Question 1 5 out of 5 points Correct Which of the following statements is INCORRECT regarding the rights of sharehold ers? I.

voting power on major issues and ownership in a portion of the compa ny II. right to transfer ownership and dividend entitlement III. hire and fire management and select and appoint a chief executive Answer Selected Answer: III only Correct Answer: III only Question 2 5 out of 5 points Correct All of the following are considered exceptions to the general rule that there is no duty to rescue except: Answer Selected Answer: Witnessing an accident this creates a duty to step in and help the injured Correct Answer: Witnessing an accident this creates a duty to step in and help the injured Question 3 5 out of 5 points Correct Assuming a business ethical dilemma, which statement best illustrates Gilligan a pproach suggested in her theory of The Ethics of Care? Answer Selected Answer: care and responsibility to others Correct Answer: care and responsibility to others Question 4 5 out of 5 points Correct Corporate director or officer decisions to dedicate corporate funds for social causes is called: Answer Selected Answer: Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Correct Answer: Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Question 5 5 out of 5 points Correct Select the best definition of ethics: Answer Selected Answer:

a set of relatively unclear principles regarding what we should do. Correct Answer: a set of relatively unclear principles regarding what we should do. Question 6 5 out of 5 points Correct Under the legal doctrine of employment at will an employee can be lawfully termina ted from her job for: I. wearing a shirt that clashes with her suit II. any non-discriminatory reason III. complaining about illegal activity in the workplace IV. only for good cause Answer Selected Answer: c. I and II Correct Answer: c. I and II Question 7 5 out of 5 points Correct Exceptions to the rule of employment-at-will include which of the following? I. organization of unions II. passage of Sarbanes Oxley Act III. raising of public policy issues IV. promise of implied-contract or covenant-of-good-faith Answer Selected Answer: I, II, III, IV Correct Answer: I, II, III, IV Question 8 5 out of 5 points Correct In the essay, Work Matters, by law professor Marion Crain, all of the following are the result of working except: Answer Selected Answer: People stay out of jail. Correct Answer: People stay out of jail. Question 9 5 out of 5 points Correct There are several reasons why whistleblowing may not be protected on an internat ional level. These include: Answer Selected Answer: Collective or collaborative cultures may frown on whistleblowing instead of work ing together to fix a problem. Correct Answer: Collective or collaborative cultures may frown on whistleblowing instead of work ing together to fix a problem.

Question 10 5 out of 5 points Correct The Constitution does not always protect free-speech rights for what public empl oyees say on the job. Which of the following is true? Answer Selected Answer: Public employees may speak out on matters of public concern and have First Amend ment protection but not when they speak out in the course of their official duti es. Correct Answer: Public employees may speak out on matters of public concern and have First Amend ment protection but not when they speak out in the course of their official duti es. Question 11 5 out of 5 points Correct The Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986 (ECPA): Answer Selected Answer: fails to protect employees in most situations involving e-mail monitoring by pub lic and private employers. Correct Answer: fails to protect employees in most situations involving e-mail monitoring by pub lic and private employers. Question 12 5 out of 5 points Correct Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) explicitly limits t he ability of employers to use medical examinations and inquiries as a condition o f employment and provides for all of the following EXCEPT: Answer Selected Answer: a prohibition against the use of a medical examination after a job offer has bee n made if the results are kept confidential. Correct Answer: a prohibition against the use of a medical examination after a job offer has bee n made if the results are kept confidential. Question 13 0 out of 5 points Incorrect The most recent major privacy law passed by Congress was the Answer Selected Answer: Discrimination Against Narcoleptics Act (DANA) - defining narcolepsy, or uncontr olled sleeping, as a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Correct Answer: Genetic Information Nondescrimination Act (GINA) defining how businesses can obt ain and use genetic information. Question 14 5 out of 5 points

Correct As Facebook and other social media sites grow in users and popularity Answer Selected Answer: Many users have been unhappy with the privacy policies of the sites. Correct Answer: Many users have been unhappy with the privacy policies of the sites. Question 15 5 out of 5 points Correct A majority of states have enacted "lifestyle rights laws" that protect workers off-duty activities including cases of smoking, cohabitation, drinking. and sing le parenthood. What is the least effective argument by an employer to regulate off-the-clock activities in a state that has not enacted such lifestyle rights l egislation? Answer Selected Answer: There is no invasion of privacy since the employee is at will. Correct Answer: There is no invasion of privacy since the employee is at will. Question 16 5 out of 5 points Correct Equal protection is the constitutional guarantee: Answer Selected Answer: embodied in the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Correct Answer: embodied in the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Question 17 5 out of 5 points Correct John Smith was assaulted on the loading dock by a coworker, Jim Jones, at the Ac me Widget Company. The attack was unprovoked by Smith. After the physical assau lt, there was an angry verbal exchange between the parties. The incident ended when Jones yelled that Smith was a sissy and everybody knows you re queer as a thre e dollar bill." Which of the following statements best describes the outcome of the harassment lawsuit filed by Smith under The Civil Right Act of 1964? I. Sex discrimination is prohibited by federal law (The Civil Right Act of 1964). II. Sexual orientation discrimination is prohibited by federal law (The Civil Right Act of 1964). III. Suits based on harassment due to sexual orientation cannot prevail wh en based on local or state laws. IV. Sexual orientation discrimination is not prohibited by federal law (Ti tle VII). Answer Selected Answer: I and IV Correct Answer: I and IV Question 18

5 out of 5 points Correct All of the following are true statements regarding the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA, 29 U.S.C. 2601, et seq.), EXCEPT which of the following? Answer Selected Answer: Every personal or family emergency qualifies for FMLA leave. Correct Answer: Every personal or family emergency qualifies for FMLA leave. Question 19 5 out of 5 points Correct Employment practices without business justification applied to all employees tha t result in a less favorable effect for one group than for another group may sta te a claim for: Answer Selected Answer: disparate impact Correct Answer: disparate impact Question 20 5 out of 5 points Correct Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits employment discrimination ba sed on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. Which of the following f ederal government agencies is charged with enforcing this statute? Answer Selected Answer: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Correct Answer: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Question 21 5 out of 5 points Correct When an employee is injured on the job, that employee may: I. File a workers compensation claim and accept the government-determine d value for the injury. II. File a tort claim in state court to recover damages above the workers compensation amount. III. File a complaint with OSHA to have the employer investigated and char ged if violations are present. Answer Selected Answer: I and III only Correct Answer: I and III only Question 22 5 out of 5 points Correct Employers have __________ been held criminally responsible for workplace injurie

s and deaths to workers. Answer Selected Answer: rarely Correct Answer: rarely Question 23 5 out of 5 points Correct With the adoption of the ____________, the U.S. began to address the need to pre vent, or minimize, workplace accidents and health hazards. Answer Selected Answer: Occupational Safety and Health Act Correct Answer: Occupational Safety and Health Act Question 24 5 out of 5 points Correct According to Henry Shue, who should have responsibility to protect workers from potential harm caused by imported goods? I. The employers of the workers facing the potential harm II. The governments of the people who may be harmed III. The companies importing the goods IV. Consumers who ultimately buy the goods Answer Selected Answer: I, II, III and IV Correct Answer: I, II, III and IV Question 25 5 out of 5 points Correct One example of modern day slavery, as discussed in the interview with Kevin Bale s, is: Answer Selected Answer: Debt bondage where families borrow money with the collateral being their future labor and the future labor of their offspring. Correct Answer: Debt bondage where families borrow money with the collateral being their future labor and the future labor of their offspring. Question 26 5 out of 5 points Correct Shareholder activism includes which of the following? Answer Selected Answer: all of the above Correct Answer: all of the above Question 27

5 out of 5 points Correct Which piece of legislation was passed first? Answer Selected Answer: The Clean Air Act Correct Answer: The Clean Air Act Question 28 5 out of 5 points Correct According to MIT professor Layzer, the lobbyists for the energy corporations hav e used which of the following tactics to avoid stricter regulation? I. Portray the science of global warming as uncertain and debatable II. Focus on the financial costs of regulation III. Provide Senators and Representatives with financial incentives to vot e against regulation IV. Portray the environmentalists as extremists and a vocal minority. Answer Selected Answer: I, II and IV Correct Answer: I, II and IV Question 29 5 out of 5 points Correct When environmentalists recognized that politicians were not going to pass strict er legislation and regulations, they changed their tactics to force change. Acc ording to the Layzer article in the chapter, these new tactics included: I. Eco-terrorism bombing pipelines and factories. II. Collaboration with businesses create partnerships to improve environ mental impacts. III. Public relations campaigns go public with their accusations and encou rage consumers to demand change. IV. Work internally through shareholders to try to change corporate disclo sures Answer Selected Answer: II, III and IV. Correct Answer: II, III and IV. Question 30 5 out of 5 points Correct The power of the U.S. Government to take property from a private individual and use it for public purposes is: Answer Selected Answer: Eminent Domain Correct Answer: Eminent Domain Question 31

5 out of 5 points Correct Obesity in children has continued to rise since 1976 and approximately _____ of all teens and youth are overweight. Answer Selected Answer: one-third Correct Answer: one-third Question 32 5 out of 5 points Correct According to John Kenneth Galbraith, the theory of consumer demand is based on t he following broad assumption(s): I. Socialism will work in all societies because consumers are willing t o share their wealth. II. The urgency of wants does not diminish as more of them are satisfied . III. Wants originate in the personality of the consumer. Answer Selected Answer: II and III Correct Answer: II and III Question 33 5 out of 5 points Correct Of product promotion techniques, which is the most influential according to auth or Naomi Klein? Answer Selected Answer: Branding Correct Answer: Branding Question 34 5 out of 5 points Correct The creative revolution in advertising refers to Answer Selected Answer: The move from showing what a product can do to making the product a status symbo l Correct Answer: The move from showing what a product can do to making the product a status symbo l Question 35 5 out of 5 points Correct Identify the true statement(s) regarding freedom of speech: I. It was not until the 1920s that legal doctrines protecting speech wh

en offensive began to be recognized by the courts. II. In the First National Bank v. Bellotti case, the Supreme Court stru ck down a state law prohibiting a corporation to advertise to influence voters o n issues that did not materially affect its business. III. In the Virginia Board case, the U.S. Supreme Court failed to link the right to receive information and ideas with the traditional values that underlie free speech. IV. The Prescription Information Law expressly allows the transmission or use of both patient-identifiable data and prescriber-identifiable data for certa in commercial purposes. Answer Selected Answer: I only Correct Answer: I only