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DSST Business Ethics And Society

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1. What is NOT a responsibility that should be considreed by businesses?
Utilitarianism (focus on considering the benefit & costs & if benefits are greater than costs then action is moral)
Fidiciary
All are related to government & business interactions
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)

2. The Kimberley Process Certification Scheme was created to stop the circulation of?
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.
Outsourcing is often criticized however it can have many economic benefits because it allows companies to produce at a lower cost.
Conflict diamonds
Telling the truth because you think it is the right thing to do

3. What moral theory considers the action resulting in the greatest benefit to all people as the most moral action?
Act utilitarianism (called maximizing utility)
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the business)
Prevent international trade crisis
They can only sell stock amounting to a 10 M value at a time

4. What correctly describes the legality of camera surveillance methods in a workplace?
Although video surveillance is essentially unrestricted there are limits to an employers use of audio surveillance
Legal
Illegal drugs (drugs are monitored by DEA)
Finding ways to eliminate the opportunities for employees to act unethically

5. Arable land is used for?
Farming (suitable for agricultural use)
Pure Food & Drug Act (in 1906 to force food producing industries to practice sanitation)
Stage 4 (people are motivated primarily by authority such as law)
True statement teleological ethics an actions morality is determined based on its consequences. type of consequentialism.

6. In what situation would an NDA NOT be used?
It requires employers to give workers notice before mass layoffs so that they can prepare
An NDA would be appropriate in all situations
The primary factor in sexual harassment cases is the intent of the action
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)

7. What best describes rule utilitarianism?
Fidiciary
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
If workers were loyal - punctual - & had at least decently efficient they could expect to keep their jobs & perhaps even advance over time.
Ethical relativism (no universal set of moral they are determined by the state & opinion in which one lives)

8. Who has legal responsibility for a company's actions in a corporation?
An NDA would be appropriate in all situations
Nepotism (considering the interests of family ahead of what is best for the business)
Lawyers
Board of Directors

9. What is NOT a conflict of interest?
All are conflicts of interest
Stage 1 (person most concerned with avoiding punishment)
That management agrees to terms set forth by labor unions
All are stakeholders

10. What is NOT an agency responsible for protecting workers health?
KPCS (they work to reduce circulation of conflict diamonds)
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc
Deontological ethics (claims the morality of an action is determined by the morality of the action itself regardless of the consequences)
Random drug testing of employees is allowed in all cases

11. Hard money is?
Decide the benefits of releasing the software now outweight the costs - & present the product as finished
An NDA would be appropriate in all situations
Outside employment where a person has 2 jobs which conflict with each other
Donated to a candidates campaign

12. According to teleological ethics an action's morality is determined based on its consequences?
Taxes negatively impact efficient economic operations by driving a wedge between businesses & customers. However - they are often necessary
Economical
True statement teleological ethics an actions morality is determined based on its consequences. type of consequentialism.
Post conventional (person is ruled by conscience instead of society)

13. Utilitarianism is a type of?
Help developing countries stregthen their economics
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)
Allows foreign citizens to bring a citizen of the US to trial in the US
Consequentialism (considers the consequences of an action & the extent to which they benefit society in determining morality)

14. 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?
Government regulations are always detrimental because the economy is self-correcting
Outside employment where a person has 2 jobs which conflict with each other
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
Stage 4 (people are motivated primarily by authority such as law)

15. A business practices underhanded accounting practices to raise stock prices & make money. Which type of ethics does this fall under?
When a person or co. trades goods or services in place of money.
They can only sell stock amounting to a 10 M value at a time
A move toward equality among all races in issues related to environmental hazards
Economical

16. What best describes in kind contribution?
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.
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not
Board of Directors

17. What did the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act NOT do?
Self reference criterion
The act did all
Pre-conventional (main goal of a person is survival. justification of actions comes from understanding punishment & reward system)
Because Delta & Northwest are not the only airlines there is not way the merge could be considered anticompetitive

18. Ethical & philanthropic responsibilities are important in building?
Reputation
Any program which seeks to reverse the effects of any form of discrimination
Pure Food & Drug Act (in 1906 to force food producing industries to practice sanitation)
NDA (non-disclosure agreements are legal & binding)

19. What statement is TRUE?
Comparable worth
All are conflicts of interest
All are correct guidelines
Sustainable development emphasizes the development of new & innovative technologies to reduce the overuse of natural resources

20. A stable state economy is in a state of?
Environmental equilibrium
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not
Donated to a candidates campaign
The only ethical regulation s businesses follow are mandated by the government

21. The Alien Tort Claims Act?
Taxes negatively impact efficient economic operations by driving a wedge between businesses & customers. However - they are often necessary
Sexual discrimination
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not
Allows foreign citizens to bring a citizen of the US to trial in the US

22. What statement is TRUE?
Logos - jingles - & brand names can all be ex. of trademarks
The primary factor in sexual harassment cases is the intent of the action
Because Dukes could not proves all women employees faced discrimination practices
Non-point source contributions

23. What are conflict diamonds?
A person has the right to remove documents about themselves from government records
Diamonds which are sold with the purpose of funding insurrection or war.
A piece of code which spreads from computer to computer & can disrupt computer functions.
An intermediary who investigates complaints against a group

24. What of the following is TRUE?
Decide the benefits of releasing the software now outweight the costs - & present the product as finished
OSHA
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)
Stage 5 People act because they feel an obligation to society

25. What case established that is was how actions were interpreted that matter in sexual harassment cases?
Product - Place - Promotion - & Price
NIMBY (not in my backyard)
Oil spill
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc

26. Implied falsity?
OSHA
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Taxes negatively impact efficient economic operations by driving a wedge between businesses & customers. However - they are often necessary
Advertising which involves technically true claims which are misleading by nature.

27. What is a way in which government interventions in the economy can be beneficial to consumers?
Laws regulating consumer protection
Patriot Act
Product safety regulations - Import tariffs
Corporate intelligence involves legally gathering information about a co. & corporate espionage involves illegally gathering information about a co.

28. A noisy withdrawal would be done by?
Help developing countries stregthen their economics
EEOC (has to do with employment in US)
Lawyers
Sustainable development emphasizes the development of new & innovative technologies to reduce the overuse of natural resources

29. The FTC was created to monitor which type of regulation?
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.
Laws regulating consumer protection
Civil Rights Act of 1964
All are examples of corporate espionage

30. What type of information is complied to answer a specific question?
Ad hoc (means for this)
Universal imperative
Sexual discrimination
Product - Place - Promotion - & Price

31. What is NOT concern relative to outsourcing?
All are concerns about outsourcing
All are related to government & business interactions
Statistical discrimination - Unintentional discrimination
NDA (non-disclosure agreements are legal & binding)

32. 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.
It is unanimously agreed that there is a dire need for it in todays society
All are concerns about outsourcing
Sexual harassment

33. A virus is?
A piece of code which spreads from computer to computer & can disrupt computer functions.
To ensure & protect public health & safety
The only ethical regulation s businesses follow are mandated by the government
Finding ways to eliminate the opportunities for employees to act unethically

34. Cost benefit considerations would be most typical of what type of ethics?
Pure Food & Drug Act (in 1906 to force food producing industries to practice sanitation)
If a co. pays a low level official to ensure that their employees receive work visas more quickly than normal
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
Utilitarianism (focus on considering the benefit & costs & if benefits are greater than costs then action is moral)

35. What is true about spam?
Reputation
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
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
An intermediary who investigates complaints against a group

36. What is NOT true of sexual harassment?
The primary factor in sexual harassment cases is the intent of the action
Laws regulating consumer protection
Oil spill
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

37. The purpose of the International Monetary Fund?
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Prevent international trade crisis
Oil spill
Facilitating payment

38. Why did Supreme Court rule in favor of Walmart in the case of Dukes vs Walmart?
The act did all
Because Dukes could not proves all women employees faced discrimination practices
Economical
60 days

39. What is NOT a benefit which can come to companies as a result of substainable business practices?
Government regulations are always detrimental because the economy is self-correcting
Deontological ethics (claims the morality of an action is determined by the morality of the action itself regardless of the consequences)
All are possible benefits
If a co. pays a low level official to ensure that their employees receive work visas more quickly than normal

40. If people object to something being built near their homes it is referred to as?
NIMBY (not in my backyard)
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not
Restore stakeholder confidence in the securities market after a series of scandals in the early 2000s

41. What type of responsibility is the LEAST regulated?
KPCS (they work to reduce circulation of conflict diamonds)
Sets forth standards for management in relations with labor unions
Philanthropic
EEOC (has to do with employment in US)

42. What is NOT a rule for creating maxims under Kantian ethics?
All are possible benefits
Regulate how a co should manage certain processes that pollute the environment
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)
Pre-conventional (main goal of a person is survival. justification of actions comes from understanding punishment & reward system)

43. What statement is TRUE?
Stage 5 People act because they feel an obligation to society
An NDA would be appropriate in all situations
A grease payment make things that would normally occur happen at a faster rate
The considerations of large co about the well being of society when they make business decisions

44. The EEOC investiges violations of the?
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Environmental equilibrium
The considerations of large co about the well being of society when they make business decisions

45. What is NOT true of NAFTA?
Logos - jingles - & brand names can all be ex. of trademarks
Advertising which involves technically true claims which are misleading by nature.
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters
KPCS (they work to reduce circulation of conflict diamonds)

46. If a person owns a cupcake business & works in a cupcake factory - what type of conflict of interest is it considered?
All would be addressed in an NDA
Restore stakeholder confidence in the securities market after a series of scandals in the early 2000s
Democratic leadership style
Outside employment where a person has 2 jobs which conflict with each other

47. What is NOT an example of an in kind contribution?
All are stakeholders
Donating money to a humanitarian organizaiton for the purchase of blankets
NDA (non-disclosure agreements are legal & binding)
Corporate intelligence involves legally gathering information about a co. & corporate espionage involves illegally gathering information about a co.

48. What is regulated by FDA?
A person has the right to remove documents about themselves from government records
Altruism (refers to placing the needs of another above oneself)
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)
Product - Place - Promotion - & Price

49. What is NOT true of the WTO?
Laws regulating consumer protection
Patriot Act
The WTO is governed by a conference of Secretariats with one Secretariat from each country
Product safety regulations - Import tariffs

50. What statement is FALSE about merger between Delta Air Lines & Northwest Airlines in 2008?
The considerations of large co about the well being of society when they make business decisions
Goodwill (good reputation makes co. worth more)
Misstating financial statements
Because Delta & Northwest are not the only airlines there is not way the merge could be considered anticompetitive