Organizational and Staff Ethics

What is organizational ethics?

• applied ethics discipline that addresses the moral choices influenced and guided by values, standards, principles, rules, and strategies associated with organizational activities and business situations

• moral principles that govern a person's behavior or the conducting of an activity

• to the standards for morally right and wrong conduct in business

• behave according to a set of principles and values that are recognized by the majority as a sound basis for the common good

What are the principles of organizational ethics, except?

• Performing the duties in a faithful and disciplined manner

• Honesty in financial dealings

• Lead the way

• Non violence

Justice means being fair in all dealings. It is necessary for the management to treat every employee fairly in an organization.

• True

• False

• Maybe

Culture consists of shared beliefs and values established by leaders and then communicated and reinforced through a variety of methods, ultimately shaping employee perceptions, behaviors and understandings.

• True

• False

The "moral person" component of ethical leadership :

• tell employees how the leader expect them to behave

• tell employees how the leader is likely to behave

• show the ethics and values are important part of leader message

• demonstrates a reputation for ethical leadership among employees

The following choices are the importance of staff ethics, except：

• Superior productivity

• Selfish

• Breed team spirit

• Embracing change

Characteristic of staff ethics including :

I) Reliability

II) Ignorance

III) Cooperation

IV) Integrity

• I, III, IV

• II, III, IV

• I, II, III,

• All of the above

_______ is very important to avoid misunderstanding when dealing with issues in the workplace

• Responsibility

• Effective communication

• Accountability

• Professionalism

Examples of workplace ethics violations, except:

• Misusing company time

• Violating company Internet policies

• Working smart

• Employee theft

Because unethical behavior puts the ___ and its ___ at risk, make sure the organization does not encourage it on its premises.

• firm, stakeholders

• stakeholders - firm

• unethical - ethical

• ethical - unethical