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DSST Business Ethics And Society
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1. In what situation would an NDA NOT be used?
Patriot Act
Utilitarianism (focus on considering the benefit & costs & if benefits are greater than costs then action is moral)
Education
An NDA would be appropriate in all situations
2. What agency does not relate in some manner to international trade?
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc
Ad hoc (means for this)
They can only sell stock amounting to a 10 M value at a time
EEOC (has to do with employment in US)
3. Cost benefit considerations would be most typical of what type of ethics?
Although video surveillance is essentially unrestricted there are limits to an employers use of audio surveillance
Utilitarianism (focus on considering the benefit & costs & if benefits are greater than costs then action is moral)
Random drug testing of employees is allowed in all cases
That management agrees to terms set forth by labor unions
4. What would NOT be addressed in a Non-disclosure agreement?
OSHA
All would be addressed in an NDA
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)
Immanuel Kant
5. Hard money is?
Nepotism (considering the interests of family ahead of what is best for the business)
Utilitarianism (focus on considering the benefit & costs & if benefits are greater than costs then action is moral)
Donated to a candidates campaign
Pay raises
6. A software designer knows there are some minor problems with the software they are develoing. However - if they wait to declare the product finished - it will not be released before another similar products - which would be highly damaging to its suc
Farming (suitable for agricultural use)
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc
Education
Decide the benefits of releasing the software now outweight the costs - & present the product as finished
7. What is more typical of a values oriented ethical program that a compliance oriented ethics program?
Ensure worker safety
A strong focus on developing core values
Environmental equilibrium
EEOC (has to do with employment in US)
8. What best describes rule utilitarianism?
Sexual discrimination
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
Donated to a candidates campaign
Farming (suitable for agricultural use)
9. What is best ex. of point secure pollution?
Outsourcing is unanimously agreed to be a beneficial process.
The act did all
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.
Oil spill
10. The FTC was created to monitor which type of regulation?
An NDA would be appropriate in all situations
Environmental equilibrium
Laws regulating consumer protection
A piece of code which spreads from computer to computer & can disrupt computer functions.
11. What is regulated by FDA?
A piece of code which spreads from computer to computer & can disrupt computer functions.
Enquiring about off duty activities
Deontological ethics (claims the morality of an action is determined by the morality of the action itself regardless of the consequences)
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)
12. Command & control regulations?
Regulate how a co should manage certain processes that pollute the environment
Patriot Act
OSHA
Ethical relativism (no universal set of moral they are determined by the state & opinion in which one lives)
13. A noisy withdrawal would be done by?
All are examples of corporate espionage
Hard money
Environmental equilibrium
Lawyers
14. 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?
Outside employment where a person has 2 jobs which conflict with each other
Stage 1 (person most concerned with avoiding punishment)
Illegal drugs (drugs are monitored by DEA)
Sexual harassment
15. What is the four P's of advertising?
When a lawyer withdraws legal representation for their client & notifies the proper authorities
Government regulations are always detrimental because the economy is self-correcting
Product - Place - Promotion - & Price
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
16. The term glass ceiling related to which employer-employee relations issue?
Discrimination
Fidiciary
All were implicated in scandals (Enron - Coca-Cola - Tyco International)
NIMBY (not in my backyard)
17. What is a way in which government interventions in the economy can be beneficial to consumers?
Prevent international trade crisis
A grease payment make things that would normally occur happen at a faster rate
Act utilitarianism
Product safety regulations - Import tariffs
18. A stable state economy is in a state of?
Corporate intelligence involves legally gathering information about a co. & corporate espionage involves illegally gathering information about a co.
Environmental equilibrium
True statement teleological ethics an actions morality is determined based on its consequences. type of consequentialism.
They can only sell stock amounting to a 10 M value at a time
19. 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?
Act utilitarianism (called maximizing utility)
NDA (non-disclosure agreements are legal & binding)
Post conventional (person is ruled by conscience instead of society)
OSHA
20. What is NOT a guideline set forth by Supreme court to be used in creating affirmative action programs?
All are correct guidelines
Pure Food & Drug Act (in 1906 to force food producing industries to practice sanitation)
Price cancellation
Statistical discrimination - Unintentional discrimination
21. What type of information is complied to answer a specific question?
Ad hoc (means for this)
When a lawyer withdraws legal representation for their client & notifies the proper authorities
Product safety regulations - Import tariffs
Kantian ethics (is deontological determines morality based on the morality of the action itself)
22. Karen Silkwood is associated with?
Kerr-McGee (plutonium tampering)
Laws regulating consumer protection
Nepotism (considering the interests of family ahead of what is best for the business)
Civil case (feel their rights have been violated)
23. Fossil fuels are?
Self reference criterion
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)
Non-renewal resources
24. The origins of the FDA can be traces to what ACT?
Pay raises
Discrimination
Pure Food & Drug Act (in 1906 to force food producing industries to practice sanitation)
True statement teleological ethics an actions morality is determined based on its consequences. type of consequentialism.
25. What is NOT a type of discrimination investigated by the EEOC?
Education
Ethical egosim (states if it benefits the person then it is the right thing to do)
Fidiciary
Civil case (feel their rights have been violated)
26. What statement is TRUE?
Consequentialism (considers the consequences of an action & the extent to which they benefit society in determining morality)
Dumpster diving
A grease payment make things that would normally occur happen at a faster rate
Stage 5 People act because they feel an obligation to society
27. What is NOT a regulation for insiders trading stock?
They can only sell stock amounting to a 10 M value at a time
Sexual harassment
Any program which seeks to reverse the effects of any form of discrimination
Kantian ethics (is deontological determines morality based on the morality of the action itself)
28. If people object to something being built near their homes it is referred to as?
Laws regulating consumer protection
Dumpster diving
Advertising which involves technically true claims which are misleading by nature.
NIMBY (not in my backyard)
29. What is NOT a benefit which can come to companies as a result of substainable business practices?
Pay raises
The WTO is governed by a conference of Secretariats with one Secretariat from each country
All are possible benefits
Sustainable development emphasizes the development of new & innovative technologies to reduce the overuse of natural resources
30. OSHA was created to?
A move toward equality among all races in issues related to environmental hazards
Ensure worker safety
Product - Place - Promotion - & Price
Philanthropic
31. A child cleans their room so they will be allowed to go to a friends house. Which of Kohlbergs stages are they in?
Decide the benefits of releasing the software now outweight the costs - & present the product as finished
Authoritative (leader makes decisions & tells employees what their responsibilities are)
Pre-conventional (main goal of a person is survival. justification of actions comes from understanding punishment & reward system)
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
32. What is NOT legally required in management relations with labor unions?
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not
That management agrees to terms set forth by labor unions
Self reference criterion
All are examples of corporate espionage
33. What is NOT true of the WTO?
Allows an orgin site to send information to a computers browser
A piece of code which spreads from computer to computer & can disrupt computer functions.
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)
The WTO is governed by a conference of Secretariats with one Secretariat from each country
34. What is NOT a result of a shift to the new social contract?
Kantian ethics (is deontological determines morality based on the morality of the action itself)
Pump & dump
Pay raises
All were implicated in scandals (Enron - Coca-Cola - Tyco International)
35. A manager implements new safety procedures because they feel obligated to protect the safety of their employees. Which of Kolhbergs stages does this describe?
Stage 5 People act because they feel an obligation to society
The act did all
The only ethical regulation s businesses follow are mandated by the government
Kantian ethics (is deontological determines morality based on the morality of the action itself)
36. What types of contributions to a political campaign have donations limits imposed by law?
Through PACS
Ad hoc (means for this)
Hard money
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)
37. The president of the co must decide whethere to continue to sell textbooks that he knows have incorrect information in them or not. Considered from standpoint of Kantian ethics the president would most likely?
The study of designing more comfortably or easily used equipment
The WTO is governed by a conference of Secretariats with one Secretariat from each country
Discontinue the sale of the textbooks because as a general rule the practice is not unconditional
Self reference criterion
38. The Alien Tort Claims Act?
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.
Advertising which involves technically true claims which are misleading by nature.
Allows foreign citizens to bring a citizen of the US to trial in the US
Monopolies
39. What term describes a moral theory which derives morality from actions?
Ad hoc (means for this)
NDA (non-disclosure agreements are legal & binding)
All were implicated in scandals (Enron - Coca-Cola - Tyco International)
Deontological ethics (claims the morality of an action is determined by the morality of the action itself regardless of the consequences)
40. What is NOT a way in which business's are regulated?
No - grease payments are not considered bribes & are therefore not illegal under the FCPA
Because Dukes could not proves all women employees faced discrimination practices
Stage 5 People act because they feel an obligation to society
All are ways businesses are regulated
41. What moral theory considers the action resulting in the greatest benefit to all people as the most moral action?
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)
Advertising which involves technically true claims which are misleading by nature.
Act utilitarianism (called maximizing utility)
The study of designing more comfortably or easily used equipment
42. What is NOT an ex. of social engineering?
Dumpster diving
Democratic leadership style
Stage 1 (person most concerned with avoiding punishment)
Government regulations are always detrimental because the economy is self-correcting
43. Hiring family members would be considered which type of conflict of interest?
Board of Directors
Nepotism (considering the interests of family ahead of what is best for the business)
Authoritative (leader makes decisions & tells employees what their responsibilities are)
Environmental equilibrium
44. Who has legal responsibility for a company's actions in a corporation?
Ethical egosim (states if it benefits the person then it is the right thing to do)
Sets forth standards for management in relations with labor unions
Board of Directors
Employers may use subjective considerations for hiring as long as they do not produce a discriminatory environment
45. The EEOC investiges violations of the?
Advertising which involves technically true claims which are misleading by nature.
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Discrimination
A system of accountability - oversight - & control within the company
46. Arable land is used for?
Logos - jingles - & brand names can all be ex. of trademarks
Farming (suitable for agricultural use)
Government regulations are always detrimental because the economy is self-correcting
Dumpster diving
47. Ergonomics is?
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)
Allows foreign citizens to bring a citizen of the US to trial in the US
Nepotism (considering the interests of family ahead of what is best for the business)
The study of designing more comfortably or easily used equipment
48. What is NOT a type of loophole that developed in response to limitations placed on hard money contributions?
Environmental equilibrium
Non-point source contributions
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)
Meeting with senators - representative - staff members or other important people to persuade them to vote how you wish them to
49. A lawyer knows their client is guilty but defends them anyway. This falls under which type of ethics?
Dumpster diving
Authoritative (leader makes decisions & tells employees what their responsibilities are)
Immanuel Kant
Legal
50. 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?
A strong focus on developing core values
Misstating financial statements
Stage 2 people are concerned with obtaining rewards
Utilitarianism (focus on considering the benefit & costs & if benefits are greater than costs then action is moral)
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