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DSST Business Ethics And Society

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1. What is NOT an agency responsible for protecting workers health?
KPCS (they work to reduce circulation of conflict diamonds)
Employers may use subjective considerations for hiring as long as they do not produce a discriminatory environment
Kantian ethics (is deontological determines morality based on the morality of the action itself)
Farming (suitable for agricultural use)

2. What is NOT related to the interactions that occur between government & business?
Stage 5 People act because they feel an obligation to society
Meeting with senators - representative - staff members or other important people to persuade them to vote how you wish them to
All are related to government & business interactions
All are concerns about outsourcing

3. 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?
Decide the benefits of releasing the software now outweight the costs - & present the product as finished
Stage 4 (people are motivated primarily by authority such as law)
The primary factor in sexual harassment cases is the intent of the action
If workers were loyal - punctual - & had at least decently efficient they could expect to keep their jobs & perhaps even advance over time.

4. What is the purpose of the WARN Act?
Universal imperative
It requires employers to give workers notice before mass layoffs so that they can prepare
Sexual harassment
Act utilitarianism (called maximizing utility)

5. 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)
Immanuel Kant
Universal Ethics Protocol organization
The only ethical regulation s businesses follow are mandated by the government

6. Why did Supreme Court rule in favor of Walmart in the case of Dukes vs Walmart?
Help developing countries stregthen their economics
Because Dukes could not proves all women employees faced discrimination practices
All are concerns about outsourcing
Discrimination

7. A virus is?
A piece of code which spreads from computer to computer & can disrupt computer functions.
If a co. pays a low level official to ensure that their employees receive work visas more quickly than normal
Because Dukes could not proves all women employees faced discrimination practices
Pay raises

8. What correctly describes the legality of camera surveillance methods in a workplace?
Fidiciary
Act utilitarianism (called maximizing utility)
Although video surveillance is essentially unrestricted there are limits to an employers use of audio surveillance
OSHA

9. What is NOT a conflict of interest?
Laws regulating consumer protection
All were implicated in scandals (Enron - Coca-Cola - Tyco International)
Non-point source contributions
All are conflicts of interest

10. What is NOT concern relative to outsourcing?
NDA (non-disclosure agreements are legal & binding)
All are concerns about outsourcing
Ethical egosim (states if it benefits the person then it is the right thing to do)
Donating money to a humanitarian organizaiton for the purchase of blankets

11. What group would not be considered a stakeholder?
All are stakeholders
Deontological ethics (claims the morality of an action is determined by the morality of the action itself regardless of the consequences)
NDA (non-disclosure agreements are legal & binding)
Allows foreign citizens to bring a citizen of the US to trial in the US

12. 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
Pump & dump
All were implicated in scandals (Enron - Coca-Cola - Tyco International)
Product safety regulations - Import tariffs

13. What theory claims that ethical beliefs are determined by the society in which one lives?
Random drug testing of employees is allowed in all cases
Ethical relativism (no universal set of moral they are determined by the state & opinion in which one lives)
Sexual harassment
All were implicated in scandals (Enron - Coca-Cola - Tyco International)

14. What is NOT illegal?
Statistical discrimination - Unintentional discrimination
Discrimination
All would be addressed in an NDA
The only ethical regulation s businesses follow are mandated by the government

15. What statement is FALSE?
All are correct guidelines
A move toward equality among all races in issues related to environmental hazards
Random drug testing of employees is allowed in all cases
Ethics. Most people felt the program (which charged more for the middle class people) was highly unethical & would not support it.

16. A stable state economy is in a state of?
Patriot Act
Laws regulating consumer protection
60 days
Environmental equilibrium

17. What best describes rule utilitarianism?
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
Sustainable development emphasizes the development of new & innovative technologies to reduce the overuse of natural resources
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.
Nepotism (considering the interests of family ahead of what is best for the business)

18. 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
Decide the benefits of releasing the software now outweight the costs - & present the product as finished
Stage 4 (people are motivated primarily by authority such as law)
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)
Price cancellation

19. If a person owns a cupcake business & works in a cupcake factory - what type of conflict of interest is it considered?
Money that is donated to political parties for the purpose of party building activities
Outside employment where a person has 2 jobs which conflict with each other
Laws regulating consumer protection
Post conventional (person is ruled by conscience instead of society)

20. What type of responsibility is the LEAST regulated?
They can only sell stock amounting to a 10 M value at a time
Non-point source contributions
Philanthropic
A piece of code which spreads from computer to computer & can disrupt computer functions.

21. What did the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act NOT do?
Allows foreign citizens to bring a citizen of the US to trial in the US
The act did all
Statistical discrimination - Unintentional discrimination
KPCS (they work to reduce circulation of conflict diamonds)

22. The origins of the FDA can be traces to what ACT?
Pure Food & Drug Act (in 1906 to force food producing industries to practice sanitation)
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Illegal drugs (drugs are monitored by DEA)
A system of accountability - oversight - & control within the company

23. What is NOT an example of how corporate espionage can occur?
Comparable worth
Pump & dump
Diamonds which are sold with the purpose of funding insurrection or war.
All are examples of corporate espionage

24. What agency does not relate in some manner to international trade?
All are examples of corporate espionage
Price cancellation
When a person or co. trades goods or services in place of money.
EEOC (has to do with employment in US)

25. 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)
If a co. pays a low level official to ensure that their employees receive work visas more quickly than normal
Although video surveillance is essentially unrestricted there are limits to an employers use of audio surveillance
Sustainable development emphasizes the development of new & innovative technologies to reduce the overuse of natural resources

26. What is NOT a benefit which can come to companies as a result of substainable business practices?
It is unanimously agreed that there is a dire need for it in todays society
All are possible benefits
Pure Food & Drug Act (in 1906 to force food producing industries to practice sanitation)
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters

27. Command & control regulations?
Help developing countries stregthen their economics
All are related to government & business interactions
Laws regulating consumer protection
Regulate how a co should manage certain processes that pollute the environment

28. What theiry claims that person should only act in their own best interst?
Board of Directors
Ethical egosim (states if it benefits the person then it is the right thing to do)
Farming (suitable for agricultural use)
The primary factor in sexual harassment cases is the intent of the action

29. Utilitarianism is a type of?
Corporate intelligence involves legally gathering information about a co. & corporate espionage involves illegally gathering information about a co.
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)
An NDA would be appropriate in all situations

30. What statement is FALSE about merger between Delta Air Lines & Northwest Airlines in 2008?
A strong focus on developing core values
Pure Food & Drug Act (in 1906 to force food producing industries to practice sanitation)
Because Delta & Northwest are not the only airlines there is not way the merge could be considered anticompetitive
A person has the right to remove documents about themselves from government records

31. What would NOT be addressed in a Non-disclosure agreement?
All would be addressed in an NDA
Board of Directors
Sexual harassment
They can only sell stock amounting to a 10 M value at a time

32. A child cleans their room so they will be allowed to go to a friends house. Which of Kohlbergs stages are they in?
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)
Environmental equilibrium
Pre-conventional (main goal of a person is survival. justification of actions comes from understanding punishment & reward system)
If workers were loyal - punctual - & had at least decently efficient they could expect to keep their jobs & perhaps even advance over time.

33. What case established that is was how actions were interpreted that matter in sexual harassment cases?
Civil Rights Act of 1964
A person has the right to remove documents about themselves from government records
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc
Through PACS

34. If a person were to sue a co. for not fulfilling a contractual obligation it would be?
Meeting with senators - representative - staff members or other important people to persuade them to vote how you wish them to
Civil case (feel their rights have been violated)
Ensure worker safety
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

35. What is NOT a regulation for insiders trading stock?
They can only sell stock amounting to a 10 M value at a time
An attempt to apply moral & ethical principles to business actions
All would be addressed in an NDA
Monopolies

36. What is NOT an unethical pricing strategy?
Reputation
Post conventional (person is ruled by conscience instead of society)
Price cancellation
The primary factor in sexual harassment cases is the intent of the action

37. The intent of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act was to?
Sustainable development emphasizes the development of new & innovative technologies to reduce the overuse of natural resources
Sets forth standards for management in relations with labor unions
Restore stakeholder confidence in the securities market after a series of scandals in the early 2000s
Diamonds which are sold with the purpose of funding insurrection or war.

38. Corporate citizenship?
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the business)
That management agrees to terms set forth by labor unions
The considerations of large co about the well being of society when they make business decisions
Board of Directors

39. What is a way in which government interventions in the economy can be beneficial to consumers?
Telling the truth because you think it is the right thing to do
Product safety regulations - Import tariffs
Self reference criterion
Stage 1 (person most concerned with avoiding punishment)

40. Oversight refers to?
Finding ways to eliminate the opportunities for employees to act unethically
Advertising which involves technically true claims which are misleading by nature.
All are ways businesses are regulated
Random drug testing of employees is allowed in all cases

41. What is NOT a rule for creating maxims under Kantian ethics?
Conflict diamonds
Diamonds which are sold with the purpose of funding insurrection or war.
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)
Fidiciary

42. What is NOT a responsibility that should be considreed by businesses?
A system of accountability - oversight - & control within the company
OSHA
Advertising which involves technically true claims which are misleading by nature.
Fidiciary

43. What are conflict diamonds?
Diamonds which are sold with the purpose of funding insurrection or war.
Immanuel Kant
When a lawyer withdraws legal representation for their client & notifies the proper authorities
Goodwill (good reputation makes co. worth more)

44. What statement is TRUE?
They can only sell stock amounting to a 10 M value at a time
A piece of code which spreads from computer to computer & can disrupt computer functions.
Ethical egosim (states if it benefits the person then it is the right thing to do)
Sustainable development emphasizes the development of new & innovative technologies to reduce the overuse of natural resources

45. What is NOT an ex. of social engineering?
Education
Help developing countries stregthen their economics
Dumpster diving
Prevent international trade crisis

46. What is NOT a reason clinton's attempt at healthcare reform in the early 1990s failed?
Sexual harassment
Ethics. Most people felt the program (which charged more for the middle class people) was highly unethical & would not support it.
Pay raises
The considerations of large co about the well being of society when they make business decisions

47. What best describes soft money?
Money that is donated to political parties for the purpose of party building activities
That management agrees to terms set forth by labor unions
To lower greenhouse gas emissions
Reputation

48. What statement is TRUE?
OSHA
Random drug testing of employees is allowed in all cases
Philanthropic
A grease payment make things that would normally occur happen at a faster rate

49. What is NOT true of sexual harassment?
Advertising which involves technically true claims which are misleading by nature.
Discontinue the sale of the textbooks because as a general rule the practice is not unconditional
Prevent international trade crisis
The primary factor in sexual harassment cases is the intent of the action

50. 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?
Because Delta & Northwest are not the only airlines there is not way the merge could be considered anticompetitive
To ensure & protect public health & safety
Post conventional (person is ruled by conscience instead of society)
Prevent international trade crisis

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