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DSST Business Ethics And Society

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1. Who has legal responsibility for a company's actions in a corporation?
Board of Directors
Conflict diamonds
KPCS (they work to reduce circulation of conflict diamonds)
No - grease payments are not considered bribes & are therefore not illegal under the FCPA

2. Command & control regulations?
Facilitating payment
Regulate how a co should manage certain processes that pollute the environment
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.
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

3. If a person were to sue a co. for not fulfilling a contractual obligation it would be?
Education
Civil case (feel their rights have been violated)
Reputation
Goodwill (good reputation makes co. worth more)

4. The Tyco scandal is associated with which ACT?
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
NIMBY (not in my backyard)
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

5. the merger between Delta Air Lines & Northwest Airlines raised concerns about what?
Monopolies
A system of accountability - oversight - & control within the company
Nepotism (considering the interests of family ahead of what is best for the business)
Decide the benefits of releasing the software now outweight the costs - & present the product as finished

6. What is NOT a reason clinton's attempt at healthcare reform in the early 1990s failed?
Dumpster diving
Ethics. Most people felt the program (which charged more for the middle class people) was highly unethical & would not support it.
KPCS (they work to reduce circulation of conflict diamonds)
Consequentialism (considers the consequences of an action & the extent to which they benefit society in determining morality)

7. What is true about spam?
Civil Rights Act of 1964
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
OSHA
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)

8. A child cleans their room so they will be allowed to go to a friends house. Which of Kohlbergs stages are they in?
Although video surveillance is essentially unrestricted there are limits to an employers use of audio surveillance
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)
The considerations of large co about the well being of society when they make business decisions
Pre-conventional (main goal of a person is survival. justification of actions comes from understanding punishment & reward system)

9. What is the four P's of advertising?
Comparable worth
Product - Place - Promotion - & Price
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.
Because Delta & Northwest are not the only airlines there is not way the merge could be considered anticompetitive

10. 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.
Stage 4 (people are motivated primarily by authority such as law)
A strong focus on developing core values
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

11. What BEST describes affirmative action?
Stage 1 (person most concerned with avoiding punishment)
An intermediary who investigates complaints against a group
An attempt to apply moral & ethical principles to business actions
Any program which seeks to reverse the effects of any form of discrimination

12. What is NOT a way in which business's are regulated?
All are ways businesses are regulated
EEOC (has to do with employment in US)
A move toward equality among all races in issues related to environmental hazards
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

13. Cost benefit considerations would be most typical of what type of ethics?
Misstating financial statements
Utilitarianism (focus on considering the benefit & costs & if benefits are greater than costs then action is moral)
Stage 4 (people are motivated primarily by authority such as law)
Stage 1 (person most concerned with avoiding punishment)

14. What is NOT a regulation for insiders trading stock?
They can only sell stock amounting to a 10 M value at a time
Democratic leadership style
EEOC (has to do with employment in US)
Decide the benefits of releasing the software now outweight the costs - & present the product as finished

15. A cookie?
Allows an orgin site to send information to a computers browser
Ethics. Most people felt the program (which charged more for the middle class people) was highly unethical & would not support it.
Money that is donated to political parties for the purpose of party building activities
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)

16. What statement is NOT true?
Democratic leadership style
Outsourcing is unanimously agreed to be a beneficial process.
All are possible benefits
Diamonds which are sold with the purpose of funding insurrection or war.

17. Ergonomics is?
The study of designing more comfortably or easily used equipment
Civil case (feel their rights have been violated)
An NDA would be appropriate in all situations
Diamonds which are sold with the purpose of funding insurrection or war.

18. A grease payment can also be called?
Outsourcing is often criticized however it can have many economic benefits because it allows companies to produce at a lower cost.
Stage 4 (people are motivated primarily by authority such as law)
Facilitating payment
Conflict diamonds

19. Why did Supreme Court rule in favor of Walmart in the case of Dukes vs Walmart?
Democratic leadership style
Stage 1 (person most concerned with avoiding punishment)
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 Dukes could not proves all women employees faced discrimination practices

20. What is NOT an illegal basis of discrimination?
KPCS (they work to reduce circulation of conflict diamonds)
Although video surveillance is essentially unrestricted there are limits to an employers use of audio surveillance
To lower greenhouse gas emissions
Education

21. Which act makes it illegal for US citizens to participate in bribes?
To ensure & protect public health & safety
True statement teleological ethics an actions morality is determined based on its consequences. type of consequentialism.
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

22. What statement would be the most correct under a classical view of business?
NIMBY (not in my backyard)
The act did all
Allows foreign citizens to bring a citizen of the US to trial in the US
Government regulations are always detrimental because the economy is self-correcting

23. What best describes soft money?
A move toward equality among all races in issues related to environmental hazards
Stage 1 (person most concerned with avoiding punishment)
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Money that is donated to political parties for the purpose of party building activities

24. Business with a mindset of the customer is always right often find themselves subject to more of which type of fraud?
An intermediary who investigates complaints against a group
Facilitating payment
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the business)
Ethical relativism (no universal set of moral they are determined by the state & opinion in which one lives)

25. What is NOT a guideline set forth by Supreme court to be used in creating affirmative action programs?
Goodwill (good reputation makes co. worth more)
All are correct guidelines
Money that is donated to political parties for the purpose of party building activities
60 days

26. What is environmental justice?
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
An attempt to apply moral & ethical principles to business actions
Nepotism (considering the interests of family ahead of what is best for the business)
A move toward equality among all races in issues related to environmental hazards

27. Ethical & philanthropic responsibilities are important in building?
A strong focus on developing core values
Product - Place - Promotion - & Price
Reputation
Nepotism (considering the interests of family ahead of what is best for the business)

28. 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)
All would be addressed in an NDA
All are examples of corporate espionage
The primary factor in sexual harassment cases is the intent of the action

29. The FTC was created to monitor which type of regulation?
Sexual discrimination
Allows foreign citizens to bring a citizen of the US to trial in the US
Laws regulating consumer protection
Discrimination

30. The origins of the FDA can be traces to what ACT?
Pure Food & Drug Act (in 1906 to force food producing industries to practice sanitation)
Patriot Act
Nepotism (considering the interests of family ahead of what is best for the business)
Act utilitarianism (called maximizing utility)

31. Who is best known for creating the categorical imperative?
Sustainable development emphasizes the development of new & innovative technologies to reduce the overuse of natural resources
Immanuel Kant
Telling the truth because you think it is the right thing to do
All are correct guidelines

32. The purpose of the World Bank is?
A strong focus on developing core values
60 days
Help developing countries stregthen their economics
Corporate intelligence involves legally gathering information about a co. & corporate espionage involves illegally gathering information about a co.

33. What best describes in kind contribution?
When a person or co. trades goods or services in place of money.
Authoritative (leader makes decisions & tells employees what their responsibilities are)
Pay raises
Civil case (feel their rights have been violated)

34. 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)
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.
A piece of code which spreads from computer to computer & can disrupt computer functions.
Ethics. Most people felt the program (which charged more for the middle class people) was highly unethical & would not support it.

35. What are conflict diamonds?
Diamonds which are sold with the purpose of funding insurrection or war.
Altruism (refers to placing the needs of another above oneself)
The primary factor in sexual harassment cases is the intent of the action
Sexual discrimination

36. A business practices underhanded accounting practices to raise stock prices & make money. Which type of ethics does this fall under?
All are examples of corporate espionage
Ethics. Most people felt the program (which charged more for the middle class people) was highly unethical & would not support it.
Economical
NDA (non-disclosure agreements are legal & binding)

37. What aid employers in keeping information private?
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)
Money that is donated to political parties for the purpose of party building activities
NDA (non-disclosure agreements are legal & binding)
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

38. 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?
Discontinue the sale of the textbooks because as a general rule the practice is not unconditional
Logos - jingles - & brand names can all be ex. of trademarks
Stage 4 (people are motivated primarily by authority such as law)
Non-point source contributions

39. What is NOT a responsibility that should be considreed by businesses?
Donated to a candidates campaign
Fidiciary
Universal Ethics Protocol organization
Stage 1 (person most concerned with avoiding punishment)

40. What is NOT regulated by the FDA?
Kantian ethics (is deontological determines morality based on the morality of the action itself)
Illegal drugs (drugs are monitored by DEA)
All are examples of corporate espionage
Although video surveillance is essentially unrestricted there are limits to an employers use of audio surveillance

41. Fossil fuels are?
The WTO is governed by a conference of Secretariats with one Secretariat from each country
Stage 4 (people are motivated primarily by authority such as law)
Environmental equilibrium
Non-renewal resources

42. What is NOT an agency responsible for protecting workers health?
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)
When a person or co. trades goods or services in place of money.
KPCS (they work to reduce circulation of conflict diamonds)
Philanthropic

43. What act conflicts with the Privacy Act of 1974?
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the business)
A system of accountability - oversight - & control within the company
Patriot Act
When a person or co. trades goods or services in place of money.

44. A virus is?
Sexual discrimination
A piece of code which spreads from computer to computer & can disrupt computer functions.
Universal imperative
Pay raises

45. What is NOT related to the interactions that occur between government & business?
All are related to government & business interactions
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Discontinue the sale of the textbooks because as a general rule the practice is not unconditional
Discrimination

46. The purpose of the International Monetary Fund?
A grease payment make things that would normally occur happen at a faster rate
Product - Place - Promotion - & Price
NIMBY (not in my backyard)
Prevent international trade crisis

47. What is NOT a way that government can influence businesses?
An attempt to apply moral & ethical principles to business actions
Through PACS
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)
Legal

48. A noisy withdrawal would be done by?
Lawyers
It is unanimously agreed that there is a dire need for it in todays society
The only ethical regulation s businesses follow are mandated by the government
Monopolies

49. What is NOT a rule for creating maxims under Kantian ethics?
Corporate intelligence involves legally gathering information about a co. & corporate espionage involves illegally gathering information about a co.
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the business)
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)
Ensure worker safety

50. A lawyer knows their client is guilty but defends them anyway. This falls under which type of ethics?
Legal
Education
Taxes negatively impact efficient economic operations by driving a wedge between businesses & customers. However - they are often necessary
The primary factor in sexual harassment cases is the intent of the action