Exam 12: Ethical Crisis Leadership

Transparency begins with ______.

The first step in preventing crises is to behave as a ______ person.

Why do you think a significant number of organizations invest little time or effort in crisis prevention?

______ refers to maintaining balanced relationships with outside groups based on two-way communication.

Observers also expect corporations to anticipate potential harm-the ______________.

Define strategic ambiguity.

How do you define ethical leadership? Defend your definition and provide supporting evidence.

Crisis preparation leads to quicker recovery from a crisis.

______ in the postcrisis stage refers to making major changes in leadership, mission, organizational structure, and policies as a result of the disruption caused by the crisis event.

Proper crisis preparation can also keep us from abandoning our ______.

______ is defined as "a firm's ability to make decisions based on comprehensive information and analysis."

Discuss transparency as it relates to openness.

______ begins with identifying emerging issues through the environmental scanning.

______ refers to being deliberately vague so as to appeal to many different audiences.

Theft would be an example of an economic crisis.

Briefly describe the three stages of a crisis.

A ______ is any major unanticipated event that poses a significant threat.

Stage 2 of the three stages of a crisis is the crisis event itself.

Discuss the virtues that extreme leaders demonstrate.

Managing a crisis is the ultimate test of ethical leadership.