Whistle-Blowers Refer to

question 117

Multiple Choice

Whistle-blowers refer to

• A)employees who are simultaneously employed by competing firms and who trade company secrets.
• B)employees who blackmail or extort money from their employers.
• C)employees who are coerced by their employers to participate in illegal or unethical activities.
• D)customers who report unethical or illegal actions of their employers.
• E)employees who report unethical or illegal actions of their employers.

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Definitions:

Essential Elements

Fundamental components or aspects that are crucial for the completion or success of a process, project, or system.

Enterprise Resource Planning

Integrated management software systems that are used to collect, store, manage, and interpret data from various business activities, facilitating information sharing across the organization.

SCM

Supply Chain Management, the oversight of materials, information, and finances as they move from supplier to manufacturer to wholesaler to retailer to consumer.

Just-In-Time Production

A manufacturing methodology aimed at reducing inventory costs by producing goods only as they are needed in the production process or by the customer.