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DSST Business Ethics And Society

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1. What is NOT true of the WTO?
All are conflicts of interest
Corporate intelligence involves legally gathering information about a co. & corporate espionage involves illegally gathering information about a co.
Laws regulating consumer protection
The WTO is governed by a conference of Secretariats with one Secretariat from each country

2. The Fair Labor Standards Act?
Sets forth standards for management in relations with labor unions
All are correct guidelines
Act utilitarianism (called maximizing utility)
Regulate how a co should manage certain processes that pollute the environment

3. Who is best known for creating the categorical imperative?
They can only sell stock amounting to a 10 M value at a time
Immanuel Kant
If workers were loyal - punctual - & had at least decently efficient they could expect to keep their jobs & perhaps even advance over time.
All would be addressed in an NDA

4. What statement is FALSE about merger between Delta Air Lines & Northwest Airlines in 2008?
The only ethical regulation s businesses follow are mandated by the government
Because Delta & Northwest are not the only airlines there is not way the merge could be considered anticompetitive
Pre-conventional (main goal of a person is survival. justification of actions comes from understanding punishment & reward system)
Act utilitarianism (called maximizing utility)

5. What moral theory is NOT consequentialist?
Finding ways to eliminate the opportunities for employees to act unethically
Post conventional (person is ruled by conscience instead of society)
Kantian ethics (is deontological determines morality based on the morality of the action itself)
Ethical relativism (no universal set of moral they are determined by the state & opinion in which one lives)

6. If people object to something being built near their homes it is referred to as?
Employers may use subjective considerations for hiring as long as they do not produce a discriminatory environment
NIMBY (not in my backyard)
Comparable worth
Ad hoc (means for this)

7. What statement BEST describes attitudes toward outsourcing?
Comparable worth
Outsourcing is often criticized however it can have many economic benefits because it allows companies to produce at a lower cost.
Stage 1 (person most concerned with avoiding punishment)
All are ways businesses are regulated

8. What best describes soft money?
Non-renewal resources
Money that is donated to political parties for the purpose of party building activities
Post conventional (person is ruled by conscience instead of society)
Diamonds which are sold with the purpose of funding insurrection or war.

9. A virus is?
Ensure worker safety
Ethical egosim (states if it benefits the person then it is the right thing to do)
Money that is donated to political parties for the purpose of party building activities
A piece of code which spreads from computer to computer & can disrupt computer functions.

10. What is the responsibility of the FDA?
To ensure & protect public health & safety
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit
All are related to government & business interactions
Hard money

11. The Kimberley Process Certification Scheme was created to stop the circulation of?
Deontological ethics (claims the morality of an action is determined by the morality of the action itself regardless of the consequences)
Conflict diamonds
Donated to a candidates campaign
Donating money to a humanitarian organizaiton for the purchase of blankets

12. What situation would be considered moral under Kantian theory?
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Immanuel Kant
Telling the truth because you think it is the right thing to do
The only ethical regulation s businesses follow are mandated by the government

13. Why did Supreme Court rule in favor of Walmart in the case of Dukes vs Walmart?
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
Allows an orgin site to send information to a computers browser
Democratic leadership style
Because Dukes could not proves all women employees faced discrimination practices

14. What agency does not relate in some manner to international trade?
Universal imperative
EEOC (has to do with employment in US)
If a co. pays a low level official to ensure that their employees receive work visas more quickly than normal
Kantian ethics (is deontological determines morality based on the morality of the action itself)

15. What BEST describes affirmative action?
To ensure & protect public health & safety
Although video surveillance is essentially unrestricted there are limits to an employers use of audio surveillance
Any program which seeks to reverse the effects of any form of discrimination
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.

16. The intent of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act was to?
Stage 2 people are concerned with obtaining rewards
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.
The act did all
Restore stakeholder confidence in the securities market after a series of scandals in the early 2000s

17. What statement best describes the difference between corporate intelligence & corpirate espionage?
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)
Corporate intelligence involves legally gathering information about a co. & corporate espionage involves illegally gathering information about a co.
Farming (suitable for agricultural use)
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)

18. What is NOT a regulation for insiders trading stock?
They can only sell stock amounting to a 10 M value at a time
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
Ensure worker safety
The act did all

19. 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)
KPCS (they work to reduce circulation of conflict diamonds)
Taxes negatively impact efficient economic operations by driving a wedge between businesses & customers. However - they are often necessary
Regulate how a co should manage certain processes that pollute the environment

20. Karen Silkwood is associated with?
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
Price cancellation
Kerr-McGee (plutonium tampering)

21. What is a way in which government interventions in the economy can be beneficial to consumers?
Pre-conventional (main goal of a person is survival. justification of actions comes from understanding punishment & reward system)
Product safety regulations - Import tariffs
Authoritative (leader makes decisions & tells employees what their responsibilities are)
Non-renewal resources

22. A conflict of interest?
Monopolies
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.
Legal
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit

23. If a person owns a cupcake business & works in a cupcake factory - what type of conflict of interest is it considered?
Philanthropic
Outside employment where a person has 2 jobs which conflict with each other
Because Delta & Northwest are not the only airlines there is not way the merge could be considered anticompetitive
It is unanimously agreed that there is a dire need for it in todays society

24. What is NOT a way that government can influence businesses?
Through PACS
Meeting with senators - representative - staff members or other important people to persuade them to vote how you wish them to
The act did all
Pre-conventional (main goal of a person is survival. justification of actions comes from understanding punishment & reward system)

25. A person is given the opportunity to volunteer at local food bank. They consider the other things they could do with that time. Decide to do volunteer work. What type of ethical theory does their thought process & decision follow?
Meeting with senators - representative - staff members or other important people to persuade them to vote how you wish them to
Act utilitarianism
Pump & dump
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

26. Business ethics is?
All are related to government & business interactions
Corporate intelligence involves legally gathering information about a co. & corporate espionage involves illegally gathering information about a co.
An attempt to apply moral & ethical principles to business actions
It is unanimously agreed that there is a dire need for it in todays society

27. Noisy withdrawal is?
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)
An attempt to apply moral & ethical principles to business actions
When a lawyer withdraws legal representation for their client & notifies the proper authorities
Stage 1 (person most concerned with avoiding punishment)

28. Which co was NOT implicated in the early 2000s?
Taxes negatively impact efficient economic operations by driving a wedge between businesses & customers. However - they are often necessary
All were implicated in scandals (Enron - Coca-Cola - Tyco International)
If workers were loyal - punctual - & had at least decently efficient they could expect to keep their jobs & perhaps even advance over time.
Because Dukes could not proves all women employees faced discrimination practices

29. What correctly describes the legality of camera surveillance methods in a workplace?
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
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)
Pay raises
Although video surveillance is essentially unrestricted there are limits to an employers use of audio surveillance

30. Ethical & philanthropic responsibilities are important in building?
Donating money to a humanitarian organizaiton for the purchase of blankets
Illegal drugs (drugs are monitored by DEA)
Reputation
An attempt to apply moral & ethical principles to business actions

31. 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?
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
OSHA
Post conventional (person is ruled by conscience instead of society)

32. Considered from an ethical standpoint - MNCs should?
To ensure & protect public health & safety
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not
Democratic leadership style
Consequentialism (considers the consequences of an action & the extent to which they benefit society in determining morality)

33. What statement is NOT true?
Ad hoc (means for this)
Restore stakeholder confidence in the securities market after a series of scandals in the early 2000s
Outsourcing is unanimously agreed to be a beneficial process.
Ethical egosim (states if it benefits the person then it is the right thing to do)

34. Ergonomics is?
The study of designing more comfortably or easily used equipment
If workers were loyal - punctual - & had at least decently efficient they could expect to keep their jobs & perhaps even advance over time.
True statement teleological ethics an actions morality is determined based on its consequences. type of consequentialism.
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters

35. The Dukes vs. Walmart case involves which issue?
Sexual discrimination
Ethical relativism (no universal set of moral they are determined by the state & opinion in which one lives)
Immanuel Kant
Pump & dump

36. What is NOT related to the interactions that occur between government & business?
Stage 1 (person most concerned with avoiding punishment)
All would be addressed in an NDA
All are related to government & business interactions
Outsourcing is often criticized however it can have many economic benefits because it allows companies to produce at a lower cost.

37. What is regulated by FDA?
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.
Outsourcing is often criticized however it can have many economic benefits because it allows companies to produce at a lower cost.
Sustainable development emphasizes the development of new & innovative technologies to reduce the overuse of natural resources
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)

38. What type of information is complied to answer a specific question?
Philanthropic
Outsourcing is unanimously agreed to be a beneficial process.
Oil spill
Ad hoc (means for this)

39. What is environmental justice?
A move toward equality among all races in issues related to environmental hazards
All are related to government & business interactions
Fidiciary
All are correct guidelines

40. What statement is TRUE?
Fidiciary
OSHA
Reputation
Taxes negatively impact efficient economic operations by driving a wedge between businesses & customers. However - they are often necessary

41. Arable land is used for?
Universal imperative
Stage 2 people are concerned with obtaining rewards
Farming (suitable for agricultural use)
The WTO is governed by a conference of Secretariats with one Secretariat from each country

42. What is best ex. of point secure pollution?
A grease payment make things that would normally occur happen at a faster rate
Hard money
Oil spill
Allows an orgin site to send information to a computers browser

43. OSHA was created to?
Board of Directors
They can only sell stock amounting to a 10 M value at a time
Ensure worker safety
Hard money

44. What statement is TRUE?
A grease payment make things that would normally occur happen at a faster rate
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 ways businesses are regulated
Advertising which involves technically true claims which are misleading by nature.

45. A stable state economy is in a state of?
The WTO is governed by a conference of Secretariats with one Secretariat from each country
To ensure & protect public health & safety
Environmental equilibrium
Logos - jingles - & brand names can all be ex. of trademarks

46. 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?
Pre-conventional (main goal of a person is survival. justification of actions comes from understanding punishment & reward system)
Discontinue the sale of the textbooks because as a general rule the practice is not unconditional
Enquiring about off duty activities
Stage 4 (people are motivated primarily by authority such as law)

47. A cookie?
The only ethical regulation s businesses follow are mandated by the government
Reputation
Outsourcing is often criticized however it can have many economic benefits because it allows companies to produce at a lower cost.
Allows an orgin site to send information to a computers browser

48. In the case of Watson vs. Fort Worth Bank & Trust the court ruled?
Employers may use subjective considerations for hiring as long as they do not produce a discriminatory environment
An NDA would be appropriate in all situations
All would be addressed in an NDA
Non-point source contributions

49. What are conflict diamonds?
Legal
Post conventional (person is ruled by conscience instead of society)
Diamonds which are sold with the purpose of funding insurrection or war.
A person has the right to remove documents about themselves from government records

50. A manager implements new safety procedures because they feel obligated to protect the safety of their employees. Which of Kolhbergs stages does this describe?
It is unanimously agreed that there is a dire need for it in todays society
Price cancellation
Stage 5 People act because they feel an obligation to society
All would be addressed in an NDA