Johnson, Organizational Ethics, Third Edition Instructor Resource
Chapter 11
1. An organization wants to treat its members with dignity and respect. This would be an
example of:
2. When an organization likes to involve its key stakeholders in the decision-making process, this
is called.
3. If an organization chooses to provide a minimum level of benefits for its employees and
prefers to allocate resources fairly, this is an example of:
4. On the ethics marketing continuum, which of these is closest to the buyer beware or Caveat
Emptor level?
5. Avery could feel the tension within her job. She wanted to paint a truthful account of the
company’s forecast, but she knew it would probably hurt company morale and employee
bonuses once she released the news about the company’s fourth quarter losses and future year
projections. Avery probably serves in which financial sector?
6. Which statement is NOT one of the ethical dangers to human resource management?
7. Giving members a voice in the policies, procedures and rules is an example of which approach
to human resource management?
8. Which is NOT a function of Human Resources?
9. Ethical issues related to advertising and product placement are related to which element of
marketing?
10. A company charged with bribing a supermarket to put its products at the end of an aisle has
an ethical issue with
11. Marketers who put the interests of producers first take a _________________ approach to
ethics.
12. To take a consumer sovereignty perspective to ethics, marketers must consider all of the
following EXCEPT:
13. The ABCs of Marketing urge professionals to consider the environmental and social impact
of their choices. This is referred to as
14. According to the American Marketing Association, all of the following are important ethical
values for professionals EXCEPT:
15. Which position on the ethics marketing continuum should marketers generally take?
16. The Fraud Triangle is made up of all of the following EXCEPT:
17. The principle “don’t be stupid” addresses:
18. _______________ describes the inclination to question financial statements.
19. Objectivity and transparency are elements of which financial value?
20. A company that doesn’t pay employees for hours they work overtime is falling victim to
which moral hazard?
21. Israel has a reputation for putting the needs of his clients above his need to make money. He
demonstrates which AICAPA professional standard?
23. Which professional accounting principle says that accountants should always strive for
excellence?
24. All of the following are components of a Kantian approach to human resource management
EXCEPT:
25. Which moral hazard of human resource management treats employees like inanimate objects
or impersonal goods?
26. Which type of justice describes how organizations decide how to allocate resources?
27. Helping employees who have been hurt by a human resource decision is part of which ethical
standard?
28. Learning to live with the outcomes of harmful decisions is part of which ethical standard?
29. According to the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), HR professionals
should continually improve their skills and knowledge. This describes which guideline?
30. What type of justice is MOST important in the hiring process?
31. Financial professionals who are overconfident fall victim to which fallacy?
32. The Fraud Triangle consists of motivation, opportunity, and _______________.
33. Bullying employees violates which form of organizational justice?
34. The four aspects of marketing are product, price, ____________ and ______________.
35. In the fallacy of ___________, financial professionals mistakenly believe they are all
powerful and can do pretty much as they please.
36. The ________________________ doctrine forbids employers from firing individuals without
justification
37. ___________ justice describes how individuals perceive their treatment by authority figures.
38. A Kantian perspective on human resources treats businesses and other organizations as
___________communities.
39. Placement describes where a product or service gets located in the marketplace.
40. Caveat “venditor” is another term for “buyer beware.
41. All managers carry out some human resource functions.
42. Interactional justice is particularly important when selecting employees.
43. It is always possible to avoid doing harm when making human resource decisions.
44. In the United States, employers are generally allowed to fire individuals without providing
specific reasons.
45. Employees should be viewed as one of an organization’s resources like raw materials and
money.
46. Name and explain the four “Ps” of marketing.
47. How does acting justly impact organizational behavior?
48. Identify the ethical issues related to product in marketing. Name and explain three of the
ABCs of marketing.
49. Identify the three components of the American Marketing Association Statement of Ethics.
50. Contrast the doctrine of employment at will with the just cause doctrine.
51. What are the elements of a more holistic approach to preparing to be an accountant?
52. What does it mean to demonstrate professional skepticism?
53. Name and explain the three moral hazards that frequently lead to unethical human resource
management behaviors.
54. What advice would you give to marketers who want to take a “kindler, gentler” approach to
consumers?
55. Compare and contrast ethical issues that arise in finance with those that arise in accounting.
56. What advice would you give a leader who wants to lay off followers in a just manner?
57. What barriers will you have to overcome to become a questioning financial professional?
How can you overcome these barriers?
58. How would adopting a Kantian approach change the way that your organization practices
human resource management?
59. What similarities do you note in the ethical issues faced by each of the ethical hot spots
described in the chapter?