Organizational Behavior Review Questions
Course Introduction
Organizational Behavior explores the dynamics of human behavior within professional environments, examining how individuals, groups, and structures impact organizational effectiveness. The course covers key topics such as motivation, leadership, team dynamics, organizational culture, communication, conflict resolution, and decision-making processes. Through theoretical frameworks and practical case studies, students gain insights into managing behavior, fostering a positive work culture, and developing strategies for improving productivity and job satisfaction in diverse organizational settings.
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Business Ethics Now 5th Edition by Andrew Ghillyer
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Chapter 1: Understanding Ethics
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Q1) Every religion in the world shares the Golden Rule.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you" explains the _____.
A)Golden Rule
B)simple truth
C)virtue ethics
D)Rule of rescue
Answer: A
Q3) Originally attributed to a German philosopher named Immanuel Kant, _____ argues that there are certain and universal principles that should apply to all ethical judgments.
Answer: universal ethics
Q4) Rules of appropriate individual behavior represent the idea that the moral standards we develop for ourselves impact our lives on a daily basis in our behavior and the other types of decisions we make.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 2: Defining Business Ethics
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Q1) The issue of corporate social responsibility has advanced from an abstract debate to a core _____ issue with clearly established legal liabilities in the last five decades.
Answer: performance-assessment
Q2) _____ is the application of ethical standards to business behavior.
Answer: Business ethics
Q3) A feature of the standard of corporate governance is that it _____.
A)ensures that certain select corporations are allowed to monitor the ethical conduct of government officials
B)plays no role in determining the impact of fraudulent policies
C)ensures that officers of an organization fulfill their obligations to their stakeholders
D)plays no role in regulating the ethical behavior of employees in an organization
Answer: C
Q4) Codes of ethics have matured from cosmetic public relations documents into _____ documents that an increasing number of organizations are now committing to share with all their stakeholders.
Answer: performance-measurement
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Chapter 3: Organizational Ethics
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Q1) Which of the following statements is true of organizational culture?
A)Organizational culture represents only the written policies and procedures of an organization.
B)Organizational culture includes the values, beliefs, and norms shared by all employees of that organization.
C)Employees' personal value system is always in tune with the ethical standards of the organization's operating culture.
D)Stakeholders lack interest in the ethical performance of an organization.
Answer: B
Q2) Nonprofit organizations do not face problems with unethical behavior.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) An organization's human resources (HR) professionals must help ensure that ethics is a top organizational priority.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 4: Corporate Social Responsibility
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Q1) Milton Friedman asserted that there are five major trends behind the corporate social responsibility (CSR) phenomenon.
F. Keefe asserted that there are five major trends behind the corporate social responsibility (CSR) phenomenon.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Anderson Enterprises (AE) issues free meal coupons to its employees and also provides them with travel allowances. This illustrates that AE pursues the triple bottom-line approach.
A)True
B)False
Q3) One of the newest and increasingly questionable practices in the world of corporate social responsibility (CSR) is the notion of making operations "_____" in such a way as to offset whatever damage is being done to the environment through greenhouse gas emissions by purchasing credits to balance out emissions.
Q4) Explain the practice of making a company's operations "carbon neutral."
Q5) _____ implies that an organization is responsible for meeting all its legal and social obligations.
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Chapter 5: Corporate Governance
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Q1) Corporate governance does not impact the efficiency of financial markets.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The Cadbury report, established by Sir Adrian Cadbury in 1992 to address financial aspects of corporate governance, dealt exclusively with external governance.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The first step in a policy of disregarding the corporate governance model is the decision to:
A)merge the roles of chief executive officer (CEO) and chairperson of the board into one individual.
B)nominate a compensation committee by the board of directors of an organization.
C)reach out to consultants to find new solutions on maximizing the effectiveness of corporate governance.
D)elect an auditing committee to oversee the financial reporting processes of an organization by the chief executive officer (CEO).
Q4) _____ is the process by which organizations are directed and controlled.
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Chapter 6: The Role of Government
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Q1) Which of the following statements is true of Title II of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act?
A)It allows public accounting firms to audit a company whose CEO was employed by that accounting firm within the past 12 months.
B)It encompasses the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and allows publicly traded companies to be audited independently.
C)It requires senior auditors to rotate off an account every five years and junior auditors every seven years.
D)It permits auditors to keep written communications between management and themselves private.
Q2) Title IX of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act requires CEOs and CFOs to certify their periodic reports and imposes penalties for certifying a misleading or fraudulent report.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of the following is true of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX)?
A)It helped disband the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.
B)It protects employees of companies who provide evidence of fraud.
C)It prohibits a CEO from signing the company's federal income tax return.
D)It considers whistle-blowing a white collar crime.
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Chapter 7: Blowing the Whistle
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Q1) The Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989 is also known as the Corporate and Criminal Fraud Accountability Act.
A)True
B)False
Q2) If an individual reports a company-that he or she is not employed by-for misconduct, the individual is called an external whistle-blower.
A)True
B)False
Q3) External whistle-blowing occurs when an employee brings the misconduct of the organization-that he or she is employed by-to the attention of law enforcement officials.
A)True
B)False
Q4) A _____ is a telephone line by which employees can leave messages to alert a company of suspected misconduct without revealing their identity.
Q5) An _____ whistle-blower is an employee who discovers corporate misconduct and chooses to bring it to the attention of law enforcement agencies and/or the media.
Q6) The _____ Act of 1863 was designed to prevent profiteering from the Civil War.
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Chapter 8: Ethics and Technology
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Q1) Which of the following statements is true of parties charged with vicarious liability?
A)They are held responsible for the actions of their subordinates.
B)They are seldom in supervisory or managerial roles.
C)They only comprise the individuals directly responsible for the damage.
D)They only comprise individuals who were the recipients of the damage.
Q2) _____ can record information that has been typed into a computer using a keyboard even if the information is deleted after typing.
Q3) The implications of vicarious liability are that the party charged is responsible for the actions of his or her subordinates.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Vicarious _____ is a legal concept that means a party may be held responsible for injury or damage even when he or she was not actively involved in an incident.
Q5) _____, under federal law, is acceptable where the camera focuses on publicly accessible areas.
Q6) Discuss vicarious liability and cyberliability. List the top categories of litigation in cyberliability.
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Chapter 9: Ethics and Globalization
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Q1) Why were the guidelines offered by Richard DeGeorge for organizations doing business in other countries criticized?
A)They overlooked issues related to the quality of goods produced.
B)They did not advocate working with or respecting local customs of other countries.
C)They represented the utilitarianism belief that the ends justify the means in all circumstances.
D)They advocate doing the greatest good for the greatest number of people.
Q2) As per the labor standards of the UN Global Compact, businesses should uphold the freedom of association and the effective recognition of the right to collective bargaining.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises represents a less governmental approach to the same issues featured in the UN's nongovernmental Global Compact.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Differentiate between less-developed and developed nations.
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Chapter 10: Making It Stick: Doing Whats Right in a Competitive Market
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Q1) In the context of a company's ethics policy, which of the following actions should an organization avoid taking?
A)Awarding prizes for ethical behavior
B)Declaring an Ethics Day and allowing every department to share its success stories
C)Communicating only to internal stakeholders
D)Recognizing employees who represent the standards of behavior to which the company is committed
Q2) A well-written code of ethics can establish a detailed guide to acceptable behavior.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Proactive ethical policies of an organization are the policies that result when it is driven by events and/or a fear of future events.
A)True
B)False
Q4) What are the functions of a well-written code of ethics?
Q5) Explain the stages for making ethical behavior sustainable for an organization.
Q6) Differentiate between reactive and proactive ethical policies.
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