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DSST Business Ethics And Society

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1. 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
Legal
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

2. What is environmental justice?
OSHA
A move toward equality among all races in issues related to environmental hazards
Because Dukes could not proves all women employees faced discrimination practices
They can only sell stock amounting to a 10 M value at a time

3. What does NOT focus on increasing the ethical awareness of employees & strengthening the ethical culture of a workplace?
Democratic leadership style
Farming (suitable for agricultural use)
It requires employers to give workers notice before mass layoffs so that they can prepare
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)

4. Corporate citizenship?
Statistical discrimination - Unintentional discrimination
The considerations of large co about the well being of society when they make business decisions
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit
Logos - jingles - & brand names can all be ex. of trademarks

5. The term quid pro quo related to what issue?
All are ways businesses are regulated
Government regulations are always detrimental because the economy is self-correcting
Sexual harassment
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.

6. What type of information is complied to answer a specific question?
Corporate intelligence involves legally gathering information about a co. & corporate espionage involves illegally gathering information about a co.
Goodwill (good reputation makes co. worth more)
Ad hoc (means for this)
The primary factor in sexual harassment cases is the intent of the action

7. The term glass ceiling related to which employer-employee relations issue?
Laws regulating consumer protection
A move toward equality among all races in issues related to environmental hazards
Discrimination
An attempt to apply moral & ethical principles to business actions

8. An ombudsman is?
The considerations of large co about the well being of society when they make business decisions
All would be addressed in an NDA
An intermediary who investigates complaints against a group
Outsourcing is unanimously agreed to be a beneficial process.

9. Business ethics is?
An attempt to apply moral & ethical principles to business actions
NIMBY (not in my backyard)
All are correct guidelines
A system of accountability - oversight - & control within the company

10. 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?
When a person or co. trades goods or services in place of money.
Post conventional (person is ruled by conscience instead of society)
Nepotism (considering the interests of family ahead of what is best for the business)
Allows an orgin site to send information to a computers browser

11. What is NOT illegal?
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc
Pre-conventional (main goal of a person is survival. justification of actions comes from understanding punishment & reward system)
Through PACS
Statistical discrimination - Unintentional discrimination

12. What of the following is TRUE?
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Oil spill
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)

13. What is NOT a type of loophole that developed in response to limitations placed on hard money contributions?
Non-point source contributions
Logos - jingles - & brand names can all be ex. of trademarks
Goodwill (good reputation makes co. worth more)
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)

14. What is NOT an illegal basis of discrimination?
Goodwill (good reputation makes co. worth more)
Education
To lower greenhouse gas emissions
Oil spill

15. What is NOT a way that government can influence businesses?
The only ethical regulation s businesses follow are mandated by the government
Through PACS
Philanthropic
Non-renewal resources

16. What statement is TRUE?
Post conventional (person is ruled by conscience instead of society)
Taxes negatively impact efficient economic operations by driving a wedge between businesses & customers. However - they are often necessary
Reputation
Sustainable development emphasizes the development of new & innovative technologies to reduce the overuse of natural resources

17. Protections for workers from workplace hazard are regulated & mandated by what agency?
OSHA
Board of Directors
Consequentialism (considers the consequences of an action & the extent to which they benefit society in determining morality)
Ethical relativism (no universal set of moral they are determined by the state & opinion in which one lives)

18. The Dukes vs. Walmart case involves which issue?
Non-renewal resources
That management agrees to terms set forth by labor unions
Sexual discrimination
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.

19. Cost benefit considerations would be most typical of what type of ethics?
Sexual harassment
Civil case (feel their rights have been violated)
Utilitarianism (focus on considering the benefit & costs & if benefits are greater than costs then action is moral)
Dumpster diving

20. The intent of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act was to?
Outside employment where a person has 2 jobs which conflict with each other
Universal Ethics Protocol organization
Restore stakeholder confidence in the securities market after a series of scandals in the early 2000s
Donated to a candidates campaign

21. Hiring family members would be considered which type of conflict of interest?
Ad hoc (means for this)
KPCS (they work to reduce circulation of conflict diamonds)
Nepotism (considering the interests of family ahead of what is best for the business)
Government regulations are always detrimental because the economy is self-correcting

22. A business practices underhanded accounting practices to raise stock prices & make money. Which type of ethics does this fall under?
Ethical egosim (states if it benefits the person then it is the right thing to do)
Outsourcing is unanimously agreed to be a beneficial process.
All are ways businesses are regulated
Economical

23. What is NOT legally required in management relations with labor unions?
A system of accountability - oversight - & control within the company
That management agrees to terms set forth by labor unions
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.
Act utilitarianism

24. What is NOT a way in which business's are regulated?
NDA (non-disclosure agreements are legal & binding)
All are ways businesses are regulated
Ethical egosim (states if it benefits the person then it is the right thing to do)
Discrimination

25. If a resource is used at the same rate at which it can be replenished it is describes as?
Help developing countries stregthen their economics
NIMBY (not in my backyard)
Environmental equilibrium
True statement teleological ethics an actions morality is determined based on its consequences. type of consequentialism.

26. Does the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act include grease payments?
Act utilitarianism (called maximizing utility)
Kerr-McGee (plutonium tampering)
Product - Place - Promotion - & Price
No - grease payments are not considered bribes & are therefore not illegal under the FCPA

27. What is more typical of a values oriented ethical program that a compliance oriented ethics program?
All are ways businesses are regulated
OSHA
Discontinue the sale of the textbooks because as a general rule the practice is not unconditional
A strong focus on developing core values

28. Why did Supreme Court rule in favor of Walmart in the case of Dukes vs Walmart?
A person has the right to remove documents about themselves from government records
NIMBY (not in my backyard)
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit
Because Dukes could not proves all women employees faced discrimination practices

29. What would NOT be illegal under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act?
Fidiciary
Any program which seeks to reverse the effects of any form of discrimination
If a co. pays a low level official to ensure that their employees receive work visas more quickly than normal
Act utilitarianism (called maximizing utility)

30. What statement would be the most correct under a classical view of business?
An intermediary who investigates complaints against a group
Pay raises
Government regulations are always detrimental because the economy is self-correcting
All are examples of corporate espionage

31. What statement is NOT true?
Outsourcing is unanimously agreed to be a beneficial process.
The primary factor in sexual harassment cases is the intent of the action
Misstating financial statements
Government regulations are always detrimental because the economy is self-correcting

32. What is NOT a rule for creating maxims under Kantian ethics?
Education
The considerations of large co about the well being of society when they make business decisions
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)
Hard money

33. Oversight refers to?
A strong focus on developing core values
Finding ways to eliminate the opportunities for employees to act unethically
All are correct guidelines
A maxim must be specific (should be generalized)

34. What theiry claims that person should only act in their own best interst?
Discontinue the sale of the textbooks because as a general rule the practice is not unconditional
Ethical egosim (states if it benefits the person then it is the right thing to do)
All are correct guidelines
Employers may use subjective considerations for hiring as long as they do not produce a discriminatory environment

35. What is NOT a regulation for insiders trading stock?
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.
They can only sell stock amounting to a 10 M value at a time
All were implicated in scandals (Enron - Coca-Cola - Tyco International)
Environmental equilibrium

36. What statement is NOT true?
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.
Stage 5 People act because they feel an obligation to society
Stage 4 (people are motivated primarily by authority such as law)
Employers may use subjective considerations for hiring as long as they do not produce a discriminatory environment

37. A grease payment can also be called?
Ethical relativism (no universal set of moral they are determined by the state & opinion in which one lives)
Facilitating payment
All are related to government & business interactions
Radioactive products (threat to public safety)

38. 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.
When a lawyer withdraws legal representation for their client & notifies the proper authorities
To ensure & protect public health & safety
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

39. The purpose of the International Monetary Fund?
Product safety regulations - Import tariffs
Kantian ethics (is deontological determines morality based on the morality of the action itself)
Prevent international trade crisis
Universal imperative

40. What is the responsibility of the FDA?
No - grease payments are not considered bribes & are therefore not illegal under the FCPA
The only ethical regulation s businesses follow are mandated by the government
To ensure & protect public health & safety
A strong focus on developing core values

41. The FTC was created to monitor which type of regulation?
Laws regulating consumer protection
Conflict diamonds
OSHA
When a person or co. trades goods or services in place of money.

42. What is the four P's of advertising?
A system of accountability - oversight - & control within the company
When a person or co. trades goods or services in place of money.
An NDA would be appropriate in all situations
Product - Place - Promotion - & Price

43. Noisy withdrawal is?
Conflict diamonds
When a lawyer withdraws legal representation for their client & notifies the proper authorities
Immanuel Kant
Deontological ethics (claims the morality of an action is determined by the morality of the action itself regardless of the consequences)

44. What is NOT a guideline set forth by Supreme court to be used in creating affirmative action programs?
All are correct guidelines
All are ways businesses are regulated
When a lawyer withdraws legal representation for their client & notifies the proper authorities
Government regulations are always detrimental because the economy is self-correcting

45. The Alien Tort Claims Act?
Consequentialism (considers the consequences of an action & the extent to which they benefit society in determining morality)
Allows foreign citizens to bring a citizen of the US to trial in the US
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit
All are ways businesses are regulated

46. What is NOT an ex. of social engineering?
Taxes negatively impact efficient economic operations by driving a wedge between businesses & customers. However - they are often necessary
Meeting with senators - representative - staff members or other important people to persuade them to vote how you wish them to
Product safety regulations - Import tariffs
Dumpster diving

47. What is NOT a legal way for employers to monitor employees?
Enquiring about off duty activities
It is unanimously agreed that there is a dire need for it in todays society
Self reference criterion
Economical

48. What would NOT be addressed in a Non-disclosure agreement?
Discrimination
Environmental equilibrium
All would be addressed in an NDA
Sets forth standards for management in relations with labor unions

49. What is NOT concern relative to outsourcing?
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Ethical egosim (states if it benefits the person then it is the right thing to do)
Donated to a candidates campaign
All are concerns about outsourcing

50. What aid employers in keeping information private?
Meeting with senators - representative - staff members or other important people to persuade them to vote how you wish them to
Reputation
A grease payment make things that would normally occur happen at a faster rate
NDA (non-disclosure agreements are legal & binding)