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DSST Business Ethics And Society

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1. Considered from an ethical standpoint - MNCs should?
Act utilitarianism (called maximizing utility)
Because Delta & Northwest are not the only airlines there is not way the merge could be considered anticompetitive
OSHA
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not

2. 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?
A strong focus on developing core values
Lawyers
A grease payment make things that would normally occur happen at a faster rate
Act utilitarianism

3. What is NOT an example of an in kind contribution?
Donating money to a humanitarian organizaiton for the purchase of blankets
Telling the truth because you think it is the right thing to do
Allows foreign citizens to bring a citizen of the US to trial in the US
Authoritative (leader makes decisions & tells employees what their responsibilities are)

4. Which act makes it illegal for US citizens to participate in bribes?
All are stakeholders
Conflict diamonds
All are possible benefits
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

5. What term describes a moral theory which derives morality from actions?
Price cancellation
Deontological ethics (claims the morality of an action is determined by the morality of the action itself regardless of the consequences)
Ensure worker safety
The act did all

6. What statement is NOT true?
Outsourcing is unanimously agreed to be a beneficial process.
A person has the right to remove documents about themselves from government records
Environmental equilibrium
All were implicated in scandals (Enron - Coca-Cola - Tyco International)

7. What is NOT true of sexual harassment?
The primary factor in sexual harassment cases is the intent of the action
Decide the benefits of releasing the software now outweight the costs - & present the product as finished
Utilitarianism (focus on considering the benefit & costs & if benefits are greater than costs then action is moral)
Pay raises

8. What statement is FALSE about merger between Delta Air Lines & Northwest Airlines in 2008?
Stage 2 people are concerned with obtaining rewards
A move toward equality among all races in issues related to environmental hazards
Discrimination
Because Delta & Northwest are not the only airlines there is not way the merge could be considered anticompetitive

9. Which co was NOT implicated in the early 2000s?
Oil spill
Illegal drugs (drugs are monitored by DEA)
All were implicated in scandals (Enron - Coca-Cola - Tyco International)
Non-point source contributions

10. A business practices underhanded accounting practices to raise stock prices & make money. Which type of ethics does this fall under?
Economical
OSHA
Although video surveillance is essentially unrestricted there are limits to an employers use of audio surveillance
Ensure worker safety

11. The Tyco scandal is associated with which ACT?
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
A person has the right to remove documents about themselves from government records
Economical
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not

12. What aid employers in keeping information private?
Non-renewal resources
NDA (non-disclosure agreements are legal & binding)
Oil spill
OSHA

13. What is NOT an illegal basis of discrimination?
Education
Money that is donated to political parties for the purpose of party building activities
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
To ensure & protect public health & safety

14. How many days of notice does the WARN Act require employers to give employees?
When a lawyer withdraws legal representation for their client & notifies the proper authorities
The study of designing more comfortably or easily used equipment
Philanthropic
60 days

15. What is best ex. of point secure pollution?
Meeting with senators - representative - staff members or other important people to persuade them to vote how you wish them to
Oil spill
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
OSHA

16. What is NOT a benefit which can come to companies as a result of substainable business practices?
All are possible benefits
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
Civil case (feel their rights have been violated)
It is unanimously agreed that there is a dire need for it in todays society

17. What is a standard that aides companies in improving their environmental practices?
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)
60 days
A system of accountability - oversight - & control within the company
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.

18. What group would not be considered a stakeholder?
They can only sell stock amounting to a 10 M value at a time
Environmental equilibrium
All are stakeholders
Fidiciary

19. Arable land is used for?
Random drug testing of employees is allowed in all cases
Sexual discrimination
Lawyers
Farming (suitable for agricultural use)

20. 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 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
Sexual discrimination
NDA (non-disclosure agreements are legal & binding)
Stage 4 (people are motivated primarily by authority such as law)

21. Cost benefit considerations would be most typical of what type of ethics?
Stage 5 People act because they feel an obligation to society
Outsourcing is often criticized however it can have many economic benefits because it allows companies to produce at a lower cost.
Utilitarianism (focus on considering the benefit & costs & if benefits are greater than costs then action is moral)
All are conflicts of interest

22. The Kimberley Process Certification Scheme was created to stop the circulation of?
Conflict diamonds
When a person or co. trades goods or services in place of money.
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc
Monopolies

23. Noisy withdrawal is?
When a lawyer withdraws legal representation for their client & notifies the proper authorities
KPCS (they work to reduce circulation of conflict diamonds)
Donating money to a humanitarian organizaiton for the purchase of blankets
The WTO is governed by a conference of Secretariats with one Secretariat from each country

24. What statement would be the most correct under a classical view of business?
Monopolies
They can only sell stock amounting to a 10 M value at a time
Immanuel Kant
Government regulations are always detrimental because the economy is self-correcting

25. What best describes rule utilitarianism?
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
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not
Illegal drugs (drugs are monitored by DEA)
The primary factor in sexual harassment cases is the intent of the action

26. What types of contributions to a political campaign have donations limits imposed by law?
An intermediary who investigates complaints against a group
Hard money
Post conventional (person is ruled by conscience instead of society)
Advertising which involves technically true claims which are misleading by nature.

27. The term quid pro quo related to what issue?
Immanuel Kant
Economical
Sexual harassment
Outsourcing is unanimously agreed to be a beneficial process.

28. What is NOT a way that government can influence businesses?
Ad hoc (means for this)
Philanthropic
Government regulations are always detrimental because the economy is self-correcting
Through PACS

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?
Through PACS
Farming (suitable for agricultural use)
Discontinue the sale of the textbooks because as a general rule the practice is not unconditional
NDA (non-disclosure agreements are legal & binding)

30. What theiry claims that person should only act in their own best interst?
Ethical egosim (states if it benefits the person then it is the right thing to do)
Goodwill (good reputation makes co. worth more)
If a co. pays a low level official to ensure that their employees receive work visas more quickly than normal
True statement teleological ethics an actions morality is determined based on its consequences. type of consequentialism.

31. An employer who posted a list of weekly resonsibilities for employees to fulfill would best be described by which leadership style?
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit
Authoritative (leader makes decisions & tells employees what their responsibilities are)
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Stage 1 (person most concerned with avoiding punishment)

32. What type of information is complied to answer a specific question?
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.
Universal Ethics Protocol organization
Ad hoc (means for this)
Allows foreign citizens to bring a citizen of the US to trial in the US

33. In what situation would an NDA NOT be used?
All were implicated in scandals (Enron - Coca-Cola - Tyco International)
When a lawyer withdraws legal representation for their client & notifies the proper authorities
Outsourcing is unanimously agreed to be a beneficial process.
An NDA would be appropriate in all situations

34. What is NOT an agency responsible for protecting workers health?
All are concerns about outsourcing
KPCS (they work to reduce circulation of conflict diamonds)
Lawyers
Through PACS

35. Who has legal responsibility for a company's actions in a corporation?
Authoritative (leader makes decisions & tells employees what their responsibilities are)
The study of designing more comfortably or easily used equipment
Board of Directors
When a person or co. trades goods or services in place of money.

36. What is the purpose of the WARN Act?
All were implicated in scandals (Enron - Coca-Cola - Tyco International)
It requires employers to give workers notice before mass layoffs so that they can prepare
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc
Stage 2 people are concerned with obtaining rewards

37. What does EEOC stand for?
Universal imperative
Stage 5 People act because they feel an obligation to society
Sexual discrimination
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

38. A noisy withdrawal would be done by?
Ethical relativism (no universal set of moral they are determined by the state & opinion in which one lives)
Lawyers
Because Dukes could not proves all women employees faced discrimination practices
Discontinue the sale of the textbooks because as a general rule the practice is not unconditional

39. What statement is TRUE?
Pay raises
When a person or co. trades goods or services in place of money.
NDA (non-disclosure agreements are legal & binding)
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.

40. What does NOT focus on increasing the ethical awareness of employees & strengthening the ethical culture of a workplace?
Hard money
Ethical relativism (no universal set of moral they are determined by the state & opinion in which one lives)
Illegal drugs (drugs are monitored by DEA)
Democratic leadership style

41. What is NOT a result of a shift to the new social contract?
Non-renewal resources
A move toward equality among all races in issues related to environmental hazards
Product safety regulations - Import tariffs
Pay raises

42. What is NOT an ex. of social engineering?
Regulate how a co should manage certain processes that pollute the environment
Kerr-McGee (plutonium tampering)
Dumpster diving
Fidiciary

43. If a resource is used at the same rate at which it can be replenished it is describes as?
Deontological ethics (claims the morality of an action is determined by the morality of the action itself regardless of the consequences)
Environmental equilibrium
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc
Stage 5 People act because they feel an obligation to society

44. What is a way in which government interventions in the economy can be beneficial to consumers?
To lower greenhouse gas emissions
Patriot Act
Product safety regulations - Import tariffs
Decide the benefits of releasing the software now outweight the costs - & present the product as finished

45. Business with a mindset of the customer is always right often find themselves subject to more of which type of fraud?
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
Illegal drugs (drugs are monitored by DEA)
Meeting with senators - representative - staff members or other important people to persuade them to vote how you wish them to
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the business)

46. A stable state economy is in a state of?
Through PACS
EEOC (has to do with employment in US)
Environmental equilibrium
Price cancellation

47. A grease payment can also be called?
Meeting with senators - representative - staff members or other important people to persuade them to vote how you wish them to
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Facilitating payment
Economical

48. What is NOT legally required in management relations with labor unions?
That management agrees to terms set forth by labor unions
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)
Advertising which involves technically true claims which are misleading by nature.

49. Some people believe that women earn less than men because female held jobs have been historically devalued - & that women should be given equal pay for equal work. This belief called?
Non-point source contributions
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
Comparable worth
Logos - jingles - & brand names can all be ex. of trademarks

50. The FTC was created to monitor which type of regulation?
Ensure worker safety
Laws regulating consumer protection
Advertising which involves technically true claims which are misleading by nature.
Utilitarianism (focus on considering the benefit & costs & if benefits are greater than costs then action is moral)