1. Question: Lawrence Kohlberg’s studies of moral development suggest that many adults never reach moral maturity.

01 May 1. Question: Lawrence Kohlberg’s studies of moral development suggest that many adults never reach moral maturity.

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1. Question: Lawrence Kohlberg’s studies of moral development suggest that many adults never reach moral maturity.

2. Question: Values refer to an individual’s ranking of the worth, excellence, utility and desirability of life’s many dimensions.

3. Question: Kant’s categorical imperative is the notion that every person should act only on those principles that he or she, as a rational person, would prescribe as universal laws.

4. Question: In many nations, bribes to public officials are a routine ingredient in doing business.

5. Question: The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act:
Your Answer:
forbids bribes to obtain business.

forbids “slush funds” to facilitate bribes.

holds individual managers accountable for bribery.

All of the above.

6. Question: An existentialist believes:
Your Answer:
in absolute adhrerence to the letter of the law.

in maximizing Christian love.

no actions are inherently right or wrong, and conduct cannot be rationally justified. CORRECT

none of the above.

7. Question: Concerns exist over the impacts of business on society, because:
Your Answer:
half of the world’s 100 largest economies are corporations.

many of America’s historically strong corporate giants are struggling to retain their strength.

corporate managers generally except some notion of corporate social responsibility.

all of the above.

none of the above.

8. Question: Identify three provisions of the 2002 Sarbannes-Oxley Act that are designed to address corporate crime.
Your Answer: 1. Publicly traded companies must have a code of ethics and use it. 2. Section 406 states that senior officials must adopt the code of ethics or explain why they did not do so. 3. Section 406 also defines these code of ethics that must be enforced. (ie. Do not promote illegal/wrong behavior, prompt reporting of violations, and compliance with applicable laws)

1. Question: Commercial speech is not protected by the United States Constitution.
Your Answer:
True

False

2. Question: The People’s Republic of China decided to create a legal system in recent years, in good part because such a system was considered necessary to commercial growth.
Your Answer:
True

False

3. Question: The United States Supreme Court may only hear case on appeal from a circuit court of appeals.
Your Answer:
True

False

4. Question: According to the surveys cited by the text, the majority of Americans feel that the United States criminal justice system treats people equally.
Your Answer:
True

False

5. Question: Which are the following is false about the doctrine of stare decisis?
Your Answer:
It makes the laws more equitable.

It allows the court to make a faster decision.

It makes it difficult to predict the results in a given case.

It makes the law more uniform.

6. Question: Arbitration is a process:
Your Answer:
which is usually extremely time-consuming and expensive.

in which the disagreeing parties devise a solution.

in which a neutral third person makes the decision.

which was recently made illegal by federal law.

7. Question: Burg Allure is watching the jury nervously, hoping his attorney can convince them he was merely sleepwalking and did not intend to take the jewelry from the motel room. He doesn’t think the state should have brought the case in the first place, since the rings turned out to be cubic zirconium instead of diamonds. This is:
Your Answer:
a civil trial court proceeding.

a criminal trial court proceeding.
an appellate court proceeding.

one can’t tell from the facts given.

8. Question: Evaluate the following argument: “what severe critics of the United States court system overlook is that for every case, which goes to trial, they’re probably 30 or 50 cases and potential cases, which are settled by negotiation “just because the law is there” and because the stare decisis system allows competent lawyers to predict how a case would turn out, if it were tried. This means that nearly all conflicts in society, which might be litigated, are settled by negotiation: A tremendous accomplishment!” (Answer in two paragraphs of no more than 30 lines.)

1. Question: State law will sometimes dictate that contracts with minors are voidable by the minor.
Your Answer:
True
False

2. Question: There is no way to making an irrevocable offer; an offeror can always revoke an offer before acceptance by the offeree.
Your Answer:
True

False

3. Question: All contract disputes in the United States are governed by the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC).
Your Answer:
True

False

4. Question: The absence of consideration can always be cured by arguing that the party who is not given consideration has nevertheless relied on the existence of the contract.
Your Answer:
True
False

5. Question: A Statute of Frauds may require that a particular contract be in writing in order to be enforceable.
Your Answer:
True

False

6. Question: The only contracts that are unenforceable due to illegality of those that require one of the parties to violate a state law.
Your Answer:
True

False

7. Question: If Joe offers a $100 reward for anyone finding his lost dog, this is example of:
Your Answer:
A bilateral contract.

A unilateral contract.

An unenforceable offer.

An implied contract.

8. Question: Contractual incapacity will be found:
Your Answer:
Only if one of the parties has been adjudged by a court to be incompetent.

If one of the parties was intoxicated when asking for and receiving emergency services at the local hospital.

In every situation in which a minor attempts to make a contract.

None of the above is true.

9. Question: Unconscionable contracts:
Your Answer:
are quite common, given the literacy problems in the United States.

are found whenever a party with less bargaining power makes a bad bargain.

are those that are still completely one-sided that fairness precludes enforcing them.

None of the above is a true statement.

10. Question: The parol evidence rule prohibits the introduction on oral understanding to alter written contract, unless:
Your Answer:
one or more of the written terms are ambiguous.

necessary to prove mutual mistake.

to add a missing term.

All of the above are accurate statements.

1. Question: Lemon laws govern the sale of tainted fruits and vegetables.
Your Answer:
True

False

2. Question: Employee testing has often been a primary vehicle in perpetuating discrimination.
Your Answer:
True

False

3. Question: Assume a majority of the Asian applicants for secretarial jobs flunk the typing test because they learn typing with the different alphabet. Under the case of Griggs v. Duke Power Co., this is an illegal test.
Your Answer:
True

False

4. Question: The Fair Labor Standards Act establishes a minimum-wage, overtime pay for any work in excess of 40 hours per week, and provisions dealing with child labor.
Your Answer:
True

False

5. Question: Employers have historically been held liable for harm to third parties caused by the intentional or negligent acts of their employees.
Your Answer:
True

False

6. Question: Workers compensation provides a form of no-fault injury and illness protection in the workplace
Your Answer:
True

False

7. Question: The Constitution and most state constitutions provide a right to privacy, which protects virtually all American workers from employer monitoring in the absence of probable cause.
Your Answer:
True

False

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8. Question: Ordinarily, preemployment drug testing is lawful.
Your Answer:
True
False