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DSST Business Ethics And Society

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What statement is FALSE?
Discontinue the sale of the textbooks because as a general rule the practice is not unconditional
The only ethical regulation s businesses follow are mandated by the government
Education
Stage 4 (people are motivated primarily by authority such as law)

2. Who is best known for creating the categorical imperative?
The only ethical regulation s businesses follow are mandated by the government
Altruism (refers to placing the needs of another above oneself)
Immanuel Kant
Post conventional (person is ruled by conscience instead of society)

3. Command & control regulations?
An NDA would be appropriate in all situations
Oil spill
Goodwill (good reputation makes co. worth more)
Regulate how a co should manage certain processes that pollute the environment

4. What statement is TRUE?
Sustainable development emphasizes the development of new & innovative technologies to reduce the overuse of natural resources
The study of designing more comfortably or easily used equipment
Environmental equilibrium
Altruism (refers to placing the needs of another above oneself)

5. What theory claims that ethical beliefs are determined by the society in which one lives?
Allows an orgin site to send information to a computers browser
Dumpster diving
Ethical relativism (no universal set of moral they are determined by the state & opinion in which one lives)
To lower greenhouse gas emissions

6. What is a standard that aides companies in improving their environmental practices?
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)
Ensure worker safety
Comparable worth
All are related to government & business interactions

7. What is NOT illegal?
Statistical discrimination - Unintentional discrimination
Monopolies
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)
Illegal drugs (drugs are monitored by DEA)

8. 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?
Dumpster diving
Pay raises
It is unanimously agreed that there is a dire need for it in todays society
Stage 2 people are concerned with obtaining rewards

9. Which co was NOT implicated in the early 2000s?
All are stakeholders
All were implicated in scandals (Enron - Coca-Cola - Tyco International)
Any program which seeks to reverse the effects of any form of discrimination
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)

10. What situation would be considered moral under Kantian theory?
Stage 4 (people are motivated primarily by authority such as law)
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the business)
Telling the truth because you think it is the right thing to do
Misstating financial statements

11. Business with a mindset of the customer is always right often find themselves subject to more of which type of fraud?
Logos - jingles - & brand names can all be ex. of trademarks
All are related to government & business interactions
A system of accountability - oversight - & control within the company
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the business)

12. What type of information is complied to answer a specific question?
Sexual discrimination
All are concerns about outsourcing
Ad hoc (means for this)
Prevent international trade crisis

13. What is NOT a regulation for insiders trading stock?
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
They can only sell stock amounting to a 10 M value at a time
Kantian ethics (is deontological determines morality based on the morality of the action itself)
Regulate how a co should manage certain processes that pollute the environment

14. What best describes in kind contribution?
ISO 14001 (voluntary standard which attempts to aid co in creating continually improving practices)
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
Dumpster diving
When a person or co. trades goods or services in place of money.

15. Corporate governance?
A system of accountability - oversight - & control within the company
Comparable worth
Self reference criterion
Facilitating payment

16. Protections for workers from workplace hazard are regulated & mandated by what agency?
A system of accountability - oversight - & control within the company
To lower greenhouse gas emissions
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)
OSHA

17. Oversight refers to?
Board of Directors
Finding ways to eliminate the opportunities for employees to act unethically
All are related to government & business interactions
Prevent international trade crisis

18. 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?
Patriot Act
Comparable worth
If workers were loyal - punctual - & had at least decently efficient they could expect to keep their jobs & perhaps even advance over time.
Because Delta & Northwest are not the only airlines there is not way the merge could be considered anticompetitive

19. A cookie?
All are related to government & business interactions
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.
Allows an orgin site to send information to a computers browser

20. What is NOT an example of how corporate espionage can occur?
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
Education
All are examples of corporate espionage
Product - Place - Promotion - & Price

21. What statement is NOT true?
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.
Universal imperative
Education
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.

22. What statement is TRUE?
Money that is donated to political parties for the purpose of party building activities
A grease payment make things that would normally occur happen at a faster rate
All are possible benefits
Education

23. What is NOT a form of marketing fraud?
Misstating financial statements
True statement teleological ethics an actions morality is determined based on its consequences. type of consequentialism.
Dumpster diving
To lower greenhouse gas emissions

24. What is NOT a legal way for employers to monitor employees?
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
Enquiring about off duty activities
Stage 4 (people are motivated primarily by authority such as law)
Ethics. Most people felt the program (which charged more for the middle class people) was highly unethical & would not support it.

25. Ergonomics is?
The study of designing more comfortably or easily used equipment
Lawyers
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.
Patriot Act

26. What is NOT an illegal basis of discrimination?
The primary factor in sexual harassment cases is the intent of the action
Sustainable development emphasizes the development of new & innovative technologies to reduce the overuse of natural resources
Education
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

27. The president of the co must decide whethere to continue to sell textbooks that he knows have incorrect information in them or not. Considered from standpoint of Kantian ethics the president would most likely?
Employers may use subjective considerations for hiring as long as they do not produce a discriminatory environment
Product safety regulations - Import tariffs
Discontinue the sale of the textbooks because as a general rule the practice is not unconditional
Environmental equilibrium

28. What is the purpose of the WARN Act?
Board of Directors
Donated to a candidates campaign
As part of NAFTA - Canada & US agree to help Mexico in trade matters
It requires employers to give workers notice before mass layoffs so that they can prepare

29. The EEOC investiges violations of the?
If a co. pays a low level official to ensure that their employees receive work visas more quickly than normal
KPCS (they work to reduce circulation of conflict diamonds)
All are ways businesses are regulated
Civil Rights Act of 1964

30. What is NOT a type of loophole that developed in response to limitations placed on hard money contributions?
Non-renewal resources
Non-point source contributions
Board of Directors
Ad hoc (means for this)

31. What statement BEST describes attitudes toward outsourcing?
A person has the right to remove documents about themselves from government records
Outsourcing is often criticized however it can have many economic benefits because it allows companies to produce at a lower cost.
Dumpster diving
Prevent international trade crisis

32. What statement about Corporate Social Responsibility is FALSE?
The act did all
No - grease payments are not considered bribes & are therefore not illegal under the FCPA
It is unanimously agreed that there is a dire need for it in todays society
Farming (suitable for agricultural use)

33. Which act makes it illegal for US citizens to participate in bribes?
Prevent international trade crisis
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
Sexual harassment
Conform to the highest standards in all businesses whether overseas or not

34. What act conflicts with the Privacy Act of 1974?
Patriot Act
Discontinue the sale of the textbooks because as a general rule the practice is not unconditional
Act utilitarianism
When a lawyer withdraws legal representation for their client & notifies the proper authorities

35. What is the responsibility of the FDA?
To ensure & protect public health & safety
Goodwill (good reputation makes co. worth more)
OSHA
All are related to government & business interactions

36. What statement is NOT true?
Ethical relativism (no universal set of moral they are determined by the state & opinion in which one lives)
Outsourcing is unanimously agreed to be a beneficial process.
A piece of code which spreads from computer to computer & can disrupt computer functions.
OSHA

37. Karen Silkwood is associated with?
Kerr-McGee (plutonium tampering)
Environmental equilibrium
A piece of code which spreads from computer to computer & can disrupt computer functions.
The considerations of large co about the well being of society when they make business decisions

38. What is NOT an attempt at creating a universal ethical standard?
Immanuel Kant
Universal Ethics Protocol organization
Sexual harassment
The act did all

39. What case established that is was how actions were interpreted that matter in sexual harassment cases?
Harris vs. Forklife Systems - Inc
Enquiring about off duty activities
OSHA
Restore stakeholder confidence in the securities market after a series of scandals in the early 2000s

40. Business ethics is?
Donating money to a humanitarian organizaiton for the purchase of blankets
An attempt to apply moral & ethical principles to business actions
All are stakeholders
Finding ways to eliminate the opportunities for employees to act unethically

41. What of the following is TRUE?
Product - Place - Promotion - & Price
PACS are organized by SIGs (special interest groups)
Sexual discrimination
If workers were loyal - punctual - & had at least decently efficient they could expect to keep their jobs & perhaps even advance over time.

42. What are conflict diamonds?
Because Dukes could not proves all women employees faced discrimination practices
Outside employment where a person has 2 jobs which conflict with each other
NIMBY (not in my backyard)
Diamonds which are sold with the purpose of funding insurrection or war.

43. Noisy withdrawal is?
When a lawyer withdraws legal representation for their client & notifies the proper authorities
All are concerns about outsourcing
The only ethical regulation s businesses follow are mandated by the government
A move toward equality among all races in issues related to environmental hazards

44. Ethical & philanthropic responsibilities are important in building?
Allows foreign citizens to bring a citizen of the US to trial in the US
Environmental equilibrium
Laws regulating consumer protection
Reputation

45. Does the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act include grease payments?
KPCS (they work to reduce circulation of conflict diamonds)
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
No - grease payments are not considered bribes & are therefore not illegal under the FCPA

46. What moral theory is NOT consequentialist?
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
Non-point source contributions
A grease payment make things that would normally occur happen at a faster rate
Kantian ethics (is deontological determines morality based on the morality of the action itself)

47. What statement is TRUE?
A person has the right to remove documents about themselves from government records
Deontological ethics (claims the morality of an action is determined by the morality of the action itself regardless of the consequences)
An effective leader should be able to switch between transformational & transactional leadership styles.
Consumer (gives customeres more room to manipulate or deceive the business)

48. If a resource is used at the same rate at which it can be replenished it is describes as?
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
Environmental equilibrium
Facilitating payment
A system of accountability - oversight - & control within the company

49. What statement is TRUE?
Conflict diamonds
All are conflicts of interest
Ethical relativism (no universal set of moral they are determined by the state & opinion in which one lives)
Taxes negatively impact efficient economic operations by driving a wedge between businesses & customers. However - they are often necessary

50. What statement is FALSE?
OSHA
No - grease payments are not considered bribes & are therefore not illegal under the FCPA
Random drug testing of employees is allowed in all cases
When a person is in a position to exploit their power for their own benefit