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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 statement is NOT true?
Outsourcing is unanimously agreed to be a beneficial process.
Education
Enquiring about off duty activities
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters

2. What would NOT be illegal under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act?
Act utilitarianism (called maximizing utility)
If a co. pays a low level official to ensure that their employees receive work visas more quickly than normal
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.
Utilitarianism (focus on considering the benefit & costs & if benefits are greater than costs then action is moral)

3. What is NOT a type of imperative considered under Kantian ethics?
When a person or co. trades goods or services in place of money.
Universal imperative
Comparable worth
Product safety regulations - Import tariffs

4. What of the following is TRUE?
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)
When a lawyer withdraws legal representation for their client & notifies the proper authorities
Product - Place - Promotion - & Price
It requires employers to give workers notice before mass layoffs so that they can prepare

5. What theiry claims that person should only act in their own best interst?
Pay raises
Ethical egosim (states if it benefits the person then it is the right thing to do)
Outside employment where a person has 2 jobs which conflict with each other
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc

6. What is the stakeholder model of corporate governance?
Decide the benefits of releasing the software now outweight the costs - & present the product as finished
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.
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

7. What statement is TRUE?
A grease payment make things that would normally occur happen at a faster rate
Non-renewal resources
Any program which seeks to reverse the effects of any form of discrimination
Goodwill (good reputation makes co. worth more)

8. The perceived 'us' vs. 'them' mentality that emerges when doing business with different cultures is referred to?
Self reference criterion
Democratic leadership style
Legal
Pre-conventional (main goal of a person is survival. justification of actions comes from understanding punishment & reward system)

9. Hard money is?
Comparable worth
To lower greenhouse gas emissions
An intermediary who investigates complaints against a group
Donated to a candidates campaign

10. What statement is TRUE?
Pay raises
Philanthropic
Logos - jingles - & brand names can all be ex. of trademarks
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.

11. OSHA was created to?
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
Ensure worker safety
If a co. pays a low level official to ensure that their employees receive work visas more quickly than normal
Kantian ethics (is deontological determines morality based on the morality of the action itself)

12. A business practices underhanded accounting practices to raise stock prices & make money. Which type of ethics does this fall under?
Economical
All were implicated in scandals (Enron - Coca-Cola - Tyco International)
Logos - jingles - & brand names can all be ex. of trademarks
Meeting with senators - representative - staff members or other important people to persuade them to vote how you wish them to

13. What is NOT an example of an in kind contribution?
Donating money to a humanitarian organizaiton for the purchase of blankets
Allows an orgin site to send information to a computers browser
All were implicated in scandals (Enron - Coca-Cola - Tyco International)
Ethical relativism (no universal set of moral they are determined by the state & opinion in which one lives)

14. The FTC was created to monitor which type of regulation?
Laws regulating consumer protection
A strong focus on developing core values
Through PACS
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc

15. A stable state economy is in a state of?
OSHA
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the business)
Environmental equilibrium
Laws regulating consumer protection

16. What is NOT an attempt at creating a universal ethical standard?
Post conventional (person is ruled by conscience instead of society)
Universal Ethics Protocol organization
An intermediary who investigates complaints against a group
Sarbanes-Oxley Act

17. What moral theory is NOT consequentialist?
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)
Laws regulating consumer protection
All are related to government & business interactions
Kantian ethics (is deontological determines morality based on the morality of the action itself)

18. What is the purpose of the Kyoto Protocol?
Education
Government regulations are always detrimental because the economy is self-correcting
Outsourcing is often criticized however it can have many economic benefits because it allows companies to produce at a lower cost.
To lower greenhouse gas emissions

19. The Dukes vs. Walmart case involves which issue?
Help developing countries stregthen their economics
A person has the right to remove documents about themselves from government records
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Sexual discrimination

20. A cookie?
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)
Allows an orgin site to send information to a computers browser
The act did all
Fidiciary

21. Which co was NOT implicated in the early 2000s?
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Donating money to a humanitarian organizaiton for the purchase of blankets
Employers may use subjective considerations for hiring as long as they do not produce a discriminatory environment
All were implicated in scandals (Enron - Coca-Cola - Tyco International)

22. Hiring family members would be considered which type of conflict of interest?
Nepotism (considering the interests of family ahead of what is best for the business)
Legal
A person has the right to remove documents about themselves from government records
Reputation

23. What type of responsibility is the LEAST regulated?
Stage 4 (people are motivated primarily by authority such as law)
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.
Non-point source contributions
Philanthropic

24. The Tyco scandal is associated with which ACT?
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)
Universal Ethics Protocol organization
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Any program which seeks to reverse the effects of any form of discrimination

25. What statement is FALSE?
An NDA would be appropriate in all situations
An intermediary who investigates complaints against a group
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Random drug testing of employees is allowed in all cases

26. Who has legal responsibility for a company's actions in a corporation?
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
The primary factor in sexual harassment cases is the intent of the action
EEOC (has to do with employment in US)
Board of Directors

27. Arable land is used for?
Education
All are correct guidelines
NDA (non-disclosure agreements are legal & binding)
Farming (suitable for agricultural use)

28. The term quid pro quo related to what issue?
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.
Donated to a candidates campaign
Democratic leadership style
Sexual harassment

29. A virus is?
KPCS (they work to reduce circulation of conflict diamonds)
A piece of code which spreads from computer to computer & can disrupt computer functions.
Post conventional (person is ruled by conscience instead of society)
Monopolies

30. Who is best known for creating the categorical imperative?
Immanuel Kant
Facilitating payment
Philanthropic
It is unanimously agreed that there is a dire need for it in todays society

31. What statement BEST describes attitudes toward outsourcing?
No - grease payments are not considered bribes & are therefore not illegal under the FCPA
Outsourcing is often criticized however it can have many economic benefits because it allows companies to produce at a lower cost.
Hard money
All are related to government & business interactions

32. What best describes rule utilitarianism?
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 conflicts of interest
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

33. The purpose of the World Bank is?
Stage 4 (people are motivated primarily by authority such as law)
All are correct guidelines
Legal
Help developing countries stregthen their economics

34. the merger between Delta Air Lines & Northwest Airlines raised concerns about what?
Monopolies
Education
Decide the benefits of releasing the software now outweight the costs - & present the product as finished
Because Dukes could not proves all women employees faced discrimination practices

35. What statement would be the most correct under a classical view of business?
Allows an orgin site to send information to a computers browser
Government regulations are always detrimental because the economy is self-correcting
Ethical relativism (no universal set of moral they are determined by the state & opinion in which one lives)
Stage 4 (people are motivated primarily by authority such as law)

36. Implied falsity?
All are examples of corporate espionage
Stage 2 people are concerned with obtaining rewards
Product safety regulations - Import tariffs
Advertising which involves technically true claims which are misleading by nature.

37. If people object to something being built near their homes it is referred to as?
NIMBY (not in my backyard)
Education
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.
It is unanimously agreed that there is a dire need for it in todays society

38. What is NOT a way in which business's are regulated?
Patriot Act
Product safety regulations - Import tariffs
Outsourcing is unanimously agreed to be a beneficial process.
All are ways businesses are regulated

39. What type of information is complied to answer a specific question?
Money that is donated to political parties for the purpose of party building activities
Pay raises
Random drug testing of employees is allowed in all cases
Ad hoc (means for this)

40. What would NOT be addressed in a Non-disclosure agreement?
Immanuel Kant
Diamonds which are sold with the purpose of funding insurrection or war.
All would be addressed in an NDA
Outsourcing is often criticized however it can have many economic benefits because it allows companies to produce at a lower cost.

41. What is NOT a rule for creating maxims under Kantian ethics?
The WTO is governed by a conference of Secretariats with one Secretariat from each country
Utilitarianism (focus on considering the benefit & costs & if benefits are greater than costs then action is moral)
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)
Philanthropic

42. In what situation would an NDA NOT be used?
Pump & dump
Sexual harassment
Taxes negatively impact efficient economic operations by driving a wedge between businesses & customers. However - they are often necessary
An NDA would be appropriate in all situations

43. Protections for workers from workplace hazard are regulated & mandated by what agency?
OSHA
Dumpster diving
Education
Act utilitarianism (called maximizing utility)

44. A manager implements new safety procedures because they feel obligated to protect the safety of their employees. Which of Kolhbergs stages does this describe?
Ethics. Most people felt the program (which charged more for the middle class people) was highly unethical & would not support it.
Stage 5 People act because they feel an obligation to society
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Sexual discrimination

45. What is NOT an ex. of social engineering?
Product - Place - Promotion - & Price
Pump & dump
Dumpster diving
If workers were loyal - punctual - & had at least decently efficient they could expect to keep their jobs & perhaps even advance over time.

46. Corporate citizenship?
Outsourcing is often criticized however it can have many economic benefits because it allows companies to produce at a lower cost.
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.
The considerations of large co about the well being of society when they make business decisions
Enquiring about off duty activities

47. What case established that is was how actions were interpreted that matter in sexual harassment cases?
All are examples of corporate espionage
If workers were loyal - punctual - & had at least decently efficient they could expect to keep their jobs & perhaps even advance over time.
Democratic leadership style
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc

48. What is regulated by FDA?
Board of Directors
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc
Goodwill (good reputation makes co. worth more)
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)

49. What statement best describes the difference between corporate intelligence & corpirate espionage?
All are related to government & business interactions
To lower greenhouse gas emissions
Corporate intelligence involves legally gathering information about a co. & corporate espionage involves illegally gathering information about a co.
The act did all

50. The term glass ceiling related to which employer-employee relations issue?
Discrimination
Post conventional (person is ruled by conscience instead of society)
Altruism (refers to placing the needs of another above oneself)
Although video surveillance is essentially unrestricted there are limits to an employers use of audio surveillance