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DSST Business Ethics And Society

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1. What is NOT concern relative to outsourcing?
An intermediary who investigates complaints against a group
All are concerns about outsourcing
A move toward equality among all races in issues related to environmental hazards
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

2. What is NOT true of the WTO?
Help developing countries stregthen their economics
Enquiring about off duty activities
The WTO is governed by a conference of Secretariats with one Secretariat from each country
Ethical relativism (no universal set of moral they are determined by the state & opinion in which one lives)

3. Some people believe that women earn less than men because female held jobs have been historically devalued - & that women should be given equal pay for equal work. This belief called?
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the business)
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc
NIMBY (not in my backyard)
Comparable worth

4. What does EEOC stand for?
Philanthropic
Donated to a candidates campaign
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Laws regulating consumer protection

5. What would NOT be illegal under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act?
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Ensure worker safety
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
If a co. pays a low level official to ensure that their employees receive work visas more quickly than normal

6. What statement is TRUE?
All are concerns about outsourcing
No - grease payments are not considered bribes & are therefore not illegal under the FCPA
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters
Logos - jingles - & brand names can all be ex. of trademarks

7. What theiry claims that person should only act in their own best interst?
Ethical egosim (states if it benefits the person then it is the right thing to do)
Authoritative (leader makes decisions & tells employees what their responsibilities are)
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.
Finding ways to eliminate the opportunities for employees to act unethically

8. What of the following is TRUE?
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)
Education
That management agrees to terms set forth by labor unions
Conflict diamonds

9. Lobbying is?
Civil case (feel their rights have been violated)
Statistical discrimination - Unintentional discrimination
Misstating financial statements
Meeting with senators - representative - staff members or other important people to persuade them to vote how you wish them to

10. What is NOT an agency responsible for protecting workers health?
Although video surveillance is essentially unrestricted there are limits to an employers use of audio surveillance
Comparable worth
KPCS (they work to reduce circulation of conflict diamonds)
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc

11. Corporate governance?
Act utilitarianism (called maximizing utility)
A system of accountability - oversight - & control within the company
Corporate intelligence involves legally gathering information about a co. & corporate espionage involves illegally gathering information about a co.
Education

12. What describes a type of conflict of interest where a broker owns securities & spreads rumors about them to make the price go up - then sells them before the price goes back down?
Pump & dump
The primary factor in sexual harassment cases is the intent of the action
The WTO is governed by a conference of Secretariats with one Secretariat from each country
Pure Food & Drug Act (in 1906 to force food producing industries to practice sanitation)

13. 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 (called maximizing utility)
An NDA would be appropriate in all situations
Donating money to a humanitarian organizaiton for the purchase of blankets

14. What is NOT a right outlined in the Privacy Act of 1974?
Utilitarianism (focus on considering the benefit & costs & if benefits are greater than costs then action is moral)
Sexual harassment
A person has the right to remove documents about themselves from government records
Stage 5 People act because they feel an obligation to society

15. What statement is TRUE?
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.
A strong focus on developing core values
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Sustainable development emphasizes the development of new & innovative technologies to reduce the overuse of natural resources

16. What did the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act NOT do?
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the business)
Comparable worth
Although video surveillance is essentially unrestricted there are limits to an employers use of audio surveillance
The act did all

17. What is the purpose of the Kyoto Protocol?
Hard money
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the business)
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)
To lower greenhouse gas emissions

18. What situation would be considered moral under Kantian theory?
Misstating financial statements
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.
Telling the truth because you think it is the right thing to do
The WTO is governed by a conference of Secretariats with one Secretariat from each country

19. The Kimberley Process Certification Scheme was created to stop the circulation of?
Random drug testing of employees is allowed in all cases
Through PACS
Conflict diamonds
Price cancellation

20. A child cleans their room so they will be allowed to go to a friends house. Which of Kohlbergs stages are they in?
Altruism (refers to placing the needs of another above oneself)
To lower greenhouse gas emissions
Pre-conventional (main goal of a person is survival. justification of actions comes from understanding punishment & reward system)
Help developing countries stregthen their economics

21. If a person owns a cupcake business & works in a cupcake factory - what type of conflict of interest is it considered?
Any program which seeks to reverse the effects of any form of discrimination
Finding ways to eliminate the opportunities for employees to act unethically
Outside employment where a person has 2 jobs which conflict with each other
Telling the truth because you think it is the right thing to do

22. OSHA was created to?
Government regulations are always detrimental because the economy is self-correcting
Ensure worker safety
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
Kantian ethics (is deontological determines morality based on the morality of the action itself)

23. What statement best describes the difference between corporate intelligence & corpirate espionage?
Corporate intelligence involves legally gathering information about a co. & corporate espionage involves illegally gathering information about a co.
Donated to a candidates campaign
Post conventional (person is ruled by conscience instead of society)
Sets forth standards for management in relations with labor unions

24. 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?
Non-point source contributions
Facilitating payment
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Stage 2 people are concerned with obtaining rewards

25. What is NOT an example of how corporate espionage can occur?
All are examples of corporate espionage
All are possible benefits
Facilitating payment
60 days

26. Which act makes it illegal for US citizens to participate in bribes?
A strong focus on developing core values
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

27. Who is best known for creating the categorical imperative?
Prevent international trade crisis
Conflict diamonds
Immanuel Kant
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not

28. 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
Restore stakeholder confidence in the securities market after a series of scandals in the early 2000s
Regulate how a co should manage certain processes that pollute the environment
Deontological ethics (claims the morality of an action is determined by the morality of the action itself regardless of the consequences)
Decide the benefits of releasing the software now outweight the costs - & present the product as finished

29. What is NOT a rule for creating maxims under Kantian ethics?
Philanthropic
Government regulations are always detrimental because the economy is self-correcting
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)
The only ethical regulation s businesses follow are mandated by the government

30. What is regulated by FDA?
Democratic leadership style
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)
Help developing countries stregthen their economics

31. What is NOT regulated by the FDA?
It is unanimously agreed that there is a dire need for it in todays society
Statistical discrimination - Unintentional discrimination
Stage 2 people are concerned with obtaining rewards
Illegal drugs (drugs are monitored by DEA)

32. What term describes a moral theory which derives morality from actions?
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
Deontological ethics (claims the morality of an action is determined by the morality of the action itself regardless of the consequences)
Farming (suitable for agricultural use)
Authoritative (leader makes decisions & tells employees what their responsibilities are)

33. What case established that is was how actions were interpreted that matter in sexual harassment cases?
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc
Stage 2 people are concerned with obtaining rewards
True statement teleological ethics an actions morality is determined based on its consequences. type of consequentialism.
Environmental equilibrium

34. What is NOT a way that government can influence businesses?
Through PACS
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.
Sexual harassment
The considerations of large co about the well being of society when they make business decisions

35. What is NOT a reason clinton's attempt at healthcare reform in the early 1990s failed?
Corporate intelligence involves legally gathering information about a co. & corporate espionage involves illegally gathering information about a co.
Ethics. Most people felt the program (which charged more for the middle class people) was highly unethical & would not support it.
It requires employers to give workers notice before mass layoffs so that they can prepare
All are correct guidelines

36. What agency does not relate in some manner to international trade?
EEOC (has to do with employment in US)
All are conflicts of interest
To lower greenhouse gas emissions
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

37. What theory claims that ethical beliefs are determined by the society in which one lives?
Illegal drugs (drugs are monitored by DEA)
Universal imperative
Ethical relativism (no universal set of moral they are determined by the state & opinion in which one lives)
Altruism (refers to placing the needs of another above oneself)

38. What statement about Corporate Social Responsibility is FALSE?
Prevent international trade crisis
It is unanimously agreed that there is a dire need for it in todays society
Economical
Education

39. What is NOT related to the interactions that occur between government & business?
All are related to government & business interactions
If a co. pays a low level official to ensure that their employees receive work visas more quickly than normal
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.

40. What is a standard that aides companies in improving their environmental practices?
Finding ways to eliminate the opportunities for employees to act unethically
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)
A grease payment make things that would normally occur happen at a faster rate
An NDA would be appropriate in all situations

41. Does the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act include grease payments?
No - grease payments are not considered bribes & are therefore not illegal under the FCPA
Reputation
It is unanimously agreed that there is a dire need for it in todays society
All are conflicts of interest

42. What statement is FALSE?
Sets forth standards for management in relations with labor unions
The only ethical regulation s businesses follow are mandated by the government
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.
When a person or co. trades goods or services in place of money.

43. A grease payment can also be called?
Facilitating payment
Utilitarianism (focus on considering the benefit & costs & if benefits are greater than costs then action is moral)
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit
Pump & dump

44. What is environmental justice?
Philanthropic
A move toward equality among all races in issues related to environmental hazards
Pay raises
60 days

45. Utilitarianism is a type of?
Consequentialism (considers the consequences of an action & the extent to which they benefit society in determining morality)
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.
The act did all
Prevent international trade crisis

46. What is NOT a conflict of interest?
All are correct guidelines
Money that is donated to political parties for the purpose of party building activities
Sets forth standards for management in relations with labor unions
All are conflicts of interest

47. What is NOT a legal way for employers to monitor employees?
Help developing countries stregthen their economics
All are concerns about outsourcing
Enquiring about off duty activities
Pre-conventional (main goal of a person is survival. justification of actions comes from understanding punishment & reward system)

48. What is NOT a way in which business's are regulated?
Corporate intelligence involves legally gathering information about a co. & corporate espionage involves illegally gathering information about a co.
Diamonds which are sold with the purpose of funding insurrection or war.
All are ways businesses are regulated
A move toward equality among all races in issues related to environmental hazards

49. What statement is TRUE?
Price cancellation
A grease payment make things that would normally occur happen at a faster rate
Ethical egosim (states if it benefits the person then it is the right thing to do)
Pay raises

50. Cost benefit considerations would be most typical of what type of ethics?
Utilitarianism (focus on considering the benefit & costs & if benefits are greater than costs then action is moral)
Decide the benefits of releasing the software now outweight the costs - & present the product as finished
Ethics. Most people felt the program (which charged more for the middle class people) was highly unethical & would not support it.
Allows an orgin site to send information to a computers browser

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