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DSST Business Ethics And Society

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What statement is TRUE?
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
Immanuel Kant
A grease payment make things that would normally occur happen at a faster rate
Stage 4 (people are motivated primarily by authority such as law)

2. What is NOT an unethical pricing strategy?
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit
Ethics. Most people felt the program (which charged more for the middle class people) was highly unethical & would not support it.
Price cancellation

3. The Tyco scandal is associated with which ACT?
NIMBY (not in my backyard)
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
60 days
Diamonds which are sold with the purpose of funding insurrection or war.

4. What is NOT a right outlined in the Privacy Act of 1974?
The only ethical regulation s businesses follow are mandated by the government
A person has the right to remove documents about themselves from government records
Ad hoc (means for this)
Farming (suitable for agricultural use)

5. What is NOT an ex. of social engineering?
Dumpster diving
Product safety regulations - Import tariffs
Kerr-McGee (plutonium tampering)
Through PACS

6. If a person were to sue a co. for not fulfilling a contractual obligation it would be?
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
Product - Place - Promotion - & Price
Civil case (feel their rights have been violated)
Civil Rights Act of 1964

7. What moral theory is NOT consequentialist?
True statement teleological ethics an actions morality is determined based on its consequences. type of consequentialism.
Stage 1 (person most concerned with avoiding punishment)
An attempt to apply moral & ethical principles to business actions
Kantian ethics (is deontological determines morality based on the morality of the action itself)

8. What BEST describes affirmative action?
Donated to a candidates campaign
Government regulations are always detrimental because the economy is self-correcting
Any program which seeks to reverse the effects of any form of discrimination
Patriot Act

9. Corporate governance?
To ensure & protect public health & safety
Lawyers
A system of accountability - oversight - & control within the company
A piece of code which spreads from computer to computer & can disrupt computer functions.

10. the merger between Delta Air Lines & Northwest Airlines raised concerns about what?
Taxes negatively impact efficient economic operations by driving a wedge between businesses & customers. However - they are often necessary
Non-point source contributions
60 days
Monopolies

11. The Fair Labor Standards Act?
Enquiring about off duty activities
Product - Place - Promotion - & Price
All are examples of corporate espionage
Sets forth standards for management in relations with labor unions

12. What moral theory considers the action resulting in the greatest benefit to all people as the most moral action?
Philanthropic
Nepotism (considering the interests of family ahead of what is best for the business)
Stage 5 People act because they feel an obligation to society
Act utilitarianism (called maximizing utility)

13. What is NOT a regulation for insiders trading stock?
Self reference criterion
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
They can only sell stock amounting to a 10 M value at a time
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)

14. The term glass ceiling related to which employer-employee relations issue?
All are possible benefits
Discrimination
Economical
Stage 2 people are concerned with obtaining rewards

15. What is NOT regulated by the FDA?
Stage 1 (person most concerned with avoiding punishment)
All are stakeholders
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)
Illegal drugs (drugs are monitored by DEA)

16. What is NOT an agency responsible for protecting workers health?
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
KPCS (they work to reduce circulation of conflict diamonds)
Telling the truth because you think it is the right thing to do

17. How many days of notice does the WARN Act require employers to give employees?
Self reference criterion
Environmental equilibrium
Conflict diamonds
60 days

18. What is NOT a reason clinton's attempt at healthcare reform in the early 1990s failed?
Education
To lower greenhouse gas emissions
Ethics. Most people felt the program (which charged more for the middle class people) was highly unethical & would not support it.
Decide the benefits of releasing the software now outweight the costs - & present the product as finished

19. 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?
When a person or co. trades goods or services in place of money.
Dumpster diving
Pay raises
Act utilitarianism

20. What statement would be the most correct under a classical view of business?
Government regulations are always detrimental because the economy is self-correcting
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
The only ethical regulation s businesses follow are mandated by the government
Misstating financial statements

21. Which co was NOT implicated in the early 2000s?
All were implicated in scandals (Enron - Coca-Cola - Tyco International)
Pure Food & Drug Act (in 1906 to force food producing industries to practice sanitation)
Pre-conventional (main goal of a person is survival. justification of actions comes from understanding punishment & reward system)
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

22. What best describes in kind contribution?
Enquiring about off duty activities
Legal
When a person or co. trades goods or services in place of money.
Facilitating payment

23. 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?
Post conventional (person is ruled by conscience instead of society)
Environmental equilibrium
Diamonds which are sold with the purpose of funding insurrection or war.
60 days

24. Business with a mindset of the customer is always right often find themselves subject to more of which type of fraud?
All are concerns about outsourcing
Hard money
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the business)

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)
Immanuel Kant
It is unanimously agreed that there is a dire need for it in todays society
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)

26. What is NOT a type of discrimination investigated by the EEOC?
Pump & dump
Education
Ensure worker safety
Product - Place - Promotion - & Price

27. 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
To lower greenhouse gas emissions
Regulate how a co should manage certain processes that pollute the environment
Decide the benefits of releasing the software now outweight the costs - & present the product as finished
Economical

28. What is best ex. of point secure pollution?
Act utilitarianism
KPCS (they work to reduce circulation of conflict diamonds)
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)
Oil spill

29. The Kimberley Process Certification Scheme was created to stop the circulation of?
Although video surveillance is essentially unrestricted there are limits to an employers use of audio surveillance
Price cancellation
Conflict diamonds
The primary factor in sexual harassment cases is the intent of the action

30. What is NOT a conflict of interest?
It is unanimously agreed that there is a dire need for it in todays society
Stage 5 People act because they feel an obligation to society
All are conflicts of interest
Finding ways to eliminate the opportunities for employees to act unethically

31. Oversight refers to?
Finding ways to eliminate the opportunities for employees to act unethically
Regulate how a co should manage certain processes that pollute the environment
Laws regulating consumer protection
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)

32. What aid employers in keeping information private?
NDA (non-disclosure agreements are legal & binding)
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)
Because Delta & Northwest are not the only airlines there is not way the merge could be considered anticompetitive
Discrimination

33. What are conflict diamonds?
Diamonds which are sold with the purpose of funding insurrection or war.
Ethics. Most people felt the program (which charged more for the middle class people) was highly unethical & would not support it.
The only ethical regulation s businesses follow are mandated by the government
Lawyers

34. 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?
The WTO is governed by a conference of Secretariats with one Secretariat from each country
Pump & dump
Education
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters

35. What is regulated by FDA?
Universal Ethics Protocol organization
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)
Hard money
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)

36. What is the purpose of the Kyoto Protocol?
Sexual discrimination
A person has the right to remove documents about themselves from government records
A strong focus on developing core values
To lower greenhouse gas emissions

37. What is NOT an example of an in kind contribution?
Sexual discrimination
Donating money to a humanitarian organizaiton for the purchase of blankets
A grease payment make things that would normally occur happen at a faster rate
Donated to a candidates campaign

38. What statement is TRUE?
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.
It is unanimously agreed that there is a dire need for it in todays society
Stage 5 People act because they feel an obligation to society

39. What situation would be considered moral under Kantian theory?
Pre-conventional (main goal of a person is survival. justification of actions comes from understanding punishment & reward system)
Civil case (feel their rights have been violated)
Through PACS
Telling the truth because you think it is the right thing to do

40. What term describes a moral theory which derives morality from actions?
All would be addressed in an NDA
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)
Deontological ethics (claims the morality of an action is determined by the morality of the action itself regardless of the consequences)
Misstating financial statements

41. An employer who posted a list of weekly resonsibilities for employees to fulfill would best be described by which leadership style?
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
Authoritative (leader makes decisions & tells employees what their responsibilities are)
The act did all
An NDA would be appropriate in all situations

42. What is a way in which government interventions in the economy can be beneficial to consumers?
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit
Legal
Product safety regulations - Import tariffs
Fidiciary

43. What statement about Corporate Social Responsibility is FALSE?
Legal
It is unanimously agreed that there is a dire need for it in todays society
Patriot Act
Taxes negatively impact efficient economic operations by driving a wedge between businesses & customers. However - they are often necessary

44. The term quid pro quo related to what issue?
Stage 2 people are concerned with obtaining rewards
All are concerns about outsourcing
Sexual harassment
Advertising which involves technically true claims which are misleading by nature.

45. An ombudsman is?
An intermediary who investigates complaints against a group
Advertising which involves technically true claims which are misleading by nature.
An attempt to apply moral & ethical principles to business actions
Fidiciary

46. Who has legal responsibility for a company's actions in a corporation?
Consequentialism (considers the consequences of an action & the extent to which they benefit society in determining morality)
Board of Directors
Altruism (refers to placing the needs of another above oneself)
Outsourcing is often criticized however it can have many economic benefits because it allows companies to produce at a lower cost.

47. Lobbying is?
Stage 4 (people are motivated primarily by authority such as law)
60 days
Meeting with senators - representative - staff members or other important people to persuade them to vote how you wish them to
The study of designing more comfortably or easily used equipment

48. Noisy withdrawal is?
Kerr-McGee (plutonium tampering)
Authoritative (leader makes decisions & tells employees what their responsibilities are)
When a lawyer withdraws legal representation for their client & notifies the proper authorities
Facilitating payment

49. The FTC was created to monitor which type of regulation?
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)
Laws regulating consumer protection
Sets forth standards for management in relations with labor unions
Through PACS

50. What is the responsibility of the FDA?
Hard money
To ensure & protect public health & safety
Ethical egosim (states if it benefits the person then it is the right thing to do)
Allows an orgin site to send information to a computers browser