Business & Society Chapter: 16. Employees & Corporations

According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, the highest injury rate are found in which of these industries?

Warehousing

Which law allows individuals to sue federal contractors for fraud to receive up to 30 any amount recovered by the government?

U.S. False Claim Act (as amended in 1986).

Employees in the United States have the right to organize and bargain collectively.

True

In general, employee assistance programs have been very cost effective.

True

The Council for Economic Priorities has developed a set of workplace rules called Social Accountability 8000, or SA 8000?

True

According to the US Department of Labor?

A. Annually, more than 3 million workers and private industry are hurt or become ill on the job. B. Annually, more than 3 million workers in public industry are hurt or become ill on the job.

Which of the following led to significant corporate restructuring and downsizing?

A. Fierce global competition. B. Emphasize on improving the "bottom line."

Employees in the United States have a legal right to?

A. Organize and bargain collectively B. A safe and healthy workplace

Only after which of the following conditions is Met, should the whistle-blower go public?

A. The unreported Act which do serious and considerable harm to the public. B. The employee has reported that the act with his or her immediate supervisor and has made their moral concern known.

According to the US Department of Labor:

Both A and C, not B.

According to the new social contract:

Companies try to attract workers by giving them interesting and challenging work.

According to the new social contract?

Companies try to attract workers by giving them interesting and challenging work.

Since the mid 1950s portion of American workers presented by unions has?

Decreased

The Occupational Safety and Health Act gives workers the right to a job "free from recognized hazards that are causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm."

True

Universal rules establishing a common set of labor standards worldwide are called?

Fair Labor Standards.

Universal rules establishing a common set of labor standards worldwide are called:

Fair labor standards.

Most management experts recommend that employers let employees know whenever they are being electronically monitored.

False

Polygraph testing?

Has been replaced by written psychological test

Polygraph testing

Has been replaced by written psychological tests.

Privacy rights seek to protect the employees private lives?

Intrusive and unwarranted business actions.

Privacy rights seek to protect the employees' private lives from:

Intrusive and unwarranted business actions.

Which of the following is (are) true about honesty tests?

It is a written psychological test trying to predict employee honesty on the job.

Which of the following is true about honesty tests?

It is a written psychological test trying to predict employee honesty on the job.

Which of the following is not an argument favoring employee drug testing?

It is an intrusion on individual privacy.

Which of the following is true about random drug testing of employees?

It screens randomly-selected employees at various times through the year.

The conditions under which a company's employees work is called:

Labor standards.

Which of the following is true about romantic relationships in the workplace?

Many companies allow managers to become romantically involved with subordinates, so long as they do not supervise them directly.

Under US laws?

Most private and public workers have the right to hold an election to choose what Union they want to represent them, if any.

Which of the following statements are not true about the right to a safe and healthy workplace?

Over recent years no new categories of accidents or illness have emerged

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act makes it illegal for employers to:

Retaliate against whistle-blowers who report information that could have an impact on the value of a company's shares.

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act makes it illegal for employers to?

Retaliate against whistle-blowers who report information that could have an impact on the value of the company's share.

The Council of Economic Priorities has developed a set of workplace rules called:

Social Accountability 8000.

The Council of economic properties has developed a set of workplace rules called?

Social Accountability 8000.

Drug testing for cause is commonly used after an accident or some observable change in behavior.

True

The Occupational Safety and Health act gives workers the right to a job?

That is free from recognized hazards that are likely to cause death or serious injury.

During the 1930s, many workers in the United States joined unions, and the ranks of organized labor grew rapidly. This historical period was called:

The New Deal.

Which of the following is (are) true about employee assistance programs (EAPs)?

They offer counseling and follow-up to alcohol abusers. Roughly 90% of employres offer EAPs for alcohol users. In general, EAPs have been very cost effective. All of the above

A reason for an increase in employee monitoring does not include?

To reduce the employers health insurance premiums.

When an employee believes their employer has done something that is wrong or harmful to the public, and he or she reports alleged organizational misconduct to the media, government, or high level company officials, what has occurred?

Whistle-blowing

When an employee believes their employer has done something that is wrong or harmful to the public, and he or she reports alleged organizational misconduct to the media, government, or high-level company officials, what has occurred?

Whistle-blowing.

Which of the following is not true about employee theft?

almost half of all employees have stolen from an employer at least once in his or her career.