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DSST Business Ethics And Society

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1. What is NOT related to the interactions that occur between government & business?
Finding ways to eliminate the opportunities for employees to act unethically
All are related to government & business interactions
Although video surveillance is essentially unrestricted there are limits to an employers use of audio surveillance
To lower greenhouse gas emissions

2. What is NOT a regulation for insiders trading stock?
Education
Allows foreign citizens to bring a citizen of the US to trial in the US
They can only sell stock amounting to a 10 M value at a time
Outsourcing is often criticized however it can have many economic benefits because it allows companies to produce at a lower cost.

3. What is NOT a guideline set forth by Supreme court to be used in creating affirmative action programs?
Donating money to a humanitarian organizaiton for the purchase of blankets
Random drug testing of employees is allowed in all cases
All are correct guidelines
Deontological ethics (claims the morality of an action is determined by the morality of the action itself regardless of the consequences)

4. The term glass ceiling related to which employer-employee relations issue?
Discrimination
Non-point source contributions
Ethics. Most people felt the program (which charged more for the middle class people) was highly unethical & would not support it.
Kantian ethics (is deontological determines morality based on the morality of the action itself)

5. What would NOT be illegal under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act?
If a co. pays a low level official to ensure that their employees receive work visas more quickly than normal
All were implicated in scandals (Enron - Coca-Cola - Tyco International)
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
An attempt to apply moral & ethical principles to business actions

6. Why did Supreme Court rule in favor of Walmart in the case of Dukes vs Walmart?
Because Dukes could not proves all women employees faced discrimination practices
Allows an orgin site to send information to a computers browser
Universal imperative
Price cancellation

7. The Dukes vs. Walmart case involves which issue?
Sexual discrimination
Because Dukes could not proves all women employees faced discrimination practices
Economical
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not

8. 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?
Allows an orgin site to send information to a computers browser
Self reference criterion
Telling the truth because you think it is the right thing to do
Stage 1 (person most concerned with avoiding punishment)

9. Cost benefit considerations would be most typical of what type of ethics?
Utilitarianism (focus on considering the benefit & costs & if benefits are greater than costs then action is moral)
Board of Directors
Random drug testing of employees is allowed in all cases
Ensure worker safety

10. What statement is FALSE?
Allows an orgin site to send information to a computers browser
Universal imperative
Oil spill
Random drug testing of employees is allowed in all cases

11. 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?
Random drug testing of employees is allowed in all cases
A piece of code which spreads from computer to computer & can disrupt computer functions.
Stage 4 (people are motivated primarily by authority such as law)
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)

12. Noisy withdrawal is?
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)
Reputation
When a lawyer withdraws legal representation for their client & notifies the proper authorities
All are conflicts of interest

13. What is NOT regulated by the FDA?
Telling the truth because you think it is the right thing to do
EEOC (has to do with employment in US)
Restore stakeholder confidence in the securities market after a series of scandals in the early 2000s
Illegal drugs (drugs are monitored by DEA)

14. In the case of Watson vs. Fort Worth Bank & Trust the court ruled?
Oil spill
Corporate intelligence involves legally gathering information about a co. & corporate espionage involves illegally gathering information about a co.
Employers may use subjective considerations for hiring as long as they do not produce a discriminatory environment
Kerr-McGee (plutonium tampering)

15. What is NOT a rule for creating maxims under Kantian ethics?
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)
Fidiciary
Stage 4 (people are motivated primarily by authority such as law)
Oil spill

16. The Alien Tort Claims Act?
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)
NIMBY (not in my backyard)
Telling the truth because you think it is the right thing to do
Allows foreign citizens to bring a citizen of the US to trial in the US

17. What theory claims that ethical beliefs are determined by the society in which one lives?
Ethical relativism (no universal set of moral they are determined by the state & opinion in which one lives)
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.
Statistical discrimination - Unintentional discrimination
Through PACS

18. What is NOT an example of how corporate espionage can occur?
When a person or co. trades goods or services in place of money.
All are conflicts of interest
All are examples of corporate espionage
Pre-conventional (main goal of a person is survival. justification of actions comes from understanding punishment & reward system)

19. What is NOT illegal?
Statistical discrimination - Unintentional discrimination
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not
The considerations of large co about the well being of society when they make business decisions
It is unanimously agreed that there is a dire need for it in todays society

20. What statement is FALSE about merger between Delta Air Lines & Northwest Airlines in 2008?
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
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc
Civil case (feel their rights have been violated)
Because Delta & Northwest are not the only airlines there is not way the merge could be considered anticompetitive

21. Corporate governance?
Ethical relativism (no universal set of moral they are determined by the state & opinion in which one lives)
Random drug testing of employees is allowed in all cases
A system of accountability - oversight - & control within the company
Product safety regulations - Import tariffs

22. What case established that is was how actions were interpreted that matter in sexual harassment cases?
Conflict diamonds
Donated to a candidates campaign
Dumpster diving
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc

23. What is the purpose of the WARN Act?
Telling the truth because you think it is the right thing to do
It requires employers to give workers notice before mass layoffs so that they can prepare
It is unanimously agreed that there is a dire need for it in todays society
An attempt to apply moral & ethical principles to business actions

24. Ergonomics is?
Donating money to a humanitarian organizaiton for the purchase of blankets
The study of designing more comfortably or easily used equipment
All would be addressed in an NDA
Patriot Act

25. What is the four P's of advertising?
Employers may use subjective considerations for hiring as long as they do not produce a discriminatory environment
Product - Place - Promotion - & Price
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Pump & dump

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?
Post conventional (person is ruled by conscience instead of society)
Discontinue the sale of the textbooks because as a general rule the practice is not unconditional
Fidiciary
Immanuel Kant

27. What type of responsibility is the LEAST regulated?
60 days
The considerations of large co about the well being of society when they make business decisions
Philanthropic
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.

28. Considered from an ethical standpoint - MNCs should?
Philanthropic
When a lawyer withdraws legal representation for their client & notifies the proper authorities
Advertising which involves technically true claims which are misleading by nature.
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not

29. What is true about spam?
Stage 1 (person most concerned with avoiding punishment)
Outside employment where a person has 2 jobs which conflict with each other
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
Outsourcing is unanimously agreed to be a beneficial process.

30. What is NOT an agency responsible for protecting workers health?
KPCS (they work to reduce circulation of conflict diamonds)
Act utilitarianism
Enquiring about off duty activities
Sexual harassment

31. What statement would be the most correct under a classical view of business?
Government regulations are always detrimental because the economy is self-correcting
Patriot Act
Taxes negatively impact efficient economic operations by driving a wedge between businesses & customers. However - they are often necessary
Donated to a candidates campaign

32. The Kimberley Process Certification Scheme was created to stop the circulation of?
Conflict diamonds
Ethical egosim (states if it benefits the person then it is the right thing to do)
No - grease payments are not considered bribes & are therefore not illegal under the FCPA
Facilitating payment

33. An employer who posted a list of weekly resonsibilities for employees to fulfill would best be described by which leadership style?
A strong focus on developing core values
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit
Authoritative (leader makes decisions & tells employees what their responsibilities are)
Pure Food & Drug Act (in 1906 to force food producing industries to practice sanitation)

34. What term describes a moral theory which derives morality from actions?
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the business)
Laws regulating consumer protection
Deontological ethics (claims the morality of an action is determined by the morality of the action itself regardless of the consequences)
Outside employment where a person has 2 jobs which conflict with each other

35. What statement best describes the difference between corporate intelligence & corpirate espionage?
Corporate intelligence involves legally gathering information about a co. & corporate espionage involves illegally gathering information about a co.
Diamonds which are sold with the purpose of funding insurrection or war.
Reputation
Allows an orgin site to send information to a computers browser

36. An ombudsman is?
An intermediary who investigates complaints against a group
KPCS (they work to reduce circulation of conflict diamonds)
Donating money to a humanitarian organizaiton for the purchase of blankets
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not

37. If a person were to sue a co. for not fulfilling a contractual obligation it would be?
Civil case (feel their rights have been violated)
Sets forth standards for management in relations with labor unions
Statistical discrimination - Unintentional discrimination
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit

38. What situation would be considered moral under Kantian theory?
Telling the truth because you think it is the right thing to do
Sexual discrimination
Laws regulating consumer protection
Statistical discrimination - Unintentional discrimination

39. What would NOT be addressed in a Non-disclosure agreement?
All would be addressed in an NDA
Illegal drugs (drugs are monitored by DEA)
Altruism (refers to placing the needs of another above oneself)
All are examples of corporate espionage

40. According to teleological ethics an action's morality is determined based on its consequences?
The only ethical regulation s businesses follow are mandated by the government
All are correct guidelines
True statement teleological ethics an actions morality is determined based on its consequences. type of consequentialism.
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit

41. What is a standard that aides companies in improving their environmental practices?
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)
When a person or co. trades goods or services in place of money.
Economical
Pay raises

42. The FTC was created to monitor which type of regulation?
All are related to government & business interactions
Monopolies
Restore stakeholder confidence in the securities market after a series of scandals in the early 2000s
Laws regulating consumer protection

43. What statement about Corporate Social Responsibility is FALSE?
It is unanimously agreed that there is a dire need for it in todays society
The only ethical regulation s businesses follow are mandated by the government
Non-renewal resources
Conflict diamonds

44. What is NOT a reason clinton's attempt at healthcare reform in the early 1990s failed?
Decide the benefits of releasing the software now outweight the costs - & present the product as finished
Discrimination
The considerations of large co about the well being of society when they make business decisions
Ethics. Most people felt the program (which charged more for the middle class people) was highly unethical & would not support it.

45. What is NOT true of sexual harassment?
Immanuel Kant
Monopolies
Act utilitarianism (called maximizing utility)
The primary factor in sexual harassment cases is the intent of the action

46. What group would not be considered a stakeholder?
Although video surveillance is essentially unrestricted there are limits to an employers use of audio surveillance
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
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
All are stakeholders

47. The term quid pro quo related to what issue?
Employers may use subjective considerations for hiring as long as they do not produce a discriminatory environment
All are possible benefits
If a co. pays a low level official to ensure that their employees receive work visas more quickly than normal
Sexual harassment

48. Ethical & philanthropic responsibilities are important in building?
Fidiciary
Reputation
Stage 4 (people are motivated primarily by authority such as law)
Through PACS

49. A manager implements new safety procedures because they feel obligated to protect the safety of their employees. Which of Kolhbergs stages does this describe?
Democratic leadership style
Stage 5 People act because they feel an obligation to society
Corporate intelligence involves legally gathering information about a co. & corporate espionage involves illegally gathering information about a co.
If a co. pays a low level official to ensure that their employees receive work visas more quickly than normal

50. What best describes in kind contribution?
When a person or co. trades goods or services in place of money.
All are conflicts of interest
Because Dukes could not proves all women employees faced discrimination practices
Prevent international trade crisis

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