Deck 36: Bully Nation: How the American Establishment Creates a Bullying Society

Question 1

Derber and Magrass examine bullying in the context of ______.

A) the family
B) the schoolyard
C) the workplace
D) the military

Answer 1

C

Question 2

The authors begin by relating Claudette Wilson's "pickle problem." Wilson was sent home two hours early from her shift at a Burger King in Michigan after being accused of not placing pickles correctly on her burgers. What was the real reason the franchisee sent her home?

A) retaliation for Wilson's attempts to organize low-wage workers
B) retaliation for Wilson's attempts to expose discriminatory hiring practices
C) retaliation for Wilson's participation in a local political protest
D) retaliation for Wilson's participation in a TV documentary about the service industry

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Judge Arthur J. Anchan concluded that the franchisee's actions were ______.

A) warranted and legal
B) reprehensible but legal
C) indecipherable
D) illegal

Answer 3

D

Question 4

The authors use the term ______ to describe the type of bullying that is a by-product of corporate capitalism.

A) proletariat bullying
B) corporate bullying
C) retaliatory bullying
D) capital bullying

Question 5

Which of the following is true of the media portrayal of type of bullying that is a by-product of corporate capitalism?

A) The bullying of low-wage workers gets a lot of attention.
B) The bullying of low-wage workers is largely ignored.
C) The bullying of low-wage workers is seen as endemic to the capitalist system.
D) The bullying of low-wage workers is viewed as deeply destructive.

Question 6

Karl Marx argued that ______ is the essential capitalist ingredient for profit.

A) unequal class power
B) a self-correcting market mechanism
C) capital bullying
D) incentivization

Question 7

The authors relate economist Thomas Piketty's argument that the more perfect the capitalist system, ______.

A) the less inequality will result from that system
B) the more inequality will result from the system
C) the less competition will result from that system
D) the more competition will result from that system

Question 8

Derber and Magrass explain that since at least the nineteenth century, American capitalists have viewed the competitive process as a form of ______.

A) rugged individualism
B) anomie
C) social Darwinism
D) creativity

Question 9

According to the authors, austerity policies reflect a belief in ______.

A) the immorality of capitalism
B) the inferiority of the rich
C) the value of welfare and other social benefits
D) the inferiority of the poor

Question 10

Writer Ayn Rand articulated the belief that ______ is immoral.

A) austerity policy
B) helping the poor
C) capital bullying
D) dominating the poor

Question 11

In general, how do the authors characterize the bullying problem at Burger King and other fast food restaurants?

Question 12

According to the authors, why should corporate institutional bullying not be considered personal bullying?

Question 13

Why are corporations that do not bully their workers at a competitive disadvantage?

Question 14

How did Mitt Romney's comment about "makers and takers" that he made during the 2012 election reflect an enduring early American Puritanical viewpoint?

Question 15

Why do the authors discuss the 1892 strike that took place at a Carnegie steel plant in Homestead Pennsylvania?