Exam 10: Organizational Culture and Ethical Values

Several subcultures may exist within large organizations, each differing from each other and from the culture as a whole.

Which of the following influences personal ethics?

In interpreting culture, one of the important observable aspects of the culture would be rites and ceremonies such as the rite of passage.

Top leaders are responsible for creating and sustaining a culture that emphasizes the importance of ethical behavior for every employee.

Companies that put ethics on the back burner in favor of fast growth and short-term profits succeed in the long-run.

In studies of culture and effectiveness, it has been found that two factors form the basis of the fit: (1) the extent to which the environment requires change or stability and (2) the extent to which the technology is analyzable or unanalyzable.

In successful organizations, cultures becomes set and therefore does not require adaptation to the environment.

The relationship of environment and strategy to corporate culture is plotted in our text on a matrix that has the following two dimensions:

____ are principles that guide the decisions and behaviors of managers with regard to whether they are right or wrong in a moral sense.

A symbol is something that represents another thing.

When a student finishes his studies at a college, he goes through a graduation ceremony with the idea of soon finding a new social role. This is an example of a rite of:

What kinds of leadership symbols are important in the creation of a positive corporate culture? Give specific examples.

Whistle-blowing is a disclosure mechanism.

Explain why ethical behavior of companies is as much an issue of organization culture as it is an issue of personal ethics.

The adaptability culture encourages entrepreneurial values, norms, and beliefs that support the capacity of the organization to detect, interpret, and translate signals from the environment into new behavior responses.

Values-based leadership is best instituted throughout the management hierarchy via an authoritative directive.

Symbols are narratives based on true events that are frequently shared among organizational employees and told to new employees to inform them about an organization.

____ refers to the quality of interactions among people and whether they share a common perspective.

Ethical training programs may include:

Explain social capital and its benefits to an organization.