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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 group would not be considered a stakeholder?
The WTO is governed by a conference of Secretariats with one Secretariat from each country
Logos - jingles - & brand names can all be ex. of trademarks
Restore stakeholder confidence in the securities market after a series of scandals in the early 2000s
All are stakeholders

2. What is NOT a type of loophole that developed in response to limitations placed on hard money contributions?
Act utilitarianism
Non-point source contributions
Kerr-McGee (plutonium tampering)
Stage 2 people are concerned with obtaining rewards

3. Ergonomics is?
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters
Laws regulating consumer protection
Because Dukes could not proves all women employees faced discrimination practices
The study of designing more comfortably or easily used equipment

4. Who has legal responsibility for a company's actions in a corporation?
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)
Board of Directors
Immanuel Kant

5. What best describes rule utilitarianism?
NIMBY (not in my backyard)
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
All are correct guidelines
All are ways businesses are regulated

6. Fossil fuels are?
Facilitating payment
Consequentialism (considers the consequences of an action & the extent to which they benefit society in determining morality)
Sustainable development emphasizes the development of new & innovative technologies to reduce the overuse of natural resources
Non-renewal resources

7. What statement best describes the difference between corporate intelligence & corpirate espionage?
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Environmental equilibrium
Democratic leadership style
Corporate intelligence involves legally gathering information about a co. & corporate espionage involves illegally gathering information about a co.

8. What types of contributions to a political campaign have donations limits imposed by law?
Stage 1 (person most concerned with avoiding punishment)
Hard money
NIMBY (not in my backyard)
Non-point source contributions

9. The perceived 'us' vs. 'them' mentality that emerges when doing business with different cultures is referred to?
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters
Fidiciary
Facilitating payment
Self reference criterion

10. What is NOT an illegal basis of discrimination?
Logos - jingles - & brand names can all be ex. of trademarks
Sustainable development emphasizes the development of new & innovative technologies to reduce the overuse of natural resources
Immanuel Kant
Education

11. A business practices underhanded accounting practices to raise stock prices & make money. Which type of ethics does this fall under?
A strong focus on developing core values
Philanthropic
It requires employers to give workers notice before mass layoffs so that they can prepare
Economical

12. Business with a mindset of the customer is always right often find themselves subject to more of which type of fraud?
Authoritative (leader makes decisions & tells employees what their responsibilities are)
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the business)
Outsourcing is unanimously agreed to be a beneficial process.
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)

13. What is NOT an example of how corporate espionage can occur?
Kerr-McGee (plutonium tampering)
All are examples of corporate espionage
Meeting with senators - representative - staff members or other important people to persuade them to vote how you wish them to
Stage 4 (people are motivated primarily by authority such as law)

14. What is NOT an example of an in kind contribution?
Reputation
Ensure worker safety
Donating money to a humanitarian organizaiton for the purchase of blankets
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

15. In the case of Watson vs. Fort Worth Bank & Trust the court ruled?
Regulate how a co should manage certain processes that pollute the environment
Education
That management agrees to terms set forth by labor unions
Employers may use subjective considerations for hiring as long as they do not produce a discriminatory environment

16. Hard money is?
Education
Non-renewal resources
Donated to a candidates campaign
Environmental equilibrium

17. What is NOT a way in which business's are regulated?
Reputation
All are stakeholders
All are ways businesses are regulated
They can only sell stock amounting to a 10 M value at a time

18. What is a way in which government interventions in the economy can be beneficial to consumers?
Finding ways to eliminate the opportunities for employees to act unethically
Utilitarianism (focus on considering the benefit & costs & if benefits are greater than costs then action is moral)
Product safety regulations - Import tariffs
When a person or co. trades goods or services in place of money.

19. The EEOC investiges violations of the?
Finding ways to eliminate the opportunities for employees to act unethically
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Economical

20. What would NOT be addressed in a Non-disclosure agreement?
Ethics. Most people felt the program (which charged more for the middle class people) was highly unethical & would not support it.
Donating money to a humanitarian organizaiton for the purchase of blankets
All would be addressed in an NDA
Through PACS

21. What is NOT a conflict of interest?
All are conflicts of interest
Decide the benefits of releasing the software now outweight the costs - & present the product as finished
Philanthropic
Kerr-McGee (plutonium tampering)

22. Oversight refers to?
True statement teleological ethics an actions morality is determined based on its consequences. type of consequentialism.
Diamonds which are sold with the purpose of funding insurrection or war.
Finding ways to eliminate the opportunities for employees to act unethically
Act utilitarianism

23. What would NOT be illegal under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act?
A system of accountability - oversight - & control within the company
Act utilitarianism
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

24. Karen Silkwood is associated with?
If workers were loyal - punctual - & had at least decently efficient they could expect to keep their jobs & perhaps even advance over time.
Kerr-McGee (plutonium tampering)
To lower greenhouse gas emissions
Non-point source contributions

25. What statement is NOT true?
Outsourcing is often criticized however it can have many economic benefits because it allows companies to produce at a lower cost.
Outsourcing is unanimously agreed to be a beneficial process.
The act did all
Money that is donated to political parties for the purpose of party building activities

26. What is the purpose of the WARN Act?
All would be addressed in an NDA
Because Delta & Northwest are not the only airlines there is not way the merge could be considered anticompetitive
It requires employers to give workers notice before mass layoffs so that they can prepare
To lower greenhouse gas emissions

27. A lawyer knows their client is guilty but defends them anyway. This falls under which type of ethics?
Pre-conventional (main goal of a person is survival. justification of actions comes from understanding punishment & reward system)
Ethics. Most people felt the program (which charged more for the middle class people) was highly unethical & would not support it.
Oil spill
Legal

28. The term glass ceiling related to which employer-employee relations issue?
Logos - jingles - & brand names can all be ex. of trademarks
Help developing countries stregthen their economics
Discrimination
A person has the right to remove documents about themselves from government records

29. 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)
Taxes negatively impact efficient economic operations by driving a wedge between businesses & customers. However - they are often necessary
The study of designing more comfortably or easily used equipment
Government regulations are always detrimental because the economy is self-correcting

30. What best describes soft money?
Enquiring about off duty activities
Education
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit
Money that is donated to political parties for the purpose of party building activities

31. What is NOT legally required in management relations with labor unions?
That management agrees to terms set forth by labor unions
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters
To lower greenhouse gas emissions
Pre-conventional (main goal of a person is survival. justification of actions comes from understanding punishment & reward system)

32. A manager implements new safety procedures because they feel obligated to protect the safety of their employees. Which of Kolhbergs stages does this describe?
Illegal drugs (drugs are monitored by DEA)
Stage 5 People act because they feel an obligation to society
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)
Fidiciary

33. Utilitarianism is a type of?
True statement teleological ethics an actions morality is determined based on its consequences. type of consequentialism.
All are examples of corporate espionage
Philanthropic
Consequentialism (considers the consequences of an action & the extent to which they benefit society in determining morality)

34. A noisy withdrawal would be done by?
Universal imperative
Allows an orgin site to send information to a computers browser
Product safety regulations - Import tariffs
Lawyers

35. What is NOT a guideline set forth by Supreme court to be used in creating affirmative action programs?
The primary factor in sexual harassment cases is the intent of the action
All are related to government & business interactions
All are correct guidelines
Civil case (feel their rights have been violated)

36. What does EEOC stand for?
Patriot Act
Facilitating payment
NDA (non-disclosure agreements are legal & binding)
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

37. What is NOT a type of imperative considered under Kantian ethics?
Prevent international trade crisis
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
Universal imperative
Philanthropic

38. Does the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act include grease payments?
Stage 5 People act because they feel an obligation to society
It is unanimously agreed that there is a dire need for it in todays society
No - grease payments are not considered bribes & are therefore not illegal under the FCPA
All are related to government & business interactions

39. What statement BEST describes attitudes toward outsourcing?
A grease payment make things that would normally occur happen at a faster rate
Outsourcing is often criticized however it can have many economic benefits because it allows companies to produce at a lower cost.
All are related to government & business interactions
Decide the benefits of releasing the software now outweight the costs - & present the product as finished

40. What statement is TRUE?
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Sustainable development emphasizes the development of new & innovative technologies to reduce the overuse of natural resources
Money that is donated to political parties for the purpose of party building activities
Stage 4 (people are motivated primarily by authority such as law)

41. What term describes a moral theory which derives morality from actions?
When a person or co. trades goods or services in place of money.
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)
Deontological ethics (claims the morality of an action is determined by the morality of the action itself regardless of the consequences)

42. What is more typical of a values oriented ethical program that a compliance oriented ethics program?
When a person or co. trades goods or services in place of money.
Regulate how a co should manage certain processes that pollute the environment
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
A strong focus on developing core values

43. Protections for workers from workplace hazard are regulated & mandated by what agency?
OSHA
Restore stakeholder confidence in the securities market after a series of scandals in the early 2000s
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)

44. The Dukes vs. Walmart case involves which issue?
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)
Telling the truth because you think it is the right thing to do
Sexual discrimination
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the business)

45. What statement is TRUE?
Laws regulating consumer protection
Deontological ethics (claims the morality of an action is determined by the morality of the action itself regardless of the consequences)
Logos - jingles - & brand names can all be ex. of trademarks
Facilitating payment

46. Noisy withdrawal is?
A move toward equality among all races in issues related to environmental hazards
It is unanimously agreed that there is a dire need for it in todays society
When a lawyer withdraws legal representation for their client & notifies the proper authorities
All are correct guidelines

47. What is a standard that aides companies in improving their environmental practices?
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)
Philanthropic
All are related to government & business interactions
That management agrees to terms set forth by labor unions

48. What is NOT a right outlined in the Privacy Act of 1974?
A person has the right to remove documents about themselves from government records
Universal imperative
Statistical discrimination - Unintentional discrimination
Regulate how a co should manage certain processes that pollute the environment

49. Command & control regulations?
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters
Price cancellation
The primary factor in sexual harassment cases is the intent of the action
Regulate how a co should manage certain processes that pollute the environment

50. What is best ex. of point secure pollution?
Act utilitarianism (called maximizing utility)
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Oil spill
Sexual harassment