an obligation to society
Finding ways to eliminate the opportunities for employees to act unethically

29. Ethical & philanthropic responsibilities are important in building?
Facilitating payment
Comparable worth
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit
Reputation

30. What is the stakeholder model of corporate governance?
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit
Environmental equilibrium
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
Product - Place - Promotion - & Price

31. The intent of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act was to?
A piece of code which spreads from computer to computer & can disrupt computer functions.
Restore stakeholder confidence in the securities market after a series of scandals in the early 2000s
Misstating financial statements
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)

32. What is NOT an agency responsible for protecting workers health?
Consequentialism (considers the consequences of an action & the extent to which they benefit society in determining morality)
KPCS (they work to reduce circulation of conflict diamonds)
A system of accountability - oversight - & control within the company
Democratic leadership style

33. If a person were to sue a co. for not fulfilling a contractual obligation it would be?
All would be addressed in an NDA
Universal Ethics Protocol organization
Civil case (feel their rights have been violated)
Non-point source contributions

34. What is a way in which government interventions in the economy can be beneficial to consumers?
Product safety regulations - Import tariffs
Self reference criterion
Stage 1 (person most concerned with avoiding punishment)
All are stakeholders

35. Utilitarianism is a type of?
Random drug testing of employees is allowed in all cases
All are related to government & business interactions
No - grease payments are not considered bribes & are therefore not illegal under the FCPA
Consequentialism (considers the consequences of an action & the extent to which they benefit society in determining morality)

36. Does the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act include grease payments?
Goodwill (good reputation makes co. worth more)
No - grease payments are not considered bribes & are therefore not illegal under the FCPA
Corporate intelligence involves legally gathering information about a co. & corporate espionage involves illegally gathering information about a co.
Outsourcing is often criticized however it can have many economic benefits because it allows companies to produce at a lower cost.

37. What of the following is TRUE?
When a lawyer withdraws legal representation for their client & notifies the proper authorities
Universal imperative
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)

38. What is NOT a guideline set forth by Supreme court to be used in creating affirmative action programs?
They can only sell stock amounting to a 10 M value at a time
Restore stakeholder confidence in the securities market after a series of scandals in the early 2000s
Civil Rights Act of 1964
All are correct guidelines

39. What statement is TRUE?
Telling the truth because you think it is the right thing to do
Because Delta & Northwest are not the only airlines there is not way the merge could be considered anticompetitive
When a person or co. trades goods or services in place of money.
A grease payment make things that would normally occur happen at a faster rate

40. 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?
A grease payment make things that would normally occur happen at a faster rate
Post conventional (person is ruled by conscience instead of society)
Illegal drugs (drugs are monitored by DEA)
Act utilitarianism

41. Ergonomics is?
Stage 2 people are concerned with obtaining rewards
The study of designing more comfortably or easily used equipment
Logos - jingles - & brand names can all be ex. of trademarks
Sexual harassment

42. What statement would be the most correct under a classical view of business?
Employers may use subjective considerations for hiring as long as they do not produce a discriminatory environment
Government regulations are always detrimental because the economy is self-correcting
Economical
Product - Place - Promotion - & Price

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
Ensure worker safety
60 days
Sexual harassment
Decide the benefits of releasing the software now outweight the costs - & present the product as finished

44. What is NOT a type of discrimination investigated by the EEOC?
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)
Education
Illegal drugs (drugs are monitored by DEA)
Sexual harassment

45. What BEST describes affirmative action?
Any program which seeks to reverse the effects of any form of discrimination
An intermediary who investigates complaints against a group
Pump & dump
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not

46. The purpose of the World Bank is?
All are related to government & business interactions
Self reference criterion
If workers were loyal - punctual - & had at least decently efficient they could expect to keep their jobs & perhaps even advance over time.
Help developing countries stregthen their economics

47. Arable land is used for?
Misstating financial statements
Stage 1 (person most concerned with avoiding punishment)
Farming (suitable for agricultural use)
Consequentialism (considers the consequences of an action & the extent to which they benefit society in determining morality)

48. What is NOT a result of a shift to the new social contract?
Pay raises
The primary factor in sexual harassment cases is the intent of the action
The study of designing more comfortably or easily used equipment
Outside employment where a person has 2 jobs which conflict with each other

49. What is NOT a reason clinton's attempt at healthcare reform in the early 1990s failed?
Statistical discrimination - Unintentional discrimination
All are examples of corporate espionage
All are concerns about outsourcing
Ethics. Most people felt the program (which charged more for the middle class people) was highly unethical & would not support it.

50. A lawyer knows their client is guilty but defends them anyway. This falls under which type of ethics?
Enquiring about off duty activities
All would be addressed in an NDA
Legal
Diamonds which are sold with the purpose of funding insurrection or war.