Durbin's Final Exam Part 2

1.

1 point

Generally, under employment-at-will doctrine, an employee may quit a job at any time for any reason.

True

False

2.

1 point

Working times and hours are not restricted for persons between the ages of sixteen and eighteen.

True

False

3.

1 point

A nonprofit suggests that its employees apply the “categorical imperative” to ethical issues that arise at work. This
requires that the employees

categorize the issues according to legality, morality, and profitability.

consider only the benefits that would accrue to them personally.

look only at the result, regardless of the means to attain it.

weigh the consequences that would follow if everyone acted the same

4.

1 point

Employee contributions to pension plans vest immediately.

True

False

5.

1 point

Nonemployees may recover benefits under workers’ compensation laws.

True

False

6.

1 point

Employers have a general duty to keep workplaces safe.

True

False

7.

1 point

Whenever an employer discharges an employee in violation of an employment contract, the employee may bring
an action for whistleblowing.

True

False

8.

1 point

Nisa works as an employee for a nonprofit. To protect Nisa and other employees from arbitrary discharge, courts
have created exceptions to the employment-at-will doctrine based on

an implied agency theory.

a public policy theory.

a standard operating agreement theory.

a “fair and balanced” theory.

9.

1 point

An employer generally is required to notify an employee when an absence will be counted as family or medical
leave under federal law.

True

False

10.

1 point

To be eligible for unemployment compensation, a worker must be willing and able to work.

True

False

11.

1 point

Certain employers must provide their employees with up to twelve weeks of paid family or medical leave during any
twelve-month period.

True

False

12.

1 point

Normally, if employees are informed that their communications are being monitored, they cannot expect those
communications to be private.

True

False

13.

1 point

A nonprofit engages in ethical behavior solely for the purpose of getting good publicity and thereby increasing
donations. This nonprofit is

acting unethically in its pursuit of publicity.

acting unethically in its pursuit of profits

acting unethically in its setting of priorities.

not acting unethically.

14.

1 point

Employers are required to establish retirement plans for their employees.

True

False

15.

1 point

Felicia, a researcher with Nonprofit, Inc., applies utilitarian ethics to determine that an action is morally correct
when it produces the greatest good for

Fees

Nonprofit, Inc.

the fewest people.

the most people.

16.

1 point

Whistleblowing occurs when an employer signals the end of a work day by sounding a buzzer, ringing a bell, or
otherwise “blowing the whistle “

True

False

17.

1 point

A nonprofit wants to monitor its employees’ electronic communications. To avoid liability under laws related to
employee monitoring, The nonprofit should notify

no one.

the employees.

the government.

the public generally

18.

1 point

Marty, an accountant for a nonprofit, attempts to apply a duty-based approach to ethical reasoning in conflicts that
occur on the job. This approach is based on the idea that a person must

achieve the greatest good for the most people.

avoid unethical behavior regardless of the consequences

look only at the result, regardless of the means to attain it.

weigh the consequences that would follow if everyone acted the same

19.

1 point

To recover workers’ compensation, an employee must prove that an injury did not occur on the job or in the course
of employment.

True

False

20.

1 point

Courts in a few states have held that all employment contracts an implied covenant of good faith.

True

False

21.

1 point

For works whose jobs have been terminated, federal law provides no right to continued health-care coverage.

True

False

22.

1 point

Allen is an employee of NP Corporation. To help pay for employees’ loss of income on retirement, contributions are
required by law to be paid by

Allen and NP.

Allen only.

NP only

neither Allen nor NP

23.

1 point

Eva is a current employee of Financial Nonprofit, Inc. Greg, a former Financial employee who is currently
unemployed, collects unemployment compensation. This is provided by a tax on

Eva and Greg only

Eva, Financial, and Greg.

Financial only.

none of these parties.

24.

1 point

Milly takes temporary medical leave from her job to care for a parent with a serious health condition. When she
attempts to return to work, Her employer refuses to reinstate her. Under the Family and Medical Leave Act, Miley
may obtain

an award of key employee status but no injunctive or economic relief.

a cease-and-desist order or other injunction but no economic award.

double damages, job reinstatement, a promotion, and more

nothing.

25.

1 point

All employees are entitled to overtime pay.

True

False

26.

1 point

Felipe, the executive director of a nonprofit, follows duty-based
ethical standards. These are most likely derived from

a corporate ethics code.

a cost-benefit analysis

philosophical reasoning.

the law.

27.

1 point

Children under fourteen years of age are not allowed to work.

True

False

28.

1 point

ABC Nonprofit, Inc. has offices nationwide. Under the stakeholder approach, to be considered socially
responsible when making a business decision, ABC must take into account the needs of

its consumers, the community, and society only

its employees and owners only.

its employees, owners, consumers, the community, and society.

no one.

29.

1 point

Generally, under employment-at-will doctrine, an employer may fire an employee at any time for any reason.

True

False

30.

1 point

Jenny is fifteen years old. Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, Jenny cannot work

in the entertainment industry.

in a hazardous occupation.

for her parents.

in the delivery of newspapers.

31.

1 point

Employer who willfully violates safety regulations can be prosecuted under state criminal laws.

True

False

32.

1 point

Only employees contribute under federal law to help pay for benefits that will partially make up for their loss of
income on retirement.

True

False

33.

1 point

Certain employers must provide their employees with up to fifteen weeks of unpaid family or medical leave during
any fifteen-month period.

True

False

34.

1 point

Timmy is an employee of a nonprofit. The nonprofit’s employee manual states that workers will be dismissed only
for good cause. With respect to the employment-at-will doctrine, this is

an example of the doctrine

an exception based on contract theory.

an exception based on public policy.

an exception based on tort theory.

35.

1 point

Certain employees are exempt from federal overtime provisions.

True

False

36.

1 point

Vesting gives an employee a legal right to receive pension benefits at some future date when he or she stops
working.

True

False

37.

1 point

A violation of federal family and medical leave requirements may result in liability for an employer but not personal
liability for a supervisor.

True

False

38.

1 point

Harry, who works as an employee for a nonprofit, suffers an injury in an accident. Hoppy will be compensated under
state workers’ compensation laws

only if the injury occurred during working hours.

only if the injury occurred off the job.

only if the injury occurred on the job.

whenever and wherever the injury occurred.

39.

1 point

XYZ Nonprofit, Inc. encourages its managers to behave ethically, reasoning that the employees will take their
cues from management. One of the most important ways to create and maintain an ethical behavior workplace is
for management to

demonstrate a commitment to ethical decision making.

discreetly engage in unethical or illegal acts.

look the other way when an employee engages in an unethical act.

direct employees to “do as we say, not as we do.”