Exam 5: Values, Ethics, and Character

Gen Xers define leadership as

Leaders ultimately must be judged on the basis of a framework of values, not just in terms of their effectiveness.

The study of authentic leadership has gained momentum recently because of the belief that enhancing self-awareness can help people in organizations find more meaning and connection at work.

One's ability to reason about hypothetical moral issues is an assurance that one will act morally.

Gen Xers tend to be more committed to a specific organization than to their vocation.

Relationships that lack trust are characterized by self-protective efforts to control and verify each other's behavior. This relates to which organizational level of principle-centered leadership?

Values play a very small role in conflict between groups.

Members of the Baby Boomer generation

What is the major disadvantage of the performance measurement system?

Leaders who pull people together on the basis of shared beliefs and a common sense of organizational purpose and belonging

Leaders create and sustain ethical climates in organizations. They do this through five "fronts" of leadership. Identify and describe these fronts and discuss how they relate to an ethical climate in an organization.

Moral reasoning is a process one uses to make an ethical decision and does not necessarily refer to the individual's morality.

Constructs representing generalized behaviors or states of affairs that are considered by the individual to be important are

What are the four qualities of leadership that engender trust according to Bennis and Goldsmith?

Moral reasoning refers to

Leaders who demonstrate empathy with us

Ethical problems are almost inherent in systems designed to measure performance.

Some individuals believe that family security is an important goal to strive for. In terms of instrumental values, such individuals may think that it is important to always act in a(n)