Exam 3: Managing Ethics and Diversity

The U.S. Census treats ethnicity in terms of whether a person ________.

Managers can promote the effective management of diversity through the performance of interpersonal and decisional roles, but not through informational roles.

Which of the following result due to differences in personalities, values, and attitudes?

Describe the four ethical rules or principles and discuss their managerial implications.

Which of the following is a reason why diversity is such a pressing concern and an issue both in the popular press and for managers and organizations?

Standards that govern how members of an organization, managers or workers, make decisions when the way in which they should behave is not clear-cut are ________ ethics.

A society's ethics are derived exclusively from the written values and norms of society that address how people should interact with one another.

Which of the following emanate from a particular community's unwritten attitudes, values, and norms that influence how people interact with each other?

The inner guiding moral principles, values, and beliefs that people use to analyze or interpret a situation and then decide what is the right or appropriate way to behave are ________.

When a manager asks a subordinate for sexual favors in return for a promotion, what type of sexual harassment has occurred?

Which of the following employment opportunity laws prohibits discrimination and allows for the awarding of punitive and compensatory damages, in addition to back pay, in cases of intentional discrimination?

The most critical stakeholder group is often the ________.

Describe the questions that a manager should ask under the practical rule to decide if a business decision is acceptable on ethical grounds. Under the practical rule a business decision is probably acceptable on ethical grounds if a manager can answer yes to each of these questions: • Does my decision fall within the accepted values or standards that typically apply in business activity today? • Am I willing to see the decision communicated to all people and groups affected by it-for example, by having it reported in newspapers or on television? • Would the people with whom I have a significant personal relationship, such as family members, friends, or even managers in other organizations, approve of the decision?

The adage "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you" is a(n) ________ principle.

A male manager stands, smiling, as a worker from another unit makes a remark to his female subordinate about her appearance that she considers to be sexually demeaning. This male manager has exhibited ________.

Summarize the reasons why managers should behave ethically.

It was ethical and legal to acquire and possess slaves in ancient Rome and Greece. Today, however, slavery is considered both unethical and illegal. This implies that ________.

Write a brief note on the two basic forms of sexual harassment.

Important issues concerning product quality and safety specifications are governed by the contracts a company signs with its ________.

Which of the following can be defined as the esteem or standing that individuals or organizations gain when they behave ethically?