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DSST Business Ethics And Society

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1. Considered from an ethical standpoint - MNCs should?
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Enquiring about off duty activities
A system of accountability - oversight - & control within the company
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not

2. What best describes rule utilitarianism?
Utilitarianism (focus on considering the benefit & costs & if benefits are greater than costs then action is moral)
Laws regulating consumer protection
It is unanimously agreed that there is a dire need for it in todays society
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

3. 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
OSHA
Corporate intelligence involves legally gathering information about a co. & corporate espionage involves illegally gathering information about a co.
Discontinue the sale of the textbooks because as a general rule the practice is not unconditional

4. What is regulated by FDA?
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Help developing countries stregthen their economics
Altruism (refers to placing the needs of another above oneself)
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)

5. Oversight refers to?
Democratic leadership style
A system of accountability - oversight - & control within the company
Finding ways to eliminate the opportunities for employees to act unethically
EEOC (has to do with employment in US)

6. What is the purpose of the Kyoto Protocol?
To lower greenhouse gas emissions
All are concerns about outsourcing
A strong focus on developing core values
EEOC (has to do with employment in US)

7. What statement is TRUE?
The study of designing more comfortably or easily used equipment
Facilitating payment
Restore stakeholder confidence in the securities market after a series of scandals in the early 2000s
Taxes negatively impact efficient economic operations by driving a wedge between businesses & customers. However - they are often necessary

8. The Tyco scandal is associated with which ACT?
Act utilitarianism (called maximizing utility)
Environmental equilibrium
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
True statement teleological ethics an actions morality is determined based on its consequences. type of consequentialism.

9. 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?
NDA (non-disclosure agreements are legal & binding)
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the business)
Democratic leadership style
Post conventional (person is ruled by conscience instead of society)

10. What is NOT a result of a shift to the new social contract?
Economical
Pay raises
Stage 4 (people are motivated primarily by authority such as law)
Taxes negatively impact efficient economic operations by driving a wedge between businesses & customers. However - they are often necessary

11. What statement best describes the difference between corporate intelligence & corpirate espionage?
Philanthropic
Democratic leadership style
Corporate intelligence involves legally gathering information about a co. & corporate espionage involves illegally gathering information about a co.
Because Dukes could not proves all women employees faced discrimination practices

12. 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?
Ethical egosim (states if it benefits the person then it is the right thing to do)
Pump & dump
Employers may use subjective considerations for hiring as long as they do not produce a discriminatory environment
Enquiring about off duty activities

13. Protections for workers from workplace hazard are regulated & mandated by what agency?
OSHA
Non-point source contributions
It requires employers to give workers notice before mass layoffs so that they can prepare
Discrimination

14. What type of responsibility is the LEAST regulated?
Legal
A system of accountability - oversight - & control within the company
Philanthropic
Democratic leadership style

15. Lobbying is?
An NDA would be appropriate in all situations
Consequentialism (considers the consequences of an action & the extent to which they benefit society in determining morality)
Meeting with senators - representative - staff members or other important people to persuade them to vote how you wish them to
If workers were loyal - punctual - & had at least decently efficient they could expect to keep their jobs & perhaps even advance over time.

16. According to teleological ethics an action's morality is determined based on its consequences?
True statement teleological ethics an actions morality is determined based on its consequences. type of consequentialism.
All are possible benefits
Post conventional (person is ruled by conscience instead of society)
Finding ways to eliminate the opportunities for employees to act unethically

17. What statement about Corporate Social Responsibility is FALSE?
It is unanimously agreed that there is a dire need for it in todays society
Nepotism (considering the interests of family ahead of what is best for the business)
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Board of Directors

18. What is NOT a form of marketing fraud?
All are stakeholders
Comparable worth
Misstating financial statements
If a co. pays a low level official to ensure that their employees receive work visas more quickly than normal

19. A lawyer knows their client is guilty but defends them anyway. This falls under which type of ethics?
Stage 4 (people are motivated primarily by authority such as law)
Sustainable development emphasizes the development of new & innovative technologies to reduce the overuse of natural resources
Legal
Civil Rights Act of 1964

20. 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?
Legal
It is unanimously agreed that there is a dire need for it in todays society
Discontinue the sale of the textbooks because as a general rule the practice is not unconditional
The study of designing more comfortably or easily used equipment

21. What best describes soft money?
Stage 4 (people are motivated primarily by authority such as law)
Discrimination
Money that is donated to political parties for the purpose of party building activities
Advertising which involves technically true claims which are misleading by nature.

22. What is more typical of a values oriented ethical program that a compliance oriented ethics program?
An intermediary who investigates complaints against a group
Donated to a candidates campaign
A strong focus on developing core values
A move toward equality among all races in issues related to environmental hazards

23. A virus is?
A piece of code which spreads from computer to computer & can disrupt computer functions.
It is unanimously agreed that there is a dire need for it in todays society
Legal
Taxes negatively impact efficient economic operations by driving a wedge between businesses & customers. However - they are often necessary

24. A person is given the opportunity to volunteer at local food bank. They consider the other things they could do with that time. Decide to do volunteer work. What type of ethical theory does their thought process & decision follow?
Allows foreign citizens to bring a citizen of the US to trial in the US
Act utilitarianism
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)
Any program which seeks to reverse the effects of any form of discrimination

25. A stable state economy is in a state of?
The only ethical regulation s businesses follow are mandated by the government
Environmental equilibrium
Conflict diamonds
Stage 1 (person most concerned with avoiding punishment)

26. Business ethics is?
Meeting with senators - representative - staff members or other important people to persuade them to vote how you wish them to
An attempt to apply moral & ethical principles to business actions
Non-renewal resources
All are ways businesses are regulated

27. What act conflicts with the Privacy Act of 1974?
Stage 4 (people are motivated primarily by authority such as law)
Patriot Act
Outsourcing is unanimously agreed to be a beneficial process.
Donated to a candidates campaign

28. What is NOT an example of an in kind contribution?
Taxes negatively impact efficient economic operations by driving a wedge between businesses & customers. However - they are often necessary
Donating money to a humanitarian organizaiton for the purchase of blankets
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)
If a co. pays a low level official to ensure that their employees receive work visas more quickly than normal

29. Arable land is used for?
Farming (suitable for agricultural use)
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Kerr-McGee (plutonium tampering)
Enquiring about off duty activities

30. Karen Silkwood is associated with?
Civil case (feel their rights have been violated)
Outsourcing is often criticized however it can have many economic benefits because it allows companies to produce at a lower cost.
Act utilitarianism (called maximizing utility)
Kerr-McGee (plutonium tampering)

31. What is best ex. of point secure pollution?
No - grease payments are not considered bribes & are therefore not illegal under the FCPA
Because Delta & Northwest are not the only airlines there is not way the merge could be considered anticompetitive
Oil spill
Donated to a candidates campaign

32. The CEO of a co works to raise stock prices because they will get a bonus if the stock prices increases by a certain %. Which of Kohlberg's stages are they in?
Universal Ethics Protocol organization
Illegal drugs (drugs are monitored by DEA)
Stage 2 people are concerned with obtaining rewards
Discrimination

33. If a person were to sue a co. for not fulfilling a contractual obligation it would be?
Universal imperative
Civil case (feel their rights have been violated)
Self reference criterion
Employers may use subjective considerations for hiring as long as they do not produce a discriminatory environment

34. What is NOT a regulation for insiders trading stock?
All are ways businesses are regulated
Sustainable development emphasizes the development of new & innovative technologies to reduce the overuse of natural resources
Altruism (refers to placing the needs of another above oneself)
They can only sell stock amounting to a 10 M value at a time

35. What is NOT a responsibility that should be considreed by businesses?
Ethical relativism (no universal set of moral they are determined by the state & opinion in which one lives)
Fidiciary
If a co. pays a low level official to ensure that their employees receive work visas more quickly than normal
Enquiring about off duty activities

36. What statement is FALSE?
Random drug testing of employees is allowed in all cases
True statement teleological ethics an actions morality is determined based on its consequences. type of consequentialism.
Utilitarianism (focus on considering the benefit & costs & if benefits are greater than costs then action is moral)
Civil Rights Act of 1964

37. What is true about spam?
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
Civil case (feel their rights have been violated)
They can only sell stock amounting to a 10 M value at a time
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit

38. What is NOT a rule for creating maxims under Kantian ethics?
When a person or co. trades goods or services in place of money.
Discontinue the sale of the textbooks because as a general rule the practice is not unconditional
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)
Allows an orgin site to send information to a computers browser

39. A business practices underhanded accounting practices to raise stock prices & make money. Which type of ethics does this fall under?
Comparable worth
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
Economical

40. What is the stakeholder model of corporate governance?
Laws regulating consumer protection
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.
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
Telling the truth because you think it is the right thing to do

41. Corporate citizenship?
Deontological ethics (claims the morality of an action is determined by the morality of the action itself regardless of the consequences)
Misstating financial statements
The considerations of large co about the well being of society when they make business decisions
No - grease payments are not considered bribes & are therefore not illegal under the FCPA

42. What is NOT true of sexual harassment?
Advertising which involves technically true claims which are misleading by nature.
Laws regulating consumer protection
Utilitarianism (focus on considering the benefit & costs & if benefits are greater than costs then action is moral)
The primary factor in sexual harassment cases is the intent of the action

43. The EEOC investiges violations of the?
Non-point source contributions
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Civil Rights Act of 1964
All are related to government & business interactions

44. The FTC was created to monitor which type of regulation?
Because Dukes could not proves all women employees faced discrimination practices
Laws regulating consumer protection
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
To lower greenhouse gas emissions

45. What situation would be considered moral under Kantian theory?
All would be addressed in an NDA
Telling the truth because you think it is the right thing to do
Non-point source contributions
They can only sell stock amounting to a 10 M value at a time

46. What did the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act NOT do?
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
Advertising which involves technically true claims which are misleading by nature.
The act did all
Ethical egosim (states if it benefits the person then it is the right thing to do)

47. What is NOT a type of imperative considered under Kantian ethics?
Education
All are possible benefits
Discrimination
Universal imperative

48. What is NOT a conflict of interest?
Education
A strong focus on developing core values
A move toward equality among all races in issues related to environmental hazards
All are conflicts of interest

49. What is NOT a reason clinton's attempt at healthcare reform in the early 1990s failed?
Ethics. Most people felt the program (which charged more for the middle class people) was highly unethical & would not support it.
Product safety regulations - Import tariffs
That management agrees to terms set forth by labor unions
Allows an orgin site to send information to a computers browser

50. What statement is NOT true?
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.
Outsourcing is unanimously agreed to be a beneficial process.
Universal imperative
Diamonds which are sold with the purpose of funding insurrection or war.