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DSST Business Ethics And Society

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is the purpose of the WARN Act?
True statement teleological ethics an actions morality is determined based on its consequences. type of consequentialism.
Although video surveillance is essentially unrestricted there are limits to an employers use of audio surveillance
Fidiciary
It requires employers to give workers notice before mass layoffs so that they can prepare

2. Hiring family members would be considered which type of conflict of interest?
Statistical discrimination - Unintentional discrimination
Nepotism (considering the interests of family ahead of what is best for the business)
Facilitating payment
Sexual harassment

3. What statement is NOT true?
Product safety regulations - Import tariffs
KPCS (they work to reduce circulation of conflict diamonds)
Help developing countries stregthen their economics
Outsourcing is unanimously agreed to be a beneficial process.

4. 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?
All are correct guidelines
It requires employers to give workers notice before mass layoffs so that they can prepare
Corporate intelligence involves legally gathering information about a co. & corporate espionage involves illegally gathering information about a co.
Act utilitarianism

5. What is NOT a legal way for employers to monitor employees?
KPCS (they work to reduce circulation of conflict diamonds)
Restore stakeholder confidence in the securities market after a series of scandals in the early 2000s
Enquiring about off duty activities
Sexual harassment

6. A cookie?
Stage 1 (person most concerned with avoiding punishment)
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the business)
To lower greenhouse gas emissions
Allows an orgin site to send information to a computers browser

7. What term describes a moral theory which derives morality from actions?
Donated to a candidates campaign
Deontological ethics (claims the morality of an action is determined by the morality of the action itself regardless of the consequences)
Environmental equilibrium
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.

8. What statement is NOT true?
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.
No - grease payments are not considered bribes & are therefore not illegal under the FCPA
The study of designing more comfortably or easily used equipment
Non-point source contributions

9. What is NOT a benefit which can come to companies as a result of substainable business practices?
An intermediary who investigates complaints against a group
Advertising which involves technically true claims which are misleading by nature.
All are possible benefits
Product safety regulations - Import tariffs

10. Which co was NOT implicated in the early 2000s?
All were implicated in scandals (Enron - Coca-Cola - Tyco International)
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc
All are possible benefits
Post conventional (person is ruled by conscience instead of society)

11. What best describes soft money?
Money that is donated to political parties for the purpose of party building activities
Statistical discrimination - Unintentional discrimination
The WTO is governed by a conference of Secretariats with one Secretariat from each country
That management agrees to terms set forth by labor unions

12. The perceived 'us' vs. 'them' mentality that emerges when doing business with different cultures is referred to?
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Education
Self reference criterion
Illegal drugs (drugs are monitored by DEA)

13. What is a standard that aides companies in improving their environmental practices?
Ad hoc (means for this)
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.
If workers were loyal - punctual - & had at least decently efficient they could expect to keep their jobs & perhaps even advance over time.

14. The purpose of the International Monetary Fund?
Hard money
Act utilitarianism (called maximizing utility)
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Prevent international trade crisis

15. What aid employers in keeping information private?
NDA (non-disclosure agreements are legal & binding)
A grease payment make things that would normally occur happen at a faster rate
Money that is donated to political parties for the purpose of party building activities
Facilitating payment

16. If a person were to sue a co. for not fulfilling a contractual obligation it would be?
Finding ways to eliminate the opportunities for employees to act unethically
No - grease payments are not considered bribes & are therefore not illegal under the FCPA
Diamonds which are sold with the purpose of funding insurrection or war.
Civil case (feel their rights have been violated)

17. What are conflict diamonds?
Diamonds which are sold with the purpose of funding insurrection or war.
If workers were loyal - punctual - & had at least decently efficient they could expect to keep their jobs & perhaps even advance over time.
All are correct guidelines
Taxes negatively impact efficient economic operations by driving a wedge between businesses & customers. However - they are often necessary

18. What of the following is TRUE?
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)
To ensure & protect public health & safety
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit
Regulate how a co should manage certain processes that pollute the environment

19. A manager implements new safety procedures because they feel obligated to protect the safety of their employees. Which of Kolhbergs stages does this describe?
An NDA would be appropriate in all situations
Utilitarianism (focus on considering the benefit & costs & if benefits are greater than costs then action is moral)
Act utilitarianism
Stage 5 People act because they feel an obligation to society

20. The term quid pro quo related to what issue?
Price cancellation
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not
Outside employment where a person has 2 jobs which conflict with each other
Sexual harassment

21. What statement is TRUE?
If workers were loyal - punctual - & had at least decently efficient they could expect to keep their jobs & perhaps even advance over time.
When a lawyer withdraws legal representation for their client & notifies the proper authorities
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.
Civil case (feel their rights have been violated)

22. What is NOT true of sexual harassment?
Ethical egosim (states if it benefits the person then it is the right thing to do)
Through PACS
The primary factor in sexual harassment cases is the intent of the action
Altruism (refers to placing the needs of another above oneself)

23. What is NOT an example of an in kind contribution?
Act utilitarianism
Money that is donated to political parties for the purpose of party building activities
Donating money to a humanitarian organizaiton for the purchase of blankets
Environmental equilibrium

24. What is NOT a type of loophole that developed in response to limitations placed on hard money contributions?
A system of accountability - oversight - & control within the company
Nepotism (considering the interests of family ahead of what is best for the business)
Lawyers
Non-point source contributions

25. Corporate governance?
Ad hoc (means for this)
A system of accountability - oversight - & control within the company
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
Discrimination

26. What term is synonymous with philanthropy?
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters
Altruism (refers to placing the needs of another above oneself)
Random drug testing of employees is allowed in all cases
Allows an orgin site to send information to a computers browser

27. Implied falsity?
Advertising which involves technically true claims which are misleading by nature.
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)
Outsourcing is unanimously agreed to be a beneficial process.
Discrimination

28. What statement is TRUE?
All are correct guidelines
A grease payment make things that would normally occur happen at a faster rate
All are conflicts of interest
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)

29. A software designer knows there are some minor problems with the software they are develoing. However - if they wait to declare the product finished - it will not be released before another similar products - which would be highly damaging to its suc
Deontological ethics (claims the morality of an action is determined by the morality of the action itself regardless of the consequences)
Decide the benefits of releasing the software now outweight the costs - & present the product as finished
60 days
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)

30. What statement is FALSE about merger between Delta Air Lines & Northwest Airlines in 2008?
Decide the benefits of releasing the software now outweight the costs - & present the product as finished
Because Delta & Northwest are not the only airlines there is not way the merge could be considered anticompetitive
Monopolies
A move toward equality among all races in issues related to environmental hazards

31. A virus is?
Consequentialism (considers the consequences of an action & the extent to which they benefit society in determining morality)
Environmental equilibrium
A piece of code which spreads from computer to computer & can disrupt computer functions.
Sexual harassment

32. If a person owns a cupcake business & works in a cupcake factory - what type of conflict of interest is it considered?
They can only sell stock amounting to a 10 M value at a time
That management agrees to terms set forth by labor unions
Fidiciary
Outside employment where a person has 2 jobs which conflict with each other

33. What is NOT a guideline set forth by Supreme court to be used in creating affirmative action programs?
Ethical relativism (no universal set of moral they are determined by the state & opinion in which one lives)
All are correct guidelines
Advertising which involves technically true claims which are misleading by nature.
Donated to a candidates campaign

34. What is NOT a result of a shift to the new social contract?
Corporate intelligence involves legally gathering information about a co. & corporate espionage involves illegally gathering information about a co.
Pay raises
Although video surveillance is essentially unrestricted there are limits to an employers use of audio surveillance
Prevent international trade crisis

35. What group would not be considered a stakeholder?
All are stakeholders
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)
NDA (non-disclosure agreements are legal & binding)
All are examples of corporate espionage

36. What agency does not relate in some manner to international trade?
All are ways businesses are regulated
EEOC (has to do with employment in US)
Philanthropic
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)

37. What is NOT a conflict of interest?
All would be addressed in an NDA
All are stakeholders
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.
All are conflicts of interest

38. The purpose of the World Bank is?
Diamonds which are sold with the purpose of funding insurrection or war.
Outsourcing is unanimously agreed to be a beneficial process.
Help developing countries stregthen their economics
Pre-conventional (main goal of a person is survival. justification of actions comes from understanding punishment & reward system)

39. What is true about spam?
Restore stakeholder confidence in the securities market after a series of scandals in the early 2000s
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 examples of corporate espionage
All are conflicts of interest

40. An ombudsman is?
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
All would be addressed in an NDA
An intermediary who investigates complaints against a group
To lower greenhouse gas emissions

41. What best describes rule utilitarianism?
OSHA
Education
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
Discrimination

42. What is the stakeholder model of corporate governance?
Diamonds which are sold with the purpose of funding insurrection or war.
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit
Through PACS
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

43. What moral theory considers the action resulting in the greatest benefit to all people as the most moral action?
Act utilitarianism (called maximizing utility)
A piece of code which spreads from computer to computer & can disrupt computer functions.
Universal imperative
Goodwill (good reputation makes co. worth more)

44. What is NOT related to the interactions that occur between government & business?
Product safety regulations - Import tariffs
To ensure & protect public health & safety
All are related to government & business interactions
Universal Ethics Protocol organization

45. An employer who posted a list of weekly resonsibilities for employees to fulfill would best be described by which leadership style?
Authoritative (leader makes decisions & tells employees what their responsibilities are)
Enquiring about off duty activities
Logos - jingles - & brand names can all be ex. of trademarks
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

46. What is NOT an example of how corporate espionage can occur?
A system of accountability - oversight - & control within the company
All are examples of corporate espionage
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Restore stakeholder confidence in the securities market after a series of scandals in the early 2000s

47. What statement would be the most correct under a classical view of business?
Education
Outsourcing is often criticized however it can have many economic benefits because it allows companies to produce at a lower cost.
Government regulations are always detrimental because the economy is self-correcting
Non-renewal resources

48. Lobbying is?
Meeting with senators - representative - staff members or other important people to persuade them to vote how you wish them to
Fidiciary
Ethical egosim (states if it benefits the person then it is the right thing to do)
Kantian ethics (is deontological determines morality based on the morality of the action itself)

49. What does NOT focus on increasing the ethical awareness of employees & strengthening the ethical culture of a workplace?
Sets forth standards for management in relations with labor unions
Democratic leadership style
Through PACS
Because Dukes could not proves all women employees faced discrimination practices

50. What theiry claims that person should only act in their own best interst?
Ethical egosim (states if it benefits the person then it is the right thing to do)
An NDA would be appropriate in all situations
An intermediary who investigates complaints against a group
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)