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Business Ethics
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Provide a short answer to each of these questions. Be sure to fully explain your answer.
Summarize the responsibilities that corporations should have toward their shareholders.
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From an ethical perspective, which is the proper response with regards to the length of a copyright?
A. Ethics cannot provide a specific period.
B. The longer contemporary period is better than the shorter historical period.
C. The shorter historical period is better than the longer contemporary period.
D. Both the shorter historical period and the longer contemporary period are best for their time periods
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Provide a short answer to each of these questions. Be sure to fully explain your answer.
What are the two main issues associated with CEO pay?
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Provide a short answer to each of these questions. Be sure to fully explain your answer.
Why are church groups particularly visible in the shareholder activist movement?
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The__________ was established to promote a common code of conduct for the electronics and communications technology industry.
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Describe the advantages and disadvantages of using contingent workers.
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Which of the following is an example of intellectual property?
A. Land, buildings, and additions on the land.
B. Money, stocks, bonds, financial securities.
C. Expressions of ideas, inventions, discoveries.
D. Some physical item that we can touch, though not usually land and buildings.
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Provide a short answer to each of these questions. Be sure to fully explain your answer.
Why are inside directors seen as problematic in corporate governance?
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Briefly discuss the use of hazardous material in computers and the potential risks, for manufacturing employees, suppliers, and users.
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Provide a short answer to each of these questions. Be sure to fully explain your answer.
List the reasons that good candidates for corporate board positions are hard to find.
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Sometimes the__________ is not an employee but a person with special knowledge gained from a position as an auditor or business partner.
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Provide a short answer to each of these questions. Be sure to fully explain your answer.
What is the difference between an owner and an investor?
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Which of the following is an example of real property?
A. Land, buildings, and additions on the land.
B. Money, stocks, bonds, financial securities.
C. Expressions of ideas, inventions, discoveries.
D. Some physical item that we can touch, though not usually land and buildings.
Q:
Provide a short answer to each of these questions. Be sure to fully explain your answer.
Why is insider trading illegal and considered unethical? Isn't that exactly what financial markets are supposed to do--reward those who make good decisions?
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To qualify as a truly "green computer", the computer must use less electricity to run than the standard computer, reduce the amount of hazardous materials used, and dramatically increase the amount of__________ .
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Briefly summarize the Bureau of Labor statistics for employment in the IT industry for the period 2010 to 2020.
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Which of the following is an example of intangible property?
A. Land, buildings, and additions on the land.
B. Money, stocks, bonds, financial securities.
C. Expressions of ideas, inventions, discoveries.
D. Some physical item that we can touch, though not usually land and buildings.
Q:
Provide a short answer to each of these questions. Be sure to fully explain your answer.
What is the primary problem inherent in management control of the firm?
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Provide a short answer to each of these questions. Be sure to fully explain your answer.
Why is the generous nature of CEO retirement packages particularly frustrating to the public?
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Define and briefly discuss the concept of employee leasing.
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Most ethical companies make hiring decisions based on how well an applicant fulfills the__________ .
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The minimal ethical obligation of employers is to respect the human rights of their workers, and in the case of migrant labor, this means to abide by the rules of which of the following?
A. The UN Declaration on Human Rights
B. The Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Work Protection Act
C. The International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families
D. The Illegal Immigration Act
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Which of the following is an example of tangible property?
A. Land, buildings, and additions on the land.
B. Money, stocks, bonds, financial securities.
C. Expressions of ideas, inventions, discoveries.
D. Some physical item that we can touch, though not usually land and buildings.
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Provide a short answer to each of these questions. Be sure to fully explain your answer.
Describe how the separation of ownership and control came about.
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Discuss some of the considerations involved in deciding whether or not to hire contingent workers.
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Sweatshop conditions are often compared to those of which other group of workers' conditions?
A. Multinational corporations
B. Graduate assistants
C. Child laborers
D. Migrant farmworkers
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The qui tam provision of the__________ allows a private citizen to file a suit in the name of the U.S. government, charging fraud by government contractors and other entities who receive or use government funds.
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Which of the following can be derived from the right to work?
A. The right to be free of sexual harassment
B. The employment-at-will principle
C. The right to employment
D. The right to self-determine
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The fact that company information should be made at regular and frequent intervals and should contain information that might affect the investment decisions of shareholders is contained in the concept of
A.full disclosure.
B.transparency.
C.open door reporting.
D.both full disclosure and transparency.
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The practice of obtaining critical information from within a company and then using that information for one's own financial gain is
A.arbitrage.
B.programmed trading.
C.insider trading.
D.hedging.
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According to UNICEF, what percent of child labor is involved in the production of goods for export?
A. 5%
B. 25%
C. 50%
D. 75%
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Many states have created laws that prevent workers from being fired because of an employee's participation in __________activities including the filing of a qui tam lawsuit under the provisions of the False Claims Act.
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Which of the following is an individual right of the "right to work"?
A. Each person has a claim against his society to have the opportunity to work.
B. Each person has the right to pursue work and should not be prevented by others from doing so.
C. Work is important for the social dimension that it communicates.
D. The person has a right to develop and express himself through productive labor.
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One of the main ways in which shareholder activists communicate their concerns to management is through
A.the Internet.
B.blogging.
C.advertisements in mass media outlets.
D.shareholder resolutions.
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Which of the following is not an argument against the use of golden parachutes?
A.The covered executives are already being well paid for their work.
B.The covered executives are given an incentive to run the company poorly.
C.The covered executives are being rewarded for failure.
D.The covered executives are giving themselves the golden parachutes.
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"Child Labor" refers, generally, to which of the following sets of practices?
A. Working on farms doing chores before and after school for little or no pay.
B. Working at a part-time job after school for minimum wage.
C. Working in unsafe conditions often damaging to health for poor pay.
D. Babysitting and/or mowing yards for neighbors for very little pay.
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The environmental activist organization__________ issues a quarterly ranking of the top manufacturers of personal computers, mobile phones, TVs, and game consoles according to the manufacturers' polices on toxic chemicals, recycling, and climate change.
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Which of the following is a positive right of the "right to work"?
A. Each person has a claim against his society to have the opportunity to work.
B. Each person has the right to pursue work and should not be prevented by others from doing so.
C. Work is important for the social dimension that it communicates.
D. The person has a right to develop and express himself through productive labor.
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Shareholder activism
A.was started by the counter culture during the 1960s.
B.has been around for more than sixty years.
C.is lead by the Roman Catholic church.
D.relies on large institutional investors to introduce most of the shareholder resolutions.
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__________ is a system that enables purchasers to evaluate, compare, and select electronic products based on a total of 51 environmental criteria.
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A contract in which a corporation agrees to make payments to key officers in the event of a change in the control of the corporation is called
A.a golden parachute.
B.golden handcuffs.
C.greenmail.
D.the silver rule.
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Offshore outsourcing is a form of outsourcing in which the services are provided by an organization whose__________.
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According to the International Labor Office, what percentage of children between the ages of 10 and 14 are working (not only in Asia, but in parts of Western Europe, as well)?
A. 25%
B. 50%
C. 75%
D. 5%
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Which of the following is a negative or liberty right of the "right to work"?
A. Each person has a claim against his society to have the opportunity to work.
B. Each person has the right to pursue work and should not be prevented by others from doing so.
C. Work is important for the social dimension that it communicates.
D. The person has a right to develop and express himself through productive labor.
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Boards are now being tougher on CEOs for all of the following reasons except
A.increasing diversity on boards.
B.competitive economic conditions.
C.rising vigilance of outside directors.
D.increasing power of large institutional investors.
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__________ is the most common charge in qui tam cases.
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A shareholder rights plan aimed at discouraging or preventing a hostile takeover is known as
A.a poison pill.
B.golden handcuffs.
C.a golden parachute.
D.insider trading.
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Which of the following is not a benefit of international outsourcing?
A. Purchasing goods more cheaply
B. Cheaper labor
C. Closer controls on the manufacturing process
D. Easier regulatory practices
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Successful outsourcing projects require day-to-day interaction between software development and business teams, so it is essential for the hiring company to take a(n) __________ approach to project management.
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The board committee that is responsible for responding to social issues is the
A.ethics committee.
B.public policy committee.
C.community interface committee.
D.rapid response committee.
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The__________ , also known as the Lincoln Law, was enacted to combat fraud by companies that sold supplies to the Union Army.
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Firms that outsource must take precautions to protect__________ , regardless of where it is stored or processed or who handles it.
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Which of the following groups is not held accountable by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act?
A. Corporate boards
B. Management
C. Shareholders
D. Accountants
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Which of the following arguments assumes that some fair determination of comparable work is not only possible, but morally justifiable (and perhaps, morally required)?
A. Equal pay for equal work
B. Equal pay for equivalent work
C. Equal pay for comparable work
D. Equal pay for incompatible work
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A major criticism of CEOs and boards during the 1980s, when corporate takeovers were regular occurrences, was
A.not trying to get the best price they could for shareholders.
B.focusing on "making deals" instead of running the business.
C.trying to run up the price of their company's stock in preparation for the sale.
D.being obsessed with self-preservation instead of making optimal decisions on behalf of shareholders.
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The board's compensation committee has responsibility for
A.setting directors' pay scales.
B.making sure that all employees are paid a fair wage.
C.evaluating executive performance and recommending terms and conditions of employment.
D.determining what bonuses should be paid and to whom.
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An employee who identifies an illegal or unethical practice should begin to compile__________ to establish wrongdoing.
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Which of the following is not considered inside information?
A. Trade secrets
B. Company strategy
C. Company plans
D. Stock value
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Which of the following would justify paying a professor of humanities a different amount that paying a professor of computer science if all other things like publications, class sizes, and the like were equal?
A. Computer science is a harder discipline than the humanities.
B. The humanities are harder disciplines than computer science.
C. Professors of computer science tend to be paid more, and thus, it is reasonable to continue the practice.
D. A professor of humanities is in less demand outside academia than a professor of computer science.
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Compensation recovery mechanisms that enable a company to recoup compensation funds is called ____.
A.proxy process.
B.risk arbitrage.
C.golden parachutes.
D.clawback provisions.
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The EICC has established a code of conduct that defines performance, compliance, auditing, and reporting guidelines across five areas of social responsibility: labor, health and safety, environment, management system, and__________
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Because wages in the IT field vary greatly, unethical companies can get around the__________ .
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Until Ben Cohen retired as CEO of Ben & Jerry's, the cap on executive pay was which of the following?
A. Twenty times that of the average worker
B. Seven times that of the lowest paid worker
C. Fourteen times that of the average worker
D. Fifty times that of the lowest paid worker
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The Say on Pay movement:
A.First began with regulations including a requirement to put a remuneration report to a shareholder vote
B.Began in the United States
C.Evolved from concerns over low executive compensation
D.Is supported by the SEC
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The United States government defines which of the following as the income level at which a family of four can be supported?
A. the poverty level
B. the minimum wage level
C. the living wage level
D. the welfare level
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The__________ passed the Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive which restricts the use of many hazardous materials in computer manufacturing.
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When the interests of management and owners are not aligned, there will likely be a(n)
A.agency problem.
B.free agency dilemma.
C.shareholder rebellion.
D.shareholder resolution.
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Congress has set the number of H-1B visas to be granted at__________ per year each year since 2004 with another 20,000 visas available for only foreign graduates of U.S. universities with advanced degrees.
a. 55,400
b. 30,000
c. 71,000
d. 65,000
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Executive Excess reports that in 2009 the ratio of CEO pay to average workers' pay was
A.620 to 1.
B.319 to 1.
C.1,063 to 1.
D.18 to 1.
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Which of the following is not an historical and potential consequence of unrestricted free markets?
A. sweatshops
B. living wages
C. child labor
D. unhealthy working environments
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What is the term that refers to compensation given the family of a CEO in the event that he dies in office?
A. the golden coffin
B. the golden parachute
C. the golden egg
D. the golden will
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Offshore outsourcing has the potential to dramatically__________ development efforts and enable workers to make progress on the project around the clock.
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The method by which shareholders elect boards of directors is known as
A.distributive voting.
B.cumulative voting.
C.the proxy process.
D.direct balloting.
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Directors who have no ties to the firm other than membership on the board are called
A.dependent directors.
B.free agent directors.
C.inside directors.
D.outside directors.
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Which of the following is the Marxist response to the notion of a just wage?
A. A just wage is a wage that provides the worker with the means to live a prosperous life.
B. A just wage is whatever the market will bear.
C. Wages cannot ever by just because all wage labor involves exploitation.
D. Wages can only be just if the wage is just compensation for the labor expended.
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The False Claims Act was enacted during__________ . a. the U.S. Civil War b. World War I c. World War II d. the Vietnam War
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At its height, the compensation of top executives at large companies was, on average, how much higher than the pay of the average worker?
A. 7 times greater
B. 20 times greater
C. Over 700 times greater
D. Over 300 times greater
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One potential disadvantage of using contingent workers is that__________ .
a. the costs for their health care, paid time off, and contributions to a retirement plan can be considerable
b. the company may have to adjust the number of contingent workers that it uses to meet business needs
c. there can be substantial training expenses
d. they may not feel a strong connection to the company for which they are working
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Employees are the people hired by the company to
A.oversee management.
B.work with the board to keep management in line.
C.do the actual work of operating the company.
D.set the course for the company to follow.
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Directors who have some sort of ties to the firm are termed
A.dependent directors.
B.independent directors.
C.inside directors.
D.outside directors.