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DSST Business Ethics And Society

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1. What is NOT regulated by the FDA?
Illegal drugs (drugs are monitored by DEA)
That management agrees to terms set forth by labor unions
The act did all
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

2. The Tyco scandal is associated with which ACT?
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
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Conflict diamonds
Statistical discrimination - Unintentional discrimination

3. Karen Silkwood is associated with?
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)
All are conflicts of interest
Outsourcing is unanimously agreed to be a beneficial process.
Kerr-McGee (plutonium tampering)

4. What moral theory is NOT consequentialist?
Lawyers
Altruism (refers to placing the needs of another above oneself)
Philanthropic
Kantian ethics (is deontological determines morality based on the morality of the action itself)

5. Who has legal responsibility for a company's actions in a corporation?
Finding ways to eliminate the opportunities for employees to act unethically
Board of Directors
Patriot Act
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit

6. The origins of the FDA can be traces to what ACT?
Allows an orgin site to send information to a computers browser
Immanuel Kant
Pure Food & Drug Act (in 1906 to force food producing industries to practice sanitation)
Act utilitarianism

7. What term is synonymous with philanthropy?
Reputation
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.
Altruism (refers to placing the needs of another above oneself)
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)

8. A business practices underhanded accounting practices to raise stock prices & make money. Which type of ethics does this fall under?
Kantian ethics (is deontological determines morality based on the morality of the action itself)
That management agrees to terms set forth by labor unions
Economical
A person has the right to remove documents about themselves from government records

9. What statement is TRUE?
All are conflicts of interest
Taxes negatively impact efficient economic operations by driving a wedge between businesses & customers. However - they are often necessary
Oil spill
A move toward equality among all races in issues related to environmental hazards

10. What is NOT a benefit which can come to companies as a result of substainable business practices?
All are stakeholders
Pay raises
All are possible benefits
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters

11. What does NOT focus on increasing the ethical awareness of employees & strengthening the ethical culture of a workplace?
Donating money to a humanitarian organizaiton for the purchase of blankets
To ensure & protect public health & safety
Meeting with senators - representative - staff members or other important people to persuade them to vote how you wish them to
Democratic leadership style

12. What is true about spam?
Pure Food & Drug Act (in 1906 to force food producing industries to practice sanitation)
A piece of code which spreads from computer to computer & can disrupt computer functions.
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
Act utilitarianism

13. According to teleological ethics an action's morality is determined based on its consequences?
An attempt to apply moral & ethical principles to business actions
An intermediary who investigates complaints against a group
True statement teleological ethics an actions morality is determined based on its consequences. type of consequentialism.
Economical

14. What is NOT an agency responsible for protecting workers health?
Sexual harassment
The WTO is governed by a conference of Secretariats with one Secretariat from each country
KPCS (they work to reduce circulation of conflict diamonds)
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)

15. What is the stakeholder model of corporate governance?
Sexual discrimination
Stage 4 (people are motivated primarily by authority such as law)
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
Donated to a candidates campaign

16. 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)
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
Random drug testing of employees is allowed in all cases
The WTO is governed by a conference of Secretariats with one Secretariat from each country

17. What statement is NOT true?
Philanthropic
Outsourcing is unanimously agreed to be a beneficial process.
Logos - jingles - & brand names can all be ex. of trademarks
Money that is donated to political parties for the purpose of party building activities

18. Ergonomics is?
The study of designing more comfortably or easily used equipment
Prevent international trade crisis
All are examples of corporate espionage
Any program which seeks to reverse the effects of any form of discrimination

19. What moral theory considers the action resulting in the greatest benefit to all people as the most moral action?
A grease payment make things that would normally occur happen at a faster rate
Discontinue the sale of the textbooks because as a general rule the practice is not unconditional
Act utilitarianism (called maximizing utility)
Legal

20. What did the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act NOT do?
The act did all
All are stakeholders
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)
Outside employment where a person has 2 jobs which conflict with each other

21. What is NOT a reason clinton's attempt at healthcare reform in the early 1990s failed?
Kantian ethics (is deontological determines morality based on the morality of the action itself)
Money that is donated to political parties for the purpose of party building activities
Ethics. Most people felt the program (which charged more for the middle class people) was highly unethical & would not support it.
Because Delta & Northwest are not the only airlines there is not way the merge could be considered anticompetitive

22. A noisy withdrawal would be done by?
Lawyers
A piece of code which spreads from computer to computer & can disrupt computer functions.
If a co. pays a low level official to ensure that their employees receive work visas more quickly than normal
Any program which seeks to reverse the effects of any form of discrimination

23. A grease payment can also be called?
Meeting with senators - representative - staff members or other important people to persuade them to vote how you wish them to
No - grease payments are not considered bribes & are therefore not illegal under the FCPA
If a co. pays a low level official to ensure that their employees receive work visas more quickly than normal
Facilitating payment

24. Arable land is used for?
Illegal drugs (drugs are monitored by DEA)
Universal imperative
Logos - jingles - & brand names can all be ex. of trademarks
Farming (suitable for agricultural use)

25. Oversight refers to?
Diamonds which are sold with the purpose of funding insurrection or war.
Finding ways to eliminate the opportunities for employees to act unethically
Pre-conventional (main goal of a person is survival. justification of actions comes from understanding punishment & reward system)
Outsourcing is unanimously agreed to be a beneficial process.

26. What is more typical of a values oriented ethical program that a compliance oriented ethics program?
Employers may use subjective considerations for hiring as long as they do not produce a discriminatory environment
A strong focus on developing core values
NIMBY (not in my backyard)
Patriot Act

27. What agency does not relate in some manner to international trade?
Restore stakeholder confidence in the securities market after a series of scandals in the early 2000s
Lawyers
EEOC (has to do with employment in US)
Pre-conventional (main goal of a person is survival. justification of actions comes from understanding punishment & reward system)

28. What is NOT an example of an in kind contribution?
Government regulations are always detrimental because the economy is self-correcting
Donating money to a humanitarian organizaiton for the purchase of blankets
An attempt to apply moral & ethical principles to business actions
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

29. What act conflicts with the Privacy Act of 1974?
Consequentialism (considers the consequences of an action & the extent to which they benefit society in determining morality)
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc
Patriot Act

30. What statement best describes the difference between corporate intelligence & corpirate espionage?
Economical
Price cancellation
Corporate intelligence involves legally gathering information about a co. & corporate espionage involves illegally gathering information about a co.
Immanuel Kant

31. What is NOT a type of loophole that developed in response to limitations placed on hard money contributions?
Conflict diamonds
Meeting with senators - representative - staff members or other important people to persuade them to vote how you wish them to
Non-point source contributions
An NDA would be appropriate in all situations

32. What statement about Corporate Social Responsibility is FALSE?
All are possible benefits
Logos - jingles - & brand names can all be ex. of trademarks
To ensure & protect public health & safety
It is unanimously agreed that there is a dire need for it in todays society

33. What is NOT an example of how corporate espionage can occur?
True statement teleological ethics an actions morality is determined based on its consequences. type of consequentialism.
All are examples of corporate espionage
Enquiring about off duty activities
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters

34. Implied falsity?
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters
Diamonds which are sold with the purpose of funding insurrection or war.
Advertising which involves technically true claims which are misleading by nature.
60 days

35. 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
Decide the benefits of releasing the software now outweight the costs - & present the product as finished
Illegal drugs (drugs are monitored by DEA)
If workers were loyal - punctual - & had at least decently efficient they could expect to keep their jobs & perhaps even advance over time.
Random drug testing of employees is allowed in all cases

36. 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?
Reputation
Kerr-McGee (plutonium tampering)
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit
Stage 1 (person most concerned with avoiding punishment)

37. The Alien Tort Claims Act?
Logos - jingles - & brand names can all be ex. of trademarks
Self reference criterion
Allows foreign citizens to bring a citizen of the US to trial in the US
Regulate how a co should manage certain processes that pollute the environment

38. An ombudsman is?
Prevent international trade crisis
A strong focus on developing core values
Ad hoc (means for this)
An intermediary who investigates complaints against a group

39. What is environmental justice?
All are examples of corporate espionage
A move toward equality among all races in issues related to environmental hazards
Act utilitarianism (called maximizing utility)
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)

40. What is NOT an ex. of social engineering?
Lawyers
Deontological ethics (claims the morality of an action is determined by the morality of the action itself regardless of the consequences)
Ethical egosim (states if it benefits the person then it is the right thing to do)
Dumpster diving

41. Business ethics is?
The WTO is governed by a conference of Secretariats with one Secretariat from each country
An attempt to apply moral & ethical principles to business actions
Illegal drugs (drugs are monitored by DEA)
An intermediary who investigates complaints against a group

42. The purpose of the World Bank is?
A strong focus on developing core values
Statistical discrimination - Unintentional discrimination
Facilitating payment
Help developing countries stregthen their economics

43. The term quid pro quo related to what issue?
Conflict diamonds
Government regulations are always detrimental because the economy is self-correcting
Sexual harassment
The WTO is governed by a conference of Secretariats with one Secretariat from each country

44. What would NOT be addressed in a Non-disclosure agreement?
All would be addressed in an NDA
Pre-conventional (main goal of a person is survival. justification of actions comes from understanding punishment & reward system)
Corporate intelligence involves legally gathering information about a co. & corporate espionage involves illegally gathering information about a co.
All are conflicts of interest

45. What statement is FALSE?
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the business)
Random drug testing of employees is allowed in all cases
The study of designing more comfortably or easily used equipment
A grease payment make things that would normally occur happen at a faster rate

46. A child cleans their room so they will be allowed to go to a friends house. Which of Kohlbergs stages are they in?
Allows an orgin site to send information to a computers browser
Pre-conventional (main goal of a person is survival. justification of actions comes from understanding punishment & reward system)
Outsourcing is often criticized however it can have many economic benefits because it allows companies to produce at a lower cost.
A piece of code which spreads from computer to computer & can disrupt computer functions.

47. What best describes in kind contribution?
Lawyers
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the business)
When a person or co. trades goods or services in place of money.
Any program which seeks to reverse the effects of any form of discrimination

48. What is a way in which government interventions in the economy can be beneficial to consumers?
Prevent international trade crisis
Universal Ethics Protocol organization
Product safety regulations - Import tariffs
Price cancellation

49. Which co was NOT implicated in the early 2000s?
Help developing countries stregthen their economics
The WTO is governed by a conference of Secretariats with one Secretariat from each country
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit
All were implicated in scandals (Enron - Coca-Cola - Tyco International)

50. Fossil fuels are?
The study of designing more comfortably or easily used equipment
Non-renewal resources
Ethical egosim (states if it benefits the person then it is the right thing to do)
Philanthropic