MAN3303 - Leadership & Management Practices - Chapter 6 Quiz

Rita is a leader of high integrity. According to the technical meaning of integrity, Rita will:

stick to the principles she thinks are right.

Corporate philanthropy is most effective when:

the company seeks follow-up data to measure the maximum return in terms of social impact.

Which of the following examples illustrates a method for creating a socially responsible and ethical organization?

ABC Inc., a large industrial group, encourages its senior managers to set examples for other employees by being fair and just in their actions.

Which of the following is not a practical justification for practicing corporate social responsibility?

Executives will later be given greater latitude by governmental oversight when moral lapses inevitably occur.

Information technology manager George displays an ethical mind as a leader when he makes up a list of company workers who do not deserve to be protected against computer viruses.

False

Rationalization can lead to unethical behavior because people will focus on the intention of the act rather than the act itself.

True

A recent development in corporate philanthropy is for corporate leaders to demand:

a good return on investment, in terms of social impact.

A leader at the postconventional level of moral development is likely to:

attempt to do the most good for the most people.

A recommended approach for promoting ethical behavior throughout an organization is to:

reward people who have performed well and behaved ethically.

Ethics deals mostly with:

separating right from wrong.

Blue Inc., a highly profitable consumer goods manufacturing company, invests in a number of social responsibility initiatives that in turn generate profit for the company. Which feature of corporate and social performance is illustrated in the given scenario?​

​Virtuous circle

​A journalist questions the director of a chemical manufacturing company about the possible hazards of a recently introduced chemical for use in water purification systems. The journalist's question is based on the _____.

utilitarian notion of doing the greatest good for the greatest number of people

An opportunity for an organization to practice social responsibility involves:

working with its supplier to improve working conditions.

An example of a whistleblower (in relation to ethics) would be a(n):

bookkeeper who tells a journalist about fraudulent accounting in the company.

When senior management provides strategic leadership for ethics:

senior managers become ethics leaders.