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DSST Business Ethics And Society

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1. Which co was NOT implicated in the early 2000s?
Outsourcing is unanimously agreed to be a beneficial process.
All were implicated in scandals (Enron - Coca-Cola - Tyco International)
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters
Sustainable development emphasizes the development of new & innovative technologies to reduce the overuse of natural resources

2. What types of contributions to a political campaign have donations limits imposed by law?
Hard money
Allows foreign citizens to bring a citizen of the US to trial in the US
Ethical egosim (states if it benefits the person then it is the right thing to do)
The primary factor in sexual harassment cases is the intent of the action

3. What is NOT a type of imperative considered under Kantian ethics?
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.
All are examples of corporate espionage
Universal imperative
To ensure & protect public health & safety

4. What term is synonymous with philanthropy?
Regulate how a co should manage certain processes that pollute the environment
Altruism (refers to placing the needs of another above oneself)
NDA (non-disclosure agreements are legal & binding)
Sexual discrimination

5. A virus is?
Hard money
All are concerns about outsourcing
A piece of code which spreads from computer to computer & can disrupt computer functions.
Goodwill (good reputation makes co. worth more)

6. 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
Universal Ethics Protocol organization
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)
NIMBY (not in my backyard)

7. Who has legal responsibility for a company's actions in a corporation?
Environmental equilibrium
The WTO is governed by a conference of Secretariats with one Secretariat from each country
Board of Directors
Hard money

8. What would NOT be illegal under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act?
Act utilitarianism (called maximizing utility)
Illegal drugs (drugs are monitored by DEA)
If a co. pays a low level official to ensure that their employees receive work visas more quickly than normal
Regulate how a co should manage certain processes that pollute the environment

9. What is NOT a regulation for insiders trading stock?
Hard money
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc
They can only sell stock amounting to a 10 M value at a time
Civil Rights Act of 1964

10. Business ethics is?
Civil case (feel their rights have been violated)
An attempt to apply moral & ethical principles to business actions
Altruism (refers to placing the needs of another above oneself)
Environmental equilibrium

11. An employer who posted a list of weekly resonsibilities for employees to fulfill would best be described by which leadership style?
Authoritative (leader makes decisions & tells employees what their responsibilities are)
When a lawyer withdraws legal representation for their client & notifies the proper authorities
Education
Sexual harassment

12. Corporate citizenship?
Nepotism (considering the interests of family ahead of what is best for the business)
The considerations of large co about the well being of society when they make business decisions
Oil spill
A person has the right to remove documents about themselves from government records

13. Cost benefit considerations would be most typical of what type of ethics?
Fidiciary
Utilitarianism (focus on considering the benefit & costs & if benefits are greater than costs then action is moral)
Allows an orgin site to send information to a computers browser
Statistical discrimination - Unintentional discrimination

14. A lawyer knows their client is guilty but defends them anyway. This falls under which type of ethics?
Act utilitarianism (called maximizing utility)
Legal
Discrimination
It requires employers to give workers notice before mass layoffs so that they can prepare

15. the merger between Delta Air Lines & Northwest Airlines raised concerns about what?
Logos - jingles - & brand names can all be ex. of trademarks
All are concerns about outsourcing
Monopolies
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

16. What is NOT illegal?
Farming (suitable for agricultural use)
Statistical discrimination - Unintentional discrimination
Ensure worker safety
All are stakeholders

17. What statement is NOT true?
Legal
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.
All are related to government & business interactions
Illegal drugs (drugs are monitored by DEA)

18. The Fair Labor Standards Act?
Sets forth standards for management in relations with labor unions
Donating money to a humanitarian organizaiton for the purchase of blankets
Facilitating payment
Lawyers

19. Who is best known for creating the categorical imperative?
If a co. pays a low level official to ensure that their employees receive work visas more quickly than normal
Immanuel Kant
Utilitarianism (focus on considering the benefit & costs & if benefits are greater than costs then action is moral)
Stage 4 (people are motivated primarily by authority such as law)

20. What is NOT true of the WTO?
Oil spill
Outsourcing is often criticized however it can have many economic benefits because it allows companies to produce at a lower cost.
The WTO is governed by a conference of Secretariats with one Secretariat from each country
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

21. What is NOT an unethical pricing strategy?
Misstating financial statements
Fidiciary
Finding ways to eliminate the opportunities for employees to act unethically
Price cancellation

22. A business practices underhanded accounting practices to raise stock prices & make money. Which type of ethics does this fall under?
Economical
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters
Sets forth standards for management in relations with labor unions
All were implicated in scandals (Enron - Coca-Cola - Tyco International)

23. A manager implements new safety procedures because they feel obligated to protect the safety of their employees. Which of Kolhbergs stages does this describe?
KPCS (they work to reduce circulation of conflict diamonds)
60 days
Self reference criterion
Stage 5 People act because they feel an obligation to society

24. A stable state economy is in a state of?
Environmental equilibrium
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters
All are possible benefits
Act utilitarianism (called maximizing utility)

25. What does EEOC stand for?
Economical
Enquiring about off duty activities
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Any program which seeks to reverse the effects of any form of discrimination

26. What is NOT true of NAFTA?
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters
A system of accountability - oversight - & control within the company
No - grease payments are not considered bribes & are therefore not illegal under the FCPA
NIMBY (not in my backyard)

27. What is NOT an illegal basis of discrimination?
Education
Allows foreign citizens to bring a citizen of the US to trial in the US
True statement teleological ethics an actions morality is determined based on its consequences. type of consequentialism.
Outsourcing is often criticized however it can have many economic benefits because it allows companies to produce at a lower cost.

28. An ombudsman is?
Ethical relativism (no universal set of moral they are determined by the state & opinion in which one lives)
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
An intermediary who investigates complaints against a group
True statement teleological ethics an actions morality is determined based on its consequences. type of consequentialism.

29. What is NOT an ex. of social engineering?
Random drug testing of employees is allowed in all cases
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.
Dumpster diving
Universal imperative

30. What type of responsibility is the LEAST regulated?
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.
Philanthropic
A strong focus on developing core values
Ethical egosim (states if it benefits the person then it is the right thing to do)

31. What is NOT a reason clinton's attempt at healthcare reform in the early 1990s failed?
Ethics. Most people felt the program (which charged more for the middle class people) was highly unethical & would not support it.
Diamonds which are sold with the purpose of funding insurrection or war.
Restore stakeholder confidence in the securities market after a series of scandals in the early 2000s
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the business)

32. What best describes in kind contribution?
Facilitating payment
When a person or co. trades goods or services in place of money.
Education
Dumpster diving

33. What did the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act NOT do?
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.
The primary factor in sexual harassment cases is the intent of the action
The act did all
Philanthropic

34. What BEST describes the old social contract?
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
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the business)
Discontinue the sale of the textbooks because as a general rule the practice is not unconditional
If workers were loyal - punctual - & had at least decently efficient they could expect to keep their jobs & perhaps even advance over time.

35. Oversight refers to?
Stage 4 (people are motivated primarily by authority such as law)
A grease payment make things that would normally occur happen at a faster rate
Economical
Finding ways to eliminate the opportunities for employees to act unethically

36. What is NOT a way in which business's are regulated?
Ethical egosim (states if it benefits the person then it is the right thing to do)
All are conflicts of interest
Immanuel Kant
All are ways businesses are regulated

37. Fossil fuels are?
Kantian ethics (is deontological determines morality based on the morality of the action itself)
Non-renewal resources
The primary factor in sexual harassment cases is the intent of the action
That management agrees to terms set forth by labor unions

38. What statement is TRUE?
Consequentialism (considers the consequences of an action & the extent to which they benefit society in determining morality)
The considerations of large co about the well being of society when they make business decisions
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.
Discrimination

39. What group would not be considered a stakeholder?
Regulate how a co should manage certain processes that pollute the environment
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Lawyers
All are stakeholders

40. In the case of Watson vs. Fort Worth Bank & Trust the court ruled?
Kantian ethics (is deontological determines morality based on the morality of the action itself)
Employers may use subjective considerations for hiring as long as they do not produce a discriminatory environment
Finding ways to eliminate the opportunities for employees to act unethically
Utilitarianism (focus on considering the benefit & costs & if benefits are greater than costs then action is moral)

41. What is regulated by FDA?
Deontological ethics (claims the morality of an action is determined by the morality of the action itself regardless of the consequences)
Stage 1 (person most concerned with avoiding punishment)
Education
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)

42. The Tyco scandal is associated with which ACT?
Oil spill
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Hard money
Post conventional (person is ruled by conscience instead of society)

43. Which act makes it illegal for US citizens to participate in bribes?
No - grease payments are not considered bribes & are therefore not illegal under the FCPA
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
Taxes negatively impact efficient economic operations by driving a wedge between businesses & customers. However - they are often necessary
Telling the truth because you think it is the right thing to do

44. The perceived 'us' vs. 'them' mentality that emerges when doing business with different cultures is referred to?
Regulate how a co should manage certain processes that pollute the environment
Self reference criterion
Allows foreign citizens to bring a citizen of the US to trial in the US
Through PACS

45. What is NOT true of sexual harassment?
Because Delta & Northwest are not the only airlines there is not way the merge could be considered anticompetitive
The primary factor in sexual harassment cases is the intent of the action
Discontinue the sale of the textbooks because as a general rule the practice is not unconditional
Finding ways to eliminate the opportunities for employees to act unethically

46. Ergonomics is?
The study of designing more comfortably or easily used equipment
All are correct guidelines
Taxes negatively impact efficient economic operations by driving a wedge between businesses & customers. However - they are often necessary
Civil Rights Act of 1964

47. What statement is NOT true?
Utilitarianism (focus on considering the benefit & costs & if benefits are greater than costs then action is moral)
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Outsourcing is unanimously agreed to be a beneficial process.
Illegal drugs (drugs are monitored by DEA)

48. What is NOT a conflict of interest?
Goodwill (good reputation makes co. worth more)
All are conflicts of interest
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
Self reference criterion

49. The purpose of the World Bank is?
Authoritative (leader makes decisions & tells employees what their responsibilities are)
Help developing countries stregthen their economics
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.
Sexual harassment

50. Fast food places do not pay their workers less than minimum wage because it is against the law. Which of Kohlbergs stages does this describe?
A person has the right to remove documents about themselves from government records
Environmental equilibrium
Stage 4 (people are motivated primarily by authority such as law)
NIMBY (not in my backyard)