Exam 3: Ethical Decision Making and Action

Externally oriented individuals are more likely to persist in ethical tasks than internally oriented people.

Moral ______ describes the tendency of people to want to appear moral when acting immorally.

When faced with the dilemma of decision-making for "gray area" problems, which format uses the technique of asking yourself five specific questions like "What are the consequences?" or "What can I live with?"

Which component of ethical behavior can mean that successful implementation has developed competence?

In the past, scholars and researchers did not include ______ as part of the moral decision-making process.

Which decision-making format can be summed up by, "Be attentive. Be intelligent. Be reasonable. Be responsible?"

In Kohlberg's stages of moral development, a child obeys the rules of the house in order to avoid a punishment. This is an example of which stage in Kohlberg's moral development theory?

When a person convinces themselves that their questionable behavior was morally permissible because of the purpose, other forces, lack of consequences or the victim had it coming, this is a form of ______.

______ are those factors that help us give voice to our values.

Michael withstood a large amount of company opposition and he made the hard decision to be fully honest about the company product recall. He felt good about his decision believing it was the right thing to do even if it was an expensive recall for the company. Which component of ethical behavior is Michael demonstrating?

As CEO, Susan found herself asking the questions, "What are my core obligations?" And "What are we?" She had a big decision on whether or not to allow her company to merge with another company. What ethical decision format is Susan practicing?

What is the psychological tension called when our actions and self-images do not match?

Most people are at what level of moral development?

______ and ______ play an important role in determining whether or not we follow through on our moral choices.

What is active listening and role playing? How are these applied in ethical decision-making?

In ______, organizational members step outside their current frame of reference to assess and evaluate.

What are the components of ethical behavior?

According to results of studies using the Defining Issues Test, when education stops, moral development plateaus.

Reluctance to using ethical terminology in organizations is referred to as ______.

We are more likely to recognize a moral or ethical dilemma based on its ______.