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DSST Business Ethics And Society

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Protections for workers from workplace hazard are regulated & mandated by what agency?
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc
OSHA
Ethical egosim (states if it benefits the person then it is the right thing to do)
Oil spill

2. 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
Non-renewal resources
Reputation
Patriot Act

3. The term quid pro quo related to what issue?
Discontinue the sale of the textbooks because as a general rule the practice is not unconditional
Sexual harassment
Although video surveillance is essentially unrestricted there are limits to an employers use of audio surveillance
All are concerns about outsourcing

4. The purpose of the International Monetary Fund?
Prevent international trade crisis
Ethics. Most people felt the program (which charged more for the middle class people) was highly unethical & would not support it.
Because Delta & Northwest are not the only airlines there is not way the merge could be considered anticompetitive
Altruism (refers to placing the needs of another above oneself)

5. What is a standard that aides companies in improving their environmental practices?
Universal Ethics Protocol organization
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)
NIMBY (not in my backyard)
Altruism (refers to placing the needs of another above oneself)

6. What is the four P's of advertising?
Product - Place - Promotion - & Price
Comparable worth
Advertising which involves technically true claims which are misleading by nature.
Although video surveillance is essentially unrestricted there are limits to an employers use of audio surveillance

7. OSHA was created to?
Because Dukes could not proves all women employees faced discrimination practices
Ensure worker safety
Sets forth standards for management in relations with labor unions
Outside employment where a person has 2 jobs which conflict with each other

8. What BEST describes the old social contract?
Immanuel Kant
All are ways businesses are regulated
If workers were loyal - punctual - & had at least decently efficient they could expect to keep their jobs & perhaps even advance over time.
Deontological ethics (claims the morality of an action is determined by the morality of the action itself regardless of the consequences)

9. What does EEOC stand for?
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Non-renewal resources
Hard money
Ensure worker safety

10. Lobbying is?
Ethical egosim (states if it benefits the person then it is the right thing to do)
Meeting with senators - representative - staff members or other important people to persuade them to vote how you wish them to
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc
The only ethical regulation s businesses follow are mandated by the government

11. What moral theory considers the action resulting in the greatest benefit to all people as the most moral action?
Finding ways to eliminate the opportunities for employees to act unethically
Although video surveillance is essentially unrestricted there are limits to an employers use of audio surveillance
Act utilitarianism (called maximizing utility)
Through PACS

12. What is NOT concern relative to outsourcing?
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.
All are concerns about outsourcing
A strong focus on developing core values
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)

13. What is NOT a type of loophole that developed in response to limitations placed on hard money contributions?
A grease payment make things that would normally occur happen at a faster rate
Oil spill
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Non-point source contributions

14. The Fair Labor Standards Act?
Environmental equilibrium
Sets forth standards for management in relations with labor unions
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)
Restore stakeholder confidence in the securities market after a series of scandals in the early 2000s

15. What is NOT true of the WTO?
The WTO is governed by a conference of Secretariats with one Secretariat from each country
Sets forth standards for management in relations with labor unions
Authoritative (leader makes decisions & tells employees what their responsibilities are)
Post conventional (person is ruled by conscience instead of society)

16. What agency does not relate in some manner to international trade?
EEOC (has to do with employment in US)
Telling the truth because you think it is the right thing to do
Ethical relativism (no universal set of moral they are determined by the state & opinion in which one lives)
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc

17. What case established that is was how actions were interpreted that matter in sexual harassment cases?
Misstating financial statements
Immanuel Kant
Board of Directors
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc

18. What statement BEST describes attitudes toward outsourcing?
EEOC (has to do with employment in US)
Civil case (feel their rights have been violated)
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
Outsourcing is often criticized however it can have many economic benefits because it allows companies to produce at a lower cost.

19. What is NOT a way in which business's are regulated?
An attempt to apply moral & ethical principles to business actions
Logos - jingles - & brand names can all be ex. of trademarks
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 ways businesses are regulated

20. What statement is TRUE?
Because Delta & Northwest are not the only airlines there is not way the merge could be considered anticompetitive
A grease payment make things that would normally occur happen at a faster rate
If a co. pays a low level official to ensure that their employees receive work visas more quickly than normal
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

21. What statement about Corporate Social Responsibility is FALSE?
It is unanimously agreed that there is a dire need for it in todays society
The act did all
No - grease payments are not considered bribes & are therefore not illegal under the FCPA
Self reference criterion

22. A business practices underhanded accounting practices to raise stock prices & make money. Which type of ethics does this fall under?
When a person or co. trades goods or services in place of money.
Stage 2 people are concerned with obtaining rewards
Money that is donated to political parties for the purpose of party building activities
Economical

23. A virus is?
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
Pure Food & Drug Act (in 1906 to force food producing industries to practice sanitation)
A piece of code which spreads from computer to computer & can disrupt computer functions.
Fidiciary

24. What is NOT legally required in management relations with labor unions?
An attempt to apply moral & ethical principles to business actions
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not
Through PACS
That management agrees to terms set forth by labor unions

25. What would NOT be illegal under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act?
Farming (suitable for agricultural use)
If a co. pays a low level official to ensure that their employees receive work visas more quickly than normal
KPCS (they work to reduce circulation of conflict diamonds)
Because Dukes could not proves all women employees faced discrimination practices

26. What is a way in which government interventions in the economy can be beneficial to consumers?
Product safety regulations - Import tariffs
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
Kantian ethics (is deontological determines morality based on the morality of the action itself)
Education

27. What statement is TRUE?
Sexual discrimination
Philanthropic
Self reference criterion
Sustainable development emphasizes the development of new & innovative technologies to reduce the overuse of natural resources

28. What is NOT true of sexual harassment?
Pay raises
Sexual harassment
The primary factor in sexual harassment cases is the intent of the action
Reputation

29. What is NOT regulated by the FDA?
Laws regulating consumer protection
Illegal drugs (drugs are monitored by DEA)
The only ethical regulation s businesses follow are mandated by the government
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

30. What is NOT a guideline set forth by Supreme court to be used in creating affirmative action programs?
Misstating financial statements
All are correct guidelines
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
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)

31. What is NOT an ex. of social engineering?
Dumpster diving
Civil Rights Act of 1964
60 days
Outside employment where a person has 2 jobs which conflict with each other

32. What is NOT a reason clinton's attempt at healthcare reform in the early 1990s failed?
Through PACS
An NDA would be appropriate in all situations
That management agrees to terms set forth by labor unions
Ethics. Most people felt the program (which charged more for the middle class people) was highly unethical & would not support it.

33. What is the purpose of the WARN Act?
Act utilitarianism (called maximizing utility)
All are related to government & business interactions
Immanuel Kant
It requires employers to give workers notice before mass layoffs so that they can prepare

34. 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.
Farming (suitable for agricultural use)
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the business)
Deontological ethics (claims the morality of an action is determined by the morality of the action itself regardless of the consequences)

35. What statement is TRUE?
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not
Through PACS
Restore stakeholder confidence in the securities market after a series of scandals in the early 2000s
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.

36. Considered from an ethical standpoint - MNCs should?
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not
Monopolies
EEOC (has to do with employment in US)
It requires employers to give workers notice before mass layoffs so that they can prepare

37. 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
Kantian ethics (is deontological determines morality based on the morality of the action itself)
Meeting with senators - representative - staff members or other important people to persuade them to vote how you wish them to
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Decide the benefits of releasing the software now outweight the costs - & present the product as finished

38. The Tyco scandal is associated with which ACT?
The WTO is governed by a conference of Secretariats with one Secretariat from each country
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Ethical relativism (no universal set of moral they are determined by the state & opinion in which one lives)
If workers were loyal - punctual - & had at least decently efficient they could expect to keep their jobs & perhaps even advance over time.

39. What is regulated by FDA?
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)
Ethical relativism (no universal set of moral they are determined by the state & opinion in which one lives)
The act did all
Utilitarianism (focus on considering the benefit & costs & if benefits are greater than costs then action is moral)

40. What term is synonymous with philanthropy?
Altruism (refers to placing the needs of another above oneself)
All are concerns about outsourcing
Help developing countries stregthen their economics
Logos - jingles - & brand names can all be ex. of trademarks

41. Who is best known for creating the categorical imperative?
Sexual discrimination
All are related to government & business interactions
Immanuel Kant
When a person or co. trades goods or services in place of money.

42. 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?
Oil spill
Comparable worth
Facilitating payment
Pay raises

43. If a person were to sue a co. for not fulfilling a contractual obligation it would be?
Post conventional (person is ruled by conscience instead of society)
Patriot Act
Stage 1 (person most concerned with avoiding punishment)
Civil case (feel their rights have been violated)

44. An ombudsman is?
An intermediary who investigates complaints against a group
Donated to a candidates campaign
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
Goodwill (good reputation makes co. worth more)

45. Which act makes it illegal for US citizens to participate in bribes?
Lawyers
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
Sustainable development emphasizes the development of new & innovative technologies to reduce the overuse of natural resources
Enquiring about off duty activities

46. What is NOT a form of marketing fraud?
Economical
A system of accountability - oversight - & control within the company
Misstating financial statements
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

47. A child cleans their room so they will be allowed to go to a friends house. Which of Kohlbergs stages are they in?
Pre-conventional (main goal of a person is survival. justification of actions comes from understanding punishment & reward system)
The act did all
Stage 4 (people are motivated primarily by authority such as law)
Environmental equilibrium

48. What is true about spam?
All are correct guidelines
OSHA
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
The WTO is governed by a conference of Secretariats with one Secretariat from each country

49. What theiry claims that person should only act in their own best interst?
Universal imperative
Pay raises
Ethical egosim (states if it benefits the person then it is the right thing to do)
Discontinue the sale of the textbooks because as a general rule the practice is not unconditional

50. 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?
Discontinue the sale of the textbooks because as a general rule the practice is not unconditional
Immanuel Kant
Education
Ensure worker safety