Ethics ch 10
Offshore demand is driving up salaries in India by roughly how much per year?
15 percent
Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT) is a system that enables purchasers to evaluate, compare, and select electronic products based on a total of how many environmental criteria?
51
Which of the following requires manufacturers to use at least 65 percent reusable or recyclable components and reduce or eliminate toxic material in their packaging?
European Union's Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive
T/F A person can work for a U.S. employer as an H-1B employee for a maximum continuous period of ten years.
False
T/F Outsourcing is a short-term business arrangement in which a company contracts for services with an overseas organization that has expertise in providing a specific function
False
T/F Temporary employees must be treated like official employees of the company and are eligible for vacation, sick pay, and retirement benefits
False
T/F There is no evidence that the hiring of H-1B workers has affected the salaries of US IT workers
False
T/F Violators of the False Claims Act are liable for the exact dollar amount for which the government was defrauded
False
Which of these statements about contingent workers is true?
They have neither an explicit nor an implicit contract for continuing employment
T/F A firm is likely to use contingent IT workers if it experiences pronounced fluctuations in its technical staffing needs
True
T/F A qui tam plaintiff can receive between 15 and 30 percent of the total recovery from the defendant, depending on how helpful the person was to the success of the case.
True
T/F Based on the data from the National Center for Education Statistics there are some 130,000 new computer and information science graduates each year to fill what the BLS projects as a need of roughly 53,000 new U.S. tech job openings per year.
True
T/F When an organization decides to use contingent workers for a project, it is making a trade-off between completing a single project quickly and cheaply versus developing people within its own organization
True
The majority of people hired with H-1B visas in 2015 were hired primarily as which of the following positions?
computer programmers and system analysts
What term is used to refer to a work environment in which temporary positions are common and organizations contract with independent workers for short-term engagements?
gig economy
What classification is given to an individual who provides to another individual or organization according to terms defined in a written contract or within a verbal agreement?
independent contractor
A disadvantage of using contingent workers is that they:
may pass on information about corporate processes and strategies to subsequent clients who could be competitors
The False Claims Act was enacted during which war?
the US Civil War
One potential disadvantage of using contingent workers is that:
they may not feel a strong connection to the company for which they are working
An H-1B visa is a temporary visa granted for people who:
work in specialty occupations that require at least a four-year bachelor's degree
