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DSST Business Ethics And Society

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1. What agency does not relate in some manner to international trade?
EEOC (has to do with employment in US)
The study of designing more comfortably or easily used equipment
NDA (non-disclosure agreements are legal & binding)
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the business)

2. Implied falsity?
If a co. pays a low level official to ensure that their employees receive work visas more quickly than normal
Taxes negatively impact efficient economic operations by driving a wedge between businesses & customers. However - they are often necessary
Ad hoc (means for this)
Advertising which involves technically true claims which are misleading by nature.

3. What is NOT a guideline set forth by Supreme court to be used in creating affirmative action programs?
Dumpster diving
All are correct guidelines
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)
NIMBY (not in my backyard)

4. The origins of the FDA can be traces to what ACT?
Economical
Dumpster diving
Regulate how a co should manage certain processes that pollute the environment
Pure Food & Drug Act (in 1906 to force food producing industries to practice sanitation)

5. A stable state economy is in a state of?
Civil case (feel their rights have been violated)
Prevent international trade crisis
Environmental equilibrium
An intermediary who investigates complaints against a group

6. What statement is NOT true?
Donated to a candidates campaign
Patriot Act
Outsourcing is unanimously agreed to be a beneficial process.
Advertising which involves technically true claims which are misleading by nature.

7. What is NOT an unethical pricing strategy?
OSHA
Logos - jingles - & brand names can all be ex. of trademarks
Price cancellation
All are concerns about outsourcing

8. What statement is TRUE?
Legal
Government regulations are always detrimental because the economy is self-correcting
Facilitating payment
Logos - jingles - & brand names can all be ex. of trademarks

9. What is the four P's of advertising?
All are examples of corporate espionage
Environmental equilibrium
The primary factor in sexual harassment cases is the intent of the action
Product - Place - Promotion - & Price

10. The CEO of a co works to raise stock prices because they will get a bonus if the stock prices increases by a certain %. Which of Kohlberg's stages are they in?
OSHA
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc
Stage 2 people are concerned with obtaining rewards
Stage 1 (person most concerned with avoiding punishment)

11. The FTC was created to monitor which type of regulation?
All are ways businesses are regulated
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc
It requires employers to give workers notice before mass layoffs so that they can prepare
Laws regulating consumer protection

12. What is NOT a rule for creating maxims under Kantian ethics?
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit
Product safety regulations - Import tariffs
To lower greenhouse gas emissions

13. What of the following is TRUE?
Environmental equilibrium
Outsourcing is unanimously agreed to be a beneficial process.
True statement teleological ethics an actions morality is determined based on its consequences. type of consequentialism.
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)

14. What is NOT a reason clinton's attempt at healthcare reform in the early 1990s failed?
When a person or co. trades goods or services in place of money.
Environmental equilibrium
Ethics. Most people felt the program (which charged more for the middle class people) was highly unethical & would not support it.
Farming (suitable for agricultural use)

15. What is the purpose of the WARN Act?
Civil Rights Act of 1964
It is unanimously agreed that there is a dire need for it in todays society
The study of designing more comfortably or easily used equipment
It requires employers to give workers notice before mass layoffs so that they can prepare

16. The term glass ceiling related to which employer-employee relations issue?
Consequentialism (considers the consequences of an action & the extent to which they benefit society in determining morality)
Discrimination
Facilitating payment
Outsourcing is often criticized however it can have many economic benefits because it allows companies to produce at a lower cost.

17. The Dukes vs. Walmart case involves which issue?
Pure Food & Drug Act (in 1906 to force food producing industries to practice sanitation)
All are conflicts of interest
Sets forth standards for management in relations with labor unions
Sexual discrimination

18. What statement would be the most correct under a classical view of business?
All are related to government & business interactions
Donated to a candidates campaign
Fidiciary
Government regulations are always detrimental because the economy is self-correcting

19. What theory claims that ethical beliefs are determined by the society in which one lives?
Ethical relativism (no universal set of moral they are determined by the state & opinion in which one lives)
Finding ways to eliminate the opportunities for employees to act unethically
Monopolies
Illegal drugs (drugs are monitored by DEA)

20. What would NOT be addressed in a Non-disclosure agreement?
Help developing countries stregthen their economics
All would be addressed in an NDA
Although video surveillance is essentially unrestricted there are limits to an employers use of audio surveillance
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not

21. What is NOT true of the WTO?
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit
The WTO is governed by a conference of Secretariats with one Secretariat from each country
Sexual discrimination
Decide the benefits of releasing the software now outweight the costs - & present the product as finished

22. What best describes soft money?
Money that is donated to political parties for the purpose of party building activities
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
OSHA

23. What statement best describes the difference between corporate intelligence & corpirate espionage?
Donated to a candidates campaign
Random drug testing of employees is allowed in all cases
Corporate intelligence involves legally gathering information about a co. & corporate espionage involves illegally gathering information about a co.
All are possible benefits

24. What aid employers in keeping information private?
It is unanimously agreed that there is a dire need for it in todays society
Telling the truth because you think it is the right thing to do
NDA (non-disclosure agreements are legal & binding)
No - grease payments are not considered bribes & are therefore not illegal under the FCPA

25. What is the responsibility of the FDA?
The act did all
To ensure & protect public health & safety
Education
Product - Place - Promotion - & Price

26. What is regulated by FDA?
Decide the benefits of releasing the software now outweight the costs - & present the product as finished
An NDA would be appropriate in all situations
All are possible benefits
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)

27. What statement is TRUE?
Utilitarianism (focus on considering the benefit & costs & if benefits are greater than costs then action is moral)
To ensure & protect public health & safety
Discontinue the sale of the textbooks because as a general rule the practice is not unconditional
A grease payment make things that would normally occur happen at a faster rate

28. What is NOT regulated by the FDA?
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
Illegal drugs (drugs are monitored by DEA)
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not
Comparable worth

29. What BEST describes affirmative action?
All are related to government & business interactions
Any program which seeks to reverse the effects of any form of discrimination
They can only sell stock amounting to a 10 M value at a time
Comparable worth

30. What does EEOC stand for?
Statistical discrimination - Unintentional discrimination
Ethical egosim (states if it benefits the person then it is the right thing to do)
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Dumpster diving

31. What is NOT an example of an in kind contribution?
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Act utilitarianism (called maximizing utility)
Donated to a candidates campaign
Donating money to a humanitarian organizaiton for the purchase of blankets

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?
Education
Random drug testing of employees is allowed in all cases
Stage 5 People act because they feel an obligation to society
If workers were loyal - punctual - & had at least decently efficient they could expect to keep their jobs & perhaps even advance over time.

33. What moral theory is NOT consequentialist?
Patriot Act
Kantian ethics (is deontological determines morality based on the morality of the action itself)
When a lawyer withdraws legal representation for their client & notifies the proper authorities
True statement teleological ethics an actions morality is determined based on its consequences. type of consequentialism.

34. What is NOT true of sexual harassment?
The primary factor in sexual harassment cases is the intent of the action
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 attempt to apply moral & ethical principles to business actions
Deontological ethics (claims the morality of an action is determined by the morality of the action itself regardless of the consequences)

35. What group would not be considered a stakeholder?
Non-renewal resources
All are stakeholders
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)

36. If people object to something being built near their homes it is referred to as?
Non-renewal resources
Allows foreign citizens to bring a citizen of the US to trial in the US
NIMBY (not in my backyard)
Restore stakeholder confidence in the securities market after a series of scandals in the early 2000s

37. What type of information is complied to answer a specific question?
Statistical discrimination - Unintentional discrimination
Universal imperative
Ad hoc (means for this)
All are conflicts of interest

38. What is NOT legally required in management relations with labor unions?
Through PACS
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
That management agrees to terms set forth by labor unions
Deontological ethics (claims the morality of an action is determined by the morality of the action itself regardless of the consequences)

39. What statement BEST describes attitudes toward outsourcing?
The WTO is governed by a conference of Secretariats with one Secretariat from each country
Outsourcing is often criticized however it can have many economic benefits because it allows companies to produce at a lower cost.
Non-point source contributions
Pay raises

40. What is NOT a result of a shift to the new social contract?
Outsourcing is often criticized however it can have many economic benefits because it allows companies to produce at a lower cost.
Regulate how a co should manage certain processes that pollute the environment
Farming (suitable for agricultural use)
Pay raises

41. Who is best known for creating the categorical imperative?
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
The considerations of large co about the well being of society when they make business decisions
Immanuel Kant
Education

42. The perceived 'us' vs. 'them' mentality that emerges when doing business with different cultures is referred to?
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Self reference criterion
Restore stakeholder confidence in the securities market after a series of scandals in the early 2000s
Sexual discrimination

43. What statement is NOT true?
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.
Non-point source contributions
Decide the benefits of releasing the software now outweight the costs - & present the product as finished
Restore stakeholder confidence in the securities market after a series of scandals in the early 2000s

44. The purpose of the World Bank is?
Sexual harassment
Help developing countries stregthen their economics
The considerations of large co about the well being of society when they make business decisions
An intermediary who investigates complaints against a group

45. The Tyco scandal is associated with which ACT?
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Telling the truth because you think it is the right thing to do
The act did all
No - grease payments are not considered bribes & are therefore not illegal under the FCPA

46. Protections for workers from workplace hazard are regulated & mandated by what agency?
NDA (non-disclosure agreements are legal & binding)
All are possible benefits
OSHA
They can only sell stock amounting to a 10 M value at a time

47. What act conflicts with the Privacy Act of 1974?
Consequentialism (considers the consequences of an action & the extent to which they benefit society in determining morality)
Diamonds which are sold with the purpose of funding insurrection or war.
Patriot Act
60 days

48. Does the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act include grease payments?
If workers were loyal - punctual - & had at least decently efficient they could expect to keep their jobs & perhaps even advance over time.
Pay raises
A strong focus on developing core values
No - grease payments are not considered bribes & are therefore not illegal under the FCPA

49. What did the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act NOT do?
OSHA
Because Delta & Northwest are not the only airlines there is not way the merge could be considered anticompetitive
The act did all
Ethics. Most people felt the program (which charged more for the middle class people) was highly unethical & would not support it.

50. What theiry claims that person should only act in their own best interst?
Ethics. Most people felt the program (which charged more for the middle class people) was highly unethical & would not support it.
Ethical egosim (states if it benefits the person then it is the right thing to do)
Reputation
True statement teleological ethics an actions morality is determined based on its consequences. type of consequentialism.