Responsible for the fair and equitable treatment of employees with regard to hiring, firing, and promotions.
What is the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
100
This employee benefit helps to reduce absenteeism.
What is on-site childcare
100
Give an example of a business being responsible in the community.
What is supporting Little League, donating items for a silent auction...
100
Prevents unfair mergers.
What is the Bureau of Competition
100
Pricing products unreasonably high when the need is great or when consumers do not have other choices.
What is price gouging.
200
What is the agency that regulates the labeling and safety of food, drugs, and cosmetics sold throughout the United States.
What is the Food and Drug Adminsitration
200
A system that allows workers to choose their work hours.
What is flextime.
200
A nonprofit organization that helps produce public service advertising campaigns for government agencies and other qualifying groups.
What is the AdCouncil
200
The Federal Reserve and Small Business Association fall under this Bureau.
What is Burea of Economics.
200
Nonprofit organization that sets up self-regulation among businesses. Business members must “agree to follow the highest principles of business ethics and voluntary self-regulation, and have a proven record of marketplace honesty
and integrity.”
What is the Better Business Bureau (BBB)
300
What is the agency that is responsible for overseeing the safety of products such as toys, electronics, and household furniture.
What is the Consumer Product Safety Commission
300
Working at home, usually on a computer. Employees can send completed tasks by ?e-mail .
What is telecommuting.
300
When companies engage in the production and promotion of environmentally safe products.
What is green marketing.
300
This Bureau forces truth in advertising.
What is the Bureau of Consumer Protection
300
Involves bribes, kickbacks, favors, and high pressure closing tactics.
What are unethical selling practices.
400
What is the agency that sets guidelines for workplace safety and environmental concerns and enforces those regulations.
What is the Occupaional Safety & Health Adminsitration
400
Time off with pay.
What is vacation time
400
Protected against fraud, protected from unsafe products, have a choice of goods and services; and have a voice in product and marketing decisions.
What is Consumer's Bill of Rights
400
Protects human health and our environment. Its responsibilities include monitoring and reducing air and water pollution and overseeing recycling and hazardous waste disposal.
What is the Enviornmental Protection Agency (EPA)
400
Reporting an illegal action of one’s employer.
What is whistle blowing
500
What is the branch of government that has the most influence over business operations.
What is the legislative branch.
500
Explain why businesses woukd want to offer extra benefits to employees.
So they can atrract and keep the best workers. The best workers will help advance the company.
500
In addition to the FCC (Federal Communications Commission, individual stations may prohibit ads if they think the ads are untruthful, may cause a lawsuit or a commercial is not socially acceptable.
What is employing self censorship.
500
This agency investigated Martha Stewart for insider yrading.
What is the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
500
Companies that have customer databases with personal information have a responsibility to keep that information private.