The greater the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI), the more likely the government
will be concerned about the merger.
A cash balance plan is a defined benefit plan that acts somewhat like a defined
contribution plan.
A danger in the ethic of care is that it might be interpreted to restore and legitimize the
stereotype of women as care giving subordinates not deserving of moral autonomy.
The Bill of Rights was designed to ensure that members of labor organizations get equal
voting rights, the right to sue a union, and the rights of free speech and assembly.
Mini–trials are voluntary and nonbinding.
Substantive laws include the judicial system and the rules by which it operates.
People and businesses can choose any domain name they want just by telling their
Internet service provider that that is how they want to be known.
Triple bottom-line advocates call for managerial practices that respect and measure a
firm’s social and environmental performance just as the firm’s financial performance is
respected and measured.
Standards for appropriate speech are regulated only by societal norms.
The World Trade Organization Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) is a true court.
The emotion or intuition approach claims that moral decision making is an automatic,
nonreflective process in which our minds, when confronted with a moral question,
instantaneously generate feelings of approval or disapproval.
An employee seeking recovery for sexual harassment under Title VII of the Civil Rights
Act of 1964 can only sue the person who actually committed the harassment, not the
employer.
Alternative dispute resolution-particularly arbitration€-is often the required dispute
resolution mechanism for employee complaints such as discrimination or harassment.
Freedom of religion is the primary guarantor of the American approach to life.
The _____ and the Universal Copyright Convention (UCC) both provide a measure of
international protection against the unauthorized reproduction of books, photos,
drawings, movies, and the like.
A. Berne Convention
B. Paris Convention
C. Tariff Act
D. Clayton Act
Which of the following refers to federalism?
A. The Constitution’s provision for shared power among national, state, and local
governments
B. The principle that federal laws are supreme if a conflict between a federal and state
law arises.
C. The principle that the government cannot take private property without paying just
compensation
D. The provision for the protection of personal freedoms of speech and religion from
encroachment by the government
Nolan has an accident when he misses a stop sign and crashes into another car whose
driver is drunk. Nolan, in spite of having sustained $11,000 worth injuries, is able to
recover only $8,800 as his own negligence is found to be 20 percent responsible for the
injury. The type of negligence defense most likely availed in this case is:
A. comparative negligence.
B. contributory negligence.
C. assumption of risk.
D. statute of limitations.
The legal doctrine that makes the employer liable for an employee’s acts is _____.
A. respondeat superior
B. res ipsa loquitur
C. piercing the corporate veil
D. caveat emptor
Under the Fair Credit Billing Act (FCBA), a credit cardholder who receives an
erroneous bill must complain in writing to the creditor within 60 days of the time the
bill was mailed.
Most federal courts to date have ruled that victims of sexual harassment seeking
recovery under _____ cannot sue the person who actually committed the harassment.
A. a tort claim
B. a state statute
C. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
D. Section 2-306 of the Uniform Commercial Code
An intentional invasion of a person’s solitude is labeled a(n) _____ if it would be highly
offensive to a reasonable person.
A. intrusion
B. false light
C. fraud
D. assault
The _____ defense against a takeover involves the target company selling off its most
attractive assets.
A. greenmail
B. crown jewel
C. poison pill
D. golden parachute
Which of the following refers to disparate impact analysis?
A. It involves situations in which employers use legitimate employment standards that,
despite their apparent neutrality, impose a heavier burden on a protected class than on
other employees.
B. It addresses intentional discrimination by an employer who has purposefully treated
an employee or applicant less favorably because of his or her race, color, religion,
national origin, gender, or membership in a group under another protected category.
C. It is a means of remedying past and present discriminatory wrongs in a more
expeditious and thorough manner than the market might achieve on its own.
D. It is a process through which federal agencies ensure that employers make
reasonable accommodations for disabled employees, irrespective of whether it creates
an undue hardship or not.
_____ is fully lawful because competitors have not agreed either explicitly or by
implication to follow the same course of action.
A. Vertical price fixing
B. Bundling
C. Horizontal price fixing
D. Conscious parallelism
The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act:
A. makes it unlawful to use computers to solicit, lure, or entice a child, but it does not
include the content of mobile phones.
B. seeks to criminalize online content “harmful to minors”based on “contemporary
community standards.€
C. prohibits not just actual child pornography, but also material that depicts persons
who “appear to be minors”or that is presented so it “conveys the impression”that the
person depicted is a minor.
D. prohibits websites from collecting personal information from children under 13
without parental permission.
Briefly explain the effect of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 on employment
discrimination.
What is the difference between an employee and an independent contractor?
Compare and contrast unfair labor practice strikes with economic strikes.
Describe the five steps used by a court in monopolization analysis.
What are the two factors used to determine whether an international custom exists?
Identify the defenses available in strict liability cases. Also explain the coverage under
strict liability cases.