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DSST Business Ethics And Society

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What did the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act NOT do?
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)
The act did all
Environmental equilibrium
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit

2. 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?
Comparable worth
NIMBY (not in my backyard)
Universal Ethics Protocol organization
Stage 1 (person most concerned with avoiding punishment)

3. What agency does not relate in some manner to international trade?
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
Because Delta & Northwest are not the only airlines there is not way the merge could be considered anticompetitive
Authoritative (leader makes decisions & tells employees what their responsibilities are)
EEOC (has to do with employment in US)

4. A conflict of interest?
Hard money
All were implicated in scandals (Enron - Coca-Cola - Tyco International)
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit
Sarbanes-Oxley Act

5. What is the responsibility of the FDA?
An intermediary who investigates complaints against a group
Ad hoc (means for this)
Advertising which involves technically true claims which are misleading by nature.
To ensure & protect public health & safety

6. What is NOT an agency responsible for protecting workers health?
Self reference criterion
KPCS (they work to reduce circulation of conflict diamonds)
Pump & dump
An attempt to apply moral & ethical principles to business actions

7. What is NOT a rule for creating maxims under Kantian ethics?
It is unanimously agreed that there is a dire need for it in todays society
Sexual discrimination
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)
All are examples of corporate espionage

8. What is NOT an ex. of social engineering?
Authoritative (leader makes decisions & tells employees what their responsibilities are)
Ensure worker safety
Dumpster diving
Pump & dump

9. What is NOT a type of discrimination investigated by the EEOC?
Education
Finding ways to eliminate the opportunities for employees to act unethically
Stage 1 (person most concerned with avoiding punishment)
Dumpster diving

10. Corporate governance?
A system of accountability - oversight - & control within the company
Outside employment where a person has 2 jobs which conflict with each other
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.
Statistical discrimination - Unintentional discrimination

11. What is NOT related to the interactions that occur between government & business?
All are related to government & business interactions
Act utilitarianism (called maximizing utility)
When a person or co. trades goods or services in place of money.
Corporate intelligence involves legally gathering information about a co. & corporate espionage involves illegally gathering information about a co.

12. What is NOT a regulation for insiders trading stock?
Kantian ethics (is deontological determines morality based on the morality of the action itself)
OSHA
They can only sell stock amounting to a 10 M value at a time
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)

13. 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?
Act utilitarianism
Comparable worth
Pre-conventional (main goal of a person is survival. justification of actions comes from understanding punishment & reward system)
Environmental equilibrium

14. The purpose of the World Bank is?
Help developing countries stregthen their economics
All are related to government & business interactions
To ensure & protect public health & safety
NDA (non-disclosure agreements are legal & binding)

15. A cookie?
Ad hoc (means for this)
Allows an orgin site to send information to a computers browser
Corporate intelligence involves legally gathering information about a co. & corporate espionage involves illegally gathering information about a co.
Pay raises

16. The purpose of the International Monetary Fund?
Because Delta & Northwest are not the only airlines there is not way the merge could be considered anticompetitive
Help developing countries stregthen their economics
Stage 1 (person most concerned with avoiding punishment)
Prevent international trade crisis

17. What is NOT illegal?
Statistical discrimination - Unintentional discrimination
Non-point source contributions
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
Self reference criterion

18. What term describes a moral theory which derives morality from actions?
Deontological ethics (claims the morality of an action is determined by the morality of the action itself regardless of the consequences)
Education
Act utilitarianism (called maximizing utility)
Non-point source contributions

19. What is NOT a conflict of interest?
Prevent international trade crisis
The primary factor in sexual harassment cases is the intent of the action
All are conflicts of interest
Civil Rights Act of 1964

20. The Tyco scandal is associated with which ACT?
All were implicated in scandals (Enron - Coca-Cola - Tyco International)
NIMBY (not in my backyard)
All are conflicts of interest
Sarbanes-Oxley Act

21. What is NOT a way in which business's are regulated?
Universal Ethics Protocol organization
Employers may use subjective considerations for hiring as long as they do not produce a discriminatory environment
Self reference criterion
All are ways businesses are regulated

22. What is NOT a responsibility that should be considreed by businesses?
60 days
Fidiciary
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)
Enquiring about off duty activities

23. What is NOT true of sexual harassment?
The primary factor in sexual harassment cases is the intent of the action
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)
Restore stakeholder confidence in the securities market after a series of scandals in the early 2000s
Logos - jingles - & brand names can all be ex. of trademarks

24. Arable land is used for?
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.
That management agrees to terms set forth by labor unions
Farming (suitable for agricultural use)

25. What is more typical of a values oriented ethical program that a compliance oriented ethics program?
A strong focus on developing core values
To ensure & protect public health & safety
All are concerns about outsourcing
An intermediary who investigates complaints against a group

26. Implied falsity?
Lawyers
Advertising which involves technically true claims which are misleading by nature.
Because Delta & Northwest are not the only airlines there is not way the merge could be considered anticompetitive
Comparable worth

27. The Dukes vs. Walmart case involves which issue?
Pay raises
Random drug testing of employees is allowed in all cases
Sexual discrimination
Dumpster diving

28. What is NOT an example of how corporate espionage can occur?
All are examples of corporate espionage
A move toward equality among all races in issues related to environmental hazards
The WTO is governed by a conference of Secretariats with one Secretariat from each country
Goodwill (good reputation makes co. worth more)

29. What is a standard that aides companies in improving their environmental practices?
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)
Statistical discrimination - Unintentional discrimination

30. What is NOT a form of marketing fraud?
Misstating financial statements
Discontinue the sale of the textbooks because as a general rule the practice is not unconditional
Restore stakeholder confidence in the securities market after a series of scandals in the early 2000s
Random drug testing of employees is allowed in all cases

31. If a person owns a cupcake business & works in a cupcake factory - what type of conflict of interest is it considered?
Sustainable development emphasizes the development of new & innovative technologies to reduce the overuse of natural resources
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)
Outside employment where a person has 2 jobs which conflict with each other
Corporate intelligence involves legally gathering information about a co. & corporate espionage involves illegally gathering information about a co.

32. 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)
Post conventional (person is ruled by conscience instead of society)
A strong focus on developing core values
All are conflicts of interest

33. Ergonomics is?
The study of designing more comfortably or easily used equipment
Authoritative (leader makes decisions & tells employees what their responsibilities are)
If a co. pays a low level official to ensure that their employees receive work visas more quickly than normal
Enquiring about off duty activities

34. OSHA was created to?
Ensure worker safety
Enquiring about off duty activities
Act utilitarianism (called maximizing utility)
Product safety regulations - Import tariffs

35. What are conflict diamonds?
Diamonds which are sold with the purpose of funding insurrection or war.
All are ways businesses are regulated
Non-point source contributions
Lawyers

36. What type of responsibility is the LEAST regulated?
Immanuel Kant
Ad hoc (means for this)
A piece of code which spreads from computer to computer & can disrupt computer functions.
Philanthropic

37. What is NOT an example of an in kind contribution?
Donating money to a humanitarian organizaiton for the purchase of blankets
Reputation
Legal
Laws regulating consumer protection

38. Karen Silkwood is associated with?
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Kerr-McGee (plutonium tampering)
Random drug testing of employees is allowed in all cases
Fidiciary

39. What statement is TRUE?
Any program which seeks to reverse the effects of any form of discrimination
Laws regulating consumer protection
Sustainable development emphasizes the development of new & innovative technologies to reduce the overuse of natural resources
It requires employers to give workers notice before mass layoffs so that they can prepare

40. What is NOT true of NAFTA?
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters
Help developing countries stregthen their economics
Sexual discrimination
Non-renewal resources

41. Which act makes it illegal for US citizens to participate in bribes?
Dumpster diving
Kantian ethics (is deontological determines morality based on the morality of the action itself)
Sexual discrimination
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

42. Hard money is?
Outsourcing is unanimously agreed to be a beneficial process.
A grease payment make things that would normally occur happen at a faster rate
Laws regulating consumer protection
Donated to a candidates campaign

43. What is NOT a right outlined in the Privacy Act of 1974?
A person has the right to remove documents about themselves from government records
OSHA
No - grease payments are not considered bribes & are therefore not illegal under the FCPA
Environmental equilibrium

44. the merger between Delta Air Lines & Northwest Airlines raised concerns about what?
Altruism (refers to placing the needs of another above oneself)
All are ways businesses are regulated
Monopolies
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc

45. What of the following is TRUE?
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)
Fidiciary
Sustainable development emphasizes the development of new & innovative technologies to reduce the overuse of natural resources
Regulate how a co should manage certain processes that pollute the environment

46. If a resource is used at the same rate at which it can be replenished it is describes as?
Discontinue the sale of the textbooks because as a general rule the practice is not unconditional
Pay raises
Product safety regulations - Import tariffs
Environmental equilibrium

47. What is NOT an unethical pricing strategy?
Price cancellation
Oil spill
Product - Place - Promotion - & Price
The WTO is governed by a conference of Secretariats with one Secretariat from each country

48. What best describes soft money?
Money that is donated to political parties for the purpose of party building activities
A piece of code which spreads from computer to computer & can disrupt computer functions.
The act did all
Hard money

49. What statement about Corporate Social Responsibility is FALSE?
Self reference criterion
Logos - jingles - & brand names can all be ex. of trademarks
It is unanimously agreed that there is a dire need for it in todays society
Statistical discrimination - Unintentional discrimination

50. What correctly describes the legality of camera surveillance methods in a workplace?
If a co. pays a low level official to ensure that their employees receive work visas more quickly than normal
Although video surveillance is essentially unrestricted there are limits to an employers use of audio surveillance
The WTO is governed by a conference of Secretariats with one Secretariat from each country
Authoritative (leader makes decisions & tells employees what their responsibilities are)