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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 type of information is complied to answer a specific question?
Utilitarianism (focus on considering the benefit & costs & if benefits are greater than costs then action is moral)
Ad hoc (means for this)
Donating money to a humanitarian organizaiton for the purchase of blankets
A system of accountability - oversight - & control within the company

2. What statement best describes the difference between corporate intelligence & corpirate espionage?
Nepotism (considering the interests of family ahead of what is best for the business)
Corporate intelligence involves legally gathering information about a co. & corporate espionage involves illegally gathering information about a co.
Illegal drugs (drugs are monitored by DEA)
Product - Place - Promotion - & Price

3. The purpose of the World Bank is?
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the business)
Help developing countries stregthen their economics
Restore stakeholder confidence in the securities market after a series of scandals in the early 2000s
Civil case (feel their rights have been violated)

4. What is NOT an attempt at creating a universal ethical standard?
All are ways businesses are regulated
Universal Ethics Protocol organization
The considerations of large co about the well being of society when they make business decisions
All are possible benefits

5. What statement is TRUE?
An NDA would be appropriate in all situations
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.
Discrimination

6. Protections for workers from workplace hazard are regulated & mandated by what agency?
Price cancellation
Education
It is unanimously agreed that there is a dire need for it in todays society
OSHA

7. A virus is?
A piece of code which spreads from computer to computer & can disrupt computer functions.
Money that is donated to political parties for the purpose of party building activities
A strong focus on developing core values
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

8. If a resource is used at the same rate at which it can be replenished it is describes as?
Act utilitarianism
Environmental equilibrium
Donated to a candidates campaign
KPCS (they work to reduce circulation of conflict diamonds)

9. What aid employers in keeping information private?
Monopolies
Stage 4 (people are motivated primarily by authority such as law)
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
NDA (non-disclosure agreements are legal & binding)

10. What is NOT true of sexual harassment?
Illegal drugs (drugs are monitored by DEA)
An NDA would be appropriate in all situations
The primary factor in sexual harassment cases is the intent of the action
Utilitarianism (focus on considering the benefit & costs & if benefits are greater than costs then action is moral)

11. Which co was NOT implicated in the early 2000s?
NDA (non-disclosure agreements are legal & binding)
Product safety regulations - Import tariffs
All were implicated in scandals (Enron - Coca-Cola - Tyco International)
Laws regulating consumer protection

12. What is environmental justice?
A move toward equality among all races in issues related to environmental hazards
Donating money to a humanitarian organizaiton for the purchase of blankets
A system of accountability - oversight - & control within the company
Immanuel Kant

13. The Tyco scandal is associated with which ACT?
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Donating money to a humanitarian organizaiton for the purchase of blankets
Through PACS
Civil case (feel their rights have been violated)

14. What is the purpose of the WARN Act?
It requires employers to give workers notice before mass layoffs so that they can prepare
Legal
Non-renewal resources
Sets forth standards for management in relations with labor unions

15. What describes a type of conflict of interest where a broker owns securities & spreads rumors about them to make the price go up - then sells them before the price goes back down?
Pump & dump
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)
Decide the benefits of releasing the software now outweight the costs - & present the product as finished
The WTO is governed by a conference of Secretariats with one Secretariat from each country

16. What types of contributions to a political campaign have donations limits imposed by law?
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
Pay raises
Hard money
Although video surveillance is essentially unrestricted there are limits to an employers use of audio surveillance

17. According to teleological ethics an action's morality is determined based on its consequences?
That management agrees to terms set forth by labor unions
True statement teleological ethics an actions morality is determined based on its consequences. type of consequentialism.
The primary factor in sexual harassment cases is the intent of the action
Philanthropic

18. If people object to something being built near their homes it is referred to as?
Oil spill
NIMBY (not in my backyard)
If workers were loyal - punctual - & had at least decently efficient they could expect to keep their jobs & perhaps even advance over time.
Advertising which involves technically true claims which are misleading by nature.

19. Business ethics is?
An attempt to apply moral & ethical principles to business actions
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.
That management agrees to terms set forth by labor unions

20. 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?
Non-renewal resources
Allows foreign citizens to bring a citizen of the US to trial in the US
Advertising which involves technically true claims which are misleading by nature.
Stage 1 (person most concerned with avoiding punishment)

21. What did the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act NOT do?
Stage 2 people are concerned with obtaining rewards
The act did all
Patriot Act
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not

22. If a person owns a cupcake business & works in a cupcake factory - what type of conflict of interest is it considered?
When a lawyer withdraws legal representation for their client & notifies the proper authorities
Universal imperative
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Outside employment where a person has 2 jobs which conflict with each other

23. Hard money is?
A person has the right to remove documents about themselves from government records
Donated to a candidates campaign
Hard money
Nepotism (considering the interests of family ahead of what is best for the business)

24. What is NOT an unethical pricing strategy?
Price cancellation
All are concerns about outsourcing
When a person or co. trades goods or services in place of money.
All are stakeholders

25. What statement is TRUE?
Telling the truth because you think it is the right thing to do
Logos - jingles - & brand names can all be ex. of trademarks
Because Dukes could not proves all women employees faced discrimination practices
Price cancellation

26. The Kimberley Process Certification Scheme was created to stop the circulation of?
Self reference criterion
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Hard money
Conflict diamonds

27. What is NOT an example of how corporate espionage can occur?
All are examples of corporate espionage
Sustainable development emphasizes the development of new & innovative technologies to reduce the overuse of natural resources
Allows foreign citizens to bring a citizen of the US to trial in the US
Patriot Act

28. Noisy withdrawal is?
The study of designing more comfortably or easily used equipment
All are concerns about outsourcing
Ad hoc (means for this)
When a lawyer withdraws legal representation for their client & notifies the proper authorities

29. The Dukes vs. Walmart case involves which issue?
Sexual discrimination
To lower greenhouse gas emissions
Stage 5 People act because they feel an obligation to society
Diamonds which are sold with the purpose of funding insurrection or war.

30. Implied falsity?
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)
Taxes negatively impact efficient economic operations by driving a wedge between businesses & customers. However - they are often necessary
They can only sell stock amounting to a 10 M value at a time
Advertising which involves technically true claims which are misleading by nature.

31. A grease payment can also be called?
Regulate how a co should manage certain processes that pollute the environment
Enquiring about off duty activities
Allows foreign citizens to bring a citizen of the US to trial in the US
Facilitating payment

32. What type of responsibility is the LEAST regulated?
Because Dukes could not proves all women employees faced discrimination practices
All are examples of corporate espionage
Philanthropic
Universal imperative

33. What term is synonymous with philanthropy?
Product safety regulations - Import tariffs
Kantian ethics (is deontological determines morality based on the morality of the action itself)
When a person or co. trades goods or services in place of money.
Altruism (refers to placing the needs of another above oneself)

34. What is NOT true of NAFTA?
Environmental equilibrium
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters
The primary factor in sexual harassment cases is the intent of the action
Farming (suitable for agricultural use)

35. What statement BEST describes attitudes toward outsourcing?
Conflict diamonds
Facilitating payment
No - grease payments are not considered bribes & are therefore not illegal under the FCPA
Outsourcing is often criticized however it can have many economic benefits because it allows companies to produce at a lower cost.

36. A lawyer knows their client is guilty but defends them anyway. This falls under which type of ethics?
Product safety regulations - Import tariffs
Non-renewal resources
Legal
Pump & dump

37. What statement is FALSE about merger between Delta Air Lines & Northwest Airlines in 2008?
Universal imperative
Because Delta & Northwest are not the only airlines there is not way the merge could be considered anticompetitive
Donated to a candidates campaign
Government regulations are always detrimental because the economy is self-correcting

38. What act conflicts with the Privacy Act of 1974?
Education
Reputation
Patriot Act
Non-point source contributions

39. What BEST describes affirmative action?
Any program which seeks to reverse the effects of any form of discrimination
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
Non-point source contributions
When a lawyer withdraws legal representation for their client & notifies the proper authorities

40. What is NOT a reason clinton's attempt at healthcare reform in the early 1990s failed?
Immanuel Kant
It requires employers to give workers notice before mass layoffs so that they can prepare
Ethics. Most people felt the program (which charged more for the middle class people) was highly unethical & would not support it.
Enquiring about off duty activities

41. What is NOT a regulation for insiders trading stock?
Goodwill (good reputation makes co. worth more)
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)
They can only sell stock amounting to a 10 M value at a time
Employers may use subjective considerations for hiring as long as they do not produce a discriminatory environment

42. What is NOT a benefit which can come to companies as a result of substainable business practices?
A grease payment make things that would normally occur happen at a faster rate
Illegal drugs (drugs are monitored by DEA)
All are possible benefits
Pay raises

43. What is NOT a rule for creating maxims under Kantian ethics?
Legal
Stage 2 people are concerned with obtaining rewards
Ethics. Most people felt the program (which charged more for the middle class people) was highly unethical & would not support it.
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)

44. Lobbying is?
Meeting with senators - representative - staff members or other important people to persuade them to vote how you wish them to
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not
Employers may use subjective considerations for hiring as long as they do not produce a discriminatory environment

45. 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
It is unanimously agreed that there is a dire need for it in todays society
A strong focus on developing core values
Prevent international trade crisis
Decide the benefits of releasing the software now outweight the costs - & present the product as finished

46. 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?
A person has the right to remove documents about themselves from government records
Discontinue the sale of the textbooks because as a general rule the practice is not unconditional
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Ethics. Most people felt the program (which charged more for the middle class people) was highly unethical & would not support it.

47. What term describes a moral theory which derives morality from actions?
Finding ways to eliminate the opportunities for employees to act unethically
Deontological ethics (claims the morality of an action is determined by the morality of the action itself regardless of the consequences)
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit
Pure Food & Drug Act (in 1906 to force food producing industries to practice sanitation)

48. 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
Restore stakeholder confidence in the securities market after a series of scandals in the early 2000s
Advertising which involves technically true claims which are misleading by nature.
Post conventional (person is ruled by conscience instead of society)

49. What is regulated by FDA?
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)
Sexual discrimination
All are related to government & business interactions
Stage 5 People act because they feel an obligation to society

50. What case established that is was how actions were interpreted that matter in sexual harassment cases?
Ensure worker safety
Act utilitarianism (called maximizing utility)
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc
Sexual discrimination