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DSST Business Ethics And Society

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1. What is NOT a benefit which can come to companies as a result of substainable business practices?
All are possible benefits
Misstating financial statements
Democratic leadership style
Decide the benefits of releasing the software now outweight the costs - & present the product as finished

2. Corporate citizenship?
The considerations of large co about the well being of society when they make business decisions
Stage 4 (people are motivated primarily by authority such as law)
KPCS (they work to reduce circulation of conflict diamonds)
An NDA would be appropriate in all situations

3. What is NOT a type of loophole that developed in response to limitations placed on hard money contributions?
Non-point source contributions
Outsourcing is unanimously agreed to be a beneficial process.
Facilitating payment
A person has the right to remove documents about themselves from government records

4. What is NOT an ex. of social engineering?
Laws regulating consumer protection
Universal Ethics Protocol organization
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters
Dumpster diving

5. What statement is TRUE?
Monopolies
If a co. pays a low level official to ensure that their employees receive work visas more quickly than normal
Conflict diamonds
Sustainable development emphasizes the development of new & innovative technologies to reduce the overuse of natural resources

6. What is NOT related to the interactions that occur between government & business?
Enquiring about off duty activities
Outsourcing is unanimously agreed to be a beneficial process.
Discontinue the sale of the textbooks because as a general rule the practice is not unconditional
All are related to government & business interactions

7. What statement is NOT true?
Allows an orgin site to send information to a computers browser
Stage 1 (person most concerned with avoiding punishment)
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.
All are ways businesses are regulated

8. 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
Help developing countries stregthen their economics
Altruism (refers to placing the needs of another above oneself)
Ad hoc (means for this)

9. The Dukes vs. Walmart case involves which issue?
Sexual discrimination
Help developing countries stregthen their economics
Universal Ethics Protocol organization
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the business)

10. What is the purpose of the Kyoto Protocol?
To lower greenhouse gas emissions
Oil spill
If workers were loyal - punctual - & had at least decently efficient they could expect to keep their jobs & perhaps even advance over time.
Sarbanes-Oxley Act

11. A lawyer knows their client is guilty but defends them anyway. This falls under which type of ethics?
Legal
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc
When a person or co. trades goods or services in place of money.
All are examples of corporate espionage

12. What moral theory considers the action resulting in the greatest benefit to all people as the most moral action?
Act utilitarianism (called maximizing utility)
All are related to government & business interactions
Employers may use subjective considerations for hiring as long as they do not produce a discriminatory environment
Environmental equilibrium

13. What does EEOC stand for?
Civil case (feel their rights have been violated)
Hard money
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Pre-conventional (main goal of a person is survival. justification of actions comes from understanding punishment & reward system)

14. According to teleological ethics an action's morality is determined based on its consequences?
Any program which seeks to reverse the effects of any form of discrimination
When a person or co. trades goods or services in place of money.
Donating money to a humanitarian organizaiton for the purchase of blankets
True statement teleological ethics an actions morality is determined based on its consequences. type of consequentialism.

15. What act conflicts with the Privacy Act of 1974?
Stage 5 People act because they feel an obligation to society
Any program which seeks to reverse the effects of any form of discrimination
Patriot Act
It requires employers to give workers notice before mass layoffs so that they can prepare

16. The term quid pro quo related to what issue?
Outsourcing is often criticized however it can have many economic benefits because it allows companies to produce at a lower cost.
Altruism (refers to placing the needs of another above oneself)
A person has the right to remove documents about themselves from government records
Sexual harassment

17. Oversight refers to?
Finding ways to eliminate the opportunities for employees to act unethically
It is unanimously agreed that there is a dire need for it in todays society
Stage 2 people are concerned with obtaining rewards
Misstating financial statements

18. Which act makes it illegal for US citizens to participate in bribes?
Taxes negatively impact efficient economic operations by driving a wedge between businesses & customers. However - they are often necessary
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
An intermediary who investigates complaints against a group
Discrimination

19. the merger between Delta Air Lines & Northwest Airlines raised concerns about what?
Monopolies
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)
Board of Directors
Economical

20. Business with a mindset of the customer is always right often find themselves subject to more of which type of fraud?
Donated to a candidates campaign
A move toward equality among all races in issues related to environmental hazards
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the 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

21. A virus is?
A piece of code which spreads from computer to computer & can disrupt computer functions.
Through PACS
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit
Meeting with senators - representative - staff members or other important people to persuade them to vote how you wish them to

22. 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
If a co. pays a low level official to ensure that their employees receive work visas more quickly than normal
Facilitating payment
Education

23. What is NOT a type of imperative considered under Kantian ethics?
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.
Finding ways to eliminate the opportunities for employees to act unethically
Universal imperative
All are examples of corporate espionage

24. Considered from an ethical standpoint - MNCs should?
Decide the benefits of releasing the software now outweight the costs - & present the product as finished
That management agrees to terms set forth by labor unions
Economical
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not

25. The perceived 'us' vs. 'them' mentality that emerges when doing business with different cultures is referred to?
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)
Hard money
Pump & dump
Self reference criterion

26. If a resource is used at the same rate at which it can be replenished it is describes as?
An intermediary who investigates complaints against a group
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.
Prevent international trade crisis
Environmental equilibrium

27. If a person owns a cupcake business & works in a cupcake factory - what type of conflict of interest is it considered?
Decide the benefits of releasing the software now outweight the costs - & present the product as finished
An NDA would be appropriate in all situations
Utilitarianism (focus on considering the benefit & costs & if benefits are greater than costs then action is moral)
Outside employment where a person has 2 jobs which conflict with each other

28. 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?
Lawyers
Stage 2 people are concerned with obtaining rewards
Product safety regulations - Import tariffs
Patriot Act

29. In the case of Watson vs. Fort Worth Bank & Trust the court ruled?
The WTO is governed by a conference of Secretariats with one Secretariat from each country
The only ethical regulation s businesses follow are mandated by the government
Employers may use subjective considerations for hiring as long as they do not produce a discriminatory environment
Conflict diamonds

30. What is the responsibility of the FDA?
Ethical relativism (no universal set of moral they are determined by the state & opinion in which one lives)
Philanthropic
To ensure & protect public health & safety
NIMBY (not in my backyard)

31. Ergonomics is?
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
Act utilitarianism
The study of designing more comfortably or easily used equipment
Ad hoc (means for this)

32. What is NOT a way that government can influence businesses?
Through PACS
Monopolies
It is unanimously agreed that there is a dire need for it in todays society
Telling the truth because you think it is the right thing to do

33. If people object to something being built near their homes it is referred to as?
Pump & dump
NIMBY (not in my backyard)
A piece of code which spreads from computer to computer & can disrupt computer functions.
The primary factor in sexual harassment cases is the intent of the action

34. What did the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act NOT do?
Hard money
The act did all
That management agrees to terms set forth by labor unions
When a person or co. trades goods or services in place of money.

35. The fact that in many cases a company's worth is greater than the value of its tangible assets is referred to as?
Altruism (refers to placing the needs of another above oneself)
Goodwill (good reputation makes co. worth more)
Lawyers
Corporate intelligence involves legally gathering information about a co. & corporate espionage involves illegally gathering information about a co.

36. 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
Allows foreign citizens to bring a citizen of the US to trial in the US
Act utilitarianism (called maximizing utility)
A grease payment make things that would normally occur happen at a faster rate
Decide the benefits of releasing the software now outweight the costs - & present the product as finished

37. What type of responsibility is the LEAST regulated?
Philanthropic
Statistical discrimination - Unintentional discrimination
When a person or co. trades goods or services in place of money.
Through PACS

38. Karen Silkwood is associated with?
Kerr-McGee (plutonium tampering)
Corporate intelligence involves legally gathering information about a co. & corporate espionage involves illegally gathering information about a co.
A grease payment make things that would normally occur happen at a faster rate
Regulate how a co should manage certain processes that pollute the environment

39. What is NOT concern relative to outsourcing?
Pay raises
Laws regulating consumer protection
Prevent international trade crisis
All are concerns about outsourcing

40. Business ethics is?
An attempt to apply moral & ethical principles to business actions
Oil spill
It requires employers to give workers notice before mass layoffs so that they can prepare
Although video surveillance is essentially unrestricted there are limits to an employers use of audio surveillance

41. What is NOT an unethical pricing strategy?
That management agrees to terms set forth by labor unions
Price cancellation
Act utilitarianism
Immanuel Kant

42. Cost benefit considerations would be most typical of what type of ethics?
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)
Utilitarianism (focus on considering the benefit & costs & if benefits are greater than costs then action is moral)
Any program which seeks to reverse the effects of any form of discrimination
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)

43. What is NOT a regulation for insiders trading stock?
The study of designing more comfortably or easily used equipment
Civil case (feel their rights have been violated)
They can only sell stock amounting to a 10 M value at a time
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

44. What statement is TRUE?
Consequentialism (considers the consequences of an action & the extent to which they benefit society in determining morality)
An intermediary who investigates complaints against a group
Taxes negatively impact efficient economic operations by driving a wedge between businesses & customers. However - they are often necessary
All are concerns about outsourcing

45. Fossil fuels are?
Non-renewal resources
Monopolies
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)

46. What is true about spam?
Random drug testing of employees is allowed in all cases
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters
Board of Directors
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

47. What is environmental justice?
Philanthropic
It requires employers to give workers notice before mass layoffs so that they can prepare
All were implicated in scandals (Enron - Coca-Cola - Tyco International)
A move toward equality among all races in issues related to environmental hazards

48. What term describes a moral theory which derives morality from actions?
Deontological ethics (claims the morality of an action is determined by the morality of the action itself regardless of the consequences)
Self reference criterion
Outsourcing is often criticized however it can have many economic benefits because it allows companies to produce at a lower cost.
Civil Rights Act of 1964

49. Who has legal responsibility for a company's actions in a corporation?
Board of Directors
Laws regulating consumer protection
Kantian ethics (is deontological determines morality based on the morality of the action itself)
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

50. What is the purpose of the WARN Act?
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.
Enquiring about off duty activities
It requires employers to give workers notice before mass layoffs so that they can prepare
All are examples of corporate espionage

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