Lead. Org. Ch.5
Ends-based thinking is often characterized as
"do what's best for the greatest number of people."
People with firm moral principles often dissociate their moral thinking from their actions to ease their consciences. Match the excuse with the example. Advantageous comparison Displacement of responsibility Euphmistic labeling Diffusion of responsibility Dehuminazation Attribution of blame
-If you think I goof at work you should sneak up on Phill some morning. -I am doing what I was told to do. Take up with my supervisor -By releasing underachievers we assist them in identifying their true calling in life. -No one ever stops at that stop sign -They don't value human life the way we do. -If you don't open the safe I'll kill your friend. His life is in your hands.
Which is an identified problem with Servant Leadership as professed by Robert Greenleaf.
Leaders tend to make the welfare of subordinates an end in itself not just a means of goal accomplishment.
__________ involves reinterpreting otherwise immoral behavior in terms of a higher purpose.
Moral justification
Managers with a ____________ orientation rely heavily on coercive, and external-control methods to motivate workers such as punishments and threats; _______________.
Theory X; but, Theory Y reflects a view that most people are intrinsically motivated by their work.
Which of the following statements is true of managers with the Theory Y orientation?
They reflect a view that most people are intrinsically motivated by their work.
Good leaders tend to _______________
align the values of their followers with those of the organization
In the context of moral potency, moral ____________ is the belief or confidence in one's capability to mobilize various personal, interpersonal, and other external resources to persist despite moral adversity.
efficacy
Terrorists may call themselves "freedom fighters," and firing someone may be referred to as "letting him or her go." These are both examples of
euphemistic labeling.
Leaders following the authentic leadership approach ____________________ .
have realistic self-perceptions.
Dr. Jonathon realizes that his patient is suffering from a highly contagious disease that is likely to pose a threat to the entire city. However, he is uncertain about sharing this information with city officials to protect his patient's privacy. In this scenario, which of the following ethical dilemmas does the doctor most likely face?
individual versus community
The members of a team are often overworked because one team member has temporary family issues that cause him to miss work. The supervisor must weigh the welfare of the team against the welfare of the individual. According to Rushworth Kidder what type of dilemma faces the supervisor?
justice vs. mercy
Values are most likely
learned through the socialization process.
In the context of moral potency, the belief or confidence in one's capability to mobilize various personal, interpersonal, and other external resources to persist despite moral adversity is referred to as
moral efficacy.
Moral reasoning refers to
the process leaders use to make ethical decisions.
Constructs representing generalized behaviors or states of affairs that are considered by the individual to be important are
values
What are the four qualities of leadership that engender trust according to Bennis and Goldsmith?..
vision, empathy, consistency, and integrity
Hall and Donnell reported findings of five separate studies involving over 12,000 managers that explored the relationship between managerial achievement and attitudes toward subordinates. Overall, they found that managers who strongly subscribed to Theory X beliefs
were highly likely to be in their lower-achieving group.