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DSST Business Ethics And Society

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1. What best describes rule utilitarianism?
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
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
Ensure worker safety
When a lawyer withdraws legal representation for their client & notifies the proper authorities

2. Corporate citizenship?
The considerations of large co about the well being of society when they make business decisions
Restore stakeholder confidence in the securities market after a series of scandals in the early 2000s
An NDA would be appropriate in all situations
Civil case (feel their rights have been violated)

3. What statement is FALSE about merger between Delta Air Lines & Northwest Airlines in 2008?
EEOC (has to do with employment in US)
They can only sell stock amounting to a 10 M value at a time
Because Delta & Northwest are not the only airlines there is not way the merge could be considered anticompetitive
Patriot Act

4. What is NOT a legal way for employers to monitor employees?
Education
Goodwill (good reputation makes co. worth more)
Act utilitarianism
Enquiring about off duty activities

5. What case established that is was how actions were interpreted that matter in sexual harassment cases?
Money that is donated to political parties for the purpose of party building activities
Allows an orgin site to send information to a computers browser
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc
That management agrees to terms set forth by labor unions

6. The term glass ceiling related to which employer-employee relations issue?
Lawyers
A person has the right to remove documents about themselves from government records
Ensure worker safety
Discrimination

7. The origins of the FDA can be traces to what ACT?
EEOC (has to do with employment in US)
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)
Democratic leadership style
Pure Food & Drug Act (in 1906 to force food producing industries to practice sanitation)

8. What is NOT a guideline set forth by Supreme court to be used in creating affirmative action programs?
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters
When a lawyer withdraws legal representation for their client & notifies the proper authorities
Illegal drugs (drugs are monitored by DEA)
All are correct guidelines

9. Ethical & philanthropic responsibilities are important in building?
Allows an orgin site to send information to a computers browser
Reputation
Farming (suitable for agricultural use)
Kerr-McGee (plutonium tampering)

10. What statement is TRUE?
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.
KPCS (they work to reduce circulation of conflict diamonds)
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

11. What best describes soft money?
Enquiring about off duty activities
Money that is donated to political parties for the purpose of party building activities
Regulate how a co should manage certain processes that pollute the environment
An NDA would be appropriate in all situations

12. What moral theory considers the action resulting in the greatest benefit to all people as the most moral action?
Act utilitarianism (called maximizing utility)
True statement teleological ethics an actions morality is determined based on its consequences. type of consequentialism.
Monopolies
Immanuel Kant

13. What statement about Corporate Social Responsibility is FALSE?
It is unanimously agreed that there is a dire need for it in todays society
Ethics. Most people felt the program (which charged more for the middle class people) was highly unethical & would not support it.
A move toward equality among all races in issues related to environmental hazards
Sustainable development emphasizes the development of new & innovative technologies to reduce the overuse of natural resources

14. If a person owns a cupcake business & works in a cupcake factory - what type of conflict of interest is it considered?
Stage 2 people are concerned with obtaining rewards
Restore stakeholder confidence in the securities market after a series of scandals in the early 2000s
Outside employment where a person has 2 jobs which conflict with each other
Act utilitarianism (called maximizing utility)

15. The fact that in many cases a company's worth is greater than the value of its tangible assets is referred to as?
Goodwill (good reputation makes co. worth more)
Allows foreign citizens to bring a citizen of the US to trial in the US
Government regulations are always detrimental because the economy is self-correcting
Outside employment where a person has 2 jobs which conflict with each other

16. What group would not be considered a stakeholder?
Illegal drugs (drugs are monitored by DEA)
All are stakeholders
Hard money
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)

17. What would NOT be addressed in a Non-disclosure agreement?
Any program which seeks to reverse the effects of any form of discrimination
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the business)
To ensure & protect public health & safety
All would be addressed in an NDA

18. What is NOT a type of discrimination investigated by the EEOC?
Donating money to a humanitarian organizaiton for the purchase of blankets
Sexual harassment
Education
OSHA

19. What is the four P's of advertising?
Product - Place - Promotion - & Price
To ensure & protect public health & safety
Corporate intelligence involves legally gathering information about a co. & corporate espionage involves illegally gathering information about a co.
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters

20. Which co was NOT implicated in the early 2000s?
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters
Money that is donated to political parties for the purpose of party building activities
All were implicated in scandals (Enron - Coca-Cola - Tyco International)
Because Dukes could not proves all women employees faced discrimination practices

21. A cookie?
Stage 1 (person most concerned with avoiding punishment)
Outside employment where a person has 2 jobs which conflict with each other
Allows an orgin site to send information to a computers browser
All are correct guidelines

22. What statement is NOT true?
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)
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.
Through PACS
Decide the benefits of releasing the software now outweight the costs - & present the product as finished

23. A manager implements new safety procedures because they feel obligated to protect the safety of their employees. Which of Kolhbergs stages does this describe?
Stage 5 People act because they feel an obligation to society
They can only sell stock amounting to a 10 M value at a time
Patriot Act
Discontinue the sale of the textbooks because as a general rule the practice is not unconditional

24. What is NOT a regulation for insiders trading stock?
They can only sell stock amounting to a 10 M value at a time
All would be addressed in an NDA
Taxes negatively impact efficient economic operations by driving a wedge between businesses & customers. However - they are often necessary
Kerr-McGee (plutonium tampering)

25. A noisy withdrawal would be done by?
Lawyers
Help developing countries stregthen their economics
All are ways businesses are regulated
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

26. What is NOT a benefit which can come to companies as a result of substainable business practices?
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
All are possible benefits
The act did all

27. Does the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act include grease payments?
Act utilitarianism
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
Nepotism (considering the interests of family ahead of what is best for the business)
No - grease payments are not considered bribes & are therefore not illegal under the FCPA

28. What BEST describes affirmative action?
To ensure & protect public health & safety
Any program which seeks to reverse the effects of any form of discrimination
Government regulations are always detrimental because the economy is self-correcting
The act did all

29. What is a standard that aides companies in improving their environmental practices?
Act utilitarianism
An intermediary who investigates complaints against a group
Board of Directors
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)

30. OSHA was created to?
Decide the benefits of releasing the software now outweight the costs - & present the product as finished
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
Ensure worker safety
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc

31. Arable land is used for?
Monopolies
Ethics. Most people felt the program (which charged more for the middle class people) was highly unethical & would not support it.
Farming (suitable for agricultural use)
Education

32. 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 system of accountability - oversight - & control within the company
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.
If workers were loyal - punctual - & had at least decently efficient they could expect to keep their jobs & perhaps even advance over time.
Discontinue the sale of the textbooks because as a general rule the practice is not unconditional

33. If a resource is used at the same rate at which it can be replenished it is describes as?
Allows an orgin site to send information to a computers browser
Environmental equilibrium
Board of Directors
Kerr-McGee (plutonium tampering)

34. 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?
Farming (suitable for agricultural use)
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)
Democratic leadership style

35. What term is synonymous with philanthropy?
Sexual discrimination
Allows an orgin site to send information to a computers browser
Altruism (refers to placing the needs of another above oneself)
NIMBY (not in my backyard)

36. What statement is FALSE?
Random drug testing of employees is allowed in all cases
Product safety regulations - Import tariffs
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
Stage 1 (person most concerned with avoiding punishment)

37. What would NOT be illegal under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act?
Donating money to a humanitarian organizaiton for the purchase of blankets
Utilitarianism (focus on considering the benefit & costs & if benefits are greater than costs then action is moral)
Education
If a co. pays a low level official to ensure that their employees receive work visas more quickly than normal

38. What is true about spam?
Any program which seeks to reverse the effects of any form of discrimination
All are correct guidelines
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
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

39. Why did Supreme Court rule in favor of Walmart in the case of Dukes vs Walmart?
All were implicated in scandals (Enron - Coca-Cola - Tyco International)
NIMBY (not in my backyard)
Because Dukes could not proves all women employees faced discrimination practices
An NDA would be appropriate in all situations

40. What is more typical of a values oriented ethical program that a compliance oriented ethics program?
Altruism (refers to placing the needs of another above oneself)
A strong focus on developing core values
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)
All are conflicts of interest

41. What is NOT true of the WTO?
When a person or co. trades goods or services in place of money.
A grease payment make things that would normally occur happen at a faster rate
The WTO is governed by a conference of Secretariats with one Secretariat from each country
Lawyers

42. Which act makes it illegal for US citizens to participate in bribes?
Allows an orgin site to send information to a computers browser
Illegal drugs (drugs are monitored by DEA)
Money that is donated to political parties for the purpose of party building activities
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

43. 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?
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Pump & dump
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc
Meeting with senators - representative - staff members or other important people to persuade them to vote how you wish them to

44. What is the purpose of the WARN Act?
To ensure & protect public health & safety
It requires employers to give workers notice before mass layoffs so that they can prepare
Stage 2 people are concerned with obtaining rewards
Although video surveillance is essentially unrestricted there are limits to an employers use of audio surveillance

45. What is NOT an illegal basis of discrimination?
Education
When a person or co. trades goods or services in place of money.
An NDA would be appropriate in all situations
Fidiciary

46. What statement would be the most correct under a classical view of business?
All would be addressed in an NDA
Government regulations are always detrimental because the economy is self-correcting
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 1 (person most concerned with avoiding punishment)

47. What BEST describes the old social contract?
Oil spill
If workers were loyal - punctual - & had at least decently efficient they could expect to keep their jobs & perhaps even advance over time.
Statistical discrimination - Unintentional discrimination
Stage 5 People act because they feel an obligation to society

48. The Fair Labor Standards Act?
Corporate intelligence involves legally gathering information about a co. & corporate espionage involves illegally gathering information about a co.
Non-renewal resources
Sets forth standards for management in relations with labor unions
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)

49. What situation would be considered moral under Kantian theory?
Consequentialism (considers the consequences of an action & the extent to which they benefit society in determining morality)
Self reference criterion
Telling the truth because you think it is the right thing to do
No - grease payments are not considered bribes & are therefore not illegal under the FCPA

50. What types of contributions to a political campaign have donations limits imposed by law?
Hard money
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)
To ensure & protect public health & safety
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not