BUS 345 Chapter 11, Business Ethics, Global Bus CH 16, Business Ethics Ch4, Business Ethics Ch 14, Business Ethics Ch 17
The development of smarter high-tech tools was advanced by:
9-11
The Non GMO Project is:
About genetically modified foods
The Alien Tort Claims Act applies to:
Actions that occur on U.S. soil
Most applications of biotechnology will come in the fields of:
All of these
Privacy and informed consent are issues that:
Become even more important on the Internet than in brick-and-mortar businesses
Using biology to discover, develop, manufacture, market, and sell products and services is called:
Biotechnology
The FCPA differentiates between:
Bribes and grease payments
Which of the following is not an argument commonly used against bribery?
Bribes are unfair because foreigners can get them, while U.S. citizens cannot
Developing Internet policies, helping their companies avoid consumer litigation, and handling consumer complaints are all functions of a:
Chief privacy officer (CPO)
All of the following groups have criticized MNC labor practices except:
Church groups
One of the most serious invasion of privacy issues with respect to e-commerce is:
Collection and use of personal information
Which of the following is not mentioned as a frustration executives have with government officials, according to a recent McKinsey survey?
Concerned that government aims to redistribute the balance of wealth
The criticism of their use of sweatshops has led MNCs to do all of these things except:
Create the Fair Labor Association
"Big Data" is:
Data proliferation and overload
The philosophy of Western industrialized nations and their MNCs includes all of these factors except:
Decentralization
The advantages of offshoring to developing countries have been:
Decreasing
Selling products and services online is known as:
E-commerce
The most intensely monitored employee activities are:
Email and Internet usage
One major study of workers found that employees admitted engaging in the following unethical act(s):
Employees engaged in all of these acts
All of the following are technological means by which companies invade consumer privacy except:
Which of the following is not a characteristic of sweatshops?
Forced prostitution
Economic integration of many formerly national economies into one worldwide economy is called:
Globalization
A continuing concern in the realm of privacy issues is:
Identity theft
Copyrighted material, such as songs or poems, are often referred to as:
Intellectual property
Which of the following is not a feature of the global economy?
International laws governing fair trade
The process by which firms increase their awareness of the influence of international activities on their future and establish and conduct transactions with firms from other countries is known as:
Internationalization
The major issue related to electronic surveillance is:
Invasion of privacy
There has always been a strong reaction in the United States to any form of industrial policy because:
It conflicts with the widely held view of government's role in the economy.
All of the following are arguments in support of bribery except:
It is a way of providing needy foreigners with money they need
One of the main issues related to genetically modified foods is:
Labeling requirements
The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act:
Makes it illegal for the representative of an American corporation to offer or pay officials of foreign governments for the purpose of getting or maintaining business
Major strategies MNCs may use to conduct global business, but still maintain an ethical sensitivity include all of these except:
Modify or redesign products
At one time, it was assumed that the use of robotics in the workplace would lead to:
More jobs
Which of the following is not an example of corruption:
Negotiating for the lowest price on a contract
Moving jobs that have historically resided in the home country to a lower-cost host country is called:
Offshoring
The most challenging situation for an MNC to face is:
Operating in less-developed countries
Which of the following is not a way that businesses attempt to protect consumers' privacy?
Periodic purges of databanks
A technique that lures prey into revealing passwords and other private data by providing a convincing offer is called:
Phishing
Which of the following is not considered a questionable business practice made possible by the Internet?
Plagiarism
The number one ethical issue in doing business over the Internet is:
Possible invasion of privacy
Ethical issues in the global environment include all of these except:
Production efficiency
Regarding the infant formula controversy, Nestle was criticized for all of these actions except:
Providing purified water with the formula
All of the following are proposed standards for the SA8000 program, to improve sweatshop conditions, except:
Providing retirement benefits
Which of the following is not an SA8000 standard proposed to improve sweatshop conditions?
Provision of educational opportunities for workers
Which of the following is not one of the broad issues facing MNCs in their relationships with host countries?
Religious and other traditional holidays
Ways that companies can address issues related to the ethical use of technology include all of the following except:
Relying on local and federal laws
The newer form of industrial policy is exemplified by:
Robert Reich's book, "American Frontier."
The use of electronic means by a company to watch or monitor its employees is called:
Surveillance
"Access" in e-commerce ethics refers to:
The difference in computer availability between the rich and the poor
Arguments against industrial policy include all of the following except
The need to rescue "sunset" industries.
The most significant obstacle to the use of biotechnology is:
The potential for public backlash
Surveillance and security by use of computer technology got a big boost as a result of:
The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001
Bioethics deals with the ethical issues embedded in:
The use of biotechnology
U.S. based MNCs are increasingly interested in cases brought under the Alien Tort Claims Act because:
They are increasingly being named as defendants in tort cases for doing business in countries with repressive governments
Which of the following is not one of the Ten Commandments of Computer Ethics?
Thou shalt not use a computer to spy on fellow employees
All of the following are commandments of computer ethics except:
Thou shalt not use the company's computer for personal business
In the 1970s, because of the differing safety standards around the world, American FMNs:
Took all of these actions
Which of the following is not a concern expressed by executives about government involvement in business?
U.S adults said government should do more
The most basic moral question involved in stem cell research is:
What constitutes human life
A major concern for employers is their workers' use of cell phones:
While driving
Industrial policy is:
a powerful nonregulating approach by government to influence business.
Government intervention in business began with
a push for tariffs.
Government intervention in monopolistic industries is often brought about by
anticompetitive practices.
Government regulations have been criticized for all the following reasons except
being ineffective.
Social regulation's focus on people encompasses their roles as all of the following except
business owners
The public and government use all of the following methods of influencing each other except
coercion
Government is generally thought to follow the ethic of
collectivism
Which of the following industries has not been affected by deregulation?
computer software
After the 1950s, most Congressional legislation that affected business was
concerned largely with the quality of life.
The reason that the United States government passed anti-trust legislation was
due to the anti-competitive practices of some large trusts.
Most Congressional legislation before the 1950s that affected business was
economic in nature.
Government regulation of business through the control of economic or market variables is a form of
economic regulation.
The dilemma of regulation is the tradeoff between
effective control and the burden placed on firms.
The opposite of privatization could be considered
federalization
Which of the following is not a role increasing government's complex relationship with business?
government cannot have buying power
A strong industrial policy:
helps firms compete in a fast-moving global economy.
Business generally follows the ethic of
individualism
The clash of ethical systems between government and business is centered around
individualist and collectivist ethics.
Every form of state intervention that affects industry as a distinct part of the economy is called
industrial policy
Which of the following is not a method that government uses to influence business?
lobbying
All of the following are reasons that government regulation of business is needed except
maintain competitive markets.
Which of the following is not a major reason given for governmental regulation?
maintaining a trade surplus with foreign countries
The primary reason for government regulation of business is
market failure
Government attempts to persuade business to act in the public interest are called
moral suasion.
A market in which the economies of scale are so great that the largest firm has the lowest costs and is able to drive out competitors is called a(n)
natural monopoly.
Which of the following is not an effect of induced costs?
new agencies may be created.
The question of whether current public functions should be performed by the government or private sector is addressed by
privatization
Modern goals for business include all of the following except
promoting the social welfare
The act of governing or bringing under the control of law or constituted authority is called
regulation
The primary purpose of deregulation is to
remove certain industries from old-line economic regulations.
Government influences business through all of the following nonregulatory methods except
requiring equal employment opportunities be granted to job applicants.
Government's new role in its relationship with business during the New Deal era was one of
restoring prosperity and promoting economic growth.
The newest type of social regulations is concerned primarily with
security
Arguments against privatization include all of these except:
service provisions.
Negative externalities are often referred to as
social costs.
Governmental regulations that seek to further societal objectives are examples of
social regulation.
Arguments for industrial policy include all of the following except
stifling innovation.
Government payments to industries or groups with special qualifications are called
subsidies
Which of the following is not considered a part of the induced costs of regulation?
the effect on consumers
The dilemma of deregulation is
to enhance competition within the industry without sacrificing applicable social regulations.
