C06J Business Ethics Part II...........objective questions

1 .which of following is false?
A. Traditionally male-dominated professions have lower mean salaries than non-gendered positions.
b. Whites consistently have the lowest portion of their population living in poverty.
c. Construction and extraction is the most equitable between the sexes of the industries surveyed.
d. Individuals with professional degrees earn more, on average , than those with doctorates.

2.WHICH IS THE BEST DESCRIPTION OF INTENTIONAL DISCRIMINATION?
A. The conscious and deliberate discriminatory act on an individual
B. The discrimination brought about by the unconscious biases of an individuals
c. the acts of discrimination made by the few heads of an organization
d. the discrimination that results from the routine and process of large groups.

3. Which of the following is one definition of the term ethics?
A. the principles of conduct governing an individual or a group
B. the process of adhering to all laws and regulations
C. an alternate term for morality
D. a term describing why people are good or evil

4. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT A KEY CONSIDERATION FOR AN EMPLOYER WHEN IMPINGING ON AN EMPLOYEE'S PRIVACY?
a. relevance
b.consent
c. methods
d. utility

5. BEING OFFERED A GIFT DURING CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS IS LIKELY AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT?
a. subjective conflict of interest
b. objective conflict of interest
c. commercial bribe
d. commercial extortion

6. The term for the worldwide process by which the economic and social systems of nations become connected is Called_______
a. connectivity
internationalization
c. Multinationalism
d. Globalization

7. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ETHICAL ISSUES DID NOT ARISE AS A RESULT OF THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION?
a. worker exploitation in factories
b. environmental damage
c. manipulation of the new financial markets
d. customers privacy issues

8. WHAT HAPPENED WHEN STANLEY MILGRAM TESTED SUBJECT'S WILLINGNESS TO FOLLOW THE ORDERS OF AN AUTHORITY FIGURE TO GIVE ELECTRIC SHOCKS TO SOMEONE ELSE?
a. No subjects were willing to harm other people
b. One- third of subjects were willing to harm other people
c. Two-third of subjects were willing to harm other people.
d. 90% of the subjects were willing to harm other people.

9. WHAT DOES RULE UTILITARIANISM LOOK AT?
a. The amount of utility produced by a particular action
b. the moral rules of a particular action
c. the people affected by a particular action
d. the legality and legal rules of a particular action

10. WHAT TYPE OF JUSTICE INVOLVES THE IMPOSITION OF PENALTIES?
a. retributive justice
b. distributive justice
c. reparative justice
d. compensatory justice

11. WHY DID THE FORD MANAGERS DECIDE NOT TO FIX THE GAS TANK ON THE PINTO?
a. because they believed it was best for society as a whole
b. because they did not have enough time or budget
c. to save money on the cost of fixing the tanks
d. because they were acting in self-interest

12. KARL MARX OFFERS THE MOST CRITICAL VIEW OF MODERM PRIVATE PROPERTY AND FREE MARKET INSTITUTIONS. MARX CLAIMS THAT FREE -MARKET CAPITALISM NECESSARILY PRODUCES_________
Extremes of inefficiency
Extremes of efficiency
Extremes of equality
Extremes of inequality

13. WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT CONCEPT IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE THEORY?
a. free trade
b. absolute advantage
c. comparative advantage
d. means of production

14. SO-CALLED PRIMITIVE SOCIETIES USED ECONOMIC SYSTEMS BASED ON________
a. smalll business organization
b. tradition-based societies
c. barter system
d. none of the above

15. IN A PERFECTLY FREE ECONOMY , ALL BUYERS AND SELLERS ARE WHAT?
a. utility users
b. utility creators
c. utility maximizers
d. utility diminishers

16. WHEN A COMPANY SELL A BUYER CERTAIN GOODS ONLY ON CONDITION THAT THE BUYER ALSO PURCHASE OTHER GOOD FROM THE FIRMS , THIS KNOWN As______
a. manipulation of supply
b. exclusive dealing arrangement
c. price discrimination
d. tying arrangement

17. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS THE TERM FOR A SITUATION IN WHICH FIRMS LIMIT THEIR OUTPUT?
a. market allocation
b. bid rigging
c. exclusive dealing arrangement
d. manipulation of supply

18 WHAT IS ONE REASON WHY BUSINESSES ARE ABLE TO IGNORE THEIR EFFECTS ON THE ENVIRONMENT FOR SO LONG?
a. Businesses tend to view the effects of their activities as negligible and ignore them.
b. Governments had no way to stop them.
c. Businesses  did not know they were polluting.
d. Businesses used bribes for many years as incentives to government to ignore the effects.

19. OZONE DEPLETION IS A SERIOUS THREAT TO OUR SURVIVAL, WHICH GASES EXTREMELY HARMFUL TO THE OZONE LAYER?
a. carbon dioxide
b. nitrogen
c. chlorofluorocarbons
d. hydrocarbons

20. __________ IS PRIVACY WITH RESPECT TO A PERSON'S INNER'S LIFE. THIS INCLUDES THE PERSON'S THOUGHTS AND PLANS, PERSONAL BELIEFS AND VALUES, FEELINGS AND WANTS.
a. physical privacy
b. Psychological privacy
c. Personal privacy
d. Spiritual Privacy

21. EVEN THOUGH ADVERTISING ISSUES ARE COMPLEX, THEY MUST INCLUDE_______
a. social effects
b. effects on desire
c. effects on belief
d. all of the above

22. Which of the following is NOT a basic element of discrimination in employment?

A. It must be an action by a person in a position of authority.
B. It must be a decision not based on individual merit.
C. The decision must derive from racial or sexual prejudice.
D. The decision must have a harmful impact on the interest of employees.

23. Which of the following forms of employee discrimination is NOT legally protected in the United States?
A. discrimination by ability
B. discrimination by sex
C. discrimination by nationality
D. discrimination by race

24. risks are sometimes unavoidable and acceptable, as long as
a. employees are not coerced
b. employees are fully compensated for assuming them and they do so freely and knowingly
c. no one else has the expertise to do the work
d. all of the above

25. which of the following is a valid consideration for determining a fair wage?
a. the firm's profits
b. previous wage of the applicant
c. gender of the applicant
d. the nationality of the applicant

C06J Business Ethics Part I......HR

1 . Which is NOT a requirement for a facility to be considered a sweatshop?
a. unmitigated health and safety hazards
b. high temperature
c. poor working conditions
d. unfair wages

2. which organizational layer can be said to generate specific plans and instructions from broad directions?
a. operating layer
b. middle management
c. top management
d. none of the above

3.. Whistle blowing can have what consequence?
a. being ostrcized at work
b. loss of employemnt
c. negative reputation
d. all of the above

4. How have most businesses adapted to information technology developments?
a. they have become larger and more unwidely
b. they have become more hierarchical
c. they have flatter, smaller and more nimble.
d. they have become more profitable

5. How much of General Electric's revenues is from outside the United States?
a. none
b. one quarter
c. almost half
d. more than half

6. UNOCAL worked witih the Burmese army to push the pipeline using
a. low-wage workers
b. forced labor
c. unethical land reclamation schemes
d. none of the above

7 How did Eli Lilly test its pharmaceuticals?
a. by recruting individuals from a wide swathe of society
b. by recruting the homless
c. by recruting prisoners
d. by recruting middle-class workers

8. Which philosopher's theory of moral virtue states that virtues are habits that enables a person to live according to reason, by habitually choosing the mean between extremes in actions and emotions?

a. Immanuel Kant
b. Pincoffs
c. Aristotle
d. St. Thomas Aquinas

9. What is the " hardwired" Intention Principle?
a. Harming by action is worse that harming by omission
b. Harming by omission is worse than harming by ignorance
c. Harming by physical contact is worse that without physical contact.
d. Harming anyone for any reason is wrong

10. What is the main purpose of rights?
a. to provide everyone with necessities such as food and water
b. to provide justice and fairness to all
c. to enable individual to choose freely and to protect those choices
d. to keep people from harming each other

11. which of the following is an ethical rule governing contracts?
a. the contract must be fair
b. the contract must be enforceeable
c. the contract must be specific
d. the contract must not be immoral

12 According to the International Labor organization, how many children are estimated to be working today?
a. 500,00.00
b. 13 million
c. 122 million
d. 218 million

13.During the financial crisis in 2008 , Georgia W. Bush asked U.S. Congress to pass legislation to create a Troubled Asset Relief Program(TARP) in the amount of ______
a. $1 trillion
b. $90 billion
c. $80 billion
d. $70 billion

14. According to Marx, what are the only sources of income in a capitalist system?
a. sale of one's own labor
b. sale of one's means of production and private property
c. sale of one's labor and ownership of means of production
d. profiting from the labor of others and ownership of means of production

15. What did Marx believe to be the actual function of government?
a. encourage nationalism
b. protect the interest of the ruling class
c. spread wealth within the borders of the country
d. set up a system of labor

16. China and Singapore are example of what types of economies?
a. ones that favor free markets and globalization
b. ones that favor individuals property rights
c. one that favor government intervention
d. one that favor competition

17. In the ADM case, what did ADM and the other companies do to fix the market prices for lysine?
a. they bullied the buyers into accepting a specific price
b. They agreed on the price for which the companies sold the product, and they agreed on limits of production.
c. they each agreed to produce only a certain amount of lysine per year
d. They agreed on the price for which the companies would sell the product, but they were free to produce as much as they liked.

18. Which of the following is a characteristic of a perfectly free economy?
a. There are only a few buyers and sellers who have a substantial share of the market.
b. Goods being sold in the market are extremely similar to one another
c. the government regulates prices of goods being bought and sold in the market.
d. None of the above

19. Which view regarding oligopolies argues that oligopolies stifle competition and should be broken up?
a. the antitrust view
b. the do- nothing view
c. the regulation view
d. none of the above

20. Which of the following would negatively impact the effectiveness of market theory consumer protection?
Low prices
Monopolies
High prices
Many competitors

21. Which of the following would be considered a deceptive advertisement?
A. One in which the author accidentally includes information he or she knows to be false
B. One in which the author purposely includes information he or she knows to be false
C. One in which the author includes false information that is obviously false to the audience
D. All of the above
22.  The social cost view improves utility in what way?
A. Improves employment through greater manufacturing output
B. Decreases workplace accidents through government regulation
C. Internalizes the costs of injuries and accidents to the manufacturer
D. All of the above

23. Which is NOT a view on the duty of a business to its customers?
A. duty of care view
B. social costs view
C. contract view
D. normative view


24. According to a 2001 study, how many tons of toxic pesticides do U.S. companies export to other nations every hour?
a. 1 ton
b. 90 tons
c. 45 tons
d. 200 tons

25. Which, on average, will have the largest negative impact on expected income?
A. being female
B. being Hispanic
C. being black
D. being male

C05L Business Communication Part I..........OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS

Question 1
In its annual survey of corporate recruiters, the Graduate Management Admissions Council routinely finds that ________ tops employers' list of complaints about potential MBA job recruits.
A) lack of communication ability
B) inability to solve problems
C) poor cognitive skills
D) unfamiliarity with new channels of sales

Question 2
In terms of his career, Ryan's communication skills ________.
A) will neither help him find a job nor help him keep it
B) won't make any difference in his salary potential
C) will be perceived as important by his employers, but they cannot be translated into savings for his company
D) will make him a valuable employee


Question 3
In which of the following situations can good business communication skills have a positive impact on your life?
A) negotiating a better deal on a car
B) driving through busy streets
C) keeping your personal valuables safe
D) calculating your monthly expenses

Question 4
Which of the following is an example of unsuccessful communication?
A) ordering an item online and deciding, after it arrives, that you don't like it
B) asking a friend for advice and then trying to apply it to your problem
C) receiving instructions on how to put something together and then assembling the item
D) making an urgent request on a colleague's voice mail and getting no reply for a week

Question 5
The active listening skills used when you listen to the spoken word are ________ when you "listen" to what people say in their writing.
A) inapplicable
B) equally useful
C) much more required
D) far less effective

Question 6
Which of the following paraphrases the literal content of a given statement?
a. Are you concerned that people are turning in their reports late?
b. You sound frustrated about people waiting until the last minute to submit their status reports.
c. You are saying that you'd like us to have our status report turned in a couple of days before the date of the monthly meeting .
d. Are you concerned that there won't be time for the supervisor to review the reports before the meeting?

Question 7
Which of the following terms best represents a culture that values punctuality and efficiency?
A) High-context culture
B) Collectivist culture
C) Low-context culture
D) Monochronic culture

Question 8
Which of the following is most likely to be the desired outcome of a persuasive message for a product?
The recipient will decide to purchase the product.
The recipient will be impressed by the function of the product.
The recipient will throw away their older version of the product.
The recipient will compare the product with other similar ones.


Question 9
_______ is the ability to influence an audience to agree with your point of view, accept your recommendation, or grant your request
A) Aggression
B) Persuasion
C) Ethnocentrism
D) Congregation

Question 10
 Which of the following is an example of an external source?
Memos sent to the employees of a company
Financial reports published by a company
Company databases
Industry journals.


Question 11
Which is the following is an example of an internal source?
A) a newspaper
B) an industry journal
C) a memo from a supervisor
D) web-based search tools

Question 12
Shannon needs to deliver some information quickly to a large group of people. Which of the following would be the best medium for her to use?
A) email
B) telephone
C) memo
D) letter

Question 13
Which of the following best articulates the business results of a message regarding a new work schedule?
A) to suggest the possibility of implementation a flexi-time schedule in your office
B) to describe your boss how your life would improve with a flexi-time schedule
C) to improve employee productivity and job satisfaction with a more flexible schedule
D) to have your boss agree to implement a more efficient schedule for employee

Question 14
While having lunch with a friend she tells you that her office recently implemented flex-time hours. It has been a positive change at her work place, and you think that it would be great to have this at your office too. You decide to approach your boss about this possibility .In the context of such a message, the thought that this change might decrease employee productivity would be seen as :
a.    An audience benefit
b.    A potential resistance
c.    A refutation
d.    A concession

Question 15
Cassie is putting together a stand-alone presentation. Which of the following criteria should be satisfied by this presentation?
D) Cassie must include message headlines summarizing the key point of each slide

Question 16
Audiences easily get lost and bored if they cannot anticipate the twists and turns the presentation may take. To avoid this, the presenter should ________
A) open the presentation with a genuine question
B) establish rapport with the audience at the beginning of the presentation
C) provide a framework for the presentation during the opening of the presentation
D) open the presentation with a an anecdote

Question 17
You are writing an appeal letter to solicit funds for your non-profit organization. In this message you praise the audience for its past donations ,emphasize how its contributions are needed now more than ever, and how these contributions benefit the people your organization serves . This message appeals to the audience's.
a. Sense of self-esteem
b. Quest for self-actualization
c. Need for love
d. Desire for safety

Question 18
Why are bad news messages challenging to compose?"

a. they must be lengthy and vague to avoid legal consequences

b. they require you to achieve a number of goals that are incompatible at first glance

c. they make it impossible to maintain your audiences goodwill 
d. they run the risk of alienating your audience

Question 19
Gavin purchased an MP3 player at a large electronics retailer. When his device stopped working he emailed the store to inquire about a repair or replacement device. Gavin received a reply from a customer service representative, thanking him for his inquiry and resolving to try to help him. The representative stated that it might be the manufacturer, not the store itself, who should handle this type of problem. She thanked him again for his business and encouraged him to continue shopping at the retailer. Which of the following statements accurately describes the customer service representative's job of delivering bad news?
A) Her message was insensitive and likely offended Gavin.
B) Her message provided all the required information to Gavin
C) Her message was unclear and will likely result in further communication from Gavin.
D) Her message effectively balanced all four goals of communicating bad news.

Question 20
Which of the following questions is a part of the analyzing stage of the ACE process for delivering bad news ?
a. Have I avoided legal complications?
b. Is the bad news stated clearly and sensitively ?
c. Should I include an apology
d. Should I begin with the bad news or lead up to it ?


Question 21
Which of the following involves the use of a secondary source?
A) Talking to the entry-level employees about why the duties are not being properly executed
B) Surveying other companies who outsource the kinds of duties you are looking to outsource
C) Reading a journal article about the perceived versus actual cost effectiveness of outsourcing
D) Discussing the situation with your boss


Question 22
If you perform a search using the phrases "health insurance plans" and "freelance workers" the search engine will:

a. give those sites that include either exact phrase

b. give you only those sites that include both phrases

c. give those sites that include any of theses five words anywhere on a page 
d. give you those sites that include the first phrase and exclude the second


Question 23
When you conduct a search using most search engines, you can use __________ as a wild-card symbol within a phrase to represent an unknown word.
A question mark (?)
An asterisk (*)
An ampersand (&)
A minus symbol (-)

Question 24
which of the following is true of a proposal?

(A) It is simple to prepare.

(B) It does not need to provide details on how to implement itself.

(C) It requires you to develop a persuasive appeal.

(D) It should not address costs.

Question 25
As you begin to write a proposal regarding technological needs in your work place, you think about its purpose. In this case, how do you propose to meet the need you are addressing?

a. By continuing to oversee the technology needs yourself
b. By allowing technology issues to go unaddressed
c. By hiring a technology company to oversee the technology needs
d. By training some employees in the company to handle the technical issues

Human Resource MGT 681D Discussion Question 5-1

DISCUSSION QUESTION 5-1

MH681 Health Care Human Resources Management

 

Lesson 5: Labor Relations

 

 

Upon completion of the Required Readings, write a thorough, well-planned narrative answer to the following discussion question.  Rely on your Required Readings and the Lecture and Research Update for specific information to answer the discussion question, but turn to your original thoughts when asked to apply, evaluate, analyze, or synthesize the information.  Your Discussion Question response should be both grammatically and mechanically correct, and formatted in the same fashion as the question itself.  If there is a Part A, your response should identify a Part A, etc.  In addition, you must appropriately cite all resources used in your responses and document in a bibliography using APA style.

Discussion Question 1 (50 points)

 

Visit the following website: www. http://www.aflcio.org/. Then discuss five (5) reasons why employees decide to join or form a union. Cite examples offered in your text or in the above-named website. (50 points)  (A 2-page response is required.)

 

BZ420 Week 5 Threaded Discussion Human Resources

Analyze this situation.  You are the Human Resources Director for a new start-up company.  Choose two work-life programs or policies you want your organization to implement to improve the quality of work life for employees and support your decisions with examples.

BZ420 Week 3 Threaded Discussion.......hr

Discuss how important an orientation program is to a new employee's success within an organization.  Include in your justification at least three key topics that all new employee orientations should include, and why you believe this is so.

BZ420 Week 1 Discussion

Discuss at least three ways effective human resource managers contribute to improvements in workplace productivity and the quality of work life for employees.