Business Ethics and Social Responsibility Quiz

Which situations give rise to conflicts of interest?

• An employee without prior approval of his manager accepts to be on the board of a company that has financial dealings with our company

• An employee decide not to interview his close friend for employment

• A company employee is a board member of charitable organization and uses his time at work to complete tasks for that charity

• An employee decides to hire a consulting firm where his former colleague and friend is a senior partner

Culture will never be able to change.

• True

• False

In a strong organizational culture, there is less tendency to make improvement as improvement requires change.

• True

• False

Organization with a weak culture orientation will be less adaptable to changes.

• True

• False

The deepest level of organizational culture is unseen and is only learned over time.

• True

• False

Being professional means paying attention to how you look as well as how you act.

• True

• False

Employers expect you to spend part of your work day checking personal email and text messages on your phone.

• True

• False

Teamwork requires you to respect the opinions of everyone, even if you don't agree with them.

• True

• False

Conflict can empower a group as well as destroy it.

• True

• False

Ethical issues mean we make decisions about what we believe to be right or wrong.

• True

• False