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DSST Business Ethics And Society

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1. What is NOT an example of an in kind contribution?
All are correct guidelines
Donating money to a humanitarian organizaiton for the purchase of blankets
Board of Directors
Dumpster diving

2. What did the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act NOT do?
Civil Rights Act of 1964
The act did all
Corporate intelligence involves legally gathering information about a co. & corporate espionage involves illegally gathering information about a co.
Goodwill (good reputation makes co. worth more)

3. What is NOT a form of marketing fraud?
A piece of code which spreads from computer to computer & can disrupt computer functions.
Through PACS
Post conventional (person is ruled by conscience instead of society)
Misstating financial statements

4. Who has legal responsibility for a company's actions in a corporation?
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Board of Directors
Sustainable development emphasizes the development of new & innovative technologies to reduce the overuse of natural resources
OSHA

5. A child cleans their room so they will be allowed to go to a friends house. Which of Kohlbergs stages are they in?
Pre-conventional (main goal of a person is survival. justification of actions comes from understanding punishment & reward system)
KPCS (they work to reduce circulation of conflict diamonds)
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters
No - grease payments are not considered bribes & are therefore not illegal under the FCPA

6. What is NOT a legal way for employers to monitor employees?
Monopolies
No - grease payments are not considered bribes & are therefore not illegal under the FCPA
Enquiring about off duty activities
Legal

7. What is the responsibility of the FDA?
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.
Monopolies
Outsourcing is unanimously agreed to be a beneficial process.
To ensure & protect public health & safety

8. The Fair Labor Standards Act?
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc
Sets forth standards for management in relations with labor unions
Corporate intelligence involves legally gathering information about a co. & corporate espionage involves illegally gathering information about a co.
When a lawyer withdraws legal representation for their client & notifies the proper authorities

9. A lawyer knows their client is guilty but defends them anyway. This falls under which type of ethics?
Legal
NIMBY (not in my backyard)
Fidiciary
Nepotism (considering the interests of family ahead of what is best for the business)

10. What statement is TRUE?
Facilitating payment
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
Environmental equilibrium
Logos - jingles - & brand names can all be ex. of trademarks

11. What case established that is was how actions were interpreted that matter in sexual harassment cases?
Advertising which involves technically true claims which are misleading by nature.
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc
Government regulations are always detrimental because the economy is self-correcting
A grease payment make things that would normally occur happen at a faster rate

12. A stable state economy is in a state of?
Legal
Non-renewal resources
Environmental equilibrium
All were implicated in scandals (Enron - Coca-Cola - Tyco International)

13. Arable land is used for?
Farming (suitable for agricultural use)
Universal Ethics Protocol organization
Patriot Act
To ensure & protect public health & safety

14. 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?
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the business)
The study of designing more comfortably or easily used equipment
Logos - jingles - & brand names can all be ex. of trademarks
Stage 4 (people are motivated primarily by authority such as law)

15. What does EEOC stand for?
Outsourcing is often criticized however it can have many economic benefits because it allows companies to produce at a lower cost.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Universal imperative
Stage 1 (person most concerned with avoiding punishment)

16. 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
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters
Lawyers
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

17. What is NOT a rule for creating maxims under Kantian ethics?
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)
All are ways businesses are regulated
Any program which seeks to reverse the effects of any form of discrimination
Fidiciary

18. An employer who posted a list of weekly resonsibilities for employees to fulfill would best be described by which leadership style?
Enquiring about off duty activities
Sustainable development emphasizes the development of new & innovative technologies to reduce the overuse of natural resources
60 days
Authoritative (leader makes decisions & tells employees what their responsibilities are)

19. Which act makes it illegal for US citizens to participate in bribes?
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
Education
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

20. What is NOT an unethical pricing strategy?
Pre-conventional (main goal of a person is survival. justification of actions comes from understanding punishment & reward system)
Democratic leadership style
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)
Price cancellation

21. What is NOT an attempt at creating a universal ethical standard?
Universal imperative
Universal Ethics Protocol organization
A piece of code which spreads from computer to computer & can disrupt computer functions.
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.

22. What are conflict diamonds?
Patriot Act
Random drug testing of employees is allowed in all cases
Advertising which involves technically true claims which are misleading by nature.
Diamonds which are sold with the purpose of funding insurrection or war.

23. The FTC was created to monitor which type of regulation?
Laws regulating consumer protection
Price cancellation
Illegal drugs (drugs are monitored by DEA)
Product - Place - Promotion - & Price

24. What does NOT focus on increasing the ethical awareness of employees & strengthening the ethical culture of a workplace?
Taxes negatively impact efficient economic operations by driving a wedge between businesses & customers. However - they are often necessary
Democratic leadership style
Civil case (feel their rights have been violated)
To ensure & protect public health & safety

25. What term is synonymous with philanthropy?
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Altruism (refers to placing the needs of another above oneself)
They can only sell stock amounting to a 10 M value at a time

26. What is NOT a result of a shift to the new social contract?
It requires employers to give workers notice before mass layoffs so that they can prepare
Education
Pay raises
Economical

27. What of the following is TRUE?
Because Dukes could not proves all women employees faced discrimination practices
Kerr-McGee (plutonium tampering)
Pay raises
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)

28. What theiry claims that person should only act in their own best interst?
Ethical egosim (states if it benefits the person then it is the right thing to do)
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc
Sexual discrimination
Outsourcing is unanimously agreed to be a beneficial process.

29. What is NOT an example of how corporate espionage can occur?
Donating money to a humanitarian organizaiton for the purchase of blankets
Price cancellation
All are examples of corporate espionage
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)

30. Protections for workers from workplace hazard are regulated & mandated by what agency?
Universal Ethics Protocol organization
OSHA
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)
Restore stakeholder confidence in the securities market after a series of scandals in the early 2000s

31. Considered from an ethical standpoint - MNCs should?
The WTO is governed by a conference of Secretariats with one Secretariat from each country
All would be addressed in an NDA
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not
Board of Directors

32. According to teleological ethics an action's morality is determined based on its consequences?
The considerations of large co about the well being of society when they make business decisions
That management agrees to terms set forth by labor unions
Non-renewal resources
True statement teleological ethics an actions morality is determined based on its consequences. type of consequentialism.

33. 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
No - grease payments are not considered bribes & are therefore not illegal under the FCPA
Democratic leadership style
A system of accountability - oversight - & control within the company

34. The EEOC investiges violations of the?
Authoritative (leader makes decisions & tells employees what their responsibilities are)
A grease payment make things that would normally occur happen at a faster rate
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Donated to a candidates campaign

35. Who is best known for creating the categorical imperative?
Diamonds which are sold with the purpose of funding insurrection or war.
Immanuel Kant
Hard money
Regulate how a co should manage certain processes that pollute the environment

36. A noisy withdrawal would be done by?
Donated to a candidates campaign
Lawyers
OSHA
Logos - jingles - & brand names can all be ex. of trademarks

37. Ergonomics is?
The study of designing more comfortably or easily used equipment
If workers were loyal - punctual - & had at least decently efficient they could expect to keep their jobs & perhaps even advance over time.
All are ways businesses are regulated
Finding ways to eliminate the opportunities for employees to act unethically

38. What is NOT an ex. of social engineering?
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc
Advertising which involves technically true claims which are misleading by nature.
Dumpster diving
Donated to a candidates campaign

39. The Tyco scandal is associated with which ACT?
Pump & dump
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
When a person or co. trades goods or services in place of money.
A system of accountability - oversight - & control within the company

40. What would NOT be illegal under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act?
If a co. pays a low level official to ensure that their employees receive work visas more quickly than normal
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)
Civil Rights Act of 1964
The primary factor in sexual harassment cases is the intent of the action

41. What aid employers in keeping information private?
The only ethical regulation s businesses follow are mandated by the government
NDA (non-disclosure agreements are legal & binding)
Random drug testing of employees is allowed in all cases
Non-point source contributions

42. What is NOT concern relative to outsourcing?
All are stakeholders
All are concerns about outsourcing
Non-point source contributions
Ensure worker safety

43. Implied falsity?
Patriot Act
Advertising which involves technically true claims which are misleading by nature.
Because Delta & Northwest are not the only airlines there is not way the merge could be considered anticompetitive
All are concerns about outsourcing

44. the merger between Delta Air Lines & Northwest Airlines raised concerns about what?
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters
Advertising which involves technically true claims which are misleading by nature.
Monopolies
The only ethical regulation s businesses follow are mandated by the government

45. 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?
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Taxes negatively impact efficient economic operations by driving a wedge between businesses & customers. However - they are often necessary
Act utilitarianism
Environmental equilibrium

46. Which co was NOT implicated in the early 2000s?
Taxes negatively impact efficient economic operations by driving a wedge between businesses & customers. However - they are often necessary
Universal Ethics Protocol organization
All were implicated in scandals (Enron - Coca-Cola - Tyco International)
Pure Food & Drug Act (in 1906 to force food producing industries to practice sanitation)

47. What statement BEST describes attitudes toward outsourcing?
Outsourcing is often criticized however it can have many economic benefits because it allows companies to produce at a lower cost.
All are examples of corporate espionage
If workers were loyal - punctual - & had at least decently efficient they could expect to keep their jobs & perhaps even advance over time.
An NDA would be appropriate in all situations

48. What BEST describes affirmative action?
Environmental equilibrium
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit
Outside employment where a person has 2 jobs which conflict with each other
Any program which seeks to reverse the effects of any form of discrimination

49. What is NOT true of NAFTA?
Ethical relativism (no universal set of moral they are determined by the state & opinion in which one lives)
Dumpster diving
Fidiciary
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters

50. OSHA was created to?
A system of accountability - oversight - & control within the company
Pure Food & Drug Act (in 1906 to force food producing industries to practice sanitation)
Ensure worker safety
That management agrees to terms set forth by labor unions