exam 2

15. As of 2018, the current federal minimum wage is ________. $7.25 per hour $10 per hour $12.50 per hour $15 per hour

$7.25 per hour

10. In the United States, CEO pay is on average ________ times as high as the pay of the average worker in the same company. 30 50 100 300

300

21. True or false? Most U.S. companies prohibit employees from disclosing or discussing salaries among themselves.

Fasle

11. Are individual states allowed to have laws protecting LGBTQ applicant or employee rights? Yes, but it is not really necessary because federal law already protects them. No, because it would violate federal law, which prohibits it. Yes, some states extend this protection because there is no law at the federal level. No, because the Supreme Court ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges now protects these rights.

Yes, some states extend this protection because there is no law at the federal level.

1. The fact that a McDonald's in Indonesia might provide sambal chili sauce to its customers rather than ketchup is as an example of ________. acculturation consumerism enculturation globalization

acculturation

16. A payment in some form (cash or noncash) for an act that runs counter to the legal or ethical culture of the work environment is called ________. insider trading bribery illegal transaction manipulation

bribery

8. True or false? There are no similarities between legal protections in the workplace for religion and disability.

False

9. Values of Protestant Christianity were often used to justify ________. mercantilism Standard Oil's overseas investments business success during the Industrial Revolution secular humanism

business success during the Industrial Revolution

1. How often should managers in a workplace anticipate an inspection from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration? every day once a month upon request or complaint never

upon request or complaint

12. True or false: The right to work without joining a union is controlled by federal law.

False

12. True or false? Title VII of the Civil Rights Act prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation.

False

15. True or false? Advance permission from employees is required before they can be electronically monitored under federal law.

False

16. True or false? Workplace drug testing is completely prohibited in some states.

False

17. True or false? Because legal and cultural differences allow bribes in some other countries, U.S. firms and their employees are permitted to pay them.

False

2. True or false? Sexual harassment is unethical but not illegal.

False

23. True or false? There are not yet viable alternatives to animal testing in medical research.

False

4. True or False? Globalization is evidence that business is culturally neutral.

False

6. True or false? All ethical standards are relative and should be treated as such.

False

6. True or false? Minimum wages are established by federal law only.

False

7. True or false? Minimum wages have at least kept pace with the cost of living, because of the automatic cost-of-living adjustment clause in the law.

False

7. True or false? The United Nations Global Compact is a set of standards that is binding worldwide.

False

6. The primary law prohibiting religious discrimination in the private sector workplace is ________. the First Amendment of the Constitution state law Title VII of the Civil Rights Act the Declaration of Independence

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act

10. True or false? Religion continues to be a forceful influence on ethical systems.

True

11. True or false: U.S. union membership today is at the lowest level since the 1950s.

True

12. True or false? Emotional intelligence is a willingness to step into someone else's shoes.

True

17. True or false? The percentage of income earned by the top 1 percent of households in the United States has more than doubled since the early 1980s.

True

22. True or false? Cosmetics manufacturing is an area where testing with synthetic human skin is an acceptable substitute for animal testing.

True

22. True or false? The First Amendment does not protect employees at work who criticize their boss or their company.

True

3. True or false? All fifty states require that an employee refrain from acting in a manner contrary to the employer's interest.

True

3. True or false? Diversity programs may fail due to resistance from employees within a company.

True

8. True or false? Employees are more likely to develop some degree of brand loyalty when they have a common sense of purpose and identity with the company.

True

11. Understanding the various personalities at work can be a complex task, but it is an important one for developing which of the following? collegiality emotional intelligence empathy personality harmony

collegiality

2. Google ________. has the most diverse workforce of any major U.S. company uses a strict quota system in its hiring practices is similar to other technology companies, most of which lag on diversity promotes women at higher rates than men

diversity

6. Which of the following is especially important for developing and maintaining employee loyalty to the brand? empowerment engagement commitment dedication

empowerment

21. Alternatives to animal testing for cancer drugs ________. do not exist exist but are prohibitively expensive exist and are not any more expensive than animal testing exist and are far cheaper than animal testing

exist and are not any more expensive than animal testing

14. What are the levels upon which business ethics exists? compliance and governance federal, state, and local normative and descriptive individual, organizational, and societal

individual, organizational, and societal

15. The buying or selling of stocks, bonds, or other investments based on nonpublic information that is likely to favorably affect the price of the security being traded is which of the following? insider trading bribery illegal transaction manipulation

insider trading

7. Efforts to get employees to believe in the product, to commit to the idea that the company is selling something worth buying, and even to think about buying it are part of ________. brand loyalty internal marketing employee engagement company identity

internal marketing

20. Laws protecting animal rights in cosmetic testing are ________. more advanced in the United States than in the European Union more advanced in the European Union than in the United States more advanced in Asia than in the United States more advanced in Asia than in the European Union

more advanced in the European Union than in the United States

13. Businesses today are concerned with balancing profitability with responsibility. Therefore, they should ________. pay attention to culture go beyond compliance hire moral people hire outside consultants to monitor their supply chain.

pay attention to culture

16. The middle class in the United States ________. has steadily increased every year since World War II has steadily declined every year since 1990 shows a significant decline since 2000 has grown since the recession of 2008

shows a significant decline since 2000

5. According to data presented in the chapter, about how much do women earn in comparison with men doing the same job? a lot less (about 40%-50%) somewhat less (about 70%-80%) almost the same (95%) about the same (100%)

somewhat less (about 70%-80%)

5. Protecting owners' interests was a common feature of ________. the Industrial Revolution the Information Age the Dodd-Frank Act muckraking

the Industrial Revolution

1. Diversity and inclusion at all levels of a private-sector company is ________. mandated by federal law the approach preferred by many companies required by state law in thirty states contrary to the company's fiduciary duty to stockholders

the approach preferred by many companies

7. If an ADA accommodation is significantly expensive, ________. the courts may rule that it is not reasonable the courts may rule that it must be provided anyway the EEOC guidelines do not apply the federal government must subsidize the expense

the courts may rule that it is not reasonable

1. The common law concept that requires an employee to render loyal and faithful service to the employer is ________. the duty of confidentiality a non-compete agreement the duty of loyalty trade secret protection

the duty of loyalty

10. A patient becomes violent on hospital premises after being turned down for the clinical trial of a new drug therapy. This scenario fits which of the following workplace violence categories? traditional criminal intent violence by one worker against another violence stemming from a personal relationship violence by a customer

violence by a customer

2. An employee who works in the graphic design department of a large advertising agency most likely cannot moonlight after business hours for a friend's ________. bakery business web design business construction business landscaping design business

web design business

20. Going to an official government agency and disclosing an employer's violation of the law is ________. insider trading whistleblowing free speech expression tattle telling

whistleblowing