Management 300 Aplia Chapter 5

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Companies should view whistleblowers as ___.

Assets to be valued

Stelio's reaction to this scenario is: "That's not a good decision. She'll probably wind up needing one, if not several, of her friends to cover for her. How do you think that's going to make them feel?" Which of Kohlberg's levels of development does this response represent?

Conventional

When managing corporate ethics, this group is specifically charged with determining how ethical dilemmas will be resolved.

Ethics committee

Organizations with a high corporate environmental performance rating are likely to have high ___.

Sustainability

As CEO, I have to think about the interests of a large number of stakeholders. There may be a few individuals who are concerned about Facebook's privacy policies, but far more people receive a benefit from those same policies, because they don't have to see a bunch of ads that aren't relevant to them.

Utilitarian approach

At the end of this video is the tag line, "When you do your work, make sure it's your own." In an organization, this kind of statement would be part of the company's ___.

Code of ethics

This idea of justice says that right and wrong are in balance, and that when something wrong occurs, an action must be taken to make it right. "An eye for an eye" is an extreme example of this form of justice.

Compensatory justice

The way Professor Quinn chose to handle this situation illustrates the difficulty of dealing with ethics violations. Listed as follows are several ways that companies try to encourage ethical behavior in their employees. Which of these techniques do you see used in this scenario? Check all that apply.

Establishing a code of ethics Referring ethical dilemmas to an ethics committee

Look, this is a dog-eat-dog business, and everyone has to look out for themselves. I'm going to do what's best for me and my company, and I'm not terribly worries about how people will respond to my actions.

Individualism approach

Please understand, I am the CEO of a company in a very competitive industry. If I don't watch out for myself and my company, no one else will, either.

Individualism approach

I understand that people want privacy, but how am I going to be compensated for the money their privacy loses for my company?

Justice approach

This ethical code says that people have fundamental liberties, and that it is not ethical to take those rights away from them.

Moral rights approach

We live in a democratic and capitalistic society. Our fundamental freedoms include the freedom to make money. No one should be able to take that right away from me.

Moral rights approach.

Which of the following arguments also support the need for companies to adopt positions of social responsibility? Check all that apply.

Organizations have the knowledge and resources to do good in the community, so they are responsible for helping others. Organizations have more power than most underprivileged people, so they are responsible for helping those people get ahead in life.

Google has this type of statement in its code of conduct that starts "Don't be evil." The code goes on to say that Google employees must "Respect each other."

Principle-based statement

Which of the following conditions must be met if a code of ethics is to be effective on campus? Check all that apply.

Professors must be models of ethical conduct. If a student does something that is against the code of ethics, he or she must be disciplined. Students who uphold the ethical standards should be rewarded.

These are actions that utilize resources effectively now, and conserve those resources for future use.

Sustainability

Which of the following statements are consistent with the findings of Slater and Dixon-Fowler? Check all that apply.

Sustainability is positively related to CEO education. People with MBAs are more likely to lead a sustainable organization than people without MBAs.

You say that there are people who are angry about Facebook's privacy policies. But have you ever considered that far more people benefit from those practices than that are harmed by them? There are millions of people in the world who want to see ads for things they care about, not irrelevant ads. We have to do what is right for the majority of people, not just for a small group.

Utilitarian approach

The fact that there is a criminal investigation pending against Johnson & Johnson suggests that regulators feel that the company is not meeting its obligations at ___ level of corporate responsibility.

a legal

Suppose that after watching this video, you reported an incident of academic dishonesty to one of your professors. Your actions would be most similar to those of ___ in an organization.

a whistleblower

The reason that the partner gave you for investing in Latin America is based on ___ approach to ethics.

an individualism

To be effective, codes of ethics must be supported and ___ by senior management.

enforced

Suppose Professor Quinn did tell students that he would be writing his own test questions, and then he used questions from a standardized test bank. His actions would indicate that there was a flaw in the ___ for the university.

ethical leadership

Most professors and publishers will tell you that there is nothing unethical about using prepublished test banks. But suppose that the University of Central Florida decided to tel their professors explicitly that using prepublished test banks is unethical at UCF and that any professor who uses such test banks will be fired for doing so. This information would be found in the university's code of ethics, more specifically in a ___.

policy-based statement

The partner who gave you this advice is probably at the ___ stage of moral development.

preconventional


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