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DSST Business Ethics And Society

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1. What is a way in which government interventions in the economy can be beneficial to consumers?
Sexual discrimination
Product safety regulations - Import tariffs
No - grease payments are not considered bribes & are therefore not illegal under the FCPA
Sarbanes-Oxley Act

2. What does EEOC stand for?
Sets forth standards for management in relations with labor unions
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Donated to a candidates campaign
Ethics. Most people felt the program (which charged more for the middle class people) was highly unethical & would not support it.

3. What statement is TRUE?
When a lawyer withdraws legal representation for their client & notifies the proper authorities
Taxes negatively impact efficient economic operations by driving a wedge between businesses & customers. However - they are often necessary
Pure Food & Drug Act (in 1906 to force food producing industries to practice sanitation)
The only ethical regulation s businesses follow are mandated by the government

4. What is NOT a way in which business's are regulated?
All are ways businesses are regulated
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)
Education
Donating money to a humanitarian organizaiton for the purchase of blankets

5. What is NOT a type of imperative considered under Kantian ethics?
Donating money to a humanitarian organizaiton for the purchase of blankets
Prevent international trade crisis
Universal imperative
It is unanimously agreed that there is a dire need for it in todays society

6. What is NOT a type of discrimination investigated by the EEOC?
Oil spill
Finding ways to eliminate the opportunities for employees to act unethically
NIMBY (not in my backyard)
Education

7. The Tyco scandal is associated with which ACT?
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Kerr-McGee (plutonium tampering)
Enquiring about off duty activities
Pre-conventional (main goal of a person is survival. justification of actions comes from understanding punishment & reward system)

8. What are conflict diamonds?
Farming (suitable for agricultural use)
Democratic leadership style
Diamonds which are sold with the purpose of funding insurrection or war.
An attempt to apply moral & ethical principles to business actions

9. What is more typical of a values oriented ethical program that a compliance oriented ethics program?
Finding ways to eliminate the opportunities for employees to act unethically
Consequentialism (considers the consequences of an action & the extent to which they benefit society in determining morality)
A strong focus on developing core values
Goodwill (good reputation makes co. worth more)

10. What is the responsibility of the FDA?
Education
All were implicated in scandals (Enron - Coca-Cola - Tyco International)
Government regulations are always detrimental because the economy is self-correcting
To ensure & protect public health & safety

11. What statement is TRUE?
A system of accountability - oversight - & control within the company
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)
Kerr-McGee (plutonium tampering)
Logos - jingles - & brand names can all be ex. of trademarks

12. Corporate citizenship?
Price cancellation
Outsourcing is unanimously agreed to be a beneficial process.
Post conventional (person is ruled by conscience instead of society)
The considerations of large co about the well being of society when they make business decisions

13. Ergonomics is?
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.
The study of designing more comfortably or easily used equipment
Finding ways to eliminate the opportunities for employees to act unethically
Environmental equilibrium

14. What is NOT a conflict of interest?
Economical
Stage 4 (people are motivated primarily by authority such as law)
All are conflicts of interest
Ethical relativism (no universal set of moral they are determined by the state & opinion in which one lives)

15. Who is best known for creating the categorical imperative?
Immanuel Kant
Education
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)
Act utilitarianism (called maximizing utility)

16. The Kimberley Process Certification Scheme was created to stop the circulation of?
Laws regulating consumer protection
Conflict diamonds
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
All are possible benefits

17. What statement about Corporate Social Responsibility is FALSE?
Corporate intelligence involves legally gathering information about a co. & corporate espionage involves illegally gathering information about a co.
Ensure worker safety
It is unanimously agreed that there is a dire need for it in todays society
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters

18. What type of information is complied to answer a specific question?
Ad hoc (means for this)
Stage 2 people are concerned with obtaining rewards
Universal Ethics Protocol organization
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the business)

19. 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
Act utilitarianism (called maximizing utility)
Democratic leadership style
Illegal drugs (drugs are monitored by DEA)

20. Noisy withdrawal is?
When a lawyer withdraws legal representation for their client & notifies the proper authorities
Ethical relativism (no universal set of moral they are determined by the state & opinion in which one lives)
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)
When a person or co. trades goods or services in place of money.

21. If a person owns a cupcake business & works in a cupcake factory - what type of conflict of interest is it considered?
Facilitating payment
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc
Oil spill
Outside employment where a person has 2 jobs which conflict with each other

22. The purpose of the World Bank is?
Help developing countries stregthen their economics
Pre-conventional (main goal of a person is survival. justification of actions comes from understanding punishment & reward system)
Kantian ethics (is deontological determines morality based on the morality of the action itself)
Outsourcing is often criticized however it can have many economic benefits because it allows companies to produce at a lower cost.

23. Why did Supreme Court rule in favor of Walmart in the case of Dukes vs Walmart?
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not
Logos - jingles - & brand names can all be ex. of trademarks
Deontological ethics (claims the morality of an action is determined by the morality of the action itself regardless of the consequences)
Because Dukes could not proves all women employees faced discrimination practices

24. The purpose of the International Monetary Fund?
Allows an orgin site to send information to a computers browser
Prevent international trade crisis
Board of Directors
The WTO is governed by a conference of Secretariats with one Secretariat from each country

25. 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?
Allows an orgin site to send information to a computers browser
Stage 1 (person most concerned with avoiding punishment)
No - grease payments are not considered bribes & are therefore not illegal under the FCPA
Pump & dump

26. What is NOT concern relative to outsourcing?
Ad hoc (means for this)
If workers were loyal - punctual - & had at least decently efficient they could expect to keep their jobs & perhaps even advance over time.
All are concerns about outsourcing
Fidiciary

27. What is the purpose of the Kyoto Protocol?
Altruism (refers to placing the needs of another above oneself)
Democratic leadership style
To lower greenhouse gas emissions
Government regulations are always detrimental because the economy is self-correcting

28. Oversight refers to?
Post conventional (person is ruled by conscience instead of society)
Non-renewal resources
Finding ways to eliminate the opportunities for employees to act unethically
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)

29. Does the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act include grease payments?
All are concerns about outsourcing
No - grease payments are not considered bribes & are therefore not illegal under the FCPA
Civil case (feel their rights have been violated)
Farming (suitable for agricultural use)

30. Which co was NOT implicated in the early 2000s?
All were implicated in scandals (Enron - Coca-Cola - Tyco International)
Economical
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not
Statistical discrimination - Unintentional discrimination

31. What theory claims that ethical beliefs are determined by the society in which one lives?
Non-renewal resources
Environmental equilibrium
Allows an orgin site to send information to a computers browser
Ethical relativism (no universal set of moral they are determined by the state & opinion in which one lives)

32. The intent of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act was to?
Non-point source contributions
Comparable worth
Conflict diamonds
Restore stakeholder confidence in the securities market after a series of scandals in the early 2000s

33. How many days of notice does the WARN Act require employers to give employees?
60 days
Conflict diamonds
Universal Ethics Protocol organization
Laws regulating consumer protection

34. Business with a mindset of the customer is always right often find themselves subject to more of which type of fraud?
If workers were loyal - punctual - & had at least decently efficient they could expect to keep their jobs & perhaps even advance over time.
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the business)
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)
Universal imperative

35. The Dukes vs. Walmart case involves which issue?
All are possible benefits
Sexual discrimination
Environmental equilibrium
Act utilitarianism

36. Arable land is used for?
That management agrees to terms set forth by labor unions
Discontinue the sale of the textbooks because as a general rule the practice is not unconditional
Farming (suitable for agricultural use)
Because Delta & Northwest are not the only airlines there is not way the merge could be considered anticompetitive

37. What is NOT a rule for creating maxims under Kantian ethics?
Pay raises
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)
Donated to a candidates campaign

38. A virus is?
A piece of code which spreads from computer to computer & can disrupt computer functions.
Prevent international trade crisis
Deontological ethics (claims the morality of an action is determined by the morality of the action itself regardless of the consequences)
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)

39. What moral theory considers the action resulting in the greatest benefit to all people as the most moral action?
Outsourcing is often criticized however it can have many economic benefits because it allows companies to produce at a lower cost.
Allows foreign citizens to bring a citizen of the US to trial in the US
Act utilitarianism (called maximizing utility)
Random drug testing of employees is allowed in all cases

40. If people object to something being built near their homes it is referred to as?
Statistical discrimination - Unintentional discrimination
Because Delta & Northwest are not the only airlines there is not way the merge could be considered anticompetitive
NIMBY (not in my backyard)
All are possible benefits

41. What is the purpose of the WARN Act?
Ethics. Most people felt the program (which charged more for the middle class people) was highly unethical & would not support it.
When a lawyer withdraws legal representation for their client & notifies the proper authorities
It requires employers to give workers notice before mass layoffs so that they can prepare
The only ethical regulation s businesses follow are mandated by the government

42. What is NOT illegal?
Statistical discrimination - Unintentional discrimination
Conflict diamonds
A move toward equality among all races in issues related to environmental hazards
Universal Ethics Protocol organization

43. What is NOT true of NAFTA?
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters
All are related to government & business interactions
The considerations of large co about the well being of society when they make business decisions
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc

44. Ethical & philanthropic responsibilities are important in building?
Corporate intelligence involves legally gathering information about a co. & corporate espionage involves illegally gathering information about a co.
Reputation
Democratic leadership style
All are conflicts of interest

45. What is best ex. of point secure pollution?
Regulate how a co should manage certain processes that pollute the environment
Oil spill
NIMBY (not in my backyard)
Non-point source contributions

46. What is NOT a way that government can influence businesses?
Outsourcing is often criticized however it can have many economic benefits because it allows companies to produce at a lower cost.
Through PACS
Any program which seeks to reverse the effects of any form of discrimination
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

47. What BEST describes affirmative action?
Conflict diamonds
Taxes negatively impact efficient economic operations by driving a wedge between businesses & customers. However - they are often necessary
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not
Any program which seeks to reverse the effects of any form of discrimination

48. What is NOT true of sexual harassment?
The primary factor in sexual harassment cases is the intent of the action
All are conflicts of interest
Ensure worker safety
Because Dukes could not proves all women employees faced discrimination practices

49. What theiry claims that person should only act in their own best interst?
That management agrees to terms set forth by labor unions
Ethical egosim (states if it benefits the person then it is the right thing to do)
Utilitarianism (focus on considering the benefit & costs & if benefits are greater than costs then action is moral)
Kantian ethics (is deontological determines morality based on the morality of the action itself)

50. What is NOT an agency responsible for protecting workers health?
Reputation
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Ethical egosim (states if it benefits the person then it is the right thing to do)
KPCS (they work to reduce circulation of conflict diamonds)