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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 term is synonymous with philanthropy?
Altruism (refers to placing the needs of another above oneself)
Corporate intelligence involves legally gathering information about a co. & corporate espionage involves illegally gathering information about a co.
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters

2. What is NOT a way that government can influence businesses?
Consequentialism (considers the consequences of an action & the extent to which they benefit society in determining morality)
An attempt to apply moral & ethical principles to business actions
Through PACS
Ethics. Most people felt the program (which charged more for the middle class people) was highly unethical & would not support it.

3. What would NOT be addressed in a Non-disclosure agreement?
Legal
All would be addressed in an NDA
Pay raises
60 days

4. What type of information is complied to answer a specific question?
Price cancellation
Ad hoc (means for this)
Statistical discrimination - Unintentional discrimination
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the business)

5. 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
The considerations of large co about the well being of society when they make business decisions
KPCS (they work to reduce circulation of conflict diamonds)
No - grease payments are not considered bribes & are therefore not illegal under the FCPA

6. In the case of Watson vs. Fort Worth Bank & Trust the court ruled?
Farming (suitable for agricultural use)
Employers may use subjective considerations for hiring as long as they do not produce a discriminatory environment
Sexual discrimination
Stage 4 (people are motivated primarily by authority such as law)

7. Who has legal responsibility for a company's actions in a corporation?
Act utilitarianism (called maximizing utility)
Economical
Education
Board of Directors

8. What moral theory is NOT consequentialist?
Kantian ethics (is deontological determines morality based on the morality of the action itself)
Outside employment where a person has 2 jobs which conflict with each other
To lower greenhouse gas emissions
That management agrees to terms set forth by labor unions

9. What is NOT true of NAFTA?
Education
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
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters
All are concerns about outsourcing

10. the merger between Delta Air Lines & Northwest Airlines raised concerns about what?
No - grease payments are not considered bribes & are therefore not illegal under the FCPA
Monopolies
Legal
Corporate intelligence involves legally gathering information about a co. & corporate espionage involves illegally gathering information about a co.

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?
All are related to government & business interactions
Outside employment where a person has 2 jobs which conflict with each other
Finding ways to eliminate the opportunities for employees to act unethically
Stage 1 (person most concerned with avoiding punishment)

12. What statement about Corporate Social Responsibility is FALSE?
It is unanimously agreed that there is a dire need for it in todays society
A strong focus on developing core values
Board of Directors
Act utilitarianism (called maximizing utility)

13. What is the purpose of the Kyoto Protocol?
To lower greenhouse gas emissions
Monopolies
Pure Food & Drug Act (in 1906 to force food producing industries to practice sanitation)
Restore stakeholder confidence in the securities market after a series of scandals in the early 2000s

14. A child cleans their room so they will be allowed to go to a friends house. Which of Kohlbergs stages are they in?
Comparable worth
Nepotism (considering the interests of family ahead of what is best for the business)
Stage 4 (people are motivated primarily by authority such as law)
Pre-conventional (main goal of a person is survival. justification of actions comes from understanding punishment & reward system)

15. Implied falsity?
Regulate how a co should manage certain processes that pollute the environment
Taxes negatively impact efficient economic operations by driving a wedge between businesses & customers. However - they are often necessary
Random drug testing of employees is allowed in all cases
Advertising which involves technically true claims which are misleading by nature.

16. Cost benefit considerations would be most typical of what type of ethics?
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
Utilitarianism (focus on considering the benefit & costs & if benefits are greater than costs then action is moral)
A person has the right to remove documents about themselves from government records
Product safety regulations - Import tariffs

17. The purpose of the World Bank is?
Product - Place - Promotion - & Price
Help developing countries stregthen their economics
Discontinue the sale of the textbooks because as a general rule the practice is not unconditional
Through PACS

18. Utilitarianism is a type of?
A person has the right to remove documents about themselves from government records
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the business)
Consequentialism (considers the consequences of an action & the extent to which they benefit society in determining morality)
An attempt to apply moral & ethical principles to business actions

19. Hard money is?
All would be addressed in an NDA
Pure Food & Drug Act (in 1906 to force food producing industries to practice sanitation)
Statistical discrimination - Unintentional discrimination
Donated to a candidates campaign

20. In what situation would an NDA NOT be used?
Price cancellation
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.
Pay raises
An NDA would be appropriate in all situations

21. Protections for workers from workplace hazard are regulated & mandated by what agency?
The primary factor in sexual harassment cases is the intent of the action
OSHA
Help developing countries stregthen their economics
Economical

22. What is the four P's of advertising?
Product safety regulations - Import tariffs
Product - Place - Promotion - & Price
Sexual discrimination
The WTO is governed by a conference of Secretariats with one Secretariat from each country

23. What is a way in which government interventions in the economy can be beneficial to consumers?
Product safety regulations - Import tariffs
Laws regulating consumer protection
Ensure worker safety
Nepotism (considering the interests of family ahead of what is best for the business)

24. The Dukes vs. Walmart case involves which issue?
Environmental equilibrium
They can only sell stock amounting to a 10 M value at a time
Help developing countries stregthen their economics
Sexual discrimination

25. What is NOT a benefit which can come to companies as a result of substainable business practices?
The WTO is governed by a conference of Secretariats with one Secretariat from each country
Non-renewal resources
Allows foreign citizens to bring a citizen of the US to trial in the US
All are possible benefits

26. What is the purpose of the WARN Act?
Hard money
Kerr-McGee (plutonium tampering)
Telling the truth because you think it is the right thing to do
It requires employers to give workers notice before mass layoffs so that they can prepare

27. What is NOT a type of discrimination investigated by the EEOC?
Utilitarianism (focus on considering the benefit & costs & if benefits are greater than costs then action is moral)
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Education
Sexual harassment

28. What type of responsibility is the LEAST regulated?
Allows an orgin site to send information to a computers browser
Philanthropic
Nepotism (considering the interests of family ahead of what is best for the business)
Patriot Act

29. What is NOT a way in which business's are regulated?
A grease payment make things that would normally occur happen at a faster rate
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not
Altruism (refers to placing the needs of another above oneself)
All are ways businesses are regulated

30. What aid employers in keeping information private?
Stage 2 people are concerned with obtaining rewards
NDA (non-disclosure agreements are legal & binding)
All are stakeholders
Outsourcing is unanimously agreed to be a beneficial process.

31. Karen Silkwood is associated with?
Authoritative (leader makes decisions & tells employees what their responsibilities are)
The primary factor in sexual harassment cases is the intent of the action
Kerr-McGee (plutonium tampering)
Sustainable development emphasizes the development of new & innovative technologies to reduce the overuse of natural resources

32. What are conflict diamonds?
Hard money
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)
Diamonds which are sold with the purpose of funding insurrection or war.
Ad hoc (means for this)

33. What would NOT be illegal under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act?
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.
Deontological ethics (claims the morality of an action is determined by the morality of the action itself regardless of the consequences)
Sexual discrimination
If a co. pays a low level official to ensure that their employees receive work visas more quickly than normal

34. What is true about spam?
A move toward equality among all races in issues related to environmental hazards
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc
Non-renewal resources
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

35. If a person owns a cupcake business & works in a cupcake factory - what type of conflict of interest is it considered?
Kantian ethics (is deontological determines morality based on the morality of the action itself)
Outside employment where a person has 2 jobs which conflict with each other
Environmental equilibrium
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.

36. What of the following is TRUE?
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)
Universal imperative
Allows foreign citizens to bring a citizen of the US to trial in the US
Decide the benefits of releasing the software now outweight the costs - & present the product as finished

37. A grease payment can also be called?
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit
Utilitarianism (focus on considering the benefit & costs & if benefits are greater than costs then action is moral)
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Facilitating payment

38. What statement best describes the difference between corporate intelligence & corpirate espionage?
All are possible benefits
Corporate intelligence involves legally gathering information about a co. & corporate espionage involves illegally gathering information about a co.
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
Stage 2 people are concerned with obtaining rewards

39. OSHA was created to?
The act did all
Pure Food & Drug Act (in 1906 to force food producing industries to practice sanitation)
Universal Ethics Protocol organization
Ensure worker safety

40. If a person were to sue a co. for not fulfilling a contractual obligation it would be?
KPCS (they work to reduce circulation of conflict diamonds)
Kantian ethics (is deontological determines morality based on the morality of the action itself)
Random drug testing of employees is allowed in all cases
Civil case (feel their rights have been violated)

41. What is NOT a regulation for insiders trading stock?
Sustainable development emphasizes the development of new & innovative technologies to reduce the overuse of natural resources
Lawyers
It is unanimously agreed that there is a dire need for it in todays society
They can only sell stock amounting to a 10 M value at a time

42. What best describes soft money?
Money that is donated to political parties for the purpose of party building activities
Product safety regulations - Import tariffs
An NDA would be appropriate in all situations
A grease payment make things that would normally occur happen at a faster rate

43. Lobbying is?
Stage 5 People act because they feel an obligation to society
True statement teleological ethics an actions morality is determined based on its consequences. type of consequentialism.
Meeting with senators - representative - staff members or other important people to persuade them to vote how you wish them to
Employers may use subjective considerations for hiring as long as they do not produce a discriminatory environment

44. The term quid pro quo related to what issue?
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
Pay raises
Sexual harassment
Authoritative (leader makes decisions & tells employees what their responsibilities are)

45. Arable land is used for?
An NDA would be appropriate in all situations
A person has the right to remove documents about themselves from government records
Farming (suitable for agricultural use)
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit

46. An ombudsman is?
An intermediary who investigates complaints against a group
Pure Food & Drug Act (in 1906 to force food producing industries to practice sanitation)
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
Regulate how a co should manage certain processes that pollute the environment

47. 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
Through PACS
Immanuel Kant
Discontinue the sale of the textbooks because as a general rule the practice is not unconditional

48. What is NOT an agency responsible for protecting workers health?
KPCS (they work to reduce circulation of conflict diamonds)
Universal Ethics Protocol organization
Telling the truth because you think it is the right thing to do
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

49. What moral theory considers the action resulting in the greatest benefit to all people as the most moral action?
Act utilitarianism (called maximizing utility)
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc
Allows foreign citizens to bring a citizen of the US to trial in the US
Economical

50. What is NOT an unethical pricing strategy?
KPCS (they work to reduce circulation of conflict diamonds)
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Outsourcing is unanimously agreed to be a beneficial process.
Price cancellation