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DSST Business Ethics And Society

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1. Ethical & philanthropic responsibilities are important in building?
All are possible benefits
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Reputation
EEOC (has to do with employment in US)

2. What is NOT related to the interactions that occur between government & business?
Donating money to a humanitarian organizaiton for the purchase of blankets
Prevent international trade crisis
Post conventional (person is ruled by conscience instead of society)
All are related to government & business interactions

3. What type of information is complied to answer a specific question?
A strong focus on developing core values
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc
Ad hoc (means for this)
The only ethical regulation s businesses follow are mandated by the government

4. Arable land is used for?
Philanthropic
To ensure & protect public health & safety
Farming (suitable for agricultural use)
Board of Directors

5. What statement is FALSE?
The only ethical regulation s businesses follow are mandated by the government
Money that is donated to political parties for the purpose of party building activities
When a lawyer withdraws legal representation for their client & notifies the proper authorities
Nepotism (considering the interests of family ahead of what is best for the business)

6. What types of contributions to a political campaign have donations limits imposed by law?
Outside employment where a person has 2 jobs which conflict with each other
Deontological ethics (claims the morality of an action is determined by the morality of the action itself regardless of the consequences)
Hard money
Civil Rights Act of 1964

7. What is the responsibility of the FDA?
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
EEOC (has to do with employment in US)
Because Dukes could not proves all women employees faced discrimination practices
To ensure & protect public health & safety

8. What is NOT a conflict of interest?
Donated to a candidates campaign
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 conflicts of interest
Kantian ethics (is deontological determines morality based on the morality of the action itself)

9. What statement is FALSE?
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters
All are stakeholders
Random drug testing of employees is allowed in all cases
An attempt to apply moral & ethical principles to business actions

10. What statement is TRUE?
Ethical egosim (states if it benefits the person then it is the right thing to do)
Act utilitarianism
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.
Stage 5 People act because they feel an obligation to society

11. What is best ex. of point secure pollution?
Prevent international trade crisis
Oil spill
Act utilitarianism (called maximizing utility)
No - grease payments are not considered bribes & are therefore not illegal under the FCPA

12. The perceived 'us' vs. 'them' mentality that emerges when doing business with different cultures is referred to?
Donated to a candidates campaign
Self reference criterion
Sets forth standards for management in relations with labor unions
Goodwill (good reputation makes co. worth more)

13. What is true about spam?
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
Product - Place - Promotion - & Price
Conflict diamonds
Hard money

14. What is NOT a regulation for insiders trading stock?
They can only sell stock amounting to a 10 M value at a time
Ethical relativism (no universal set of moral they are determined by the state & opinion in which one lives)
Post conventional (person is ruled by conscience instead of society)
If workers were loyal - punctual - & had at least decently efficient they could expect to keep their jobs & perhaps even advance over time.

15. What act conflicts with the Privacy Act of 1974?
Civil case (feel their rights have been violated)
Oil spill
Discrimination
Patriot Act

16. What does EEOC stand for?
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
A move toward equality among all races in issues related to environmental hazards
Act utilitarianism
Advertising which involves technically true claims which are misleading by nature.

17. What is the purpose of the Kyoto Protocol?
Environmental equilibrium
It requires employers to give workers notice before mass layoffs so that they can prepare
Civil Rights Act of 1964
To lower greenhouse gas emissions

18. According to teleological ethics an action's morality is determined based on its consequences?
Stage 2 people are concerned with obtaining rewards
True statement teleological ethics an actions morality is determined based on its consequences. type of consequentialism.
Pre-conventional (main goal of a person is survival. justification of actions comes from understanding punishment & reward system)
Post conventional (person is ruled by conscience instead of society)

19. A cookie?
Allows an orgin site to send information to a computers browser
Any program which seeks to reverse the effects of any form of discrimination
Sets forth standards for management in relations with labor unions
The primary factor in sexual harassment cases is the intent of the action

20. 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.
Legal
Discontinue the sale of the textbooks because as a general rule the practice is not unconditional
Act utilitarianism (called maximizing utility)

21. The term quid pro quo related to what issue?
That management agrees to terms set forth by labor unions
An attempt to apply moral & ethical principles to business actions
Sexual harassment
Sexual discrimination

22. The Alien Tort Claims Act?
That management agrees to terms set forth by labor unions
Allows foreign citizens to bring a citizen of the US to trial in the US
Outside employment where a person has 2 jobs which conflict with each other
Pump & dump

23. What group would not be considered a stakeholder?
OSHA
All are stakeholders
All are correct guidelines
Education

24. A business practices underhanded accounting practices to raise stock prices & make money. Which type of ethics does this fall under?
A grease payment make things that would normally occur happen at a faster rate
Fidiciary
Economical
When a person or co. trades goods or services in place of money.

25. What is NOT concern relative to outsourcing?
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)
Deontological ethics (claims the morality of an action is determined by the morality of the action itself regardless of the consequences)
An NDA would be appropriate in all situations
All are concerns about outsourcing

26. 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 primary factor in sexual harassment cases is the intent of the action
Donated to a candidates campaign
Education

27. Which act makes it illegal for US citizens to participate in bribes?
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)
All would be addressed in an NDA
Pure Food & Drug Act (in 1906 to force food producing industries to practice sanitation)

28. Business with a mindset of the customer is always right often find themselves subject to more of which type of fraud?
Patriot Act
Misstating financial statements
Kerr-McGee (plutonium tampering)
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the business)

29. Noisy withdrawal is?
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.
To lower greenhouse gas emissions
When a lawyer withdraws legal representation for their client & notifies the proper authorities
Conflict diamonds

30. 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?
It is unanimously agreed that there is a dire need for it in todays society
Stage 2 people are concerned with obtaining rewards
Ethics. Most people felt the program (which charged more for the middle class people) was highly unethical & would not support it.
A strong focus on developing core values

31. An ombudsman is?
Pure Food & Drug Act (in 1906 to force food producing industries to practice sanitation)
Farming (suitable for agricultural use)
Decide the benefits of releasing the software now outweight the costs - & present the product as finished
An intermediary who investigates complaints against a group

32. The Tyco scandal is associated with which ACT?
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
It requires employers to give workers notice before mass layoffs so that they can prepare
Regulate how a co should manage certain processes that pollute the environment
Sustainable development emphasizes the development of new & innovative technologies to reduce the overuse of natural resources

33. Which co was NOT implicated in the early 2000s?
A strong focus on developing core values
All were implicated in scandals (Enron - Coca-Cola - Tyco International)
Ad hoc (means for this)
An attempt to apply moral & ethical principles to business actions

34. What is NOT legally required in management relations with labor unions?
All are stakeholders
That management agrees to terms set forth by labor unions
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)
It requires employers to give workers notice before mass layoffs so that they can prepare

35. What statement BEST describes attitudes toward outsourcing?
Because Delta & Northwest are not the only airlines there is not way the merge could be considered anticompetitive
They can only sell stock amounting to a 10 M value at a time
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
Outsourcing is often criticized however it can have many economic benefits because it allows companies to produce at a lower cost.

36. What is regulated by FDA?
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)
Environmental equilibrium
Telling the truth because you think it is the right thing to do
All are possible benefits

37. If a resource is used at the same rate at which it can be replenished it is describes as?
Goodwill (good reputation makes co. worth more)
Environmental equilibrium
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc

38. The FTC was created to monitor which type of regulation?
Laws regulating consumer protection
Outside employment where a person has 2 jobs which conflict with each other
Allows an orgin site to send information to a computers browser
Money that is donated to political parties for the purpose of party building activities

39. What is the four P's of advertising?
Stage 1 (person most concerned with avoiding punishment)
All are correct guidelines
All are conflicts of interest
Product - Place - Promotion - & Price

40. 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)
Regulate how a co should manage certain processes that pollute the environment
OSHA
A piece of code which spreads from computer to computer & can disrupt computer functions.

41. Who is best known for creating the categorical imperative?
Philanthropic
Education
Immanuel Kant
Enquiring about off duty activities

42. In the case of Watson vs. Fort Worth Bank & Trust the court ruled?
Employers may use subjective considerations for hiring as long as they do not produce a discriminatory environment
Outside employment where a person has 2 jobs which conflict with each other
Fidiciary
Ad hoc (means for this)

43. What would NOT be illegal under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act?
Environmental equilibrium
If a co. pays a low level official to ensure that their employees receive work visas more quickly than normal
Logos - jingles - & brand names can all be ex. of trademarks
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)

44. Considered from an ethical standpoint - MNCs should?
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not
The act did all
Outside employment where a person has 2 jobs which conflict with each other
Act utilitarianism

45. What is NOT an example of an in kind contribution?
A strong focus on developing core values
Donating money to a humanitarian organizaiton for the purchase of blankets
All are correct guidelines
Philanthropic

46. What is a way in which government interventions in the economy can be beneficial to consumers?
Product safety regulations - Import tariffs
The considerations of large co about the well being of society when they make business decisions
Statistical discrimination - Unintentional discrimination
The study of designing more comfortably or easily used equipment

47. What is NOT a rule for creating maxims under Kantian ethics?
Consequentialism (considers the consequences of an action & the extent to which they benefit society in determining morality)
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)
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
Discontinue the sale of the textbooks because as a general rule the practice is not unconditional

48. What is NOT true of the WTO?
Deontological ethics (claims the morality of an action is determined by the morality of the action itself regardless of the consequences)
The WTO is governed by a conference of Secretariats with one Secretariat from each country
NDA (non-disclosure agreements are legal & binding)
Donated to a candidates campaign

49. A stable state economy is in a state of?
If workers were loyal - punctual - & had at least decently efficient they could expect to keep their jobs & perhaps even advance over time.
Meeting with senators - representative - staff members or other important people to persuade them to vote how you wish them to
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)
Environmental equilibrium

50. Lobbying is?
Meeting with senators - representative - staff members or other important people to persuade them to vote how you wish them to
Legal
KPCS (they work to reduce circulation of conflict diamonds)
Pure Food & Drug Act (in 1906 to force food producing industries to practice sanitation)