The __________ Act has proved to be the most comprehensive act of its kind in regard to ethics
What is Sarbanes Oxley
100
___________ is a systematic approach to identifying and eliminating waste and non-value-added activities
What is Lean manufacturing
100
An independent _________ is an evaluation, an unbiased opinion, regarding the accuracy of a company's financial statements
What is audit
100
Raw, unanalyzed and unorganized facts and figures are called __________.
What is data
100
A(n) __________ is a form of competition in which just a few sellers dominate a market
What is oligpoly
200
__________ is the concern businesses have for the welfare of society
What is corporate social responsibility
200
Production management is the traditional term used to describe all the activities managers do to help their firms create:
What is goods
200
____________ are economic resources (things of value) owned by a firm.
What is assets
200
__________ is the processed and organized data that can be used for managerial decision making
What is information
200
The _________ point is the point where the amount of goods sought by buyers is equal to the amount of goods produced by suppliers
What is equilibrium
300
__________ is the position a firm takes on social and political issues
What is corporate policy
300
Operations management is a specialized area in management that converts resources into
What is goods and services
300
___________ are what the business owes to others (debts).
What is liabilities
300
The phenomenon of information overload in business is called __________.
What is infoglut
400
__________ involve(s) insiders using private company information to further their own fortunes or those of their family and friends
What is insider trading
400
__________ is the specialized area of management that converts or transforms resources into goods and services
What is operations management
400
The typical financial statements include the balance sheet, the income statement and the ________.
What is statement of cash flows
400
A(n) __________ is a companywide network, closed to public access that uses Internet-type technology
What is intrAnet
400
The __________ rate refers to the number of civilians at least 16 years old who do not have a job and who have tried to find a job within the prior four weeks
What is unemployment
500
Which of the following serves as a watchdog regarding how well companies enforce their ethical and social responsibility policies?
What is customers
500
___________ uses computers to help design products
What is CAD
500
____________ is the value of what is received from goods sold, services rendered and other financial sources.
What is revenue
500
A(n) __________ is a piece of programming code inserted into other programming to cause some unexpected and for the victim, usually undesirable, event
What is virus
500
The __________ turns self-directed gain into social and economic benefits for all