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DSST Business Ethics And Society

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1. The origins of the FDA can be traces to what ACT?
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)
Pure Food & Drug Act (in 1906 to force food producing industries to practice sanitation)
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
When a lawyer withdraws legal representation for their client & notifies the proper authorities

2. What is NOT a guideline set forth by Supreme court to be used in creating affirmative action programs?
It is unanimously agreed that there is a dire need for it in todays society
All are correct guidelines
The study of designing more comfortably or easily used equipment
Pre-conventional (main goal of a person is survival. justification of actions comes from understanding punishment & reward system)

3. Fossil fuels are?
Non-renewal resources
Facilitating payment
A move toward equality among all races in issues related to environmental hazards
To ensure & protect public health & safety

4. What is NOT a type of loophole that developed in response to limitations placed on hard money contributions?
Non-point source contributions
The considerations of large co about the well being of society when they make business decisions
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
A move toward equality among all races in issues related to environmental hazards

5. What is the purpose of the WARN Act?
All would be addressed in an NDA
It requires employers to give workers notice before mass layoffs so that they can prepare
60 days
Pre-conventional (main goal of a person is survival. justification of actions comes from understanding punishment & reward system)

6. What is NOT an unethical pricing strategy?
Corporate intelligence involves legally gathering information about a co. & corporate espionage involves illegally gathering information about a co.
When a person or co. trades goods or services in place of money.
Price cancellation
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)

7. What statement is FALSE?
Logos - jingles - & brand names can all be ex. of trademarks
Random drug testing of employees is allowed in all cases
No - grease payments are not considered bribes & are therefore not illegal under the FCPA
Sarbanes-Oxley Act

8. Noisy withdrawal is?
When a lawyer withdraws legal representation for their client & notifies the proper authorities
Environmental equilibrium
All are stakeholders
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters

9. Which act makes it illegal for US citizens to participate in bribes?
A person has the right to remove documents about themselves from government records
The considerations of large co about the well being of society when they make business decisions
A grease payment make things that would normally occur happen at a faster rate
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

10. What group would not be considered a stakeholder?
All are stakeholders
Advertising which involves technically true claims which are misleading by nature.
Although video surveillance is essentially unrestricted there are limits to an employers use of audio surveillance
Non-point source contributions

11. What is NOT true of NAFTA?
Employers may use subjective considerations for hiring as long as they do not produce a discriminatory environment
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters
To ensure & protect public health & safety
Utilitarianism (focus on considering the benefit & costs & if benefits are greater than costs then action is moral)

12. The perceived 'us' vs. 'them' mentality that emerges when doing business with different cultures is referred to?
A strong focus on developing core values
Universal imperative
Stage 5 People act because they feel an obligation to society
Self reference criterion

13. What best describes rule utilitarianism?
Because Dukes could not proves all women employees faced discrimination practices
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
Education
Statistical discrimination - Unintentional discrimination

14. 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?
Stage 1 (person most concerned with avoiding punishment)
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the business)
Stage 2 people are concerned with obtaining rewards
Civil Rights Act of 1964

15. What is the four P's of advertising?
Product - Place - Promotion - & Price
Money that is donated to political parties for the purpose of party building activities
Environmental equilibrium
Farming (suitable for agricultural use)

16. What aid employers in keeping information private?
NDA (non-disclosure agreements are legal & binding)
Regulate how a co should manage certain processes that pollute the environment
Help developing countries stregthen their economics
Universal Ethics Protocol organization

17. What does NOT focus on increasing the ethical awareness of employees & strengthening the ethical culture of a workplace?
Democratic leadership style
Ethics. Most people felt the program (which charged more for the middle class people) was highly unethical & would not support it.
That management agrees to terms set forth by labor unions
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

18. What is best ex. of point secure pollution?
Because Delta & Northwest are not the only airlines there is not way the merge could be considered anticompetitive
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
Oil spill
Reputation

19. Business ethics is?
Pump & dump
An attempt to apply moral & ethical principles to business actions
Ethical relativism (no universal set of moral they are determined by the state & opinion in which one lives)
Universal Ethics Protocol organization

20. The intent of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act was to?
Stage 5 People act because they feel an obligation to society
Stage 2 people are concerned with obtaining rewards
Restore stakeholder confidence in the securities market after a series of scandals in the early 2000s
Because Dukes could not proves all women employees faced discrimination practices

21. Ethical & philanthropic responsibilities are important in building?
Reputation
All are related to government & business interactions
Non-point source contributions
Goodwill (good reputation makes co. worth more)

22. What statement is TRUE?
Outsourcing is unanimously agreed to be a beneficial process.
Oil spill
A grease payment make things that would normally occur happen at a faster rate
The WTO is governed by a conference of Secretariats with one Secretariat from each country

23. What BEST describes affirmative action?
Any program which seeks to reverse the effects of any form of discrimination
Advertising which involves technically true claims which are misleading by nature.
Non-point source contributions
Reputation

24. What statement is FALSE?
Hard money
All are possible benefits
Although video surveillance is essentially unrestricted there are limits to an employers use of audio surveillance
The only ethical regulation s businesses follow are mandated by the government

25. What type of responsibility is the LEAST regulated?
Philanthropic
Outsourcing is unanimously agreed to be a beneficial process.
All are concerns about outsourcing
An NDA would be appropriate in all situations

26. What of the following is TRUE?
Because Dukes could not proves all women employees faced discrimination practices
Corporate intelligence involves legally gathering information about a co. & corporate espionage involves illegally gathering information about a co.
Decide the benefits of releasing the software now outweight the costs - & present the product as finished
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)

27. What is the responsibility of the FDA?
Price cancellation
To ensure & protect public health & safety
NDA (non-disclosure agreements are legal & binding)
An intermediary who investigates complaints against a group

28. Considered from an ethical standpoint - MNCs should?
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
To lower greenhouse gas emissions
Legal
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not

29. Hard money is?
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not
An NDA would be appropriate in all situations
Telling the truth because you think it is the right thing to do
Donated to a candidates campaign

30. What types of contributions to a political campaign have donations limits imposed by law?
Illegal drugs (drugs are monitored by DEA)
Philanthropic
Farming (suitable for agricultural use)
Hard money

31. How many days of notice does the WARN Act require employers to give employees?
Kerr-McGee (plutonium tampering)
Authoritative (leader makes decisions & tells employees what their responsibilities are)
60 days
Ad hoc (means for this)

32. If a person were to sue a co. for not fulfilling a contractual obligation it would be?
Civil case (feel their rights have been violated)
The considerations of large co about the well being of society when they make business decisions
An attempt to apply moral & ethical principles to business actions
Authoritative (leader makes decisions & tells employees what their responsibilities are)

33. Implied falsity?
Money that is donated to political parties for the purpose of party building activities
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not
All are related to government & business interactions
Advertising which involves technically true claims which are misleading by nature.

34. What BEST describes the old social contract?
If workers were loyal - punctual - & had at least decently efficient they could expect to keep their jobs & perhaps even advance over time.
Ethics. Most people felt the program (which charged more for the middle class people) was highly unethical & would not support it.
Utilitarianism (focus on considering the benefit & costs & if benefits are greater than costs then action is moral)
To lower greenhouse gas emissions

35. OSHA was created to?
Through PACS
The considerations of large co about the well being of society when they make business decisions
Pure Food & Drug Act (in 1906 to force food producing industries to practice sanitation)
Ensure worker safety

36. Utilitarianism is a type of?
Goodwill (good reputation makes co. worth more)
Consequentialism (considers the consequences of an action & the extent to which they benefit society in determining morality)
An intermediary who investigates complaints against a group
It is unanimously agreed that there is a dire need for it in todays society

37. The fact that in many cases a company's worth is greater than the value of its tangible assets is referred to as?
Sets forth standards for management in relations with labor unions
Allows foreign citizens to bring a citizen of the US to trial in the US
Goodwill (good reputation makes co. worth more)
Stage 2 people are concerned with obtaining rewards

38. In what situation would an NDA NOT be used?
Nepotism (considering the interests of family ahead of what is best for the business)
All are related to government & business interactions
An NDA would be appropriate in all situations
Stage 5 People act because they feel an obligation to society

39. What best describes in kind contribution?
Fidiciary
Pure Food & Drug Act (in 1906 to force food producing industries to practice sanitation)
When a person or co. trades goods or services in place of money.
Sets forth standards for management in relations with labor unions

40. What is NOT an example of an in kind contribution?
Conflict diamonds
Allows foreign citizens to bring a citizen of the US to trial in the US
Dumpster diving
Donating money to a humanitarian organizaiton for the purchase of blankets

41. What is NOT a type of discrimination investigated by the EEOC?
Ethical relativism (no universal set of moral they are determined by the state & opinion in which one lives)
When a person or co. trades goods or services in place of money.
Diamonds which are sold with the purpose of funding insurrection or war.
Education

42. If a resource is used at the same rate at which it can be replenished it is describes as?
Environmental equilibrium
Economical
To ensure & protect public health & safety
Corporate intelligence involves legally gathering information about a co. & corporate espionage involves illegally gathering information about a co.

43. What is NOT a result of a shift to the new social contract?
Product - Place - Promotion - & Price
Reputation
A move toward equality among all races in issues related to environmental hazards
Pay raises

44. What is a way in which government interventions in the economy can be beneficial to consumers?
All are conflicts of interest
Discrimination
Product safety regulations - Import tariffs
All are ways businesses are regulated

45. What is NOT a regulation for insiders trading stock?
It requires employers to give workers notice before mass layoffs so that they can prepare
They can only sell stock amounting to a 10 M value at a time
Ensure worker safety
A strong focus on developing core values

46. A lawyer knows their client is guilty but defends them anyway. This falls under which type of ethics?
Discontinue the sale of the textbooks because as a general rule the practice is not unconditional
Pump & dump
Legal
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)

47. What statement best describes the difference between corporate intelligence & corpirate espionage?
The primary factor in sexual harassment cases is the intent of the action
Facilitating payment
Corporate intelligence involves legally gathering information about a co. & corporate espionage involves illegally gathering information about a co.
Board of Directors

48. The EEOC investiges violations of the?
Civil Rights Act of 1964
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
Conflict diamonds
True statement teleological ethics an actions morality is determined based on its consequences. type of consequentialism.

49. The purpose of the International Monetary Fund?
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)
Prevent international trade crisis
The act did all
Laws regulating consumer protection

50. A software designer knows there are some minor problems with the software they are develoing. However - if they wait to declare the product finished - it will not be released before another similar products - which would be highly damaging to its suc
Decide the benefits of releasing the software now outweight the costs - & present the product as finished
Product - Place - Promotion - & Price
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
Diamonds which are sold with the purpose of funding insurrection or war.