Exam 6: Managing Responsibly and Ethically

In a short essay,compare and contrast the ideas of social obligation,social responsiveness,and social responsibility.

A company's shared values have little effect on managerial decisions and actions.

At stage 1 of the progression of an organization's social responsibility,managers focus on human resource concerns.

Social obligation is the obligation of a business to meet its ________.

The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)has made ________ in international business a high priority.

Jerri has been daydreaming about stealing some money from the petty cash file at her employer's office in order to pay some overdue bills. But in reviewing the chapter on ethics from her management course, she learns that there are three levels of moral development, each composed of two stages. She becomes ashamed about her idle thoughts of stealing and reads on to try to learn more about the levels and stages of moral development. -Jerri learns that at the highest stage of moral development,individuals ________.

Jerri has been daydreaming about stealing some money from the petty cash file at her employer's office in order to pay some overdue bills. But in reviewing the chapter on ethics from her management course, she learns that there are three levels of moral development, each composed of two stages. She becomes ashamed about her idle thoughts of stealing and reads on to try to learn more about the levels and stages of moral development. -Jerri is a conscientious person who has never broken a promise and has always tried to live up to her family's expectations.This suggests she is operating at the ________ level of moral development.

An organizational culture most likely to encourage high ethical standards is one that is ________.

The ________ approach toward environmental issues is a good illustration of social obligation.

You are an employee of a very large company, Behemoth Inc. Several employees routinely have lunch at a local restaurant where most drink alcoholic beverages before returning to work. In addition to this inappropriate behavior, several male coworkers call female employees "babes" and freely use racial slurs. There have been many complaints and the company has decided to use these issues as ethical training examples. -How can managers identify the ethically questionable applicants even before they became part of the workforce?

A manager who believes that "I worked hard and met the productivity goals despite poor economic conditions" is displaying what personality attribute?

Jerri has been daydreaming about stealing some money from the petty cash file at her employer's office in order to pay some overdue bills. But in reviewing the chapter on ethics from her management course, she learns that there are three levels of moral development, each composed of two stages. She becomes ashamed about her idle thoughts of stealing and reads on to try to learn more about the levels and stages of moral development. -Jerri also learns that most adults are at the ________ level of moral development.

You have just been challenged by your supervisor to study and report your findings on approaches that organizations use when dealing with the environment and when pursuing the goal of going green. Your boss tells you to study the four major approaches, differentiate among them, and report to him in a week. -Under what approach does the organization work to meet the environmental demands of multiple groups of people including employees,suppliers,or the community?

Which of the following describes the highest stage of moral development?

BTX Corporation provides daycare facilities for its employees and only uses recycled paper in its packaging.BTX is following a social ________ approach.

You have just been challenged by your supervisor to study and report your findings on approaches that organizations use when dealing with the environment and when pursuing the goal of going green. Your boss tells you to study the four major approaches, differentiate among them, and report to him in a week. -Under what approach is the organization driven to look for ways to respect and preserve the earth and its natural resources?

Rick is president of a company that manufactures secondary wood products for the construction industry. Recently, there have been many reports of a plywood sub-flooring product that has been failing in a number of commercial locations, resulting in several complaints about ruined floor coverings and, in one instance, the partial collapse of a floor, which injured three people. The manager of research and development has asked marketing to stop selling the product while he runs some tests to determine the source of the problem. However, third-quarter earnings reports are due out in two weeks and public knowledge of problems concerning this lucrative product are likely to delay the financing of the company's expansion plans and cause stock prices to tumble. Rick has a dilemma. Should he continue to sell the product and delay research efforts in order to maintain the expansion plans, but risk causing more damage and injury? Or should he immediately stop sales of the product and run the necessary tests, thereby placing the expansion plans at risk and causing potential losses for the company's shareholders? -If Rick decides to stop sales and investigate the flooring product because he feels a responsibility toward society as well as shareholders,he would be operating under the ________ view of social responsibility.

The classical view is best represented at stage 4 of the progression of an organization's social responsibility.

You are an employee of a very large company, Behemoth Inc. Several employees routinely have lunch at a local restaurant where most drink alcoholic beverages before returning to work. In addition to this inappropriate behavior, several male coworkers call female employees "babes" and freely use racial slurs. There have been many complaints and the company has decided to use these issues as ethical training examples. -The company brings in help from outside to evaluate decisions and management practices in relation to the organization's code of ethics.These evaluations are called ________.

________ is a personality attribute that measures the degree to which people believe they control their own fate.