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DSST Business Ethics And Society

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1. What is NOT true of the WTO?
Pay raises
The WTO is governed by a conference of Secretariats with one Secretariat from each country
Help developing countries stregthen their economics
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit

2. A stable state economy is in a state of?
KPCS (they work to reduce circulation of conflict diamonds)
Environmental equilibrium
Consequentialism (considers the consequences of an action & the extent to which they benefit society in determining morality)
They can only sell stock amounting to a 10 M value at a time

3. Hiring family members would be considered which type of conflict of interest?
Prevent international trade crisis
Random drug testing of employees is allowed in all cases
Nepotism (considering the interests of family ahead of what is best for the business)
Sarbanes-Oxley Act

4. What statement is TRUE?
Taxes negatively impact efficient economic operations by driving a wedge between businesses & customers. However - they are often necessary
Sustainable development emphasizes the development of new & innovative technologies to reduce the overuse of natural resources
To lower greenhouse gas emissions
Outside employment where a person has 2 jobs which conflict with each other

5. Business ethics is?
An attempt to apply moral & ethical principles to business actions
Pure Food & Drug Act (in 1906 to force food producing industries to practice sanitation)
OSHA
Pre-conventional (main goal of a person is survival. justification of actions comes from understanding punishment & reward system)

6. Noisy withdrawal is?
The study of designing more comfortably or easily used equipment
All are ways businesses are regulated
60 days
When a lawyer withdraws legal representation for their client & notifies the proper authorities

7. The origins of the FDA can be traces to what ACT?
Outsourcing is unanimously agreed to be a beneficial process.
Pure Food & Drug Act (in 1906 to force food producing industries to practice sanitation)
Although video surveillance is essentially unrestricted there are limits to an employers use of audio surveillance
All are correct guidelines

8. The term glass ceiling related to which employer-employee relations issue?
The WTO is governed by a conference of Secretariats with one Secretariat from each country
Although video surveillance is essentially unrestricted there are limits to an employers use of audio surveillance
Self reference criterion
Discrimination

9. What is the purpose of the WARN Act?
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)
Illegal drugs (drugs are monitored by DEA)
Post conventional (person is ruled by conscience instead of society)
It requires employers to give workers notice before mass layoffs so that they can prepare

10. What is NOT a regulation for insiders trading stock?
Pay raises
They can only sell stock amounting to a 10 M value at a time
It requires employers to give workers notice before mass layoffs so that they can prepare
EEOC (has to do with employment in US)

11. 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?
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the business)
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)
Stage 1 (person most concerned with avoiding punishment)
Act utilitarianism

12. What is NOT a conflict of interest?
Pre-conventional (main goal of a person is survival. justification of actions comes from understanding punishment & reward system)
All are conflicts of interest
Democratic leadership style
Ethical egosim (states if it benefits the person then it is the right thing to do)

13. What statement is TRUE?
All are examples of corporate espionage
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)
Logos - jingles - & brand names can all be ex. of trademarks
Facilitating payment

14. Hard money is?
Government regulations are always detrimental because the economy is self-correcting
Donated to a candidates campaign
All are correct guidelines
To ensure & protect public health & safety

15. What term is synonymous with philanthropy?
Sets forth standards for management in relations with labor unions
Statistical discrimination - Unintentional discrimination
Altruism (refers to placing the needs of another above oneself)
Sexual harassment

16. What statement BEST describes attitudes toward outsourcing?
All are stakeholders
Outsourcing is often criticized however it can have many economic benefits because it allows companies to produce at a lower cost.
Employers may use subjective considerations for hiring as long as they do not produce a discriminatory environment
Post conventional (person is ruled by conscience instead of society)

17. What is a way in which government interventions in the economy can be beneficial to consumers?
Product safety regulations - Import tariffs
Although video surveillance is essentially unrestricted there are limits to an employers use of audio surveillance
All were implicated in scandals (Enron - Coca-Cola - Tyco International)
Laws regulating consumer protection

18. Which co was NOT implicated in the early 2000s?
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)
All were implicated in scandals (Enron - Coca-Cola - Tyco International)
A system of accountability - oversight - & control within the company
Immanuel Kant

19. 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?
OSHA
KPCS (they work to reduce circulation of conflict diamonds)
Kantian ethics (is deontological determines morality based on the morality of the action itself)
Stage 2 people are concerned with obtaining rewards

20. Who is best known for creating the categorical imperative?
Patriot Act
Sexual harassment
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the business)
Immanuel Kant

21. What statement is TRUE?
Because Dukes could not proves all women employees faced discrimination practices
Donated to a candidates campaign
Non-point source contributions
Taxes negatively impact efficient economic operations by driving a wedge between businesses & customers. However - they are often necessary

22. 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?
Act utilitarianism
To ensure & protect public health & safety
That management agrees to terms set forth by labor unions
Finding ways to eliminate the opportunities for employees to act unethically

23. Why did Supreme Court rule in favor of Walmart in the case of Dukes vs Walmart?
All are stakeholders
Because Dukes could not proves all women employees faced discrimination practices
Altruism (refers to placing the needs of another above oneself)
Monopolies

24. The fact that in many cases a company's worth is greater than the value of its tangible assets is referred to as?
Goodwill (good reputation makes co. worth more)
Illegal drugs (drugs are monitored by DEA)
Environmental equilibrium
Universal imperative

25. What is NOT a responsibility that should be considreed by businesses?
Ethical relativism (no universal set of moral they are determined by the state & opinion in which one lives)
Fidiciary
Immanuel Kant
The primary factor in sexual harassment cases is the intent of the action

26. What statement is TRUE?
To ensure & protect public health & safety
A grease payment make things that would normally occur happen at a faster rate
Environmental equilibrium
Sarbanes-Oxley Act

27. What statement is FALSE?
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the business)
Finding ways to eliminate the opportunities for employees to act unethically
Random drug testing of employees is allowed in all cases
Reputation

28. 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?
Universal imperative
The primary factor in sexual harassment cases is the intent of the action
Board of Directors
Post conventional (person is ruled by conscience instead of society)

29. What is NOT a result of a shift to the new social contract?
Stage 5 People act because they feel an obligation to society
Pay raises
All were implicated in scandals (Enron - Coca-Cola - Tyco International)
Board of Directors

30. What is NOT a form of marketing fraud?
Misstating financial statements
Taxes negatively impact efficient economic operations by driving a wedge between businesses & customers. However - they are often necessary
The only ethical regulation s businesses follow are mandated by the government
An attempt to apply moral & ethical principles to business actions

31. What act conflicts with the Privacy Act of 1974?
Non-renewal resources
Patriot Act
Democratic leadership style
Stage 2 people are concerned with obtaining rewards

32. What theory claims that ethical beliefs are determined by the society in which one lives?
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Ethical relativism (no universal set of moral they are determined by the state & opinion in which one lives)
NDA (non-disclosure agreements are legal & binding)
Consequentialism (considers the consequences of an action & the extent to which they benefit society in determining morality)

33. What is NOT illegal?
Illegal drugs (drugs are monitored by DEA)
Restore stakeholder confidence in the securities market after a series of scandals in the early 2000s
Donating money to a humanitarian organizaiton for the purchase of blankets
Statistical discrimination - Unintentional discrimination

34. What is NOT an example of an in kind contribution?
Ethical egosim (states if it benefits the person then it is the right thing to do)
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
Donating money to a humanitarian organizaiton for the purchase of blankets
Kerr-McGee (plutonium tampering)

35. An ombudsman is?
An intermediary who investigates complaints against a group
They can only sell stock amounting to a 10 M value at a time
Ad hoc (means for this)
Universal imperative

36. What statement is NOT true?
Outsourcing is unanimously agreed to be a beneficial process.
Immanuel Kant
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the business)

37. Implied falsity?
A grease payment make things that would normally occur happen at a faster rate
Advertising which involves technically true claims which are misleading by nature.
Democratic leadership style
It is unanimously agreed that there is a dire need for it in todays society

38. What is NOT an attempt at creating a universal ethical standard?
Universal Ethics Protocol organization
Goodwill (good reputation makes co. worth more)
All are ways businesses are regulated
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

39. What does EEOC stand for?
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
They can only sell stock amounting to a 10 M value at a time
Consequentialism (considers the consequences of an action & the extent to which they benefit society in determining morality)
Random drug testing of employees is allowed in all cases

40. What is NOT a legal way for employers to monitor employees?
Sets forth standards for management in relations with labor unions
Enquiring about off duty activities
Money that is donated to political parties for the purpose of party building activities
Reputation

41. What statement is NOT true?
Universal Ethics Protocol organization
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
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

42. What types of contributions to a political campaign have donations limits imposed by law?
A grease payment make things that would normally occur happen at a faster rate
Telling the truth because you think it is the right thing to do
Allows an orgin site to send information to a computers browser
Hard money

43. Cost benefit considerations would be most typical of what type of ethics?
Hard money
Education
When a person or co. trades goods or services in place of money.
Utilitarianism (focus on considering the benefit & costs & if benefits are greater than costs then action is moral)

44. What is NOT concern relative to outsourcing?
All were implicated in scandals (Enron - Coca-Cola - Tyco International)
All are concerns about outsourcing
Sexual harassment
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)

45. A noisy withdrawal would be done by?
Lawyers
Act utilitarianism
Help developing countries stregthen their economics
Through PACS

46. What statement is FALSE about merger between Delta Air Lines & Northwest Airlines in 2008?
Universal Ethics Protocol organization
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 would be addressed in an NDA
Because Delta & Northwest are not the only airlines there is not way the merge could be considered anticompetitive

47. What is NOT a type of loophole that developed in response to limitations placed on hard money contributions?
Allows an orgin site to send information to a computers browser
Taxes negatively impact efficient economic operations by driving a wedge between businesses & customers. However - they are often necessary
Non-point source contributions
Decide the benefits of releasing the software now outweight the costs - & present the product as finished

48. A manager implements new safety procedures because they feel obligated to protect the safety of their employees. Which of Kolhbergs stages does this describe?
They can only sell stock amounting to a 10 M value at a time
Ethical egosim (states if it benefits the person then it is the right thing to do)
Stage 5 People act because they feel an obligation to society
Donating money to a humanitarian organizaiton for the purchase of blankets

49. Business with a mindset of the customer is always right often find themselves subject to more of which type of fraud?
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the business)
A move toward equality among all races in issues related to environmental hazards
Stage 2 people are concerned with obtaining rewards
Act utilitarianism (called maximizing utility)

50. What is more typical of a values oriented ethical program that a compliance oriented ethics program?
Ethics. Most people felt the program (which charged more for the middle class people) was highly unethical & would not support it.
The only ethical regulation s businesses follow are mandated by the government
A strong focus on developing core values
Logos - jingles - & brand names can all be ex. of trademarks