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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?
Dumpster diving
Farming (suitable for agricultural use)
Enquiring about off duty activities
Sexual harassment

2. What is the responsibility of the FDA?
Stage 2 people are concerned with obtaining rewards
Kantian ethics (is deontological determines morality based on the morality of the action itself)
A strong focus on developing core values
To ensure & protect public health & safety

3. What statement BEST describes attitudes toward outsourcing?
Outsourcing is often criticized however it can have many economic benefits because it allows companies to produce at a lower cost.
Regulate how a co should manage certain processes that pollute the environment
Dumpster diving
Stage 4 (people are motivated primarily by authority such as law)

4. The Kimberley Process Certification Scheme was created to stop the circulation of?
Government regulations are always detrimental because the economy is self-correcting
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Conflict diamonds
Money that is donated to political parties for the purpose of party building activities

5. What is NOT a form of marketing fraud?
Pre-conventional (main goal of a person is survival. justification of actions comes from understanding punishment & reward system)
Misstating financial statements
Product safety regulations - Import tariffs
Sexual discrimination

6. A person is given the opportunity to volunteer at local food bank. They consider the other things they could do with that time. Decide to do volunteer work. What type of ethical theory does their thought process & decision follow?
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)
Civil case (feel their rights have been violated)
Pump & dump
Act utilitarianism

7. What is NOT a regulation for insiders trading stock?
Diamonds which are sold with the purpose of funding insurrection or war.
All are examples of corporate espionage
Pay raises
They can only sell stock amounting to a 10 M value at a time

8. What aid employers in keeping information private?
Monopolies
Utilitarianism (focus on considering the benefit & costs & if benefits are greater than costs then action is moral)
The act did all
NDA (non-disclosure agreements are legal & binding)

9. What best describes rule utilitarianism?
All would be addressed in an NDA
An NDA would be appropriate in all situations
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
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the business)

10. Which co was NOT implicated in the early 2000s?
All were implicated in scandals (Enron - Coca-Cola - Tyco International)
No - grease payments are not considered bribes & are therefore not illegal under the FCPA
Allows foreign citizens to bring a citizen of the US to trial in the US
Illegal drugs (drugs are monitored by DEA)

11. What is NOT a benefit which can come to companies as a result of substainable business practices?
All are possible benefits
Goodwill (good reputation makes co. worth more)
Universal imperative
Dumpster diving

12. What is NOT a type of imperative considered under Kantian ethics?
Comparable worth
Universal Ethics Protocol organization
Universal imperative
Education

13. Implied falsity?
Advertising which involves technically true claims which are misleading by nature.
Hard money
Reputation
Outside employment where a person has 2 jobs which conflict with each other

14. the merger between Delta Air Lines & Northwest Airlines raised concerns about what?
Laws regulating consumer protection
Economical
When a person or co. trades goods or services in place of money.
Monopolies

15. Business ethics is?
Civil Rights Act of 1964
An attempt to apply moral & ethical principles to business actions
All were implicated in scandals (Enron - Coca-Cola - Tyco International)
The only ethical regulation s businesses follow are mandated by the government

16. What statement is FALSE about merger between Delta Air Lines & Northwest Airlines in 2008?
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc
Because Delta & Northwest are not the only airlines there is not way the merge could be considered anticompetitive
Product safety regulations - Import tariffs
An NDA would be appropriate in all situations

17. What is NOT an ex. of social engineering?
Civil case (feel their rights have been violated)
Dumpster diving
Employers may use subjective considerations for hiring as long as they do not produce a discriminatory environment
Discontinue the sale of the textbooks because as a general rule the practice is not unconditional

18. 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)
Stage 4 (people are motivated primarily by authority such as law)
Any program which seeks to reverse the effects of any form of discrimination
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

19. The perceived 'us' vs. 'them' mentality that emerges when doing business with different cultures is referred to?
Corporate intelligence involves legally gathering information about a co. & corporate espionage involves illegally gathering information about a co.
Donating money to a humanitarian organizaiton for the purchase of blankets
Self reference criterion
Employers may use subjective considerations for hiring as long as they do not produce a discriminatory environment

20. What is NOT a rule for creating maxims under Kantian ethics?
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
Consequentialism (considers the consequences of an action & the extent to which they benefit society in determining morality)
Finding ways to eliminate the opportunities for employees to act unethically

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?
Decide the benefits of releasing the software now outweight the costs - & present the product as finished
Stage 4 (people are motivated primarily by authority such as law)
Environmental equilibrium
An NDA would be appropriate in all situations

22. What is NOT a responsibility that should be considreed by businesses?
Environmental equilibrium
Kantian ethics (is deontological determines morality based on the morality of the action itself)
Fidiciary
A person has the right to remove documents about themselves from government records

23. What is NOT an example of how corporate espionage can occur?
Monopolies
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc
All are examples of corporate espionage
Outside employment where a person has 2 jobs which conflict with each other

24. What best describes in kind contribution?
Authoritative (leader makes decisions & tells employees what their responsibilities are)
When a person or co. trades goods or services in place of money.
All are related to government & business interactions
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)

25. What is NOT an agency responsible for protecting workers health?
Board of Directors
Discontinue the sale of the textbooks because as a general rule the practice is not unconditional
KPCS (they work to reduce circulation of conflict diamonds)
To ensure & protect public health & safety

26. What does NOT focus on increasing the ethical awareness of employees & strengthening the ethical culture of a workplace?
Consequentialism (considers the consequences of an action & the extent to which they benefit society in determining morality)
All are correct guidelines
Kantian ethics (is deontological determines morality based on the morality of the action itself)
Democratic leadership style

27. The EEOC investiges violations of the?
Ethical egosim (states if it benefits the person then it is the right thing to do)
Pre-conventional (main goal of a person is survival. justification of actions comes from understanding punishment & reward system)
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Because Delta & Northwest are not the only airlines there is not way the merge could be considered anticompetitive

28. What statement best describes the difference between corporate intelligence & corpirate espionage?
Immanuel Kant
Patriot Act
Enquiring about off duty activities
Corporate intelligence involves legally gathering information about a co. & corporate espionage involves illegally gathering information about a co.

29. 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?
Diamonds which are sold with the purpose of funding insurrection or war.
Oil spill
Stage 2 people are concerned with obtaining rewards
The act did all

30. What act conflicts with the Privacy Act of 1974?
Non-point source contributions
Act utilitarianism
Patriot Act
Sustainable development emphasizes the development of new & innovative technologies to reduce the overuse of natural resources

31. What is NOT legally required in management relations with labor unions?
That management agrees to terms set forth by labor unions
A piece of code which spreads from computer to computer & can disrupt computer functions.
Altruism (refers to placing the needs of another above oneself)
Fidiciary

32. Command & control regulations?
Consequentialism (considers the consequences of an action & the extent to which they benefit society in determining morality)
All are stakeholders
Regulate how a co should manage certain processes that pollute the environment
Authoritative (leader makes decisions & tells employees what their responsibilities are)

33. A conflict of interest?
The WTO is governed by a conference of Secretariats with one Secretariat from each country
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit
Sustainable development emphasizes the development of new & innovative technologies to reduce the overuse of natural resources
Deontological ethics (claims the morality of an action is determined by the morality of the action itself regardless of the consequences)

34. What is NOT a way in which business's are regulated?
Meeting with senators - representative - staff members or other important people to persuade them to vote how you wish them to
True statement teleological ethics an actions morality is determined based on its consequences. type of consequentialism.
All were implicated in scandals (Enron - Coca-Cola - Tyco International)
All are ways businesses are regulated

35. What is NOT a type of discrimination investigated by the EEOC?
The primary factor in sexual harassment cases is the intent of the action
Outsourcing is unanimously agreed to be a beneficial process.
Education
Through PACS

36. What does EEOC stand for?
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
All are conflicts of interest
Pay raises
Reputation

37. What is NOT an unethical pricing strategy?
Price cancellation
Because Dukes could not proves all women employees faced discrimination practices
Logos - jingles - & brand names can all be ex. of trademarks
Allows foreign citizens to bring a citizen of the US to trial in the US

38. What is NOT a type of loophole that developed in response to limitations placed on hard money contributions?
Illegal drugs (drugs are monitored by DEA)
Non-point source contributions
NIMBY (not in my backyard)
Pure Food & Drug Act (in 1906 to force food producing industries to practice sanitation)

39. What is NOT an illegal basis of discrimination?
Self reference criterion
A piece of code which spreads from computer to computer & can disrupt computer functions.
Education
Restore stakeholder confidence in the securities market after a series of scandals in the early 2000s

40. If a person owns a cupcake business & works in a cupcake factory - what type of conflict of interest is it considered?
The considerations of large co about the well being of society when they make business decisions
A move toward equality among all races in issues related to environmental hazards
Outside employment where a person has 2 jobs which conflict with each other
Donated to a candidates campaign

41. What is NOT concern relative to outsourcing?
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc
An attempt to apply moral & ethical principles to business actions
All are concerns about outsourcing
Decide the benefits of releasing the software now outweight the costs - & present the product as finished

42. 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?
Stage 1 (person most concerned with avoiding punishment)
Stage 2 people are concerned with obtaining rewards
Random drug testing of employees is allowed in all cases
Post conventional (person is ruled by conscience instead of society)

43. What is NOT a result of a shift to the new social contract?
Ethical relativism (no universal set of moral they are determined by the state & opinion in which one lives)
Advertising which involves technically true claims which are misleading by nature.
Pay raises
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit

44. Noisy withdrawal is?
The WTO is governed by a conference of Secretariats with one Secretariat from each country
A piece of code which spreads from computer to computer & can disrupt computer functions.
Stage 5 People act because they feel an obligation to society
When a lawyer withdraws legal representation for their client & notifies the proper authorities

45. The origins of the FDA can be traces to what ACT?
Legal
Pure Food & Drug Act (in 1906 to force food producing industries to practice sanitation)
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

46. What is best ex. of point secure pollution?
Logos - jingles - & brand names can all be ex. of trademarks
Discrimination
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Oil spill

47. What is the purpose of the WARN Act?
It requires employers to give workers notice before mass layoffs so that they can prepare
Act utilitarianism
All are concerns about outsourcing
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the business)

48. What situation would be considered moral under Kantian theory?
Dumpster diving
Civil case (feel their rights have been violated)
Telling the truth because you think it is the right thing to do
KPCS (they work to reduce circulation of conflict diamonds)

49. What is NOT related to the interactions that occur between government & business?
Ensure worker safety
Kerr-McGee (plutonium tampering)
All are related to government & business interactions
All are stakeholders

50. A noisy withdrawal would be done by?
Ethics. Most people felt the program (which charged more for the middle class people) was highly unethical & would not support it.
Lawyers
Illegal drugs (drugs are monitored by DEA)
Immanuel Kant

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