Exam 1: Todays Business Environment: Law and Ethics

The separation of powers is:

Case reporters are:

Statutory law is:

If someone is sued in a civil suit, such as in tort for hitting someone on the head with a stick, to find the wrongdoer liable, the jury must find that the injured party was favored by:

Private law:

In Lamson v. Crater Lake Motors, in which a car sales employee who felt that the sales tactics of the company were unethical and was fired after he refused to cooperate sued the company for wrongful discharge, the appeals court found that:

Administrative agencies are typically created by court orders.

The Constitution specifically creates the executive, legislative, and administrative branches of the federal government.

Some companies have employees take ethics classes online, rather than attend a classroom lesson. What has been the biggest drawback to online classes:

Which one contributed to the push for changes in corporate culture to include codes of ethics:

Invasion of privacy, defamation, and trespass are examples of civil law under the category of:

Which area of law is most likely to impact directly the finance and accounting departments of a company?

Making marijuana illegal in the United States and alcohol illegal in Saudi Arabia are both examples of:

The non-criminal law concerning the rights and duties that exist among individuals to each other, or to the state, is:

When discussing the reality of business ethics, Peter Drucker held that it was not unethical to pay a bribe if that was the norm in a business and was absolutely needed to get business for a company.

In Davis v. Baugh Industrial Contractors the Washington supreme court held that the traditional common law rule regarding negligence by a contractor could be changed only if a majority of state supreme courts agreed to change the rule.

The United States Constitution:

In Davis v. Baugh Industrial Contractors, the traditional common law rule prevented a party who accepted a completed construction project from later suing the contractor for flaws in construction that caused injury to others. In reviewing such a case, the Washington state high court held that the rule was no longer sensible in modern times because:

Which of the following statements is true?

Only federal statutes may violate the Constitution.