Leadership Chapter 6

A Job Seeker's Ethical Audit is used to verify the type of ethical reputation the job seeker has developed.

False

Ethics deals mostly with complying with rules and regulations.

False

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

The deontological theory of ethics focuses on the consequences of a decision, such as "Who gets hurt?"

False

To maintain an ethical climate, many companies today create the position of whistleblower, and the person holding this job investigates potential ethical violations full time.

False

A key part of a company's designation as a "best company to work for" is an evaluation of the company's organizational culture.

True

A major factor contributing to differences in ethical behavior among executives is their level of greed, gluttony, and avarice.

True

Corporate social responsibility deals with a firm's impact on society more than its impact on company employees.

True

Head of accounts payable, Bertha, engages in rationalization when she creates a few false invoices, and then says, "I was only trying to lower the company's tax burden.".

True

Middle manager Sylvie regularly tells her group members about the importance of treating people fairly, and she is fair with her employees. Sylvie therefore has integrity.

True

Whether or not the leader has done the right thing is based on the perception by a consensus of reasonable people.

True

Chief operations officer Joan has an ethical mind, so she has a point of view that helps workers

aspire to good work that matters to many people.

An explanation offered for ethical behavior in terms of interpersonal skills is that when you are close with people, you are more likely to

behave ethically with them.

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

bookkeeper who told a journalist about fraudulent accounting in the company

Which one of the following is the clearest example of socially responsible behavior on the part of a business firm?

creating a pleasant workplace

According to the idea of entitlement, some corporate executives behave unethically because they feel they are

entitled to whatever they can get away with or steal.

When senior management provides strategic leadership for ethics,

senior managers become ethics leaders.

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

stick to the principles she thinks are right.

A major source of individual differences in ethics and morality among leaders is

the leader's level of greed, gluttony, and advice

Ethics can be considered the

vehicle for putting values into action.