Exam 8: Developing an Effective Ethics Program

Aurico is a company that offers ethics hotline maintenance for organizations. Which component of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines for Organizations compliance program does this service help organizations to satisfy?

To ensure that an ethics program addresses the needs of the average employee, it should include all of the following except

What is a major problem organizations tend to have when implementing organizational ethics program?

A(n) _____ orientation creates order by requiring that employees identify with and commit to specific required conduct, whereas a(n) _____ orientation strives to develop shared standards.

For an ethics and compliance program to properly function,

Organizations can become "bad barrels" because ​

A _____ generates an ethical program that creates order by requiring that employees identify with and commit to specific required conduct using legal terms and statutes.

Which of the following statements about training is false?

In the long run, a(n) ______ orientation may be better for companies, perhaps because it increases employees' awareness of ethics issues at work.

In the absence of ethics programs, employees are likely to make decisions based on

What is one of the goals of ethics training?

Which of the following is the most comprehensive?

Companies should model their ethics training and communication initiatives after those of their competitors'.

The individual responsible for implementing disciplinary action for violation of a firm's ethics standards is usually the

What is the role of an ethics officer within an organization? What are his or her duties? To whom does the FSGO guidelines recommend that the ethics officer report?

What is the difference between a code of ethics and a code of conduct? ​

A strong ethics program includes all of the following elements except

Which of the following is not a main goal of successful ethics training programs?

When measuring the effectiveness of an ethics program, it is important to

_____ may be more inclined to engage in unethical organizational conduct because of social isolation that creates insensitivity and a lower level of motivation to regulate ethical decision making.