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DSST Business Ethics And Society

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1. Which co was NOT implicated in the early 2000s?
Authoritative (leader makes decisions & tells employees what their responsibilities are)
If a co. pays a low level official to ensure that their employees receive work visas more quickly than normal
All were implicated in scandals (Enron - Coca-Cola - Tyco International)
Outsourcing is often criticized however it can have many economic benefits because it allows companies to produce at a lower cost.

2. A child cleans their room so they will be allowed to go to a friends house. Which of Kohlbergs stages are they in?
Misstating financial statements
Pre-conventional (main goal of a person is survival. justification of actions comes from understanding punishment & reward system)
Illegal drugs (drugs are monitored by DEA)
Discrimination

3. A stable state economy is in a state of?
Environmental equilibrium
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not
Statistical discrimination - Unintentional discrimination
The considerations of large co about the well being of society when they make business decisions

4. Business ethics is?
When a lawyer withdraws legal representation for their client & notifies the proper authorities
The considerations of large co about the well being of society when they make business decisions
An attempt to apply moral & ethical principles to business actions
All would be addressed in an NDA

5. What is NOT a type of discrimination investigated by the EEOC?
Ensure worker safety
Education
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters
An intermediary who investigates complaints against a group

6. Which act makes it illegal for US citizens to participate in bribes?
Environmental equilibrium
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
Environmental equilibrium
Advertising which involves technically true claims which are misleading by nature.

7. What is NOT an agency responsible for protecting workers health?
Sets forth standards for management in relations with labor unions
KPCS (they work to reduce circulation of conflict diamonds)
Stage 2 people are concerned with obtaining rewards
The study of designing more comfortably or easily used equipment

8. An ombudsman is?
An intermediary who investigates complaints against a group
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit
True statement teleological ethics an actions morality is determined based on its consequences. type of consequentialism.
Universal imperative

9. What is more typical of a values oriented ethical program that a compliance oriented ethics program?
All are possible benefits
A piece of code which spreads from computer to computer & can disrupt computer functions.
All are ways businesses are regulated
A strong focus on developing core values

10. What is the purpose of the WARN Act?
Environmental equilibrium
Outsourcing is often criticized however it can have many economic benefits because it allows companies to produce at a lower cost.
It requires employers to give workers notice before mass layoffs so that they can prepare
Advertising which involves technically true claims which are misleading by nature.

11. What did the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act NOT do?
Stage 1 (person most concerned with avoiding punishment)
Altruism (refers to placing the needs of another above oneself)
The act did all
Goodwill (good reputation makes co. worth more)

12. If a resource is used at the same rate at which it can be replenished it is describes as?
No - grease payments are not considered bribes & are therefore not illegal under the FCPA
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters
Pay raises
Environmental equilibrium

13. Ethical & philanthropic responsibilities are important in building?
Reputation
Restore stakeholder confidence in the securities market after a series of scandals in the early 2000s
KPCS (they work to reduce circulation of conflict diamonds)
Kerr-McGee (plutonium tampering)

14. Who has legal responsibility for a company's actions in a corporation?
Facilitating payment
Meeting with senators - representative - staff members or other important people to persuade them to vote how you wish them to
Board of Directors
EEOC (has to do with employment in US)

15. Lobbying is?
That management agrees to terms set forth by labor unions
Prevent international trade crisis
Meeting with senators - representative - staff members or other important people to persuade them to vote how you wish them to
Decide the benefits of releasing the software now outweight the costs - & present the product as finished

16. 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?
Act utilitarianism
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Discrimination
Post conventional (person is ruled by conscience instead of society)

17. What is NOT a form of marketing fraud?
Misstating financial statements
Finding ways to eliminate the opportunities for employees to act unethically
It is unanimously agreed that there is a dire need for it in todays society
Product safety regulations - Import tariffs

18. the merger between Delta Air Lines & Northwest Airlines raised concerns about what?
Discrimination
The considerations of large co about the well being of society when they make business decisions
Taxes negatively impact efficient economic operations by driving a wedge between businesses & customers. However - they are often necessary
Monopolies

19. What is NOT a reason clinton's attempt at healthcare reform in the early 1990s failed?
All are related to government & business interactions
Goodwill (good reputation makes co. worth more)
Ethics. Most people felt the program (which charged more for the middle class people) was highly unethical & would not support it.
KPCS (they work to reduce circulation of conflict diamonds)

20. What is NOT a rule for creating maxims under Kantian ethics?
Because Delta & Northwest are not the only airlines there is not way the merge could be considered anticompetitive
Ensure worker safety
Ad hoc (means for this)
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)

21. Why did Supreme Court rule in favor of Walmart in the case of Dukes vs Walmart?
Outside employment where a person has 2 jobs which conflict with each other
Because Dukes could not proves all women employees faced discrimination practices
To lower greenhouse gas emissions
Philanthropic

22. What term is synonymous with philanthropy?
Sexual harassment
Altruism (refers to placing the needs of another above oneself)
KPCS (they work to reduce circulation of conflict diamonds)
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)

23. 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?
Pump & dump
All were implicated in scandals (Enron - Coca-Cola - Tyco International)
Oil spill
A system of accountability - oversight - & control within the company

24. What statement BEST describes attitudes toward outsourcing?
Outsourcing is often criticized however it can have many economic benefits because it allows companies to produce at a lower cost.
Education
Misstating financial statements
Authoritative (leader makes decisions & tells employees what their responsibilities are)

25. The Tyco scandal is associated with which ACT?
Pure Food & Drug Act (in 1906 to force food producing industries to practice sanitation)
Philanthropic
Universal Ethics Protocol organization
Sarbanes-Oxley Act

26. A noisy withdrawal would be done by?
A strong focus on developing core values
Lawyers
Decide the benefits of releasing the software now outweight the costs - & present the product as finished
Sarbanes-Oxley Act

27. What statement would be the most correct under a classical view of business?
Act utilitarianism (called maximizing utility)
Regulate how a co should manage certain processes that pollute the environment
When a person or co. trades goods or services in place of money.
Government regulations are always detrimental because the economy is self-correcting

28. Cost benefit considerations would be most typical of what type of ethics?
Pure Food & Drug Act (in 1906 to force food producing industries to practice sanitation)
Stage 1 (person most concerned with avoiding punishment)
Employers may use subjective considerations for hiring as long as they do not produce a discriminatory environment
Utilitarianism (focus on considering the benefit & costs & if benefits are greater than costs then action is moral)

29. 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?
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
An intermediary who investigates complaints against a group
Discontinue the sale of the textbooks because as a general rule the practice is not unconditional
OSHA

30. What statement is TRUE?
Taxes negatively impact efficient economic operations by driving a wedge between businesses & customers. However - they are often necessary
A grease payment make things that would normally occur happen at a faster rate
An NDA would be appropriate in all situations
Utilitarianism (focus on considering the benefit & costs & if benefits are greater than costs then action is moral)

31. Fossil fuels are?
Non-renewal resources
Ad hoc (means for this)
Economical
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not

32. What group would not be considered a stakeholder?
Decide the benefits of releasing the software now outweight the costs - & present the product as finished
All are stakeholders
All are conflicts of interest
An intermediary who investigates complaints against a group

33. What best describes rule utilitarianism?
Environmental equilibrium
That management agrees to terms set forth by labor unions
Ensure worker safety
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

34. What moral theory is NOT consequentialist?
Comparable worth
If a co. pays a low level official to ensure that their employees receive work visas more quickly than normal
To lower greenhouse gas emissions
Kantian ethics (is deontological determines morality based on the morality of the action itself)

35. The origins of the FDA can be traces to what ACT?
Pure Food & Drug Act (in 1906 to force food producing industries to practice sanitation)
All are ways businesses are regulated
Prevent international trade crisis
A move toward equality among all races in issues related to environmental hazards

36. What is NOT true of NAFTA?
Ethical egosim (states if it benefits the person then it is the right thing to do)
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters
The considerations of large co about the well being of society when they make business decisions
An intermediary who investigates complaints against a group

37. Hard money is?
OSHA
Outside employment where a person has 2 jobs which conflict with each other
Donated to a candidates campaign
Product - Place - Promotion - & Price

38. Corporate governance?
Product safety regulations - Import tariffs
Fidiciary
A system of accountability - oversight - & control within the company
It is unanimously agreed that there is a dire need for it in todays society

39. What would NOT be addressed in a Non-disclosure agreement?
All would be addressed in an NDA
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters
Comparable worth
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

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
All are concerns about outsourcing
EEOC (has to do with employment in US)
The only ethical regulation s businesses follow are mandated by the government

41. What is true about spam?
All are related to government & business interactions
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
EEOC (has to do with employment in US)
Sustainable development emphasizes the development of new & innovative technologies to reduce the overuse of natural resources

42. What are conflict diamonds?
Civil case (feel their rights have been violated)
An NDA would be appropriate in all situations
Philanthropic
Diamonds which are sold with the purpose of funding insurrection or war.

43. Business with a mindset of the customer is always right often find themselves subject to more of which type of fraud?
The act did all
A system of accountability - oversight - & control within the company
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the business)
Because Dukes could not proves all women employees faced discrimination practices

44. What is NOT a result of a shift to the new social contract?
All are related to government & business interactions
Donating money to a humanitarian organizaiton for the purchase of blankets
Pay raises
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters

45. A cookie?
NIMBY (not in my backyard)
Allows an orgin site to send information to a computers browser
Telling the truth because you think it is the right thing to do
Stage 4 (people are motivated primarily by authority such as law)

46. What is NOT an example of how corporate espionage can occur?
All are examples of corporate espionage
EEOC (has to do with employment in US)
Misstating financial statements
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters

47. What BEST describes affirmative action?
Any program which seeks to reverse the effects of any form of discrimination
Outsourcing is unanimously agreed to be a beneficial process.
Donated to a candidates campaign
Logos - jingles - & brand names can all be ex. of trademarks

48. The Alien Tort Claims Act?
Monopolies
Allows foreign citizens to bring a citizen of the US to trial in the US
It is unanimously agreed that there is a dire need for it in todays society
Board of Directors

49. According to teleological ethics an action's morality is determined based on its consequences?
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
When a lawyer withdraws legal representation for their client & notifies the proper authorities
It requires employers to give workers notice before mass layoffs so that they can prepare
True statement teleological ethics an actions morality is determined based on its consequences. type of consequentialism.

50. What type of responsibility is the LEAST regulated?
Discrimination
Fidiciary
Sets forth standards for management in relations with labor unions
Philanthropic

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