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Q: ____ is depicted as an action - oriented variant of CSR A.Corporate Social Responsiveness B.Corporate Social Responsibility C.Corporate Societal Responsibility D.Corporate Social Performance

Q: Enron made a fortune in broadband services.

Q: A pen register is a device that records the originating number of incoming calls for a particular phone number.a. Trueb. False

Q: According to the Business Case for CSR, a reason companies are becoming more socially responsible is all of the following except A.Access to capital B.Increased revenue C.Cost savings D.Customer demand

Q: Enron owned natural gas pipelines.

Q: The rights assigned to parents by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act transfer to the student once the student reaches the age of 2a. Trueb. False

Q: Electronically stored information includes any form of digital information stored on any form of electronic storage device.a. Trueb. False

Q: The Civil Corporation identifies four ways in which business firms respond to social pressures. Which of the following is not one of those? A.defensive approach B.cost-benefit approach C.strategic approach D.stakeholder approach

Q: Lawyers may never report the fraud of their clients.

Q: The Sarbanes-Oxley Act affected officers of publicly traded companies.

Q: The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act requires healthcare organizations to employ standardized electronic transactions, codes, and identifiers to enable them to fully digitize medical records thus making it possible to exchange medical records over the Internet.a. Trueb. False

Q: Which of the following is not an argument commonly used in favor of corporate social responsibility? A.Business is best equipped to handle social problems. B.It is in the long range interest of business to be socially responsible. C.Being socially responsible helps ward off government intervention and regulation. D.Business has the resources to combat social problems.

Q: The first and primary argument for corporate social responsibility is A.it is a way to gain more power. B.business is best equipped to handle social problems. C.it is in business's long range interest to be socially responsible. D.the free-market economic system has proven to be ineffective in dealing with social problems.

Q: The Sarbanes-Oxley Act affected directors of publicly traded companies.

Q: Information privacy is the combination of communications privacy and data privacy.a. Trueb. False

Q: All of the following are arguments commonly made against corporate social responsibility except A.social problems should be addressed first by the free-market economic system, and then, if necessary, by government. B.business is not equipped to handle social activities. C.business already has enough power--it should not be given more. D.business did not create today's social problems, so it should not be expected to solve them.

Q: All aggressive companies must eventually restate earnings.

Q: American citizens are protected by the Fourth Amendment even when there is no reasonable expectation of privacy.a. Trueb. False

Q: The socially responsible firm should strive to do all of the following EXCEPT A.Make a profit B.Overt the law C.Be ethical D.Be a good corporate citizen

Q: John C. Coffee, Jr. blames the rise in laborers' compensation for much of the corporate abuses of the 1990's.

Q: The U.S. has a single, overarching national data privacy policy.a. Trueb. False

Q: The Sarbanes-Oxley Act affects auditors.

Q: The ____ portrays the concurrent fulfillment of the firm's economic, legal, ethical and philanthropic responsibilities A.Pyramid of Corporate Social Responsibility B.Corporate Citizenship concepts C.Social Response Cycle D.None of these

Q: Online marketers can capture personal information, such as names, addresses, and Social Security numbers without requiring consent.a. Trueb. False

Q: Moral talk by managers is seen as: A) a threat to the image of effectiveness B) helpful to efficiency C) both of the above D) none of the above

Q: The part of corporate social responsibility that focuses on business's voluntary activities which are not normally expected of a firm is A.economic. B.legal. C.ethical. D.philanthropic.

Q: A vehicle event data recorder (EDR) is a device that records vehicle and occupant data for a few seconds before, during, and after any vehicle crash that is severe enough to deploy the vehicle's air bags.a. Trueb. False

Q: Business managers tend to be morally _____ .A) weakB) congruent C) incongruent D) mute

Q: The part of corporate social responsibility that focuses on activities and practices that are expected by society, but not codified into law, is A.economic. B.legal. C.ethical. D.philanthropic.

Q: The Constitution does not contain the word privacy, but the Supreme Court has ruled that the concept of privacy is protected by the Bill of Rights.a. Trueb. False

Q: The part of corporate social responsibility that focuses on fulfilling the social contract by following the law is A.economic. B.legal. C.ethical. D.philanthropic.

Q: Ethics in a Bureaucracy most often resembles _____ .A) a moral maze B) a straight line C) a ellipseD) a jig-saw puzzle

Q: Present a brief argument both for and against the use of advanced surveillance technology.

Q: The part of corporate social responsibility that focuses on fair prices and profits is A.economic. B.legal. C.ethical. D.philanthropic.

Q: In modern American Bureaucratic companies _____ .A) details are pushed up and credit is pushed upB) details are pushed down and credit is pushed upC) details are pushed down and credit is pushed downD) details are pushed up and credit is pushed down

Q: Identify three key rules of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act that affect personal privacy.

Q: Which of the following is not one of the responsibilities in Carroll's four-part definition of corporate social responsibility? A.economic B.social C.legal D.philanthropic

Q: Bureaucratic ethics is based on _____ .A) too many people making decisionsB) the Protestant EthicC) managers' rules for successD) individual affluence

Q: Briefly describe how society is struggling to define the extent to which employers should be able to monitor the work-related activities of employees.

Q: The modern era of corporate social responsibility (from the 1950s to today) A.emphasizes general awareness of social and moral concerns. B.has seen decreased awareness of the issue. C.emphasizes specific issues. D.is marked by legislation requiring ethical business behavior.

Q: Enron was _____ .A) a company with no assetsB) a limited liability partnershipC) a company with no international assetsD) the biggest bankruptcy in U.S. history

Q: Briefly describe the concept of the right of privacy and information privacy.

Q: The fact that business leaders in the late 19th century felt they had to show that large corporations were a force for social good is an example of A.the iron cage of rationality. B.socialism. C.paternalism. D.the iron law of oligarchy.

Q: Enron fell apart because of _____ .A) the death of its chairmanB) the collapse of the oil marketC) its inability to raise funds to cover its "off balance sheet" transactionsD) excess liquidity

Q: What is the discovery process and how does e-discovery fit into this process?

Q: The most efficient use of corporate wealth to benefit the public is though contributions to charity and other worthy causes which is called ____. A.taxation. B.philanthropy. C.paternalism. D.corporate welfare.

Q: Enron had a balance sheet littered with _____ .A) debtsB) unusually creative accounting entriesC) subordinate notesD) responsibilities of its parent company

Q: The potential for decreased productivity and increased legal liabilities has led many employers to monitor workers to ensure that corporate __________ are being followed.

Q: Enron started as _____ .A) the result of a merger of two traditional companiesB) a maverick oil and gas concernC) an energy trading concernD) a South American company

Q: Which of the following practices is not a modification of the classical economic model? A.philanthropy B.community obligations C.owner control D.paternalism

Q: Users of the Firefox, Explorer, or Safari Web browsers can select a(n) __________ option so that the browser sends a message to each site visited that the users do not wish to have cookies deposited on their computer.

Q: By December 2001, Enron was _____ .A) a well-run multinational corporationB) an innovative success storyC) an example of corporate leadershipD) a "Ponzi" scheme

Q: The concept of business responsibility that is based on concern for the various groups that are affected by a business is known as the A.legal model. B.classical economic model. C.ethical model. D.stakeholder model.

Q: Financial institutions must inform consumers of their right to __________, that is, to refuse to give the institution the right to collect and share personal data with unaffiliated parties.

Q: The concept of business responsibility based on using laws to constrain business behavior is referred to as the A.neoclassical economic model. B.socialist model. C.legal model. D.stakeholder model.

Q: Beech-Nut made a good business decision by passing off cheaper counterfeit liquid as apple juice.

Q: The fair information practices of the __________, established in 1980, are often held up as the model of ethical treatment of consumer data.

Q: The concept of business responsibility that has been the most popular in the United States for most of its history is based on A.democracy. B.socialism. C.the classical economic model. D.the neoclassical economic model.

Q: Organizations cannot affect an individual's behavior.

Q: The Fair Credit Reporting Act is enforced by the __________.

Q: The classical view of economics holds that a society can best determine its needs and wants through A.a centrally planned economy. B.government owned factors of production. C.democracy. D.the marketplace.

Q: Consulting firms should freely share confidential information among their clients.

Q: __________ is information relating to the capabilities, intentions, or activities of foreign governments or agents of foreign governments or foreign organizations.

Q: Corporate social performance emphasizes A.obligation and accountability. B.action and activity. C.outcomes and results. D.socially responsible investing.

Q: Quality assurance concerns exist between firms as well as between firms and consumers.

Q: Under the__________ , once a case is filed, the involved parties are required to meet and discuss various e-discovery issues, such as how to preserve discoverable data, how the data will be produced, agreement on the format in which the data will be provided, and whether production of certain electronically stored information will lead to waiver of attorney-client privilege.

Q: Corporate social responsiveness emphasizes A.obligation and accountability. B.action and activity. C.outcomes and results. D.socially responsible investing.

Q: Commitment requires honest parties.

Q: After__________ have been stored on a computer, they make it possible for a Web site to tailor the ads and promotions presented on it.

Q: Corporate social responsibility emphasizes A.obligation and accountability. B.action and activity. C.outcomes and results. D.socially responsible investing.

Q: Distribution is a central concern of business ethics.

Q: The__________ is a powerful tool for journalists and the public to acquire information that the government is reluctant to release.

Q: The early definition of corporate social responsibility was A.seriously considering the impact of the company's actions on society. B.maximizing profits. C.accomplishing the firm's social action goals. D.that the corporation had not only economic and legal obligations, but also certain responsibilities to society which extended beyond those obligations.

Q: Piece rate payment is attractive especially when individual productivity cannot be measured.

Q: A(n) __________ is a device that records electronic impulses to identify the numbers dialed for outgoing calls.

Q: Social screening is the mechanism by which socially conscious investors choose their investment advisors.

Q: Business ethics can promote capitalist success.

Q: The Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act helped establish the__________ to help prevent identity theft.

Q: Social responsible investing is a very new concept, originating in the early 1990s.

Q: Adam Smith recognized that business depends on exchanges.