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DSST Business Ethics And Society

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1. A noisy withdrawal would be done by?
The study of designing more comfortably or easily used equipment
Lawyers
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not
All are conflicts of interest

2. What best describes in kind contribution?
When a person or co. trades goods or services in place of money.
NDA (non-disclosure agreements are legal & binding)
Employers may use subjective considerations for hiring as long as they do not produce a discriminatory environment
Any program which seeks to reverse the effects of any form of discrimination

3. The purpose of the International Monetary Fund?
Logos - jingles - & brand names can all be ex. of trademarks
Act utilitarianism (called maximizing utility)
Prevent international trade crisis
Regulate how a co should manage certain processes that pollute the environment

4. 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
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters
Stage 4 (people are motivated primarily by authority such as law)

5. The Kimberley Process Certification Scheme was created to stop the circulation of?
Allows an orgin site to send information to a computers browser
Product safety regulations - Import tariffs
Conflict diamonds
Board of Directors

6. What is NOT a guideline set forth by Supreme court to be used in creating affirmative action programs?
An intermediary who investigates complaints against a group
All are correct guidelines
Restore stakeholder confidence in the securities market after a series of scandals in the early 2000s
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)

7. What best describes rule utilitarianism?
KPCS (they work to reduce circulation of conflict diamonds)
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
The act did all
Nepotism (considering the interests of family ahead of what is best for the business)

8. What would NOT be addressed in a Non-disclosure agreement?
All would be addressed in an NDA
Pay raises
The primary factor in sexual harassment cases is the intent of the action
A strong focus on developing core values

9. What case established that is was how actions were interpreted that matter in sexual harassment cases?
All are concerns about outsourcing
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc
Finding ways to eliminate the opportunities for employees to act unethically
Because Delta & Northwest are not the only airlines there is not way the merge could be considered anticompetitive

10. Which co was NOT implicated in the early 2000s?
Product - Place - Promotion - & Price
All were implicated in scandals (Enron - Coca-Cola - Tyco International)
Taxes negatively impact efficient economic operations by driving a wedge between businesses & customers. However - they are often necessary
Help developing countries stregthen their economics

11. If a resource is used at the same rate at which it can be replenished it is describes as?
Authoritative (leader makes decisions & tells employees what their responsibilities are)
Telling the truth because you think it is the right thing to do
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Environmental equilibrium

12. How many days of notice does the WARN Act require employers to give employees?
60 days
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
Restore stakeholder confidence in the securities market after a series of scandals in the early 2000s
Sexual discrimination

13. What is NOT an illegal basis of discrimination?
60 days
Deontological ethics (claims the morality of an action is determined by the morality of the action itself regardless of the consequences)
Statistical discrimination - Unintentional discrimination
Education

14. What type of information is complied to answer a specific question?
Ad hoc (means for this)
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc
Universal imperative
Diamonds which are sold with the purpose of funding insurrection or war.

15. What statement is TRUE?
Logos - jingles - & brand names can all be ex. of trademarks
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Discontinue the sale of the textbooks because as a general rule the practice is not unconditional
Allows foreign citizens to bring a citizen of the US to trial in the US

16. The term quid pro quo related to what issue?
Sexual harassment
That management agrees to terms set forth by labor unions
An NDA would be appropriate in all situations
All would be addressed in an NDA

17. What is NOT true of NAFTA?
Restore stakeholder confidence in the securities market after a series of scandals in the early 2000s
Comparable worth
Outsourcing is often criticized however it can have many economic benefits because it allows companies to produce at a lower cost.
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters

18. What statement best describes the difference between corporate intelligence & corpirate espionage?
Outsourcing is unanimously agreed to be a beneficial process.
NIMBY (not in my backyard)
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Corporate intelligence involves legally gathering information about a co. & corporate espionage involves illegally gathering information about a co.

19. Fossil fuels are?
Facilitating payment
Help developing countries stregthen their economics
Random drug testing of employees is allowed in all cases
Non-renewal resources

20. Protections for workers from workplace hazard are regulated & mandated by what agency?
Product - Place - Promotion - & Price
OSHA
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters

21. What is NOT true of the WTO?
Telling the truth because you think it is the right thing to do
Price cancellation
The WTO is governed by a conference of Secretariats with one Secretariat from each country
Employers may use subjective considerations for hiring as long as they do not produce a discriminatory environment

22. What is NOT a benefit which can come to companies as a result of substainable business practices?
Universal Ethics Protocol organization
Self reference criterion
All are possible benefits
Ensure worker safety

23. The purpose of the World Bank is?
Help developing countries stregthen their economics
Philanthropic
60 days
Legal

24. What type of responsibility is the LEAST regulated?
To lower greenhouse gas emissions
Philanthropic
Finding ways to eliminate the opportunities for employees to act unethically
Product - Place - Promotion - & Price

25. What is NOT an agency responsible for protecting workers health?
Stage 1 (person most concerned with avoiding punishment)
KPCS (they work to reduce circulation of conflict diamonds)
Product safety regulations - Import tariffs
Statistical discrimination - Unintentional discrimination

26. 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)
Misstating financial statements
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)
All are stakeholders

27. 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?
Philanthropic
Comparable worth
Pure Food & Drug Act (in 1906 to force food producing industries to practice sanitation)
Donating money to a humanitarian organizaiton for the purchase of blankets

28. What does NOT focus on increasing the ethical awareness of employees & strengthening the ethical culture of a workplace?
Democratic leadership style
An attempt to apply moral & ethical principles to business actions
A strong focus on developing core values
Allows an orgin site to send information to a computers browser

29. What is NOT a type of imperative considered under Kantian ethics?
A move toward equality among all races in issues related to environmental hazards
Farming (suitable for agricultural use)
A strong focus on developing core values
Universal imperative

30. What statement is TRUE?
Outsourcing is often criticized however it can have many economic benefits because it allows companies to produce at a lower cost.
Oil spill
Sustainable development emphasizes the development of new & innovative technologies to reduce the overuse of natural resources
Post conventional (person is ruled by conscience instead of society)

31. OSHA was created to?
Consequentialism (considers the consequences of an action & the extent to which they benefit society in determining morality)
Ensure worker safety
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not
Pay raises

32. What is best ex. of point secure pollution?
Oil spill
It requires employers to give workers notice before mass layoffs so that they can prepare
Corporate intelligence involves legally gathering information about a co. & corporate espionage involves illegally gathering information about a co.
Facilitating payment

33. What is the purpose of the WARN Act?
It requires employers to give workers notice before mass layoffs so that they can prepare
All would be addressed in an NDA
Employers may use subjective considerations for hiring as long as they do not produce a discriminatory environment
Ad hoc (means for this)

34. What BEST describes affirmative action?
Any program which seeks to reverse the effects of any form of discrimination
60 days
Sexual harassment
A system of accountability - oversight - & control within the company

35. What moral theory is NOT consequentialist?
Kantian ethics (is deontological determines morality based on the morality of the action itself)
The study of designing more comfortably or easily used equipment
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
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)

36. What is NOT an example of an in kind contribution?
Donating money to a humanitarian organizaiton for the purchase of blankets
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit
Stage 1 (person most concerned with avoiding punishment)
Sustainable development emphasizes the development of new & innovative technologies to reduce the overuse of natural resources

37. What are conflict diamonds?
Misstating financial statements
Diamonds which are sold with the purpose of funding insurrection or war.
Outsourcing is often criticized however it can have many economic benefits because it allows companies to produce at a lower cost.
To lower greenhouse gas emissions

38. What is the stakeholder model of corporate governance?
Stage 2 people are concerned with obtaining rewards
An intermediary who investigates complaints against a group
Comparable worth
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

39. What statement is FALSE?
Decide the benefits of releasing the software now outweight the costs - & present the product as finished
Board of Directors
Random drug testing of employees is allowed in all cases
When a person or co. trades goods or services in place of money.

40. The term glass ceiling related to which employer-employee relations issue?
To lower greenhouse gas emissions
Immanuel Kant
Pump & dump
Discrimination

41. 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?
Dumpster diving
Stage 4 (people are motivated primarily by authority such as law)
Pre-conventional (main goal of a person is survival. justification of actions comes from understanding punishment & reward system)
Goodwill (good reputation makes co. worth more)

42. Hiring family members would be considered which type of conflict of interest?
The act did all
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters
Random drug testing of employees is allowed in all cases
Nepotism (considering the interests of family ahead of what is best for the business)

43. What is NOT regulated by the FDA?
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters
Illegal drugs (drugs are monitored by DEA)
That management agrees to terms set forth by labor unions
Patriot Act

44. 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)
Enquiring about off duty activities
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)
Diamonds which are sold with the purpose of funding insurrection or war.

45. Command & control regulations?
Because Delta & Northwest are not the only airlines there is not way the merge could be considered anticompetitive
An intermediary who investigates complaints against a group
Stage 4 (people are motivated primarily by authority such as law)
Regulate how a co should manage certain processes that pollute the environment

46. A stable state economy is in a state of?
Environmental equilibrium
All would be addressed in an NDA
Ad hoc (means for this)
An NDA would be appropriate in all situations

47. Ethical & philanthropic responsibilities are important in building?
Reputation
Price cancellation
Help developing countries stregthen their economics
Authoritative (leader makes decisions & tells employees what their responsibilities are)

48. What is NOT a legal way for employers to monitor employees?
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not
Enquiring about off duty activities
Deontological ethics (claims the morality of an action is determined by the morality of the action itself regardless of the consequences)
Finding ways to eliminate the opportunities for employees to act unethically

49. What is NOT concern relative to outsourcing?
All are concerns about outsourcing
Economical
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not
Act utilitarianism (called maximizing utility)

50. A conflict of interest?
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit
Ensure worker safety
Patriot Act
Comparable worth