What is the primary criticism against the business spirituality movement?

Correct answer: Organizations do not have the right to impose spiritual values on their employees.

Explanation

This question refers to content in Chapter 2 of the provided document. The main ethical and philosophical objection to the workplace spirituality movement centers on the legitimacy of a secular, for-profit business imposing any form of spiritual values on its workforce.

Other questions

Question 1

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

Question 2

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

Question 3

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

Question 4

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?

Question 5

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

Question 6

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

Question 7

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?

Question 8

What is the main purpose of the ISO 14000 standard?

Question 9

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?

Question 10

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

Question 11

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

Question 12

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

Question 13

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

Question 14

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

Question 15

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

Question 16

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

Question 17

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

Question 18

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

Question 19

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

Question 20

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

Question 21

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

Question 22

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?

Question 23

What is the primary objective of values-based management?

Question 24

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

Question 25

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

Question 26

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

Question 27

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

Question 28

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

Question 29

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

Question 30

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

Question 31

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

Question 32

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

Question 33

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

Question 34

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

Question 35

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

Question 36

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

Question 37

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

Question 38

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

Question 40

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?

Question 41

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

Question 42

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?

Question 43

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

Question 44

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

Question 45

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

Question 46

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?

Question 47

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

Question 48

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

Question 49

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

Question 50

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