Exam Focus: Business Ethics and Society

January 18, 2025

The DSST Business Ethics and Society exam helps students gain college credit for knowledge equivalent to that taught in a formal course. This exam covers a range of important topics, including:

  • Business ethics
  • Corporate social responsibility
  • Employer-employee relations
  • Regulations and compliance

The exam consists of 100 multiple-choice questions to be completed in 2 hours.

Sample Business Ethics and Society Questions:

Want to know what the test is like? Here are 5 sample questions:

Business ethics deals with:

a. Morality

b. Ethnicity

c. Economics

d. Philanthropy

 

Which contemporary business practice is most similar to utilitarian reasoning?

a. Truth in lending

b. Cost-benefit analysis

c. Truth in advertising

d. The customer is always right

 

Which form of “bribe” is permissible under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977?

a. Payments to police for overlooking minor infractions

b. Payments to judges to rule unfairly

c. Payments to bureaucrats to expedite tasks

d. Payments to lawmakers for favorable votes

 

According to Boatwright, what best defines a living wage?

a. Wages offered by the employer

b. A wage at poverty level income

c. A wage enabling a worker to support a family with dignity

d. The wage an employee will work for

 

An emerging view of whistle-blowing considers it justified when:

a. Loyalty to the company outweighs confidentiality obligations

b. Legal obligations outweigh privacy concerns

c. Security rights outweigh harm prevention duties

d. Public responsibility outweighs duties to the employer

 

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