Exam 5: Managing Responsibly and Ethically

Which of the following is true concerning social audits?

Which of the following describes the highest stage of moral development?

__________ is a personality attribute that measures the degree to which people believe they control their own fate.

In a short essay discuss the importance of an organization's culture as a factor that determines an employee's ethical behavior.

A firm that follows the social obligation approach engages in social actions in response to some popular social need.

The more intense an ethical issue is, the less we should expect employees to behave ethically.

An employee who reports ethical concerns to others inside or outside the organization is often called a __________.

The recognition of the close link between an organization's decisions and activities and its impact on the natural environment is referred to as ________.

Basic convictions about what is right and wrong are known as ________.

Refer to the scenario below to answer the following questions. Moral Development (Scenario) Jerri has been daydreaming about stealing some money from the petty cash file at her employer's office in order to pay some overdue bills. But in reviewing the chapter on ethics from her management course, she learns that there are three levels of moral development, each composed of two stages. She becomes ashamed about her idle thoughts of stealing and reads on to try to learn more about the levels and stages of moral development. -Jerri learns that at the highest stage of moral development, individuals ______.

A firm that engages in social actions in reaction to some popular social need is taking a social ________ approach.

The socio-economic view of social responsibility says that management is not responsible for making profits.

In determining the intensity of an ethical issue, greatness of harm refers to the number of people who will be harmed by a particular action.

Socially responsible businesses tend to have weaker long-term economic performance.

A personality measure of a person's convictions is __________.

Refer to the scenario below to answer the following questions. Two Opposing Views of Social Responsibility (Scenario) The board of directors of Acme Generating Corporation is meeting to consider the construction of a new electricity generation facility somewhere along the Muspetan River basin. The city of Muspetan has a high Air Pollution Index and the increasing amount of garbage is adding to the city's woes. Director Appleton would like the facility to be a coal-burning plant located in a remote area because the cost involved is moderate. Director Witworth wants a nuclear plant because this will not add to the city's already serious pollution problem, while taking care of its electricity requirements. Director Jossleman wants a plant that uses combustible fuels collected from the city's garbage. He wants the plant to be located near the downtown government area so that the steam could be used for heating the government buildings after it has passed through the generating turbines. -Director Jossleman is being mostly ________.

Which of the following organizational structural characteristics is most likely to encourage ethical behaviour?

Which of the following organizations is best suited to promote ethical behavior in its employees?

Refer to the scenario below to answer the following questions. Approaches to Social Responsibility (Scenario) Marco was confused. His management class was focusing on social responsibility, and his assignment was to find examples of businesses that used different approaches toward social responsibility. He had three good examples but was not sure which case was an example of which concept. The first business was a fishing company that had been subject to protests from environmentalists. In their efforts to balance the interests of shareholders and other stakeholders, the company decided to change their harvesting methods so that dolphins would no longer be caught with the tuna. The second company was a fast-food restaurant whose primary objective was to maximize profits for its owners. Restaurant employees were paid minimum wages and benefits in accordance with local labour laws. The third business was a bank that spent millions of dollars a year on charitable causes. The bank's managers felt they had an ethical responsibility to do the right things and act in ways that are good for society. -The approach taken by managers at the fishing company is best described as social ________.

Under the concept of social obligation, the organization does what is required by the ________.