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DSST Business Ethics And Society

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1. Which co was NOT implicated in the early 2000s?
All were implicated in scandals (Enron - Coca-Cola - Tyco International)
Reputation
An NDA would be appropriate in all situations
When a lawyer withdraws legal representation for their client & notifies the proper authorities

2. What is NOT a right outlined in the Privacy Act of 1974?
If a co. pays a low level official to ensure that their employees receive work visas more quickly than normal
The primary factor in sexual harassment cases is the intent of the action
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
A person has the right to remove documents about themselves from government records

3. If a person owns a cupcake business & works in a cupcake factory - what type of conflict of interest is it considered?
The primary factor in sexual harassment cases is the intent of the action
Outside employment where a person has 2 jobs which conflict with each other
Ensure worker safety
A strong focus on developing core values

4. Implied falsity?
Advertising which involves technically true claims which are misleading by nature.
Kantian ethics (is deontological determines morality based on the morality of the action itself)
A piece of code which spreads from computer to computer & can disrupt computer functions.
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)

5. A lawyer knows their client is guilty but defends them anyway. This falls under which type of ethics?
Legal
The study of designing more comfortably or easily used equipment
A piece of code which spreads from computer to computer & can disrupt computer functions.
Allows foreign citizens to bring a citizen of the US to trial in the US

6. What moral theory considers the action resulting in the greatest benefit to all people as the most moral action?
Through PACS
Diamonds which are sold with the purpose of funding insurrection or war.
Act utilitarianism (called maximizing utility)
NIMBY (not in my backyard)

7. What does EEOC stand for?
Allows an orgin site to send information to a computers browser
All are possible benefits
Dumpster diving
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

8. What is NOT a way in which business's are regulated?
All are ways businesses are regulated
Civil case (feel their rights have been violated)
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)
Non-point source contributions

9. What is NOT illegal?
Statistical discrimination - Unintentional discrimination
Restore stakeholder confidence in the securities market after a series of scandals in the early 2000s
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit

10. What is true about spam?
Outside employment where a person has 2 jobs which conflict with each other
A strong focus on developing core values
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
Non-renewal resources

11. What is NOT true of sexual harassment?
Civil Rights Act of 1964
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)
The only ethical regulation s businesses follow are mandated by the government
The primary factor in sexual harassment cases is the intent of the action

12. What is regulated by FDA?
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)
Non-point source contributions
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.
Decide the benefits of releasing the software now outweight the costs - & present the product as finished

13. What group would not be considered a stakeholder?
Donating money to a humanitarian organizaiton for the purchase of blankets
Non-renewal resources
All are stakeholders
It requires employers to give workers notice before mass layoffs so that they can prepare

14. Business with a mindset of the customer is always right often find themselves subject to more of which type of fraud?
All are examples of corporate espionage
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the business)
NIMBY (not in my backyard)
A system of accountability - oversight - & control within the company

15. Ergonomics is?
A system of accountability - oversight - & control within the company
The act did all
The study of designing more comfortably or easily used equipment
Act utilitarianism

16. A grease payment can also be called?
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc
Because Delta & Northwest are not the only airlines there is not way the merge could be considered anticompetitive
KPCS (they work to reduce circulation of conflict diamonds)
Facilitating payment

17. What is NOT an illegal basis of discrimination?
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
Universal Ethics Protocol organization
Education
It is unanimously agreed that there is a dire need for it in todays society

18. Who has legal responsibility for a company's actions in a corporation?
Illegal drugs (drugs are monitored by DEA)
Board of Directors
Education
Environmental equilibrium

19. What is NOT a legal way for employers to monitor employees?
Authoritative (leader makes decisions & tells employees what their responsibilities are)
Utilitarianism (focus on considering the benefit & costs & if benefits are greater than costs then action is moral)
All are related to government & business interactions
Enquiring about off duty activities

20. What is NOT legally required in management relations with labor unions?
Money that is donated to political parties for the purpose of party building activities
That management agrees to terms set forth by labor unions
Product - Place - Promotion - & Price
Farming (suitable for agricultural use)

21. What is NOT related to the interactions that occur between government & business?
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.
Monopolies
All are related to government & business interactions
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

22. A business practices underhanded accounting practices to raise stock prices & make money. Which type of ethics does this fall under?
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)
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
Economical
Dumpster diving

23. Business ethics is?
Ethics. Most people felt the program (which charged more for the middle class people) was highly unethical & would not support it.
An attempt to apply moral & ethical principles to business actions
Allows an orgin site to send information to a computers browser
Any program which seeks to reverse the effects of any form of discrimination

24. What types of contributions to a political campaign have donations limits imposed by law?
Hard money
Enquiring about off duty activities
Immanuel Kant
All are related to government & business interactions

25. What is NOT an ex. of social engineering?
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc
Fidiciary
Act utilitarianism (called maximizing utility)
Dumpster diving

26. 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?
Ethical relativism (no universal set of moral they are determined by the state & opinion in which one lives)
That management agrees to terms set forth by labor unions
Diamonds which are sold with the purpose of funding insurrection or war.
Stage 4 (people are motivated primarily by authority such as law)

27. What is NOT a way that government can influence businesses?
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit
When a person or co. trades goods or services in place of money.
Through PACS

28. What is NOT a rule for creating maxims under Kantian ethics?
Because Delta & Northwest are not the only airlines there is not way the merge could be considered anticompetitive
When a person or co. trades goods or services in place of money.
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)
Random drug testing of employees is allowed in all cases

29. A stable state economy is in a state of?
Non-point source contributions
Environmental equilibrium
The only ethical regulation s businesses follow are mandated by the government
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

30. What type of responsibility is the LEAST regulated?
A piece of code which spreads from computer to computer & can disrupt computer functions.
No - grease payments are not considered bribes & are therefore not illegal under the FCPA
All would be addressed in an NDA
Philanthropic

31. A conflict of interest?
Illegal drugs (drugs are monitored by DEA)
Decide the benefits of releasing the software now outweight the costs - & present the product as finished
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit
Pump & dump

32. What is NOT regulated by the FDA?
The considerations of large co about the well being of society when they make business decisions
Illegal drugs (drugs are monitored by DEA)
Pure Food & Drug Act (in 1906 to force food producing industries to practice sanitation)
Discrimination

33. An ombudsman is?
An intermediary who investigates complaints against a group
A person has the right to remove documents about themselves from government records
Stage 1 (person most concerned with avoiding punishment)
Ad hoc (means for this)

34. 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)
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit
Because Dukes could not proves all women employees faced discrimination practices
The primary factor in sexual harassment cases is the intent of the action

35. What correctly describes the legality of camera surveillance methods in a workplace?
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.
Although video surveillance is essentially unrestricted there are limits to an employers use of audio surveillance
All are conflicts of interest
Statistical discrimination - Unintentional discrimination

36. What is NOT a benefit which can come to companies as a result of substainable business practices?
The primary factor in sexual harassment cases is the intent of the action
All are possible benefits
Oil spill
Donated to a candidates campaign

37. What moral theory is NOT consequentialist?
Economical
Board of Directors
Prevent international trade crisis
Kantian ethics (is deontological determines morality based on the morality of the action itself)

38. What agency does not relate in some manner to international trade?
All are conflicts of interest
EEOC (has to do with employment in US)
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not
Through PACS

39. Noisy withdrawal is?
When a lawyer withdraws legal representation for their client & notifies the proper authorities
Any program which seeks to reverse the effects of any form of discrimination
Universal Ethics Protocol organization
A person has the right to remove documents about themselves from government records

40. What act conflicts with the Privacy Act of 1974?
If workers were loyal - punctual - & had at least decently efficient they could expect to keep their jobs & perhaps even advance over time.
Self reference criterion
All are stakeholders
Patriot Act

41. A manager implements new safety procedures because they feel obligated to protect the safety of their employees. Which of Kolhbergs stages does this describe?
That management agrees to terms set forth by labor unions
Logos - jingles - & brand names can all be ex. of trademarks
If workers were loyal - punctual - & had at least decently efficient they could expect to keep their jobs & perhaps even advance over time.
Stage 5 People act because they feel an obligation to society

42. Hiring family members would be considered which type of conflict of interest?
Stage 5 People act because they feel an obligation to society
Nepotism (considering the interests of family ahead of what is best for the business)
Decide the benefits of releasing the software now outweight the costs - & present the product as finished
True statement teleological ethics an actions morality is determined based on its consequences. type of consequentialism.

43. What statement is FALSE?
Random drug testing of employees is allowed in all cases
Stage 2 people are concerned with obtaining rewards
Post conventional (person is ruled by conscience instead of society)
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

44. The perceived 'us' vs. 'them' mentality that emerges when doing business with different cultures is referred to?
KPCS (they work to reduce circulation of conflict diamonds)
Donated to a candidates campaign
Pure Food & Drug Act (in 1906 to force food producing industries to practice sanitation)
Self reference criterion

45. 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)
All are conflicts of interest
Utilitarianism (focus on considering the benefit & costs & if benefits are greater than costs then action is moral)
Comparable worth

46. What term describes a moral theory which derives morality from actions?
Nepotism (considering the interests of family ahead of what is best for the business)
Deontological ethics (claims the morality of an action is determined by the morality of the action itself regardless of the consequences)
Pump & dump
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

47. What is more typical of a values oriented ethical program that a compliance oriented ethics program?
A strong focus on developing core values
Self reference criterion
If a co. pays a low level official to ensure that their employees receive work visas more quickly than normal
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.

48. What is NOT an attempt at creating a universal ethical standard?
Pre-conventional (main goal of a person is survival. justification of actions comes from understanding punishment & reward system)
A system of accountability - oversight - & control within the company
Universal Ethics Protocol organization
Logos - jingles - & brand names can all be ex. of trademarks

49. What type of information is complied to answer a specific question?
Education
Ad hoc (means for this)
NDA (non-disclosure agreements are legal & binding)
Monopolies

50. Why did Supreme Court rule in favor of Walmart in the case of Dukes vs Walmart?
Allows an orgin site to send information to a computers browser
Logos - jingles - & brand names can all be ex. of trademarks
Because Dukes could not proves all women employees faced discrimination practices
All are stakeholders

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