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DSST Business Ethics And Society

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1. What situation would be considered moral under Kantian theory?
Comparable worth
Pure Food & Drug Act (in 1906 to force food producing industries to practice sanitation)
Price cancellation
Telling the truth because you think it is the right thing to do

2. What is NOT regulated by the FDA?
Illegal drugs (drugs are monitored by DEA)
Fidiciary
The only ethical regulation s businesses follow are mandated by the government
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

3. What is NOT a benefit which can come to companies as a result of substainable business practices?
Because Delta & Northwest are not the only airlines there is not way the merge could be considered anticompetitive
Non-point source contributions
All are possible benefits
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.

4. Does the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act include grease payments?
To ensure & protect public health & safety
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)
When a lawyer withdraws legal representation for their client & notifies the proper authorities
No - grease payments are not considered bribes & are therefore not illegal under the FCPA

5. What statement is NOT true?
A system of accountability - oversight - & control within the company
Outsourcing is unanimously agreed to be a beneficial process.
Dumpster diving
All are concerns about outsourcing

6. What is NOT a type of imperative considered under Kantian ethics?
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not
Universal imperative
A grease payment make things that would normally occur happen at a faster rate

7. What is NOT a regulation for insiders trading stock?
Facilitating payment
A strong focus on developing core values
Donated to a candidates campaign
They can only sell stock amounting to a 10 M value at a time

8. Hiring family members would be considered which type of conflict of interest?
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)
Pure Food & Drug Act (in 1906 to force food producing industries to practice sanitation)
Nepotism (considering the interests of family ahead of what is best for the business)
Corporate intelligence involves legally gathering information about a co. & corporate espionage involves illegally gathering information about a co.

9. What is the four P's of advertising?
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
NDA (non-disclosure agreements are legal & binding)
A piece of code which spreads from computer to computer & can disrupt computer functions.
Product - Place - Promotion - & Price

10. What statement is FALSE?
Universal Ethics Protocol organization
Random drug testing of employees is allowed in all cases
Post conventional (person is ruled by conscience instead of society)
Act utilitarianism

11. An employer who posted a list of weekly resonsibilities for employees to fulfill would best be described by which leadership style?
Advertising which involves technically true claims which are misleading by nature.
Prevent international trade crisis
Authoritative (leader makes decisions & tells employees what their responsibilities are)
True statement teleological ethics an actions morality is determined based on its consequences. type of consequentialism.

12. What is NOT related to the interactions that occur between government & business?
Dumpster diving
Because Dukes could not proves all women employees faced discrimination practices
The WTO is governed by a conference of Secretariats with one Secretariat from each country
All are related to government & business interactions

13. What is NOT a result of a shift to the new social contract?
Enquiring about off duty activities
Pay raises
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc
Education

14. A cookie?
Diamonds which are sold with the purpose of funding insurrection or war.
Allows an orgin site to send information to a computers browser
Post conventional (person is ruled by conscience instead of society)
All are conflicts of interest

15. What best describes in kind contribution?
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not
Stage 5 People act because they feel an obligation to society
When a person or co. trades goods or services in place of money.
Pay raises

16. A noisy withdrawal would be done by?
Sustainable development emphasizes the development of new & innovative technologies to reduce the overuse of natural resources
Stage 1 (person most concerned with avoiding punishment)
Lawyers
Ethical egosim (states if it benefits the person then it is the right thing to do)

17. A lawyer knows their client is guilty but defends them anyway. This falls under which type of ethics?
Farming (suitable for agricultural use)
Legal
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit
If workers were loyal - punctual - & had at least decently efficient they could expect to keep their jobs & perhaps even advance over time.

18. What is NOT a way that government can influence businesses?
That management agrees to terms set forth by labor unions
Through PACS
Corporate intelligence involves legally gathering information about a co. & corporate espionage involves illegally gathering information about a co.
All would be addressed in an NDA

19. What are conflict diamonds?
No - grease payments are not considered bribes & are therefore not illegal under the FCPA
NIMBY (not in my backyard)
Diamonds which are sold with the purpose of funding insurrection or war.
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters

20. What is NOT a type of loophole that developed in response to limitations placed on hard money contributions?
Non-point source contributions
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
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.
A strong focus on developing core values

21. 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
Outsourcing is often criticized however it can have many economic benefits because it allows companies to produce at a lower cost.
Decide the benefits of releasing the software now outweight the costs - & present the product as finished
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
Regulate how a co should manage certain processes that pollute the environment

22. What would NOT be addressed in a Non-disclosure agreement?
Random drug testing of employees is allowed in all cases
Price cancellation
All would be addressed in an NDA
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit

23. A business practices underhanded accounting practices to raise stock prices & make money. Which type of ethics does this fall under?
All would be addressed in an NDA
NIMBY (not in my backyard)
The considerations of large co about the well being of society when they make business decisions
Economical

24. Business with a mindset of the customer is always right often find themselves subject to more of which type of fraud?
Statistical discrimination - Unintentional discrimination
Pre-conventional (main goal of a person is survival. justification of actions comes from understanding punishment & reward system)
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the business)
All are ways businesses are regulated

25. If a person were to sue a co. for not fulfilling a contractual obligation it would be?
Pre-conventional (main goal of a person is survival. justification of actions comes from understanding punishment & reward system)
That management agrees to terms set forth by labor unions
Civil case (feel their rights have been violated)
Government regulations are always detrimental because the economy is self-correcting

26. What statement is TRUE?
60 days
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.
Universal Ethics Protocol organization
Ad hoc (means for this)

27. What BEST describes the old social contract?
Decide the benefits of releasing the software now outweight the costs - & present the product as finished
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)
A system of accountability - oversight - & control within the company
If workers were loyal - punctual - & had at least decently efficient they could expect to keep their jobs & perhaps even advance over time.

28. What statement about Corporate Social Responsibility is FALSE?
When a person or co. trades goods or services in place of money.
Employers may use subjective considerations for hiring as long as they do not produce a discriminatory environment
If workers were loyal - punctual - & had at least decently efficient they could expect to keep their jobs & perhaps even advance over time.
It is unanimously agreed that there is a dire need for it in todays society

29. What is the purpose of the WARN Act?
Ethics. Most people felt the program (which charged more for the middle class people) was highly unethical & would not support it.
It requires employers to give workers notice before mass layoffs so that they can prepare
The considerations of large co about the well being of society when they make business decisions
Universal Ethics Protocol organization

30. What is the stakeholder model of corporate governance?
Civil Rights Act of 1964
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
Help developing countries stregthen their economics
An intermediary who investigates complaints against a group

31. Command & control regulations?
Regulate how a co should manage certain processes that pollute the environment
Laws regulating consumer protection
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
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)

32. Lobbying is?
Meeting with senators - representative - staff members or other important people to persuade them to vote how you wish them to
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
An NDA would be appropriate in all situations
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)

33. The perceived 'us' vs. 'them' mentality that emerges when doing business with different cultures is referred to?
Stage 1 (person most concerned with avoiding punishment)
Stage 5 People act because they feel an obligation to society
All are correct guidelines
Self reference criterion

34. How many days of notice does the WARN Act require employers to give employees?
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.
Board of Directors
Non-renewal resources
60 days

35. Corporate governance?
Sexual discrimination
Discrimination
Patriot Act
A system of accountability - oversight - & control within the company

36. What is NOT a reason clinton's attempt at healthcare reform in the early 1990s failed?
Help developing countries stregthen their economics
All are related to government & business interactions
Ethics. Most people felt the program (which charged more for the middle class people) was highly unethical & would not support it.
Kantian ethics (is deontological determines morality based on the morality of the action itself)

37. What statement BEST describes attitudes toward outsourcing?
A strong focus on developing core values
Enquiring about off duty activities
Outsourcing is often criticized however it can have many economic benefits because it allows companies to produce at a lower cost.
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

38. What is true about spam?
Education
Reputation
Democratic leadership style
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

39. What is a standard that aides companies in improving their environmental practices?
Comparable worth
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)
Enquiring about off duty activities
Finding ways to eliminate the opportunities for employees to act unethically

40. The intent of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act was to?
Restore stakeholder confidence in the securities market after a series of scandals in the early 2000s
Nepotism (considering the interests of family ahead of what is best for the business)
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)

41. What is NOT a type of discrimination investigated by the EEOC?
Allows an orgin site to send information to a computers browser
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)
Education
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.

42. The EEOC investiges violations of the?
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Because Dukes could not proves all women employees faced discrimination practices
Patriot Act

43. 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?
Product - Place - Promotion - & Price
If a co. pays a low level official to ensure that their employees receive work visas more quickly than normal
Discontinue the sale of the textbooks because as a general rule the practice is not unconditional
When a person or co. trades goods or services in place of money.

44. Considered from an ethical standpoint - MNCs should?
Outsourcing is often criticized however it can have many economic benefits because it allows companies to produce at a lower cost.
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not
Outside employment where a person has 2 jobs which conflict with each other
Finding ways to eliminate the opportunities for employees to act unethically

45. What is NOT a guideline set forth by Supreme court to be used in creating affirmative action programs?
All are correct guidelines
When a lawyer withdraws legal representation for their client & notifies the proper authorities
All are related to government & business interactions
Deontological ethics (claims the morality of an action is determined by the morality of the action itself regardless of the consequences)

46. Fossil fuels are?
Non-renewal resources
All were implicated in scandals (Enron - Coca-Cola - Tyco International)
Sustainable development emphasizes the development of new & innovative technologies to reduce the overuse of natural resources
A piece of code which spreads from computer to computer & can disrupt computer functions.

47. The origins of the FDA can be traces to what ACT?
Pump & dump
Pure Food & Drug Act (in 1906 to force food producing industries to practice sanitation)
Universal imperative
Education

48. A conflict of interest?
Universal imperative
Taxes negatively impact efficient economic operations by driving a wedge between businesses & customers. However - they are often necessary
Conflict diamonds
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit

49. What is NOT concern relative to outsourcing?
Help developing countries stregthen their economics
Price cancellation
All would be addressed in an NDA
All are concerns about outsourcing

50. What is NOT illegal?
Nepotism (considering the interests of family ahead of what is best for the business)
Pre-conventional (main goal of a person is survival. justification of actions comes from understanding punishment & reward system)
Ensure worker safety
Statistical discrimination - Unintentional discrimination