Exam 5: Managing Ethics and Social Responsibility

Many companies routinely use Facebook and other social media outlets as part of their management practice. In a climate where so much information is so readily available, why is it important for a manager to be ethical when using social media for business purposes? Write a short essay that answers the above question and argues whether or not social media can be used ethically to monitor employee behavior and to gather competitive intelligence.

Individualism is popular in the highly organized society of today because it supports immediate self-interest.

The amount of explicit control is __________ in the domain of __________.

In recent years, many states have passed laws allowing mission-based companies to incorporate as benefit corporations. Assume you have a friend who is starting a business that sells environmentally friendly office supplies in one of these states. You are trying to convince your friend to incorporate his business as a benefit corporation and get certified as a B Corporation by B Lab. Write a short essay that explains what a benefit corporation is and the advantages of incorporating as a benefit corporation and getting certified as a B corporation by B Lab.

Employee disclosure of illegal, unethical, or illegitimate practices on the employer's part is called whistle-blowing.

A code of __________ is a formal statement of a company's values concerning ethics and social issues.

A recent poll found that more than _____ percent of people surveyed agreed with the statement that corporate America's moral compass is "pointing in the wrong direction."

A(n) __________ is a formal statement of a company's values concerning ethics and social issues; it communicates to employees what the company stands for.

Free choice lies between the domains of codified law and ethics.

Anne Chinoda, top executive at Florida Blood Centers, is under pressure to resign because she took a $71,000 pay increase just months before she laid off 42 employees. Chinoda's decision lies in the domain of:

Roger Duke Roger Duke is the manager of the Accounting division at GTC Industries. The group of employees that he oversees has many issues. Morale is low, and there is a lot of infighting within the group. They easily get sidetracked with their work, and Roger must constantly direct and oversee them to make sure they stay on task. Roger has also caught a few of them instant messaging friends on their computers while they should be working. A couple of them have also been caught stealing supplies, and three of his employees have failed drug tests in the past month. Because of this, top management wants Roger to monitor his employees' Internet use, keep an inventory of supplies on a regular basis, and give random drug tests every week.? -Which stage of moral development are Roger's employees currently at?

A chief ethics officer is a company executive who oversees all aspects of ethics and legal compliance.

An ethical dilemma is a situation in which all alternative choices or behaviors have potentially negative consequences.

Managers and first-line supervisors are important role models for ethical behavior. Write a short essay that describes how the manager helps to create ethical organizations. Additionally, put yourself in the manager's shoes and compose a company credo that reflects your values.

A lifeguard in Hallandale Beach, Florida, was fired for leaving his assigned zone to help a drowning man even though his supervisor ordered him not to leave his zone and to call 911 instead. The lifeguard was operating from the __________ level of moral development.

Explain the concepts of a stakeholder and stakeholder mapping.

An example of an ethical structure is:

The justice approach is closest to the thinking underlying the domain of:

Sharon is a manager at Softest Tissue Corporation. She is faced with an interesting problem. One of her employees has been cheating the company out of expense money. Sharon must decide whether or not to fire this employee. In this role, Sharon is acting as a(n):

One of the most extreme examples of __________ was when Volkswagen promoted its cars as being in the forefront of the clean energy trend even while rigging its "clean diesel" engines with software designed to trick emissions tests.