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DSST Business Ethics And Society

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1. What moral theory is NOT consequentialist?
Money that is donated to political parties for the purpose of party building activities
The WTO is governed by a conference of Secretariats with one Secretariat from each country
Kantian ethics (is deontological determines morality based on the morality of the action itself)
Civil case (feel their rights have been violated)

2. An employer who posted a list of weekly resonsibilities for employees to fulfill would best be described by which leadership style?
No - grease payments are not considered bribes & are therefore not illegal under the FCPA
All are ways businesses are regulated
Authoritative (leader makes decisions & tells employees what their responsibilities are)
Nepotism (considering the interests of family ahead of what is best for the business)

3. If a resource is used at the same rate at which it can be replenished it is describes as?
Environmental equilibrium
Stage 1 (person most concerned with avoiding punishment)
Stage 5 People act because they feel an obligation to society
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

4. What statement is TRUE?
Universal imperative
Logos - jingles - & brand names can all be ex. of trademarks
Reputation
All are correct guidelines

5. What is NOT regulated by the FDA?
A grease payment make things that would normally occur happen at a faster rate
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
If workers were loyal - punctual - & had at least decently efficient they could expect to keep their jobs & perhaps even advance over time.
Illegal drugs (drugs are monitored by DEA)

6. What is NOT a way in which business's are regulated?
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not
Pay raises
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit
All are ways businesses are regulated

7. What is NOT a result of a shift to the new social contract?
If a co. pays a low level official to ensure that their employees receive work visas more quickly than normal
Kantian ethics (is deontological determines morality based on the morality of the action itself)
Pay raises
Economical

8. Implied falsity?
Dumpster diving
A grease payment make things that would normally occur happen at a faster rate
Advertising which involves technically true claims which are misleading by nature.
Sets forth standards for management in relations with labor unions

9. What statement is TRUE?
That management agrees to terms set forth by labor unions
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc
A grease payment make things that would normally occur happen at a faster rate

10. What case established that is was how actions were interpreted that matter in sexual harassment cases?
Outsourcing is unanimously agreed to be a beneficial process.
Restore stakeholder confidence in the securities market after a series of scandals in the early 2000s
All are ways businesses are regulated
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc

11. 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
Philanthropic
Decide the benefits of releasing the software now outweight the costs - & present the product as finished
True statement teleological ethics an actions morality is determined based on its consequences. type of consequentialism.
Ethics. Most people felt the program (which charged more for the middle class people) was highly unethical & would not support it.

12. What is NOT an attempt at creating a universal ethical standard?
Price cancellation
Universal Ethics Protocol organization
It is unanimously agreed that there is a dire need for it in todays society
A move toward equality among all races in issues related to environmental hazards

13. What is the four P's of advertising?
The only ethical regulation s businesses follow are mandated by the government
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)
Sexual harassment
Product - Place - Promotion - & Price

14. What theory claims that ethical beliefs are determined by the society in which one lives?
Comparable worth
Ethical relativism (no universal set of moral they are determined by the state & opinion in which one lives)
An intermediary who investigates complaints against a group
A strong focus on developing core values

15. What is NOT a benefit which can come to companies as a result of substainable business practices?
Consequentialism (considers the consequences of an action & the extent to which they benefit society in determining morality)
All are possible benefits
Price cancellation
Through PACS

16. What is NOT an example of an in kind contribution?
The WTO is governed by a conference of Secretariats with one Secretariat from each country
Donating money to a humanitarian organizaiton for the purchase of blankets
Pure Food & Drug Act (in 1906 to force food producing industries to practice sanitation)
Stage 2 people are concerned with obtaining rewards

17. The Alien Tort Claims Act?
EEOC (has to do with employment in US)
Fidiciary
Illegal drugs (drugs are monitored by DEA)
Allows foreign citizens to bring a citizen of the US to trial in the US

18. 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?
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc
Post conventional (person is ruled by conscience instead of society)
Reputation
Sexual harassment

19. Some people believe that women earn less than men because female held jobs have been historically devalued - & that women should be given equal pay for equal work. This belief called?
Sets forth standards for management in relations with labor unions
Comparable worth
Ad hoc (means for this)
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc

20. What is NOT an example of how corporate espionage can occur?
Discrimination
The act did all
The WTO is governed by a conference of Secretariats with one Secretariat from each country
All are examples of corporate espionage

21. What statement is FALSE?
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
Discrimination
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit
The only ethical regulation s businesses follow are mandated by the government

22. Why did Supreme Court rule in favor of Walmart in the case of Dukes vs Walmart?
Because Dukes could not proves all women employees faced discrimination practices
NDA (non-disclosure agreements are legal & binding)
Telling the truth because you think it is the right thing to do
The study of designing more comfortably or easily used equipment

23. What statement best describes the difference between corporate intelligence & corpirate espionage?
Price cancellation
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
A person has the right to remove documents about themselves from government records

24. Fossil fuels are?
All were implicated in scandals (Enron - Coca-Cola - Tyco International)
Non-renewal resources
Economical
Donating money to a humanitarian organizaiton for the purchase of blankets

25. What is the purpose of the Kyoto Protocol?
Monopolies
To lower greenhouse gas emissions
Stage 1 (person most concerned with avoiding punishment)
Through PACS

26. the merger between Delta Air Lines & Northwest Airlines raised concerns about what?
Outsourcing is unanimously agreed to be a beneficial process.
Donated to a candidates campaign
Monopolies
Outside employment where a person has 2 jobs which conflict with each other

27. What is NOT a right outlined in the Privacy Act of 1974?
Donated to a candidates campaign
An intermediary who investigates complaints against a group
Authoritative (leader makes decisions & tells employees what their responsibilities are)
A person has the right to remove documents about themselves from government records

28. What is NOT a regulation for insiders trading stock?
Comparable worth
They can only sell stock amounting to a 10 M value at a time
Laws regulating consumer protection
All are possible benefits

29. What best describes soft money?
Government regulations are always detrimental because the economy is self-correcting
All are correct guidelines
Philanthropic
Money that is donated to political parties for the purpose of party building activities

30. What moral theory considers the action resulting in the greatest benefit to all people as the most moral action?
Comparable worth
60 days
Act utilitarianism (called maximizing utility)
Stage 2 people are concerned with obtaining rewards

31. What describes a type of conflict of interest where a broker owns securities & spreads rumors about them to make the price go up - then sells them before the price goes back down?
Pump & dump
To ensure & protect public health & safety
Non-point source contributions
Outsourcing is unanimously agreed to be a beneficial process.

32. Corporate governance?
Economical
A system of accountability - oversight - & control within the company
Universal Ethics Protocol organization
All were implicated in scandals (Enron - Coca-Cola - Tyco International)

33. What BEST describes the old social contract?
Advertising which involves technically true claims which are misleading by nature.
Education
If workers were loyal - punctual - & had at least decently efficient they could expect to keep their jobs & perhaps even advance over time.
Pump & dump

34. An ombudsman is?
Telling the truth because you think it is the right thing to do
If workers were loyal - punctual - & had at least decently efficient they could expect to keep their jobs & perhaps even advance over time.
Economical
An intermediary who investigates complaints against a group

35. What type of responsibility is the LEAST regulated?
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.
To ensure & protect public health & safety
A system of accountability - oversight - & control within the company
Philanthropic

36. What statement is TRUE?
All are stakeholders
Misstating financial statements
Non-point source contributions
Taxes negatively impact efficient economic operations by driving a wedge between businesses & customers. However - they are often necessary

37. A child cleans their room so they will be allowed to go to a friends house. Which of Kohlbergs stages are they in?
A strong focus on developing core values
Pre-conventional (main goal of a person is survival. justification of actions comes from understanding punishment & reward system)
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)
Stage 2 people are concerned with obtaining rewards

38. What is NOT a reason clinton's attempt at healthcare reform in the early 1990s failed?
Reputation
Ethics. Most people felt the program (which charged more for the middle class people) was highly unethical & would not support it.
Meeting with senators - representative - staff members or other important people to persuade them to vote how you wish them to
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not

39. How many days of notice does the WARN Act require employers to give employees?
A grease payment make things that would normally occur happen at a faster rate
Economical
60 days
Sets forth standards for management in relations with labor unions

40. What is NOT true of the WTO?
It is unanimously agreed that there is a dire need for it in todays society
The WTO is governed by a conference of Secretariats with one Secretariat from each country
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
Stage 1 (person most concerned with avoiding punishment)

41. What act conflicts with the Privacy Act of 1974?
Allows an orgin site to send information to a computers browser
Patriot Act
All were implicated in scandals (Enron - Coca-Cola - Tyco International)
Environmental equilibrium

42. What of the following is TRUE?
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc
60 days
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)
Because Dukes could not proves all women employees faced discrimination practices

43. Lobbying is?
Meeting with senators - representative - staff members or other important people to persuade them to vote how you wish them to
Farming (suitable for agricultural use)
Pure Food & Drug Act (in 1906 to force food producing industries to practice sanitation)
Corporate intelligence involves legally gathering information about a co. & corporate espionage involves illegally gathering information about a co.

44. What situation would be considered moral under Kantian theory?
Telling the truth because you think it is the right thing to do
Pump & dump
All are correct guidelines
Dumpster diving

45. A cookie?
If a co. pays a low level official to ensure that their employees receive work visas more quickly than normal
Allows an orgin site to send information to a computers browser
Pump & dump
Prevent international trade crisis

46. A lawyer knows their client is guilty but defends them anyway. This falls under which type of ethics?
Fidiciary
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit
Legal
Outsourcing is often criticized however it can have many economic benefits because it allows companies to produce at a lower cost.

47. What group would not be considered a stakeholder?
All are stakeholders
Regulate how a co should manage certain processes that pollute the environment
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
Non-renewal resources

48. What does EEOC stand for?
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.
Product - Place - Promotion - & Price
Stage 2 people are concerned with obtaining rewards
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

49. Ethical & philanthropic responsibilities are important in building?
Diamonds which are sold with the purpose of funding insurrection or war.
Stage 2 people are concerned with obtaining rewards
Reputation
A system of accountability - oversight - & control within the company

50. If a person owns a cupcake business & works in a cupcake factory - what type of conflict of interest is it considered?
Because Dukes could not proves all women employees faced discrimination practices
Advertising which involves technically true claims which are misleading by nature.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Outside employment where a person has 2 jobs which conflict with each other