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DSST Business Ethics And Society

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1. Karen Silkwood is associated with?
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.
Farming (suitable for agricultural use)
To lower greenhouse gas emissions
Kerr-McGee (plutonium tampering)

2. A lawyer knows their client is guilty but defends them anyway. This falls under which type of ethics?
Money that is donated to political parties for the purpose of party building activities
Legal
Environmental equilibrium
Outsourcing is often criticized however it can have many economic benefits because it allows companies to produce at a lower cost.

3. What is NOT a rule for creating maxims under Kantian ethics?
Because Delta & Northwest are not the only airlines there is not way the merge could be considered anticompetitive
Prevent international trade crisis
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)
Telling the truth because you think it is the right thing to do

4. What agency does not relate in some manner to international trade?
All were implicated in scandals (Enron - Coca-Cola - Tyco International)
Telling the truth because you think it is the right thing to do
Sexual harassment
EEOC (has to do with employment in US)

5. What statement is TRUE?
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not
Statistical discrimination - Unintentional discrimination
Authoritative (leader makes decisions & tells employees what their responsibilities are)
A grease payment make things that would normally occur happen at a faster rate

6. What is NOT a conflict of interest?
All are conflicts of interest
Sustainable development emphasizes the development of new & innovative technologies to reduce the overuse of natural resources
They can only sell stock amounting to a 10 M value at a time
An NDA would be appropriate in all situations

7. 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)
The act did all
Kantian ethics (is deontological determines morality based on the morality of the action itself)

8. What BEST describes the old social contract?
If workers were loyal - punctual - & had at least decently efficient they could expect to keep their jobs & perhaps even advance over time.
The act did all
Conflict diamonds
Environmental equilibrium

9. Arable land is used for?
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)
Enquiring about off duty activities
Regulate how a co should manage certain processes that pollute the environment
Farming (suitable for agricultural use)

10. What is NOT a benefit which can come to companies as a result of substainable business practices?
All are possible benefits
Because Dukes could not proves all women employees faced discrimination practices
A grease payment make things that would normally occur happen at a faster rate
All are examples of corporate espionage

11. 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?
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the business)
All are possible benefits
Comparable worth
Stage 4 (people are motivated primarily by authority such as law)

12. Considered from an ethical standpoint - MNCs should?
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not
A system of accountability - oversight - & control within the company
All are concerns about outsourcing
Utilitarianism (focus on considering the benefit & costs & if benefits are greater than costs then action is moral)

13. The origins of the FDA can be traces to what ACT?
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)
Pure Food & Drug Act (in 1906 to force food producing industries to practice sanitation)
Corporate intelligence involves legally gathering information about a co. & corporate espionage involves illegally gathering information about a co.
It is unanimously agreed that there is a dire need for it in todays society

14. The Kimberley Process Certification Scheme was created to stop the circulation of?
Stage 1 (person most concerned with avoiding punishment)
Conflict diamonds
Ethical relativism (no universal set of moral they are determined by the state & opinion in which one lives)
Through PACS

15. What is NOT a legal way for employers to monitor employees?
A system of accountability - oversight - & control within the company
The study of designing more comfortably or easily used equipment
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)
Enquiring about off duty activities

16. Ethical & philanthropic responsibilities are important in building?
All are possible benefits
Reputation
A strong focus on developing core values
Ad hoc (means for this)

17. If a resource is used at the same rate at which it can be replenished it is describes as?
Because Delta & Northwest are not the only airlines there is not way the merge could be considered anticompetitive
Environmental equilibrium
True statement teleological ethics an actions morality is determined based on its consequences. type of consequentialism.
Oil spill

18. Protections for workers from workplace hazard are regulated & mandated by what agency?
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
The only ethical regulation s businesses follow are mandated by the government
All are correct guidelines
OSHA

19. the merger between Delta Air Lines & Northwest Airlines raised concerns about what?
Monopolies
Allows an orgin site to send information to a computers browser
It is unanimously agreed that there is a dire need for it in todays society
Stage 1 (person most concerned with avoiding punishment)

20. What is NOT an unethical pricing strategy?
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the business)
Outsourcing is often criticized however it can have many economic benefits because it allows companies to produce at a lower cost.
Price cancellation
A person has the right to remove documents about themselves from government records

21. In the case of Watson vs. Fort Worth Bank & Trust the court ruled?
Employers may use subjective considerations for hiring as long as they do not produce a discriminatory environment
Although video surveillance is essentially unrestricted there are limits to an employers use of audio surveillance
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)
An NDA would be appropriate in all situations

22. What types of contributions to a political campaign have donations limits imposed by law?
Hard money
Telling the truth because you think it is the right thing to do
Environmental equilibrium
The only ethical regulation s businesses follow are mandated by the government

23. Lobbying is?
Sustainable development emphasizes the development of new & innovative technologies to reduce the overuse of natural resources
Ethical egosim (states if it benefits the person then it is the right thing to do)
Meeting with senators - representative - staff members or other important people to persuade them to vote how you wish them to
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the business)

24. What is NOT a regulation for insiders trading stock?
Discrimination
They can only sell stock amounting to a 10 M value at a time
Sexual discrimination
If a co. pays a low level official to ensure that their employees receive work visas more quickly than normal

25. 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
Because Dukes could not proves all women employees faced discrimination practices
It requires employers to give workers notice before mass layoffs so that they can prepare
Decide the benefits of releasing the software now outweight the costs - & present the product as finished
Any program which seeks to reverse the effects of any form of discrimination

26. What is NOT true of the WTO?
To lower greenhouse gas emissions
The WTO is governed by a conference of Secretariats with one Secretariat from each country
Environmental equilibrium
Farming (suitable for agricultural use)

27. According to teleological ethics an action's morality is determined based on its consequences?
True statement teleological ethics an actions morality is determined based on its consequences. type of consequentialism.
Utilitarianism (focus on considering the benefit & costs & if benefits are greater than costs then action is moral)
Pump & dump
Board of Directors

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?
Self reference criterion
Regulate how a co should manage certain processes that pollute the environment
Post conventional (person is ruled by conscience instead of society)
An intermediary who investigates complaints against a group

29. Fossil fuels are?
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the business)
Non-renewal resources
Product - Place - Promotion - & Price
Altruism (refers to placing the needs of another above oneself)

30. What is NOT a form of marketing fraud?
The considerations of large co about the well being of society when they make business decisions
Because Dukes could not proves all women employees faced discrimination practices
Nepotism (considering the interests of family ahead of what is best for the business)
Misstating financial statements

31. What is NOT legally required in management relations with labor unions?
Immanuel Kant
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit
That management agrees to terms set forth by labor unions
Government regulations are always detrimental because the economy is self-correcting

32. What is NOT a guideline set forth by Supreme court to be used in creating affirmative action programs?
The WTO is governed by a conference of Secretariats with one Secretariat from each country
Immanuel Kant
All are correct guidelines
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit

33. What type of responsibility is the LEAST regulated?
Democratic leadership style
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not
Philanthropic
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters

34. What is NOT a reason clinton's attempt at healthcare reform in the early 1990s failed?
Ethics. Most people felt the program (which charged more for the middle class people) was highly unethical & would not support it.
Education
Environmental equilibrium
Democratic leadership style

35. What is best ex. of point secure pollution?
Oil spill
Altruism (refers to placing the needs of another above oneself)
Environmental equilibrium
Laws regulating consumer protection

36. 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
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not
The study of designing more comfortably or easily used equipment

37. What statement is TRUE?
EEOC (has to do with employment in US)
Through PACS
It requires employers to give workers notice before mass layoffs so that they can prepare
Logos - jingles - & brand names can all be ex. of trademarks

38. What aid employers in keeping information private?
NDA (non-disclosure agreements are legal & binding)
It requires employers to give workers notice before mass layoffs so that they can prepare
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
Post conventional (person is ruled by conscience instead of society)

39. A noisy withdrawal would be done by?
Lawyers
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
Self reference criterion

40. What statement is TRUE?
Outsourcing is unanimously agreed to be a beneficial process.
Logos - jingles - & brand names can all be ex. of trademarks
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.
The act did all

41. Hiring family members would be considered which type of conflict of interest?
Pre-conventional (main goal of a person is survival. justification of actions comes from understanding punishment & reward system)
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)
Reputation
Nepotism (considering the interests of family ahead of what is best for the business)

42. What is environmental justice?
A move toward equality among all races in issues related to environmental hazards
Random drug testing of employees is allowed in all cases
Allows an orgin site to send information to a computers browser
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not

43. In what situation would an NDA NOT be used?
An NDA would be appropriate in all situations
No - grease payments are not considered bribes & are therefore not illegal under the FCPA
Legal
Donating money to a humanitarian organizaiton for the purchase of blankets

44. What is true about spam?
Comparable worth
The primary factor in sexual harassment cases is the intent of the action
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
Taxes negatively impact efficient economic operations by driving a wedge between businesses & customers. However - they are often necessary

45. What best describes soft money?
Outside employment where a person has 2 jobs which conflict with each other
Money that is donated to political parties for the purpose of party building activities
The WTO is governed by a conference of Secretariats with one Secretariat from each country
Non-renewal resources

46. What moral theory is NOT consequentialist?
Statistical discrimination - Unintentional discrimination
Kantian ethics (is deontological determines morality based on the morality of the action itself)
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Random drug testing of employees is allowed in all cases

47. What is NOT illegal?
Discontinue the sale of the textbooks because as a general rule the practice is not unconditional
Stage 4 (people are motivated primarily by authority such as law)
Statistical discrimination - Unintentional discrimination
Patriot Act

48. Cost benefit considerations would be most typical of what type of ethics?
Act utilitarianism (called maximizing utility)
Utilitarianism (focus on considering the benefit & costs & if benefits are greater than costs then action is moral)
Non-renewal resources
All are correct guidelines

49. If a person owns a cupcake business & works in a cupcake factory - what type of conflict of interest is it considered?
Outside employment where a person has 2 jobs which conflict with each other
Statistical discrimination - Unintentional discrimination
Dumpster diving
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not

50. What is NOT true of NAFTA?
Goodwill (good reputation makes co. worth more)
All are possible benefits
All would be addressed in an NDA
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters