Managing Social Responsibility and Ethics

Which of the following best describes the classical view of social responsibility?

The socioeconomic view of social responsibility asserts that a manager's responsibilities include which of the following?

What is the primary difference between social obligation and social responsiveness?

According to a survey of global executives mentioned in the chapter, what percentage said that companies must balance obligations to shareholders with obligations to the public good?

Which of the following is an argument FOR businesses being socially involved, as outlined in Exhibit 5-1?

Which 'shades of green' approach describes an organization that only does what is required legally to be environmentally sensitive?

An organization that develops a new type of herbicide to help farmers reduce their use of chemicals in response to customer demand is following which environmental approach?

What is the main purpose of the ISO 14000 standard?

According to Kohlberg's stages of moral development, a person whose ethical decisions rely on maintaining expected standards and living up to the expectations of others is at which level?

What personality variable measures the strength of a person's convictions and their likelihood of resisting unethical impulses?

According to the text, which of the following is NOT a characteristic that determines issue intensity?

What is the primary purpose of the United Nations Global Compact?

According to research cited in the chapter, what percentage of organizations with more than 10,000 employees have a written code of ethics?

Which of the following is identified as the single most important influence on an individual's decision to act ethically or unethically?

An individual or organization that seeks out opportunities to improve society by using practical, innovative, and sustainable approaches is called a(n):

In the list of arguments against social involvement (Exhibit 5-1), what does 'Dilution of purpose' refer to?

What is the key difference between an organization using the stakeholder approach versus the activist approach to green management?

A manager with an internal locus of control is more likely to attribute a poor performance evaluation to what?

What are the three categories of content that a survey of companies' codes of ethics found they tended to fall into?

Individuals who raise ethical concerns or issues about wrongdoing within an organization are often called:

What is social screening as it relates to socially responsible investing (SRI)?

Which level of Kohlberg's moral development is characterized by a person's choice between right and wrong being based on personal consequences like punishment or reward?

What is the primary objective of values-based management?

Which of the following is an example of an organization promoting positive social change through employee volunteering efforts?

According to a survey of global companies cited on page 132, what percentage had a written corporate values statement?

What is the primary focus of an organization taking the 'market approach' to green management?

Which factor of issue intensity refers to the amount of agreement that an action is wrong?

An individual who is pragmatic, maintains emotional distance, and believes that ends can justify means is said to be high in what personality trait?

Why might a manager choose to use immediate corrective action instead of basic corrective action to address a performance deviation?

In the five-step process for addressing ethical dilemmas (Exhibit 5-8), what is the first step?

What is the primary difference between a socially responsive and a socially responsible organization?

What does the 'stakeholder approach' to green management entail?

At which stage of moral development would a manager be most likely to challenge organizational practices they believe to be wrong?

According to Exhibit 5-8, which question is NOT part of the five-step process for addressing ethical dilemmas?

What type of employee action did the Senate hearing on Goldman Sachs explore as potentially unethical during the housing-market meltdown?

Which of the following is NOT one of the ten principles of the UN Global Compact?

What is the primary drawback of a strong organizational culture, as mentioned on page 54?

Which of the following is NOT one of the five cultural characteristics of spiritual organizations?

What is the primary criticism against the business spirituality movement?

According to the case study on Lehman Brothers, what was the accounting device used to get some $50 billion of undesirable assets off its balance sheet?

In the 'Green Up on Aisle Two' case study, what was Walmart's main three-phase plan to become more environmentally friendly?

What term describes the stage of moral development where an individual defines moral values apart from the authority of the groups to which they belong?

According to the chapter, which of the following is NOT a method managers can use to encourage ethical behavior?

Which of the following is a primary goal of an organization using employee volunteering programs?

What is the key characteristic of the 'activist' or 'dark green' approach to environmentalism?

When a manager's ethical behavior is influenced by the desire to fulfill obligations to which they have agreed in order to maintain conventional order, they are at which stage of moral development?

What does ethical communication specifically include, according to the definition on page 420?

Which of the following is NOT one of the ten principles of the UN Global Compact, as listed in Exhibit 5-6?

A manager who implements on-site child-care facilities in response to requests from working parents is demonstrating which concept?

What did a survey of employees in U.S. businesses find regarding observed misconduct, as cited on page 136?