Test your basic knowledge |

DSST Business Ethics And Society

Subject : dsst

Instructions:

Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.

1. 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
No - grease payments are not considered bribes & are therefore not illegal under the FCPA
Philanthropic
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

2. What is best ex. of point secure pollution?
Random drug testing of employees is allowed in all cases
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)
Allows an orgin site to send information to a computers browser
Oil spill

3. What BEST describes affirmative action?
Oil spill
True statement teleological ethics an actions morality is determined based on its consequences. type of consequentialism.
The study of designing more comfortably or easily used equipment
Any program which seeks to reverse the effects of any form of discrimination

4. What moral theory is NOT consequentialist?
Civil case (feel their rights have been violated)
Reputation
Kantian ethics (is deontological determines morality based on the morality of the action itself)
Misstating financial statements

5. What statement is TRUE?
Logos - jingles - & brand names can all be ex. of trademarks
Corporate intelligence involves legally gathering information about a co. & corporate espionage involves illegally gathering information about a co.
Conflict diamonds
Fidiciary

6. What is environmental justice?
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
Help developing countries stregthen their economics
A system of accountability - oversight - & control within the company

7. What is NOT illegal?
Non-renewal resources
Statistical discrimination - Unintentional discrimination
Because Delta & Northwest are not the only airlines there is not way the merge could be considered anticompetitive
An intermediary who investigates complaints against a group

8. An employer who posted a list of weekly resonsibilities for employees to fulfill would best be described by which leadership style?
Authoritative (leader makes decisions & tells employees what their responsibilities are)
A system of accountability - oversight - & control within the company
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)
All are correct guidelines

9. Why did Supreme Court rule in favor of Walmart in the case of Dukes vs Walmart?
Ad hoc (means for this)
A piece of code which spreads from computer to computer & can disrupt computer functions.
Comparable worth
Because Dukes could not proves all women employees faced discrimination practices

10. What is the four P's of advertising?
Education
Product - Place - Promotion - & Price
Illegal drugs (drugs are monitored by DEA)
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

11. What agency does not relate in some manner to international trade?
Dumpster diving
EEOC (has to do with employment in US)
Oil spill
Pump & dump

12. Who is best known for creating the categorical imperative?
Statistical discrimination - Unintentional discrimination
60 days
Immanuel Kant
Lawyers

13. Karen Silkwood is associated with?
Consequentialism (considers the consequences of an action & the extent to which they benefit society in determining morality)
Finding ways to eliminate the opportunities for employees to act unethically
If a co. pays a low level official to ensure that their employees receive work visas more quickly than normal
Kerr-McGee (plutonium tampering)

14. Who has legal responsibility for a company's actions in a corporation?
Pay raises
Universal imperative
Board of Directors
All are concerns about outsourcing

15. OSHA was created to?
Ensure worker safety
That management agrees to terms set forth by labor unions
60 days
To lower greenhouse gas emissions

16. What is NOT a right outlined in the Privacy Act of 1974?
Logos - jingles - & brand names can all be ex. of trademarks
Act utilitarianism (called maximizing utility)
A person has the right to remove documents about themselves from government records
Finding ways to eliminate the opportunities for employees to act unethically

17. What is NOT concern relative to outsourcing?
All are concerns about outsourcing
All are related to government & business interactions
Restore stakeholder confidence in the securities market after a series of scandals in the early 2000s
Stage 4 (people are motivated primarily by authority such as law)

18. Command & control regulations?
Regulate how a co should manage certain processes that pollute the environment
The primary factor in sexual harassment cases is the intent of the action
Civil Rights Act of 1964
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)

19. What of the following is TRUE?
Taxes negatively impact efficient economic operations by driving a wedge between businesses & customers. However - they are often necessary
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.
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)
KPCS (they work to reduce circulation of conflict diamonds)

20. What is NOT a rule for creating maxims under Kantian ethics?
Non-renewal resources
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
Board of Directors

21. What did the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act NOT do?
Laws regulating consumer protection
The act did all
When a lawyer withdraws legal representation for their client & notifies the proper authorities
If a co. pays a low level official to ensure that their employees receive work visas more quickly than normal

22. The term quid pro quo related to what issue?
True statement teleological ethics an actions morality is determined based on its consequences. type of consequentialism.
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not
Sexual harassment
All are examples of corporate espionage

23. What is NOT a result of a shift to the new social contract?
Government regulations are always detrimental because the economy is self-correcting
Hard money
Pay raises
Universal Ethics Protocol organization

24. What statement is FALSE?
Random drug testing of employees is allowed in all cases
Board of Directors
Civil Rights Act of 1964
A grease payment make things that would normally occur happen at a faster rate

25. Fossil fuels are?
No - grease payments are not considered bribes & are therefore not illegal under the FCPA
Non-renewal resources
Authoritative (leader makes decisions & tells employees what their responsibilities are)
Allows foreign citizens to bring a citizen of the US to trial in the US

26. 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
When a lawyer withdraws legal representation for their client & notifies the proper authorities
A grease payment make things that would normally occur happen at a faster rate
The considerations of large co about the well being of society when they make business decisions

27. What is a standard that aides companies in improving their environmental practices?
KPCS (they work to reduce circulation of conflict diamonds)
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)
Restore stakeholder confidence in the securities market after a series of scandals in the early 2000s
Allows an orgin site to send information to a computers browser

28. Arable land is used for?
All are concerns about outsourcing
The considerations of large co about the well being of society when they make business decisions
The only ethical regulation s businesses follow are mandated by the government
Farming (suitable for agricultural use)

29. What is NOT an ex. of social engineering?
A piece of code which spreads from computer to computer & can disrupt computer functions.
Dumpster diving
Act utilitarianism
Enquiring about off duty activities

30. A lawyer knows their client is guilty but defends them anyway. This falls under which type of ethics?
Oil spill
When a person or co. trades goods or services in place of money.
Legal
Donating money to a humanitarian organizaiton for the purchase of blankets

31. What is NOT a form of marketing fraud?
Misstating financial statements
Outsourcing is often criticized however it can have many economic benefits because it allows companies to produce at a lower cost.
Ethics. Most people felt the program (which charged more for the middle class people) was highly unethical & would not support it.
Because Dukes could not proves all women employees faced discrimination practices

32. What is NOT legally required in management relations with labor unions?
Non-point source contributions
That management agrees to terms set forth by labor unions
They can only sell stock amounting to a 10 M value at a time
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters

33. How many days of notice does the WARN Act require employers to give employees?
Goodwill (good reputation makes co. worth more)
60 days
Price cancellation
Dumpster diving

34. The purpose of the World Bank is?
Sexual harassment
Act utilitarianism
Allows foreign citizens to bring a citizen of the US to trial in the US
Help developing countries stregthen their economics

35. What best describes soft money?
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters
All would be addressed in an NDA
Donated to a candidates campaign
Money that is donated to political parties for the purpose of party building activities

36. What is the purpose of the Kyoto Protocol?
To lower greenhouse gas emissions
Because Dukes could not proves all women employees faced discrimination practices
A person has the right to remove documents about themselves from government records
Government regulations are always detrimental because the economy is self-correcting

37. The EEOC investiges violations of the?
Sexual harassment
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Illegal drugs (drugs are monitored by DEA)
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

38. According to teleological ethics an action's morality is determined based on its consequences?
An attempt to apply moral & ethical principles to business actions
Discontinue the sale of the textbooks because as a general rule the practice is not unconditional
Patriot Act
True statement teleological ethics an actions morality is determined based on its consequences. type of consequentialism.

39. What is NOT an illegal basis of discrimination?
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters
Philanthropic
Education
Sustainable development emphasizes the development of new & innovative technologies to reduce the overuse of natural resources

40. What is NOT a way that government can influence businesses?
Logos - jingles - & brand names can all be ex. of trademarks
When a person or co. trades goods or services in place of money.
No - grease payments are not considered bribes & are therefore not illegal under the FCPA
Through PACS

41. What type of responsibility is the LEAST regulated?
Donating money to a humanitarian organizaiton for the purchase of blankets
All were implicated in scandals (Enron - Coca-Cola - Tyco International)
Philanthropic
Price cancellation

42. Utilitarianism is a type of?
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit
NDA (non-disclosure agreements are legal & binding)
Consequentialism (considers the consequences of an action & the extent to which they benefit society in determining morality)
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

43. Noisy withdrawal is?
Comparable worth
When a lawyer withdraws legal representation for their client & notifies the proper authorities
Philanthropic
If a co. pays a low level official to ensure that their employees receive work visas more quickly than normal

44. What is NOT a responsibility that should be considreed by businesses?
Universal imperative
Environmental equilibrium
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the business)
Fidiciary

45. Ergonomics is?
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)
The study of designing more comfortably or easily used equipment
An attempt to apply moral & ethical principles to business actions
A strong focus on developing core values

46. What moral theory considers the action resulting in the greatest benefit to all people as the most moral action?
A strong focus on developing core values
All are stakeholders
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Act utilitarianism (called maximizing utility)

47. What is NOT a type of imperative considered under Kantian ethics?
All are related to government & business interactions
Universal imperative
All are correct guidelines
Misstating financial statements

48. 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?
All are ways businesses are regulated
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
Discontinue the sale of the textbooks because as a general rule the practice is not unconditional
Universal Ethics Protocol organization

49. What BEST describes the old social contract?
Ad hoc (means for this)
Conflict diamonds
If workers were loyal - punctual - & had at least decently efficient they could expect to keep their jobs & perhaps even advance over time.
An attempt to apply moral & ethical principles to business actions

50. What are conflict diamonds?
Corporate intelligence involves legally gathering information about a co. & corporate espionage involves illegally gathering information about a co.
Diamonds which are sold with the purpose of funding insurrection or war.
Consequentialism (considers the consequences of an action & the extent to which they benefit society in determining morality)
Allows foreign citizens to bring a citizen of the US to trial in the US