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DSST Business Ethics And Society

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1. What best describes rule utilitarianism?
Illegal drugs (drugs are monitored by DEA)
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
The act did all
Product - Place - Promotion - & Price

2. What is NOT an example of an in kind contribution?
Donating money to a humanitarian organizaiton for the purchase of blankets
Allows foreign citizens to bring a citizen of the US to trial in the US
Environmental equilibrium
The study of designing more comfortably or easily used equipment

3. Cost benefit considerations would be most typical of what type of ethics?
That management agrees to terms set forth by labor unions
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not
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

4. What is NOT related to the interactions that occur between government & business?
All are related to government & business interactions
When a person or co. trades goods or services in place of money.
Environmental equilibrium
It is unanimously agreed that there is a dire need for it in todays society

5. Does the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act include grease payments?
Restore stakeholder confidence in the securities market after a series of scandals in the early 2000s
Any program which seeks to reverse the effects of any form of discrimination
No - grease payments are not considered bribes & are therefore not illegal under the FCPA
Ensure worker safety

6. Karen Silkwood is associated with?
The WTO is governed by a conference of Secretariats with one Secretariat from each country
Environmental equilibrium
Meeting with senators - representative - staff members or other important people to persuade them to vote how you wish them to
Kerr-McGee (plutonium tampering)

7. What is more typical of a values oriented ethical program that a compliance oriented ethics program?
A strong focus on developing core values
Price cancellation
All are concerns about outsourcing
A person has the right to remove documents about themselves from government records

8. What statement is FALSE?
It is unanimously agreed that there is a dire need for it in todays society
Enquiring about off duty activities
The only ethical regulation s businesses follow are mandated by the government
Telling the truth because you think it is the right thing to do

9. What is NOT a conflict of interest?
All are conflicts of interest
Money that is donated to political parties for the purpose of party building activities
Education
OSHA

10. What is NOT a way that government can influence businesses?
Through PACS
Sets forth standards for management in relations with labor unions
Donating money to a humanitarian organizaiton for the purchase of blankets
Civil Rights Act of 1964

11. An employee of a donut shop does not steal donuts because they are afraid they would get fired if they did. Which of Kohlbergs stages are they in?
Stage 1 (person most concerned with avoiding punishment)
Sexual discrimination
Diamonds which are sold with the purpose of funding insurrection or war.
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)

12. What does EEOC stand for?
Reputation
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
All are stakeholders
Allows an orgin site to send information to a computers browser

13. Corporate governance?
Act utilitarianism (called maximizing utility)
Meeting with senators - representative - staff members or other important people to persuade them to vote how you wish them to
A system of accountability - oversight - & control within the company
Product - Place - Promotion - & Price

14. What is best ex. of point secure pollution?
Oil spill
Reputation
Money that is donated to political parties for the purpose of party building activities
EEOC (has to do with employment in US)

15. The EEOC investiges violations of the?
Education
Civil Rights Act of 1964
They can only sell stock amounting to a 10 M value at a time
Pay raises

16. What would NOT be addressed in a Non-disclosure agreement?
Lawyers
All would be addressed in an NDA
Diamonds which are sold with the purpose of funding insurrection or war.
A strong focus on developing core values

17. What is NOT a responsibility that should be considreed by businesses?
Stage 5 People act because they feel an obligation to society
Fidiciary
Environmental equilibrium
Universal Ethics Protocol organization

18. What is NOT concern relative to outsourcing?
The considerations of large co about the well being of society when they make business decisions
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.
Utilitarianism (focus on considering the benefit & costs & if benefits are greater than costs then action is moral)
All are concerns about outsourcing

19. Which act makes it illegal for US citizens to participate in bribes?
Nepotism (considering the interests of family ahead of what is best for the business)
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)
Stage 5 People act because they feel an obligation to society
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

20. A business practices underhanded accounting practices to raise stock prices & make money. Which type of ethics does this fall under?
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
Economical
Authoritative (leader makes decisions & tells employees what their responsibilities are)
Sexual harassment

21. What is NOT a rule for creating maxims under Kantian ethics?
Any program which seeks to reverse the effects of any form of discrimination
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
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)

22. What statement is TRUE?
Price cancellation
Donating money to a humanitarian organizaiton for the purchase of blankets
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.
Sarbanes-Oxley Act

23. Lobbying is?
Non-renewal resources
Meeting with senators - representative - staff members or other important people to persuade them to vote how you wish them to
OSHA
Statistical discrimination - Unintentional discrimination

24. The Kimberley Process Certification Scheme was created to stop the circulation of?
Conflict diamonds
Stage 1 (person most concerned with avoiding punishment)
Product safety regulations - Import tariffs
Logos - jingles - & brand names can all be ex. of trademarks

25. The Dukes vs. Walmart case involves which issue?
Patriot Act
Sexual harassment
Sexual discrimination
Sets forth standards for management in relations with labor unions

26. Ergonomics is?
Ethical relativism (no universal set of moral they are determined by the state & opinion in which one lives)
The study of designing more comfortably or easily used equipment
Outside employment where a person has 2 jobs which conflict with each other
Outsourcing is unanimously agreed to be a beneficial process.

27. What is NOT a right outlined in the Privacy Act of 1974?
Act utilitarianism
Act utilitarianism (called maximizing utility)
A person has the right to remove documents about themselves from government records
Sarbanes-Oxley Act

28. What statement would be the most correct under a classical view of business?
Restore stakeholder confidence in the securities market after a series of scandals in the early 2000s
To lower greenhouse gas emissions
Government regulations are always detrimental because the economy is self-correcting
All were implicated in scandals (Enron - Coca-Cola - Tyco International)

29. If a person owns a cupcake business & works in a cupcake factory - what type of conflict of interest is it considered?
Stage 5 People act because they feel an obligation to society
Outside employment where a person has 2 jobs which conflict with each other
Allows foreign citizens to bring a citizen of the US to trial in the US
Ethical relativism (no universal set of moral they are determined by the state & opinion in which one lives)

30. What are conflict diamonds?
Diamonds which are sold with the purpose of funding insurrection or war.
Lawyers
Ad hoc (means for this)
Price cancellation

31. The Alien Tort Claims Act?
Monopolies
Conflict diamonds
Outside employment where a person has 2 jobs which conflict with each other
Allows foreign citizens to bring a citizen of the US to trial in the US

32. The purpose of the International Monetary Fund?
Prevent international trade crisis
Pump & dump
Discrimination
Price cancellation

33. 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?
A move toward equality among all races in issues related to environmental hazards
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
The considerations of large co about the well being of society when they make business decisions
Comparable worth

34. 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)
Oil spill
Ethical egosim (states if it benefits the person then it is the right thing to do)
Patriot Act

35. What act conflicts with the Privacy Act of 1974?
Patriot Act
Environmental equilibrium
Misstating financial statements
Philanthropic

36. Who has legal responsibility for a company's actions in a corporation?
Pay raises
Employers may use subjective considerations for hiring as long as they do not produce a discriminatory environment
EEOC (has to do with employment in US)
Board of Directors

37. Ethical & philanthropic responsibilities are important in building?
That management agrees to terms set forth by labor unions
Reputation
Nepotism (considering the interests of family ahead of what is best for the business)
An attempt to apply moral & ethical principles to business actions

38. What statement is NOT true?
All are correct guidelines
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters
Stage 2 people are concerned with obtaining rewards
Outsourcing is unanimously agreed to be a beneficial process.

39. The term glass ceiling related to which employer-employee relations issue?
Act utilitarianism
Ethical egosim (states if it benefits the person then it is the right thing to do)
Pay raises
Discrimination

40. What is NOT illegal?
Statistical discrimination - Unintentional discrimination
Fidiciary
KPCS (they work to reduce circulation of conflict diamonds)
To ensure & protect public health & safety

41. What is NOT regulated by the FDA?
Illegal drugs (drugs are monitored by DEA)
Regulate how a co should manage certain processes that pollute the environment
Dumpster diving
Education

42. What moral theory considers the action resulting in the greatest benefit to all people as the most moral action?
Although video surveillance is essentially unrestricted there are limits to an employers use of audio surveillance
Act utilitarianism (called maximizing utility)
The act did all
Random drug testing of employees is allowed in all cases

43. 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
NIMBY (not in my backyard)
Laws regulating consumer protection
To lower greenhouse gas emissions
Decide the benefits of releasing the software now outweight the costs - & present the product as finished

44. In what situation would an NDA NOT be used?
Meeting with senators - representative - staff members or other important people to persuade them to vote how you wish them to
An NDA would be appropriate in all situations
A piece of code which spreads from computer to computer & can disrupt computer functions.
If workers were loyal - punctual - & had at least decently efficient they could expect to keep their jobs & perhaps even advance over time.

45. What is NOT an ex. of social engineering?
Corporate intelligence involves legally gathering information about a co. & corporate espionage involves illegally gathering information about a co.
All are stakeholders
Dumpster diving
Taxes negatively impact efficient economic operations by driving a wedge between businesses & customers. However - they are often necessary

46. What situation would be considered moral under Kantian theory?
Telling the truth because you think it is the right thing to do
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)
When a person or co. trades goods or services in place of money.
Stage 1 (person most concerned with avoiding punishment)

47. Protections for workers from workplace hazard are regulated & mandated by what agency?
OSHA
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)
Finding ways to eliminate the opportunities for employees to act unethically
Monopolies

48. What is NOT legally required in management relations with labor unions?
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
Non-renewal resources
Misstating financial statements
That management agrees to terms set forth by labor unions

49. What of the following is TRUE?
Deontological ethics (claims the morality of an action is determined by the morality of the action itself regardless of the consequences)
Donated to a candidates campaign
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)
Laws regulating consumer protection

50. What statement is TRUE?
Logos - jingles - & brand names can all be ex. of trademarks
Allows an orgin site to send information to a computers browser
NIMBY (not in my backyard)
Discrimination