How ethical are you?

Who is responsible for ethics in an organization?

• Employees

• Human Resources

• Senior management

• All of the above

"Ethics is about fairness, about deciding what is ___ and ___, about defining practices and rules which underpin responsible conduct between individuals and groups."

• right - wrong

• true - false

• legal - illegal

• profitable - unprofitable

Good ethics means _____ business.

• risky

• bad

• good

• poor

In a public restaurant, you overhear two colleagues discussing confidential information about a client. They mention the client by name. Would you:

• ignore it

• talk to your colleagues about the importance of client confidentiality

• tell the client

• report them to your line manager

You recently fired someone who often came to work late, left early, and spent all day surfing the internet. Recently, you have learned that another member of your staff is doing the same thing. However, this person is a close personal friend's daughter.You have given this employee several warnings about her behavior but the problems continue. Would you:

• fire the employee

• give the employee a final warning and hope this takes care of the mater

• ask your friend to speak to his daughter

• ignore the behaviour if your friend takes you for dinner

You insert the exact amount of money into the vending machine at work for a chocolate bar. Two chocolate bars are released from the machine. What do you do with the extra chocolate?

• Offer the extra bar to a colleague.

• Report the incident to the appropriate member of staff.

• Keep the extra bar.

• Leave the extra bar in the office kitchen.

The minister of a foreign nation where bribes are common asks for a consulting fee of $200,000 in return for "special assistance" in obtaining a multi-million dollar contract. Would you:

• Pay the fee. It's not unethical, given the moral climate of the country.

• Pay the fee. It's unethical but necessary to ensure the company wins the contract.

• Pay the fee if you can negotiate a lower price. Business is business.

• Refuse to pay, even if you lose the contract.

An executive has been taking $1,500 from his expense account every year and depositing it in his personal bank account. Is that:

• acceptable if other executives in the same company do it

• acceptable if the executive’s superior knows about it and says nothing

• unacceptable regardless of circumstances

• acceptable if the company doesn't notice

You've become a new member of the board of High Fly Co. You learn that the company pays a fee to the employee pension fund. The president of the pension fund is also on High Fly Co.'s board and lives in the same building as the CEO. Would you:

• Do nothing.

• Raise the issue in a private meeting with High Fly Co.'s CEO.

• Express opposition to this at the board meeting but accept whatever decision is taken.

• Express opposition and resign if corrective action is not taken.

What defines society?

• People

• Business

• Organizations

• None of the above