Chapter 6 Organizaltional Ethics + Readings

The first step of ethical decision-making is

defining the moral problem

If a manager approaches ethics with benevolence in mind, he or she would stress what?

friendly relations with an employee

The author of "Training Yourself to Be Ethical" reports that being ethical takes practice and the best behavior to practice is

identifying the thoughts that might prevent you from doing the right thing or speaking up

The idea that a manager simply "knows" the difference between right and wrong actions is fundamental to the

intuition ethic

In considering whether or not to do a certain action that involves ethical reasoning, a manager asks himself: "If I act in this way, do I want to read about my actions in 'The New York Times' tomorrow morning?" In this scenario , he is applying:

the disclosure rule

The author of "Training Yourself to Be Ethical" reports that practicing what you might do when confronted with an ethical dilemma has two benefits. One benefit is that you will create moral muscle; the other benefit is

you will feel more comfortable in those situations

The author of the article "Are these rules worth breaking" suggest that a good technique for resolving an ethical dilemma is

asks yourself "what could i do?" rather than "what should i do?"

The author of "Training Yourself to Be Ethical" reports that many people don't speak up because of the cognitive behavior called

distorted thinking

The author of the article "Are These Rules Worth Breaking" reports that of gender, political leaning, religion and economic status, _______ has the most impact on one's moral behavior.

economic status

__________ occurs when a person's values arena conflict, making it unclear whether a particular decision is the right thing to do

ethical dilemma

A system of values that people consider in determine whether action are right or wrong is referred to as

ethics

The purpose of the Institute of Business Ethics' mobile application "Say No Toolkit" is to

minimize the risk of corruption

The question in step on of ethical decison-making, "What do you owe others?" focuses on the _________ of people who make decisions.

obligations

The author of "Are These Rules Worth Breaking" reports that the real diver if rule reading or unethical behavior is

one's creativity

The saying, "Your right to seeing your fist ends where my nose begin" is a colloquial version of the

principle of equal freedom

The idea that a bank cashier should not be fired for stealing $100 if a bank officer is allowed to keep his job after embezzling $1,000 is consistent with ethical principal of

retributive justice

Which of these component are NOT considered during a risk assessment audit to gauge the effectiveness of a firm's ethics programs?

the financial bottom line

The critical component in installing an effective ethics program is

the integration of various ethics safeguards into a comprehensive program

"Actions that promote happiness are right while action that promote unhappiness are wrong" is the basis of the

utilatiran ethic

The author of "Training Yourself to Be Ethical" reports that to do the right thing,

you need to strengthen your moral muscle by prating your response to possible situations