LEG 500 WEEK 5 MIDTERM EXAM
LEG 500 Week 5 Midterm Exam
This exam consist of 25 multiple choice questions and covers the material
in Chapters 1 through 4.
1.
Which of the
following statements is INCORRECT regarding the rights of shareholders?
2.
Corporate
director or officer decisions to dedicate corporate funds for social
causes is called:
3.
The best example
of a source for virtue ethics for a business is
4.
Which of the
following statements best illustrates the view of “utilitarianism”?
5.
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?
6.
A set of
principles that encourage decision makers to look at human relationships as a
primary motivator for a decision.
7.
Which of the following
views on outsourcing would be consistent with the free market ethics approach
advocated by Milton Friedman?
8.
Exceptions to
the rule of employment-at-will include which of the following?
9.
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:
10. The Constitution does not always protect free-speech rights for what public
employees say on the job. Which of the following is true?
11.
In the essay,
Work Matters, by law professor Marion Crain, all of the following are the
result of working except:
12. There are several reasons why whistleblowing may not be protected on an
international level. These include:
13.
Under the legal
doctrine of “employment at will” an employee can be lawfully terminated from
her job for:
14. A majority of states have enacted "lifestyle rights laws" that
protect workers' off-duty activities including cases of smoking, cohabitation,
drinking. and single 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 legislation?
15. The Electronic
Communications Privacy Act of 1986 (ECPA):
16. The United States
Constitution, Fourth Amendment provides "[t]he right of the people to be
secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable
searches and seizures, shall not be violated... " Privacy rights are
triggered under the Fourth Amendment:
17. The most recent major
privacy law passed by Congress was the
18. According to the
article excerpted in the text entitled, The Functions of Privacy, by Alan
Westin, privacy has several functions in today’s society. These include:
19. One reason employers
use to justify giving honesty or integrity tests is:
20. 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?
21. Equal protection is
the constitutional guarantee:
22. To establish a prima
facie case of religious discrimination, the employee has to show all of the
following except which one:
23. A mayor serving in a
major metropolitan area receives an internal memorandum indicating personnel at
many police stations are single-race. At the time of the report, thirty
percent of the police force was black or Hispanic. She immediately calls
a press conference and orders transfer of police officers to achieve racial
balance across the city. The transferred police offers sue on constitutional
grounds. Assuming just these facts, what is the strongest argument that
might be advanced by the transferred officers based on constitutional grounds?
24. Employment practices
without business justification applied to all employees that result in a less
favorable effect for one group than for another group may state a claim for:
25. Title VII of the Civil
Rights Act of 1964 prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color,
religion, sex, or national origin. Which of the following federal
government agencies is charged with enforcing this statute?
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