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DSST Business Ethics And Society

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1. What is NOT an illegal basis of discrimination?
Education
A piece of code which spreads from computer to computer & can disrupt computer functions.
Stage 1 (person most concerned with avoiding punishment)
Conflict diamonds

2. The term quid pro quo related to what issue?
Monopolies
Discontinue the sale of the textbooks because as a general rule the practice is not unconditional
Stage 4 (people are motivated primarily by authority such as law)
Sexual harassment

3. What is a standard that aides companies in improving their environmental practices?
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)
Outsourcing is often criticized however it can have many economic benefits because it allows companies to produce at a lower cost.
Taxes negatively impact efficient economic operations by driving a wedge between businesses & customers. However - they are often necessary

4. What statement is FALSE about merger between Delta Air Lines & Northwest Airlines in 2008?
Oil spill
A person has the right to remove documents about themselves from government records
Authoritative (leader makes decisions & tells employees what their responsibilities are)
Because Delta & Northwest are not the only airlines there is not way the merge could be considered anticompetitive

5. What is best ex. of point secure pollution?
EEOC (has to do with employment in US)
All are ways businesses are regulated
Oil spill
The only ethical regulation s businesses follow are mandated by the government

6. What BEST describes affirmative action?
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)
Patriot Act
Lawyers
Any program which seeks to reverse the effects of any form of discrimination

7. What does EEOC stand for?
Government regulations are always detrimental because the economy is self-correcting
Consequentialism (considers the consequences of an action & the extent to which they benefit society in determining morality)
Misstating financial statements
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

8. The FTC was created to monitor which type of regulation?
Allows foreign citizens to bring a citizen of the US to trial in the US
Non-point source contributions
All are possible benefits
Laws regulating consumer protection

9. A conflict of interest?
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit
Telling the truth because you think it is the right thing to do
When a person or co. trades goods or services in place of money.
The WTO is governed by a conference of Secretariats with one Secretariat from each country

10. Hiring family members would be considered which type of conflict of interest?
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
An attempt to apply moral & ethical principles to business actions
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

11. Considered from an ethical standpoint - MNCs should?
Statistical discrimination - Unintentional discrimination
A person has the right to remove documents about themselves from government records
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not
Education

12. What is NOT illegal?
NIMBY (not in my backyard)
Restore stakeholder confidence in the securities market after a series of scandals in the early 2000s
All are possible benefits
Statistical discrimination - Unintentional discrimination

13. What theiry claims that person should only act in their own best interst?
The only ethical regulation s businesses follow are mandated by the government
Ethical egosim (states if it benefits the person then it is the right thing to do)
Non-renewal resources
Sexual discrimination

14. What types of contributions to a political campaign have donations limits imposed by law?
Hard money
Consequentialism (considers the consequences of an action & the extent to which they benefit society in determining morality)
An attempt to apply moral & ethical principles to business actions
Economical

15. What is NOT a regulation for insiders trading stock?
Donating money to a humanitarian organizaiton for the purchase of blankets
Act utilitarianism (called maximizing utility)
Kerr-McGee (plutonium tampering)
They can only sell stock amounting to a 10 M value at a time

16. What is NOT a conflict of interest?
Donating money to a humanitarian organizaiton for the purchase of blankets
All are conflicts of interest
OSHA
Environmental equilibrium

17. What is NOT an example of how corporate espionage can occur?
All are examples of corporate espionage
All are concerns about outsourcing
Non-point source contributions
Ethical relativism (no universal set of moral they are determined by the state & opinion in which one lives)

18. What is NOT true of NAFTA?
To ensure & protect public health & safety
Because Dukes could not proves all women employees faced discrimination practices
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters
Discontinue the sale of the textbooks because as a general rule the practice is not unconditional

19. What is NOT a type of loophole that developed in response to limitations placed on hard money contributions?
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.
Pre-conventional (main goal of a person is survival. justification of actions comes from understanding punishment & reward system)
Non-point source contributions
Diamonds which are sold with the purpose of funding insurrection or war.

20. A child cleans their room so they will be allowed to go to a friends house. Which of Kohlbergs stages are they in?
Ensure worker safety
Pre-conventional (main goal of a person is survival. justification of actions comes from understanding punishment & reward system)
Facilitating payment
Finding ways to eliminate the opportunities for employees to act unethically

21. In what situation would an NDA NOT be used?
An NDA would be appropriate in all situations
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
60 days
The act did all

22. An employer who posted a list of weekly resonsibilities for employees to fulfill would best be described by which leadership style?
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
NIMBY (not in my backyard)
Lawyers
Authoritative (leader makes decisions & tells employees what their responsibilities are)

23. What is NOT a type of discrimination investigated by the EEOC?
Facilitating payment
Education
Any program which seeks to reverse the effects of any form of discrimination
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)

24. What is environmental justice?
A move toward equality among all races in issues related to environmental hazards
Product - Place - Promotion - & Price
A strong focus on developing core values
Prevent international trade crisis

25. OSHA was created to?
Ensure worker safety
Donated to a candidates campaign
They can only sell stock amounting to a 10 M value at a time
All would be addressed in an NDA

26. A person helps an old lady across the street because they think that it is the right thing to do - & makes them feel useful & happy. Which of Kohlbergs stages are they in?
Farming (suitable for agricultural use)
Post conventional (person is ruled by conscience instead of society)
To ensure & protect public health & safety
NDA (non-disclosure agreements are legal & binding)

27. A noisy withdrawal would be done by?
Lawyers
Finding ways to eliminate the opportunities for employees to act unethically
All are conflicts of interest
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit

28. What agency does not relate in some manner to international trade?
EEOC (has to do with employment in US)
Prevent international trade crisis
Consequentialism (considers the consequences of an action & the extent to which they benefit society in determining morality)
They can only sell stock amounting to a 10 M value at a time

29. What type of information is complied to answer a specific question?
Ad hoc (means for this)
A person has the right to remove documents about themselves from government records
All would be addressed in an NDA
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters

30. Lobbying is?
60 days
Meeting with senators - representative - staff members or other important people to persuade them to vote how you wish them to
Deontological ethics (claims the morality of an action is determined by the morality of the action itself regardless of the consequences)
Misstating financial statements

31. What is NOT related to the interactions that occur between government & business?
All are related to government & business interactions
Farming (suitable for agricultural use)
Environmental equilibrium
Fidiciary

32. What best describes soft money?
The primary factor in sexual harassment cases is the intent of the action
Because Dukes could not proves all women employees faced discrimination practices
Money that is donated to political parties for the purpose of party building activities
Education

33. 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?
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not
Deontological ethics (claims the morality of an action is determined by the morality of the action itself regardless of the consequences)
Facilitating payment
Stage 1 (person most concerned with avoiding punishment)

34. What is NOT a right outlined in the Privacy Act of 1974?
Kerr-McGee (plutonium tampering)
Comparable worth
A person has the right to remove documents about themselves from government records
It requires employers to give workers notice before mass layoffs so that they can prepare

35. What is NOT concern relative to outsourcing?
All are concerns about outsourcing
Meeting with senators - representative - staff members or other important people to persuade them to vote how you wish them to
Consequentialism (considers the consequences of an action & the extent to which they benefit society in determining morality)
Misstating financial statements

36. What is NOT true of the WTO?
Universal imperative
Comparable worth
Dumpster diving
The WTO is governed by a conference of Secretariats with one Secretariat from each country

37. Implied falsity?
All would be addressed in an NDA
OSHA
Advertising which involves technically true claims which are misleading by nature.
All are related to government & business interactions

38. The fact that in many cases a company's worth is greater than the value of its tangible assets is referred to as?
Outsourcing is often criticized however it can have many economic benefits because it allows companies to produce at a lower cost.
NDA (non-disclosure agreements are legal & binding)
Goodwill (good reputation makes co. worth more)
A system of accountability - oversight - & control within the company

39. The Alien Tort Claims Act?
Allows foreign citizens to bring a citizen of the US to trial in the US
Dumpster diving
An NDA would be appropriate in all situations
An attempt to apply moral & ethical principles to business actions

40. Business with a mindset of the customer is always right often find themselves subject to more of which type of fraud?
A move toward equality among all races in issues related to environmental hazards
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the business)
Pure Food & Drug Act (in 1906 to force food producing industries to practice sanitation)
Advertising which involves technically true claims which are misleading by nature.

41. What did the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act NOT do?
The act did all
Universal imperative
When a lawyer withdraws legal representation for their client & notifies the proper authorities
Prevent international trade crisis

42. What is NOT a form of marketing fraud?
Misstating financial statements
Facilitating payment
To lower greenhouse gas emissions
Farming (suitable for agricultural use)

43. The purpose of the International Monetary Fund?
Prevent international trade crisis
Ethical egosim (states if it benefits the person then it is the right thing to do)
All are related to government & business interactions
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

44. What moral theory is NOT consequentialist?
OSHA
Kantian ethics (is deontological determines morality based on the morality of the action itself)
Act utilitarianism
All are examples of corporate espionage

45. Corporate citizenship?
Illegal drugs (drugs are monitored by DEA)
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the business)
The considerations of large co about the well being of society when they make business decisions
Allows an orgin site to send information to a computers browser

46. What is NOT a result of a shift to the new social contract?
Enquiring about off duty activities
Oil spill
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not
Pay raises

47. What is NOT an example of an in kind contribution?
Stage 5 People act because they feel an obligation to society
Product safety regulations - Import tariffs
Donating money to a humanitarian organizaiton for the purchase of blankets
Restore stakeholder confidence in the securities market after a series of scandals in the early 2000s

48. What is NOT a legal way for employers to monitor employees?
Education
Enquiring about off duty activities
Ad hoc (means for this)
The WTO is governed by a conference of Secretariats with one Secretariat from each country

49. What statement would be the most correct under a classical view of business?
Kerr-McGee (plutonium tampering)
Misstating financial statements
Immanuel Kant
Government regulations are always detrimental because the economy is self-correcting

50. What moral theory considers the action resulting in the greatest benefit to all people as the most moral action?
Non-renewal resources
Allows foreign citizens to bring a citizen of the US to trial in the US
Act utilitarianism (called maximizing utility)
Democratic leadership style