Business Law- Chapter 1 Quiz
- Which of the following is legal yet unethical?
- Stealing money from your company safe
- Not reporting your boss for stealing
- Giving pam flowers for her birthday
- Working off the clock (voluntarily or not)
- _____ is the science or philosophy of law
- Civil Code
- Statutory Law
- Ethics
- Jurisprudence
- Laws enacted by legislative bodies at any level of government, such as the statues passed by Congress or by state legislatures, make up what body of law?
- Statutory law
- Uniform law
- Constitutional law
- Administrative law
- What term is used when there is no precedent for a case?
- Case of first impression
- Preponderance
- Case of initial view
- None of the above
- What term is used to describe a law passed by a city council?
- Common Law
- Ordinance
- Regulation
- Statuary Law
- _____ can be defined as the study of what constitutes right or wrong behavior
- Law
- Rule
- Ethics
- Business Ethics
- What is maximum profit?
- Only make as much money as you can while still acting ethically
- Do anything unethical or ethical to make the most profit possible
- Using the Golden Rule to make profit
- Only make as much profit as you can while following Kantian ethics
- Which of the following is a source of American Law?
- Case Law
- The U.S. Constitution
- Regulations
- Case law, the US Constitution, and regulations
- What is another name for a plaintiff?
- Respondent
- Judge
- Petitioner
- Defendant
- The body of law that is carried out by legislative bodies
- Cyberlaw
- Criminal law
- Natural law
- Statutory law
- John is determining what the next move for his company will be and is analyzing both the negative and positive effects his decisions may have. He is performing which type of analysis?
- Pro-con analysis
- Cost-benefit analysis
- Hire-fire analysis
- Effects analysis
- Which of the following means to undo a contract?
- Rescission
- Specific performance
- Injunction
- Equitable Remedy
- Mike steals Monica’s trademark and uses it on his product. She goes to court and wants the court to order him to stop using it.
- Rescission
- Injunction
- Specific performance
- Equitable Remedy
- The party who is initiating the lawsuit is known as the ______
- Plaintiff
- Defendant
- Respondent
- Judge
- Bob owns a company and wants to give a raise to one of his manager, but he would have to cut the pay of all the other employees. The one manager already makes twice as much as the other employees. If bob was to do this which ethical reasoning would this violate?
- Cost-benefit analysis
- Utilitarianism
- Corporate social responsibility
- Principle of rights
- Ken is running late for work and needs to get there quickly. Ken thinks about speeding the rest of the way to work and not slowing down for yellow lights. He is sure he won’t get caught so that wouldn’t be an issue. Despite this Ken decides not to speed to work because he believes if everyone sped to work it would be unsafe, so he won t and decides to just call in to work. What form of ethics is Ken engaging in?
- Principle of rights
- Utilitarianism
- The ten commandments
- Kantian Ethics
- The highest source of law in the United States is:
- The U.S. Constitution
- State Constitutions
- City Ordinances
- Federal Statutes