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DSST Business Ethics And Society

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1. The Tyco scandal is associated with which ACT?
Sets forth standards for management in relations with labor unions
Sarbanes-Oxley 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
Immanuel Kant

2. Which act makes it illegal for US citizens to participate in bribes?
Diamonds which are sold with the purpose of funding insurrection or war.
Ethics. Most people felt the program (which charged more for the middle class people) was highly unethical & would not support it.
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
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

3. What is best ex. of point secure pollution?
Oil spill
KPCS (they work to reduce circulation of conflict diamonds)
Finding ways to eliminate the opportunities for employees to act unethically
Regulate how a co should manage certain processes that pollute the environment

4. What is NOT true of sexual harassment?
Ensure worker safety
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not
All are conflicts of interest
The primary factor in sexual harassment cases is the intent of the action

5. What statement best describes the difference between corporate intelligence & corpirate espionage?
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.
Corporate intelligence involves legally gathering information about a co. & corporate espionage involves illegally gathering information about a co.
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
Pay raises

6. Why did Supreme Court rule in favor of Walmart in the case of Dukes vs Walmart?
Ad hoc (means for this)
Monopolies
Outsourcing is often criticized however it can have many economic benefits because it allows companies to produce at a lower cost.
Because Dukes could not proves all women employees faced discrimination practices

7. The Alien Tort Claims Act?
To ensure & protect public health & safety
The primary factor in sexual harassment cases is the intent of the action
The only ethical regulation s businesses follow are mandated by the government
Allows foreign citizens to bring a citizen of the US to trial in the US

8. A noisy withdrawal would be done by?
An attempt to apply moral & ethical principles to business actions
EEOC (has to do with employment in US)
Non-point source contributions
Lawyers

9. If a person were to sue a co. for not fulfilling a contractual obligation it would be?
Civil case (feel their rights have been violated)
The study of designing more comfortably or easily used equipment
Meeting with senators - representative - staff members or other important people to persuade them to vote how you wish them to
Ensure worker safety

10. Noisy withdrawal is?
When a lawyer withdraws legal representation for their client & notifies the proper authorities
The considerations of large co about the well being of society when they make business decisions
Nepotism (considering the interests of family ahead of what is best for the business)
Price cancellation

11. What types of contributions to a political campaign have donations limits imposed by law?
Self reference criterion
An attempt to apply moral & ethical principles to business actions
Hard money
Pure Food & Drug Act (in 1906 to force food producing industries to practice sanitation)

12. The EEOC investiges violations of the?
Reputation
Laws regulating consumer protection
Outsourcing is often criticized however it can have many economic benefits because it allows companies to produce at a lower cost.
Civil Rights Act of 1964

13. The fact that in many cases a company's worth is greater than the value of its tangible assets is referred to as?
An attempt to apply moral & ethical principles to business actions
Stage 2 people are concerned with obtaining rewards
Goodwill (good reputation makes co. worth more)
Sets forth standards for management in relations with labor unions

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?
Facilitating payment
Stage 1 (person most concerned with avoiding punishment)
All are conflicts of interest
Farming (suitable for agricultural use)

15. Who is best known for creating the categorical imperative?
Immanuel Kant
Facilitating payment
Economical
Universal imperative

16. What agency does not relate in some manner to international trade?
An attempt to apply moral & ethical principles to business actions
An intermediary who investigates complaints against a group
Civil Rights Act of 1964
EEOC (has to do with employment in US)

17. What best describes in kind contribution?
When a person or co. trades goods or services in place of money.
Post conventional (person is ruled by conscience instead of society)
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not
A system of accountability - oversight - & control within the company

18. What is NOT a regulation for insiders trading stock?
A grease payment make things that would normally occur happen at a faster rate
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
They can only sell stock amounting to a 10 M value at a time
Hard money

19. What is NOT an illegal basis of discrimination?
Help developing countries stregthen their economics
Education
They can only sell stock amounting to a 10 M value at a time
Environmental equilibrium

20. What is a standard that aides companies in improving their environmental practices?
Non-point source contributions
Although video surveillance is essentially unrestricted there are limits to an employers use of audio surveillance
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)
Ethical egosim (states if it benefits the person then it is the right thing to do)

21. What situation would be considered moral under Kantian theory?
Telling the truth because you think it is the right thing to do
Environmental equilibrium
When a lawyer withdraws legal representation for their client & notifies the proper authorities
All are related to government & business interactions

22. What case established that is was how actions were interpreted that matter in sexual harassment cases?
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc
A person has the right to remove documents about themselves from government records
All were implicated in scandals (Enron - Coca-Cola - Tyco International)
The study of designing more comfortably or easily used equipment

23. What is NOT true of NAFTA?
Through PACS
Board of Directors
Decide the benefits of releasing the software now outweight the costs - & present the product as finished
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters

24. What is NOT regulated by the FDA?
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
Illegal drugs (drugs are monitored by DEA)
Stage 5 People act because they feel an obligation to society
Self reference criterion

25. 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?
Post conventional (person is ruled by conscience instead of society)
Consequentialism (considers the consequences of an action & the extent to which they benefit society in determining morality)
Misstating financial statements
Logos - jingles - & brand names can all be ex. of trademarks

26. Karen Silkwood is associated with?
Donating money to a humanitarian organizaiton for the purchase of blankets
Kerr-McGee (plutonium tampering)
Meeting with senators - representative - staff members or other important people to persuade them to vote how you wish them to
A strong focus on developing core values

27. A conflict of interest?
Employers may use subjective considerations for hiring as long as they do not produce a discriminatory environment
Outsourcing is unanimously agreed to be a beneficial process.
Altruism (refers to placing the needs of another above oneself)
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit

28. Considered from an ethical standpoint - MNCs should?
Stage 4 (people are motivated primarily by authority such as law)
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters
Deontological ethics (claims the morality of an action is determined by the morality of the action itself regardless of the consequences)

29. According to teleological ethics an action's morality is determined based on its consequences?
Stage 4 (people are motivated primarily by authority such as law)
True statement teleological ethics an actions morality is determined based on its consequences. type of consequentialism.
Although video surveillance is essentially unrestricted there are limits to an employers use of audio surveillance
Random drug testing of employees is allowed in all cases

30. What is the responsibility of the FDA?
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
OSHA
A person has the right to remove documents about themselves from government records
To ensure & protect public health & safety

31. What statement is NOT true?
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
60 days
Ensure worker safety
Outsourcing is unanimously agreed to be a beneficial process.

32. What statement is FALSE?
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
NIMBY (not in my backyard)
Random drug testing of employees is allowed in all cases
Donated to a candidates campaign

33. What is regulated by FDA?
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
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)
Stage 1 (person most concerned with avoiding punishment)

34. A business practices underhanded accounting practices to raise stock prices & make money. Which type of ethics does this fall under?
Allows foreign citizens to bring a citizen of the US to trial in the US
A grease payment make things that would normally occur happen at a faster rate
Economical
Legal

35. What BEST describes affirmative action?
Philanthropic
Any program which seeks to reverse the effects of any form of discrimination
Through PACS
Misstating financial statements

36. An ombudsman is?
An intermediary who investigates complaints against a group
If a co. pays a low level official to ensure that their employees receive work visas more quickly than normal
Sexual discrimination
Advertising which involves technically true claims which are misleading by nature.

37. What group would not be considered a stakeholder?
Price cancellation
Pay raises
All are stakeholders
Ethical relativism (no universal set of moral they are determined by the state & opinion in which one lives)

38. What is NOT a type of loophole that developed in response to limitations placed on hard money contributions?
EEOC (has to do with employment in US)
Education
Non-point source contributions
Donated to a candidates campaign

39. The term quid pro quo related to what issue?
Allows an orgin site to send information to a computers browser
All are examples of corporate espionage
Sexual harassment
Stage 4 (people are motivated primarily by authority such as law)

40. What statement is FALSE?
Democratic leadership style
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
The act did all
The only ethical regulation s businesses follow are mandated by the government

41. Business with a mindset of the customer is always right often find themselves subject to more of which type of fraud?
Altruism (refers to placing the needs of another above oneself)
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the business)
The study of designing more comfortably or easily used equipment
Act utilitarianism (called maximizing utility)

42. What moral theory considers the action resulting in the greatest benefit to all people as the most moral action?
Act utilitarianism (called maximizing utility)
All are ways businesses are regulated
Altruism (refers to placing the needs of another above oneself)
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)

43. What statement about Corporate Social Responsibility is FALSE?
It is unanimously agreed that there is a dire need for it in todays society
All are stakeholders
Reputation
A move toward equality among all races in issues related to environmental hazards

44. What is NOT illegal?
Donated to a candidates campaign
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not
Any program which seeks to reverse the effects of any form of discrimination
Statistical discrimination - Unintentional discrimination

45. A cookie?
Allows an orgin site to send information to a computers browser
Restore stakeholder confidence in the securities market after a series of scandals in the early 2000s
They can only sell stock amounting to a 10 M value at a time
Corporate intelligence involves legally gathering information about a co. & corporate espionage involves illegally gathering information about a co.

46. The origins of the FDA can be traces to what ACT?
Advertising which involves technically true claims which are misleading by nature.
Pure Food & Drug Act (in 1906 to force food producing industries to practice sanitation)
Philanthropic
An intermediary who investigates complaints against a group

47. Which co was NOT implicated in the early 2000s?
Authoritative (leader makes decisions & tells employees what their responsibilities are)
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the business)
All were implicated in scandals (Enron - Coca-Cola - Tyco International)
Donating money to a humanitarian organizaiton for the purchase of blankets

48. What would NOT be illegal under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act?
An attempt to apply moral & ethical principles to business actions
Pure Food & Drug Act (in 1906 to force food producing industries to practice sanitation)
If a co. pays a low level official to ensure that their employees receive work visas more quickly than normal
Donated to a candidates campaign

49. What does EEOC stand for?
Non-renewal resources
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Facilitating payment
Kerr-McGee (plutonium tampering)

50. What of the following is TRUE?
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)
Telling the truth because you think it is the right thing to do
Pump & dump
Board of Directors