Which of the following issues is NOT addressed in the Fair Labor Standards Act?

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Which of the following issues is NOT addressed in the Fair Labor Standards Act?

a.racial discrimination

b.child labor

c.minimum wage

d.overtime pay

QUESTION 5

This reason for a difference in pay between a man and a woman is NOT a violation of the Equal Pay Act.

a.A bona fide seniority systems

b.The quality of job performance (i.e., merit-based pay systems)

c.The quantity of output (i.e., piece-rate pay systems)

d.Factors other than sex

e.All of the reasons above are not a violation of the Equal Pay Act

QUESTION 6

Which of the following is NOT a consideration for ethical leadership in business?

a.Profit for owners/investors

b.Interests of the employees

c.Societal standards of conduct

d.Protecting competitors

e.Interests of suppliers

QUESTION 7

Which of the following ethical approaches is least concerned with social considerations?

a.free market ethics

b.utilitarianism

c.deontology

d.virtue ethics

e.ethics of care

QUESTION 8

Which of the following is an ethical concern over the use of personal information for marketing purposes?

a.It is often not cost-effective to compile personal information about customers.

b.Targeted advertising is annoying to customers.

c.It may violate the right of privacy of customers.

d.It violates the Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914.

QUESTION 9

Which of the following is NOT an ethical concern with marketing?

a.Sale of unprofitable products

b.Sale of harmful products

c.Sale of useless products

d.Manipulative sales tactics

QUESTION 10

Which of the following statements is the most accurate? The tools available for OSHA to address the problems of work hazards of health and safety are...

a.utterly limited.

b.relatively limited.

c.unlimited.

d.limitless.

QUESTION 11

Whistleblowing involves a conflict of loyalties between:

a.one's employer, and one's employees

b.one's employees, and one's family

c.one's employer, and one's conscience

d.one's employees, and one's conscience

QUESTION 12

The basic reason for unequal distribution of wealth in society is due to the fact that:

a.wealth must be earned

b.some people do not deserve an equal share of the society's wealth

c.there is scarcity of resources in a closed finite system

d.an increase in wealth causes currency inflation

QUESTION 13

Which of the following is a concern regarding personal privacy?

a.Employers collecting personal information

b.The government collecting personal e-mail and telephone records

c.Private business collecting marketing data

d.All of the above

QUESTION 14

Which of the following activities is banned by U.S. law?

a.An employer reading an employee's personal e-mail stored on the organization's servers.

b.Recording telephone calls made to a businesswhen the caller is given notice of the recording

c.Listening the an employee's entire personal telephone conversation using the organization's telephone system

d.All of the above

QUESTION 15

The Ethics of Care assumes our moral decisions are:

a.ultimately private, made by individuals in isolation

b.ultimately public, because they are deeply connected to one another in webs of relationships

c.ultimately made by others

d.only at best partially private, because they are deeply connected to one another in webs of relationships

QUESTION 16

The single greatest source of anthropogenic GHG (global greenhouse gas) emissions is:

a.agriculture

b.heavy industry

c.light-to-middle

d.oil extraction and processing

QUESTION 17

This federal law requires that, prior to any government action with a significant environment impact, the government must prepare a report discussing the environmental impact of the proposed action and consideration of the alternative actions.

a.The Environmental Protection Act

b.The National Environmental Policy Act

c.The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

d.The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

QUESTION 18

John Kenneth Galbraith's theoryof consumer demand contrasts most sharply with which of the following ethical approaches:

a.free market ethics

b.utilitarianism

c.deontology

d.virtue theory

e.ethics of care

QUESTION 19

This thinker considered how the self-interest of the members of a community can result in the most efficient distribution of the wealth of society.

a.Karl Marx

b.John Rawls

c.Frederick Winslow Taylor

d.Adam Smith

QUESTION 20

The total compensation received by an employee can be divided into these two general types:

a.intrinsic and extrinsic

b.salary and bonuses

c.feedback and perquisites

d.immediate and deferred

QUESTION 21

Equity theory in employment refers to this:

a.All employees receive the same pay

b.The compensation given to the employee is perceived by the employee as proportional to the contribution and effort of the employee

c.Men and woman receive the same pay

d.The employee's pay matches the market rate of pay for the position and the employee's skill and effort

QUESTION 22

Diversity in a business refers to:

a.Employees from different backgrounds

b.Customers from different backgrounds

c.Employees with differing skills and beliefs

d.All of the above

QUESTION 23

This U.S. legal theory was created by case law in the 20th Century and shifts the cost of injury to the manufacturer or seller who produces or sells a product with a defect that causes an injury.

a.Negligence

b.Breach of contract

c.Strict product liability

d.The Consumer Product Safety Act

QUESTION 24

"Churning" refers to this sales practice:

a.Turning cream into butter

b.Recommending unnecessary transactions in order to earn a transaction fee

c.Selling useless products

d.Selling harmful products

QUESTION 25

The Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (Dodd-Frank) includes this provision:

a.Additional protection for whistle-blowers who report misconduct by financial institutions

b.Punitive damamges for misconduct that is malicious or shows reckless disregard for consumer's rights

c.An independent audit committee to review public corporation financial reports

d.Penalities for insider trading

QUESTION 26

This type of knowledge comes from observation of the world.

a.a priori

b.a posteriori

c.the Categorical Imperative

d.deductive syllogism

QUESTION 27

This economic theory states that the value of a manufactured product is measured by the labor of the employees who produced the product.

a.Market Theory of Value

b.The Difference Principal

c.Keynesian Economics

d.Labor Theory of Value

QUESTION 28

This feature of Aristotle's Virtue Theory introduces the danger of ethical relativism:

a.Virtuous traits should be present in a moderate amount and neither deficient nor excessive.

b.Ethics are a type of practical knowledge.

c.The traits that are virtuous are determined by the standard of the specific society.

d.The moral quality of good is based on the motive of a person.

QUESTION 29

Which of the following is NOT a protected class in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

a.Sexual orientation

b.Gender

c.Race

d.National origin

QUESTION 30

This type of intellectual property must be registed in advance with the Patent and Tradement Office to have any protection.

a.Trade Secret

b.Trademark

c.Patent

d.Copyright

Explanation / Answer

4. The correct answer is Option A. Racial discrimination is not addressed in the Fair Labor Standards Act.

5. The correct answer is Option E. All of the reasons above are not a violation of the Equal Pay Act.

6. The correct answer is Option D. Protecting the interests of customers is not a consideration for ethical leadership in business

7. The correct answer is Option A. Free market ethics is least concerned with social considerations.

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