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DSST Business Ethics And Society

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1. What aid employers in keeping information private?
If a co. pays a low level official to ensure that their employees receive work visas more quickly than normal
Non-point source contributions
NDA (non-disclosure agreements are legal & binding)
Stage 5 People act because they feel an obligation to society

2. What act conflicts with the Privacy Act of 1974?
Patriot Act
All are correct guidelines
If a co. pays a low level official to ensure that their employees receive work visas more quickly than normal
Diamonds which are sold with the purpose of funding insurrection or war.

3. What is regulated by FDA?
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)
An attempt to apply moral & ethical principles to business actions
Donating money to a humanitarian organizaiton for the purchase of blankets
Ensure worker safety

4. Karen Silkwood is associated with?
Kerr-McGee (plutonium tampering)
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
That management agrees to terms set forth by labor unions
All were implicated in scandals (Enron - Coca-Cola - Tyco International)

5. What is NOT a guideline set forth by Supreme court to be used in creating affirmative action programs?
60 days
All are correct guidelines
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
The only ethical regulation s businesses follow are mandated by the government

6. What is the four P's of advertising?
Deontological ethics (claims the morality of an action is determined by the morality of the action itself regardless of the consequences)
Board of Directors
Product - Place - Promotion - & Price
Corporate intelligence involves legally gathering information about a co. & corporate espionage involves illegally gathering information about a co.

7. 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
Sustainable development emphasizes the development of new & innovative technologies to reduce the overuse of natural resources
Corporate intelligence involves legally gathering information about a co. & corporate espionage involves illegally gathering information about a co.
All are ways businesses are regulated

8. What does NOT focus on increasing the ethical awareness of employees & strengthening the ethical culture of a workplace?
Democratic leadership style
Finding ways to eliminate the opportunities for employees to act unethically
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
An intermediary who investigates complaints against a group

9. What case established that is was how actions were interpreted that matter in sexual harassment cases?
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc
Pre-conventional (main goal of a person is survival. justification of actions comes from understanding punishment & reward system)
The study of designing more comfortably or easily used equipment
Price cancellation

10. What moral theory considers the action resulting in the greatest benefit to all people as the most moral action?
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)
Act utilitarianism (called maximizing utility)
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the business)

11. Corporate citizenship?
The considerations of large co about the well being of society when they make business decisions
Civil case (feel their rights have been violated)
A system of accountability - oversight - & control within the company
NIMBY (not in my backyard)

12. Arable land is used for?
Hard money
That management agrees to terms set forth by labor unions
All would be addressed in an NDA
Farming (suitable for agricultural use)

13. What types of contributions to a political campaign have donations limits imposed by law?
Facilitating payment
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Hard money
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

14. What group would not be considered a stakeholder?
Comparable worth
All are stakeholders
Post conventional (person is ruled by conscience instead of society)
Through PACS

15. What of the following is TRUE?
A grease payment make things that would normally occur happen at a faster rate
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)
Fidiciary
Sexual harassment

16. The Fair Labor Standards Act?
Pure Food & Drug Act (in 1906 to force food producing industries to practice sanitation)
Non-point source contributions
Sets forth standards for management in relations with labor unions
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters

17. A virus is?
Education
Monopolies
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
A piece of code which spreads from computer to computer & can disrupt computer functions.

18. The Kimberley Process Certification Scheme was created to stop the circulation of?
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the business)
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc
Conflict diamonds
If workers were loyal - punctual - & had at least decently efficient they could expect to keep their jobs & perhaps even advance over time.

19. What is NOT illegal?
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the business)
Statistical discrimination - Unintentional discrimination
Product - Place - Promotion - & Price
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc

20. What is NOT a regulation for insiders trading stock?
Decide the benefits of releasing the software now outweight the costs - & present the product as finished
They can only sell stock amounting to a 10 M value at a time
Statistical discrimination - Unintentional discrimination
Product - Place - Promotion - & Price

21. 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?
A grease payment make things that would normally occur happen at a faster rate
A person has the right to remove documents about themselves from government records
All are possible benefits
Stage 1 (person most concerned with avoiding punishment)

22. A business practices underhanded accounting practices to raise stock prices & make money. Which type of ethics does this fall under?
Government regulations are always detrimental because the economy is self-correcting
Democratic leadership style
Economical
An intermediary who investigates complaints against a group

23. The EEOC investiges violations of the?
An attempt to apply moral & ethical principles to business actions
Money that is donated to political parties for the purpose of party building activities
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Oil spill

24. Who has legal responsibility for a company's actions in a corporation?
To ensure & protect public health & safety
Civil case (feel their rights have been violated)
All are stakeholders
Board of Directors

25. What best describes soft money?
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
All are examples of corporate espionage
Education
Money that is donated to political parties for the purpose of party building activities

26. 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)
Diamonds which are sold with the purpose of funding insurrection or war.
Universal Ethics Protocol organization
The study of designing more comfortably or easily used equipment

27. A lawyer knows their client is guilty but defends them anyway. This falls under which type of ethics?
Altruism (refers to placing the needs of another above oneself)
A move toward equality among all races in issues related to environmental hazards
Hard money
Legal

28. Corporate governance?
Economical
A system of accountability - oversight - & control within the company
An NDA would be appropriate in all situations
Through PACS

29. What statement is TRUE?
Ad hoc (means for this)
The study of designing more comfortably or easily used equipment
Taxes negatively impact efficient economic operations by driving a wedge between businesses & customers. However - they are often necessary
Decide the benefits of releasing the software now outweight the costs - & present the product as finished

30. What is a way in which government interventions in the economy can be beneficial to consumers?
Economical
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit
All are ways businesses are regulated
Product safety regulations - Import tariffs

31. What is NOT legally required in management relations with labor unions?
Misstating financial statements
Lawyers
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
That management agrees to terms set forth by labor unions

32. Business ethics is?
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc
An attempt to apply moral & ethical principles to business actions
60 days
Non-point source contributions

33. 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
All are concerns about outsourcing
A system of accountability - oversight - & control within the company
Discontinue the sale of the textbooks because as a general rule the practice is not unconditional

34. What is a standard that aides companies in improving their environmental practices?
Discontinue the sale of the textbooks because as a general rule the practice is not unconditional
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)
Act utilitarianism (called maximizing utility)
If workers were loyal - punctual - & had at least decently efficient they could expect to keep their jobs & perhaps even advance over time.

35. The FTC was created to monitor which type of regulation?
Laws regulating consumer protection
Money that is donated to political parties for the purpose of party building activities
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Nepotism (considering the interests of family ahead of what is best for the business)

36. The intent of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act was to?
Restore stakeholder confidence in the securities market after a series of scandals in the early 2000s
Democratic leadership style
Act utilitarianism (called maximizing utility)
Finding ways to eliminate the opportunities for employees to act unethically

37. Ethical & philanthropic responsibilities are important in building?
Deontological ethics (claims the morality of an action is determined by the morality of the action itself regardless of the consequences)
Utilitarianism (focus on considering the benefit & costs & if benefits are greater than costs then action is moral)
Reputation
The only ethical regulation s businesses follow are mandated by the government

38. Oversight refers to?
All are ways businesses are regulated
Comparable worth
Finding ways to eliminate the opportunities for employees to act unethically
The WTO is governed by a conference of Secretariats with one Secretariat from each country

39. What BEST describes the old social contract?
Through PACS
If workers were loyal - punctual - & had at least decently efficient they could expect to keep their jobs & perhaps even advance over time.
Universal Ethics Protocol organization
Price cancellation

40. What is NOT a benefit which can come to companies as a result of substainable business practices?
All are possible benefits
It is unanimously agreed that there is a dire need for it in todays society
Product - Place - Promotion - & Price
Comparable worth

41. Cost benefit considerations would be most typical of what type of ethics?
An attempt to apply moral & ethical principles to business actions
Outside employment where a person has 2 jobs which conflict with each other
Utilitarianism (focus on considering the benefit & costs & if benefits are greater than costs then action is moral)
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

42. 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?
Pump & dump
The considerations of large co about the well being of society when they make business decisions
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)
Laws regulating consumer protection

43. If people object to something being built near their homes it is referred to as?
Misstating financial statements
Education
NIMBY (not in my backyard)
Legal

44. A cookie?
Allows an orgin site to send information to a computers browser
Education
Employers may use subjective considerations for hiring as long as they do not produce a discriminatory environment
A person has the right to remove documents about themselves from government records

45. 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?
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.
Stage 2 people are concerned with obtaining rewards
Consequentialism (considers the consequences of an action & the extent to which they benefit society in determining morality)
Environmental equilibrium

46. 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.
That management agrees to terms set forth by labor unions
Ad hoc (means for this)
Sustainable development emphasizes the development of new & innovative technologies to reduce the overuse of natural resources

47. What is NOT an agency responsible for protecting workers health?
Stage 5 People act because they feel an obligation to society
KPCS (they work to reduce circulation of conflict diamonds)
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not

48. The purpose of the World Bank is?
Help developing countries stregthen their economics
Discrimination
Allows foreign citizens to bring a citizen of the US to trial in the US
If a co. pays a low level official to ensure that their employees receive work visas more quickly than normal

49. What type of responsibility is the LEAST regulated?
It is unanimously agreed that there is a dire need for it in todays society
Philanthropic
Allows an orgin site to send information to a computers browser
Meeting with senators - representative - staff members or other important people to persuade them to vote how you wish them to

50. What is NOT a type of imperative considered under Kantian ethics?
Universal imperative
Money that is donated to political parties for the purpose of party building activities
Stage 2 people are concerned with obtaining rewards
All are conflicts of interest

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