According to Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, which of the following
is not a reason to allow corporations the right to spend money and advertise for political
candidates?
a. Political speech is the most important, and most protected, speech that exists. It is
crucial to the democratic process that political speech be encouraged and heard.
b. The immense wealth of a corporation allows it to be the most accurate in providing
messages to people.
c. Independent expenditure by corporations do not give rise to corruption or the
appearance of corruption.
d. Rapid changes in technology suggest laws restricting political speech should not be
upheld.
To determine whether a public employee receives First Amendment protection from
speech (and therefore cannot be fired for it), the Supreme Court has stated that all of the
following are important except:
a. The employer must have a justification for treating the employee differently than it
would treat a member of the general public.
b. The speech cannot be about political topics.
c. The speech must be about something of great public concern.
d. The speech cannot be made as part of the employment (such as an internal
memorandum).
The 2004 Heath Information and Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA):
a. requires consent for medical information to be accessed and shared.
b. prohibits discriminatory use of pre-employment medical tests.
c. prohibits employers from requesting genetic information as part of a post-offer
medical exam.
d. All of these statements are true.
Typically individual stockholders are not held responsible for the actions of a
corporation. Exceptions usually relate to comingling of funds, underinsuring, or similar
actions by the corporate leadership. This is called:
a. risking liability
b. piercing the corporate veil
c. the privilege of the stockholders
d. free market trading of stocks
According to Alice Kaswan, environmental justice has had:
a. an extreme impact on environmental law
b. a significant impact on environmental law
c. a modest impact on environmental law
d. no impact on environmental law
Which of the following statements is INCORRECT regarding the rights of
shareholders?
I. voting power on major issues and ownership in a portion of the company
II. right to transfer ownership and dividend entitlement
III. hire and fire management and select and appoint a chief executive
a. I and II
b. I, II, and III
c. I only
d. III only
With the adoption of the ____________, the U.S. began to address the need to prevent,
or minimize, workplace accidents and health hazards.
a. Securities Act
b. Occupational Safety and Health Act
c. Environmental Protection Agency
d. National Insurance Act
Privacy rights are triggered under the Fourth Amendment:
a. when a corporation has authorized an agent with direct authority to perform an
electronic search of an employee’s e-mail account.
b. upon issuance of a subpoena duces tecum to bring electronic data (e-mails, files, etc.)
including electronic metadata such as headers, directional information, and other such
useful tracking data.
c. when the government is conducting a search.
d. during an archival search of e-mails on a corporation’s server.
Virtue ethics:
a. focuses on what human beings are capable of being.
b. develop from learning how to make choices in difficult situations.
c. accepts that individuals rarely reach moral excellence.
d. are based on the concept that a person’s ethical beliefs are developed in childhood
and do not change.
Assuming a business ethical dilemma, which statement best illustrates Gilligan
approach suggested in her theory of ‘The Ethics of Care’?
a. individual rights and justice for all
b. applies only to women and not men
c. care and responsibility to others
d. obedience to independent moral rules or duties
What did the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) do? Has it accomplished what it
should have? Why or why not?
Which piece of legislation was passed first?
a. The Clean Water Act
b. The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
c. The Clean Air Act
d. The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
Corporate director or officer decisions to dedicate corporate funds for social causes is
called:
a. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
b. Social Activism (SA)
c. Business Engagement in Environmental Situations (BEES)
d. Strategic Investment in Stakeholder Issues (SISI)
To win a suit for negligence, a plaintiff must establish that the defendant:
I. breached its duty of care
II. created an unreasonable risk of harm
III. acted with total disregard to the harm that could result
IV. behavior was the proximate cause of the plaintiff’s injuries
a. I and II only
b. II and III only
c. I, II and IV only
d. I, II, III and IV
It is perfectly legal for employers to secretly and intrusively spy on their employees.
a. True
b. False
c.
Choose the statement regarding duty to rescue that is false:
a. There is no general duty to rescue an individual.
b. Individual freedom of dictates that a person should not be forced to act.
c. Under a liberal’“communitarian approach, citizens owe a duty to the state to rescue
other citizens.
d. When one taunts another person who then puts themselves in danger in response to
the teasing, the teaser has a duty to rescue the person teased.
Title VII specifically addresses the issues of affirmative action, sexual harassment, and
same-sex marriage.
a. True
b. False
Explain the Crisis of Agrobiodiversity as explained by Carmen G. Gonzalez.
Discuss the standards of the Creative Code of the American Associate of Advertising
Agencies.
Discuss the obligations of human beings to Mother Earth according to the universal
declaration of rights of Mother Earth.
Describe at least two other times since the Pickering decision in which the Supreme
Court revisited the ruling. What were the outcomes?
Why was the Digital Millennium Copyright Act passed?
Explain why laws exist that do not impose a duty to rescue.
What forms can deceptive advertising claims take?
What is the Lanham Act? To succeed in suit under the Lanham Act, what must a
plaintiff prove?