Appendix A for Unit One
Questions on the Features
N.B.: TYPE indicates that a question is new, modified, or unchanged, as follows.
N A question new to this edition of the Test Bank.
+ A question modified from the previous edition of the Test Bank.
= A question included in the previous edition of the Test Bank.
CHAPTER 1—SHIFTING LEGAL PRIORITES FOR BUSINESS:
SUSTAINABILITY AND THE LAW
A1. Sustainability—economic development that meets the needs of the present without
compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs—is directly
addressed by
a. no U.S. statute or other nation’s law.
b. U.S. federal environmental laws.
c. other nations’ laws but no U.S. statute.
d. international law only.
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CHAPTER 2—INSIGHT INTO E–COMMERCE:
HOW THE INTERNET IS EXPANDING PRECEDENT
A2. In a brief filed in Lea’s suit against Mica in a state court, Neil, Lea’s attorney, cites, Ole!
Cafe v. Pan Foods Corp., an unpublished opinion. With respect to the persuasiveness
of unpublished opinions, most states
a. allow their courts to consider such opinions.
b. do not allow their courts to consider such opinions.
c. impose certain hierarchical rankings.
d. require their courts to consider such opinions.
CHAPTER 3—SHIFTING LEGAL PRIORITIES FOR BUSINESS:
THE DUTY TO PRESERVE ELECTRONIC EVIDENCE FOR DISCOVERY
A3. Capital Credit Company files a suit against Downtown Developers, Inc., and seeks, as
part of discovery, certain electronic documents in Downtown’s possession. Downtown
did not preserve the requested data—e-mail messages among employees. The court is
not likely to sanction Downtown if
a. the data was not saved because there was no reasonable anticipation of
litigation.
b. Downtown can provide the e-mail but without attachments.
c. Downtown inadvertently failed to suspend its e-mail deletion system.
d. Downtown can provide e-mail the employees sent but not e-mail they
received.
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CHAPTER 4—INSIGHT INTO ETHICS:
IS IT ILLEGAL TO DISTRIBUTE VIRTUAL PORNOGRAPHY?
A4. Arnie posts online a note that “I have good pix of child & me” with a link to several
pictures of minors engaged in sex. Arnie is charged with violating a statute that makes
it a crime to distribute material intended to make others believe it is child
pornography. He argues that the statute is unconstitutional. The court is most likely to
hold that the statute is
a. unconstitutional because it criminalizes speech.
b. unconstitutional because it is overbroad.
c. unconstitutional because it is impermissibly vague.
d. valid because it does not prohibit a substantial amount of protected speech.
CHAPTER 5—SHIFTING LEGAL PRIORITIES FOR BUSINESS:
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND “OUTBEHAVING” THE
COMPETITION
A5. In the pursuit of profits, Global Enterprises Corporation engages in what some
observers consider to be bad corporate behavior. The worldwide explosion of
information technology has led to a transparent global economy that makes socially
responsible behavior
a. more important.
b. less important.
c. neither more nor less important.
d. both more and less important.
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UNIT ONE—FOCUS ON LEGAL ETHICS:
ETHICS AND THE LEGAL ENVIRONMENT OF BUSINESS
A6. Ethical behavior on the part of Plastics Products Company may be inhibited by
a. clear ethical standards.
b. collective decision making.
c. legislative determinations of what represents society’s best interest.
d. managers’ dissent to unethical decisions.
A7. Mike casts unwarranted doubts on Nina, a co-worker, to gain a job promotion. This is
unethical
a. only if Mike is caught.
b. only if Mike gets the promotion.
c. under any circumstances.
d. under no circumstances.