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DSST Business Ethics And Society

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1. What is NOT a legal way for employers to monitor employees?
Enquiring about off duty activities
Random drug testing of employees is allowed in all cases
The study of designing more comfortably or easily used equipment
Regulate how a co should manage certain processes that pollute the environment

2. What best describes rule utilitarianism?
Restore stakeholder confidence in the securities market after a series of scandals in the early 2000s
Civil case (feel their rights have been violated)
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
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters

3. What is NOT legally required in management relations with labor unions?
That management agrees to terms set forth by labor unions
Allows an orgin site to send information to a computers browser
If a co. pays a low level official to ensure that their employees receive work visas more quickly than normal
Pre-conventional (main goal of a person is survival. justification of actions comes from understanding punishment & reward system)

4. What statement is TRUE?
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)
Lawyers
Sustainable development emphasizes the development of new & innovative technologies to reduce the overuse of natural resources
Post conventional (person is ruled by conscience instead of society)

5. What is NOT a rule for creating maxims under Kantian ethics?
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)
Government regulations are always detrimental because the economy is self-correcting
It requires employers to give workers notice before mass layoffs so that they can prepare
Discontinue the sale of the textbooks because as a general rule the practice is not unconditional

6. What is NOT a reason clinton's attempt at healthcare reform in the early 1990s failed?
Donated to a candidates campaign
Education
Ethics. Most people felt the program (which charged more for the middle class people) was highly unethical & would not support it.
EEOC (has to do with employment in US)

7. What statement best describes the difference between corporate intelligence & corpirate espionage?
Corporate intelligence involves legally gathering information about a co. & corporate espionage involves illegally gathering information about a co.
All are possible benefits
Price cancellation
Facilitating payment

8. How many days of notice does the WARN Act require employers to give employees?
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc
Product safety regulations - Import tariffs
60 days
Help developing countries stregthen their economics

9. What is NOT concern relative to outsourcing?
All are concerns about outsourcing
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 stakeholders
Any program which seeks to reverse the effects of any form of discrimination

10. What is NOT an illegal basis of discrimination?
Oil spill
The primary factor in sexual harassment cases is the intent of the action
Corporate intelligence involves legally gathering information about a co. & corporate espionage involves illegally gathering information about a co.
Education

11. What correctly describes the legality of camera surveillance methods in a workplace?
Comparable worth
Ethical relativism (no universal set of moral they are determined by the state & opinion in which one lives)
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the business)
Although video surveillance is essentially unrestricted there are limits to an employers use of audio surveillance

12. 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 attempt to apply moral & ethical principles to business actions
Stage 5 People act because they feel an obligation to society
Civil Rights Act of 1964
NDA (non-disclosure agreements are legal & binding)

13. What is NOT an unethical pricing strategy?
Comparable worth
Price cancellation
Through PACS
The WTO is governed by a conference of Secretariats with one Secretariat from each country

14. What is the purpose of the Kyoto Protocol?
To lower greenhouse gas emissions
NDA (non-disclosure agreements are legal & binding)
The primary factor in sexual harassment cases is the intent of the action
Pre-conventional (main goal of a person is survival. justification of actions comes from understanding punishment & reward system)

15. OSHA was created to?
Ensure worker safety
When a person or co. trades goods or services in place of money.
Patriot Act
Pre-conventional (main goal of a person is survival. justification of actions comes from understanding punishment & reward system)

16. The term glass ceiling related to which employer-employee relations issue?
They can only sell stock amounting to a 10 M value at a time
Discrimination
Lawyers
Advertising which involves technically true claims which are misleading by nature.

17. Command & control regulations?
NDA (non-disclosure agreements are legal & binding)
Regulate how a co should manage certain processes that pollute the environment
Deontological ethics (claims the morality of an action is determined by the morality of the action itself regardless of the consequences)
Reputation

18. If a resource is used at the same rate at which it can be replenished it is describes as?
Environmental equilibrium
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)
An intermediary who investigates complaints against a group
Enquiring about off duty activities

19. What statement is TRUE?
Meeting with senators - representative - staff members or other important people to persuade them to vote how you wish them to
Outside employment where a person has 2 jobs which conflict with each other
Laws regulating consumer protection
Taxes negatively impact efficient economic operations by driving a wedge between businesses & customers. However - they are often necessary

20. In the case of Watson vs. Fort Worth Bank & Trust the court ruled?
NIMBY (not in my backyard)
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit
Employers may use subjective considerations for hiring as long as they do not produce a discriminatory environment
All are related to government & business interactions

21. Fast food places do not pay their workers less than minimum wage because it is against the law. Which of Kohlbergs stages does this describe?
If a co. pays a low level official to ensure that their employees receive work visas more quickly than normal
Regulate how a co should manage certain processes that pollute the environment
Because Dukes could not proves all women employees faced discrimination practices
Stage 4 (people are motivated primarily by authority such as law)

22. What statement is FALSE?
The only ethical regulation s businesses follow are mandated by the government
Random drug testing of employees is allowed in all cases
To lower greenhouse gas emissions
Stage 1 (person most concerned with avoiding punishment)

23. The purpose of the World Bank is?
Help developing countries stregthen their economics
Legal
All are correct guidelines
Employers may use subjective considerations for hiring as long as they do not produce a discriminatory environment

24. A stable state economy is in a state of?
Utilitarianism (focus on considering the benefit & costs & if benefits are greater than costs then action is moral)
Ethical relativism (no universal set of moral they are determined by the state & opinion in which one lives)
Environmental equilibrium
Self reference criterion

25. Implied falsity?
Ad hoc (means for this)
Pre-conventional (main goal of a person is survival. justification of actions comes from understanding punishment & reward system)
Advertising which involves technically true claims which are misleading by nature.
All are concerns about outsourcing

26. A conflict of interest?
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit
It requires employers to give workers notice before mass layoffs so that they can prepare
To lower greenhouse gas emissions
Through PACS

27. What is NOT a type of loophole that developed in response to limitations placed on hard money contributions?
Pump & dump
Advertising which involves technically true claims which are misleading by nature.
Non-point source contributions
Environmental equilibrium

28. What statement is TRUE?
Philanthropic
All are correct guidelines
Taxes negatively impact efficient economic operations by driving a wedge between businesses & customers. However - they are often necessary
A grease payment make things that would normally occur happen at a faster rate

29. A virus is?
A piece of code which spreads from computer to computer & can disrupt computer functions.
Goodwill (good reputation makes co. worth more)
Environmental equilibrium
Advertising which involves technically true claims which are misleading by nature.

30. What would NOT be addressed in a Non-disclosure agreement?
When a person or co. trades goods or services in place of money.
Patriot Act
All would be addressed in an NDA
Allows an orgin site to send information to a computers browser

31. 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)
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)
Government regulations are always detrimental because the economy is self-correcting
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the business)

32. What is NOT true of the WTO?
Stage 1 (person most concerned with avoiding punishment)
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
A person has the right to remove documents about themselves from government records
The WTO is governed by a conference of Secretariats with one Secretariat from each country

33. 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?
Altruism (refers to placing the needs of another above oneself)
Utilitarianism (focus on considering the benefit & costs & if benefits are greater than costs then action is moral)
Stage 2 people are concerned with obtaining rewards
Price cancellation

34. 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?
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
A piece of code which spreads from computer to computer & can disrupt computer functions.
The WTO is governed by a conference of Secretariats with one Secretariat from each country
Post conventional (person is ruled by conscience instead of society)

35. The Alien Tort Claims Act?
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
No - grease payments are not considered bribes & are therefore not illegal under the FCPA
Kantian ethics (is deontological determines morality based on the morality of the action itself)
Allows foreign citizens to bring a citizen of the US to trial in the US

36. What BEST describes affirmative action?
Act utilitarianism
Donating money to a humanitarian organizaiton for the purchase of blankets
Any program which seeks to reverse the effects of any form of discrimination
All are concerns about outsourcing

37. What is NOT a guideline set forth by Supreme court to be used in creating affirmative action programs?
Facilitating payment
Restore stakeholder confidence in the securities market after a series of scandals in the early 2000s
All are correct guidelines
Lawyers

38. What moral theory is NOT consequentialist?
Kantian ethics (is deontological determines morality based on the morality of the action itself)
Donated to a candidates campaign
Allows an orgin site to send information to a computers browser
All are ways businesses are regulated

39. What is a standard that aides companies in improving their environmental practices?
Telling the truth because you think it is the right thing to do
Government regulations are always detrimental because the economy is self-correcting
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)
Patriot Act

40. 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?
Comparable worth
All are ways businesses are regulated
Sustainable development emphasizes the development of new & innovative technologies to reduce the overuse of natural resources
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

41. What of the following is TRUE?
All are conflicts of interest
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)
Universal Ethics Protocol organization
The considerations of large co about the well being of society when they make business decisions

42. What is NOT a regulation for insiders trading stock?
Lawyers
They can only sell stock amounting to a 10 M value at a time
Stage 5 People act because they feel an obligation to society
Laws regulating consumer protection

43. Cost benefit considerations would be most typical of what type of ethics?
Utilitarianism (focus on considering the benefit & costs & if benefits are greater than costs then action is moral)
Conflict diamonds
Pure Food & Drug Act (in 1906 to force food producing industries to practice sanitation)
The considerations of large co about the well being of society when they make business decisions

44. A grease payment can also be called?
NDA (non-disclosure agreements are legal & binding)
Although video surveillance is essentially unrestricted there are limits to an employers use of audio surveillance
Money that is donated to political parties for the purpose of party building activities
Facilitating payment

45. What is the responsibility of the FDA?
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 concerns about outsourcing
To ensure & protect public health & safety
It requires employers to give workers notice before mass layoffs so that they can prepare

46. The EEOC investiges violations of the?
Civil Rights Act of 1964
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
A piece of code which spreads from computer to computer & can disrupt computer functions.

47. According to teleological ethics an action's morality is determined based on its consequences?
Self reference criterion
True statement teleological ethics an actions morality is determined based on its consequences. type of consequentialism.
Decide the benefits of releasing the software now outweight the costs - & present the product as finished
KPCS (they work to reduce circulation of conflict diamonds)

48. An ombudsman is?
A move toward equality among all races in issues related to environmental hazards
All were implicated in scandals (Enron - Coca-Cola - Tyco International)
An intermediary who investigates complaints against a group
A person has the right to remove documents about themselves from government records

49. What case established that is was how actions were interpreted that matter in sexual harassment cases?
Product - Place - Promotion - & Price
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
Because Delta & Northwest are not the only airlines there is not way the merge could be considered anticompetitive
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc

50. What term describes a moral theory which derives morality from actions?
Taxes negatively impact efficient economic operations by driving a wedge between businesses & customers. However - they are often necessary
Deontological ethics (claims the morality of an action is determined by the morality of the action itself regardless of the consequences)
Non-point source contributions
All are examples of corporate espionage