Exam 11: Strategic Leadership Creating a Learning Organization and an Ethical Organization

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Fisk Johnson is the fifth generation CEO of the family firm, SC Johnson. The combination of the ________, its ________, and its story-driven culture reinforce the willingness of the firm to lead the market in environmental awareness.

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Leaders who are ________ show a passion for the work itself, such as seeking out creative challenges, a love of learning, and taking pride in a job well done.

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Former CEO of Check Point Software Technologies, Deborah Triant, says that debating is easy, listening with an open mind is not. She says that the worst thing a leader can do in the decision-making process is to voice an opinion before anyone else can. This is an example of a ________ skill.

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Creating an ethical framework and developing organizational capabilities to make it operational is the responsibility of

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Leaders as good role models must walk the talk. This means they must be ________ in their words and actions.

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In integrity-based ethics programs, organizational ethics is seen as the responsibility of the employees.

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Which of the following is not a guideline an organization can use to promote the challenging of the status quo?

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What are the five key elements of a learning organization and why are they important?

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Which of the following does not explain why organizations are prone to inertia and slow to change?

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Choose the best answer: Leaders play a key role in developing and sustaining organization

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In the compliance-based approach to ethics management, the objective is to

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The senior executive team at AES, a 14 billion USD energy company, agreed to take pay cuts because several employees of the firm lied to the EPA about water quality at an AES owned water treatment plant in Oklahoma. This is an example of

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Explain how the five barriers to change that leaders often encounter can prevent a leader from transforming an organization.

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The tendency of many individuals to invest further in decisions providing positive performance feedback is referred to as escalation.

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Functional benchmarking

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CEOs who are ________ tend to have a wide circle of acquaintances as well as a knack for finding common ground and building rapport.

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Less than 18 percent of voluntary customer contributions in a recent year went to renewable energy development in the Duke Power of Indiana program called GoGreen Power. This is an exampleof

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A strategic vision provides many benefits. Which of the following is not one of those benefits?

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Explain why the leadership activities of (1) setting a direction, (2) designing the organization, and (3) nurturing a culture dedicated to excellence and ethical behavior are independent.

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Which of the following is not an aspect of culture that effective learning organization firms need to develop as they redistribute information, knowledge and rewards?

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