Student Resource
Johnson, Organizational Ethics, 5e
SAGE Publishing, 2022
Discussion Questions
Chapter 2: Ethical Decision Making and Action
1. What does it mean to demonstrate moral sensitivity?
2. How can individuals and organizations avoid ethical tunnel vision?
7. Does your college or work organization suffer from moral muteness (reluctance to talk in
ethical terms)? What can you do to break the silence?
8. What drives most unethical decisions—unhealthy motivations or cognitive biases?
9. How can we keep from falling victim to moral hypocrisy?
10. How much are you driven by a sense of duty? Is your strongest obligation to others, to
the group’s mission or to codes and norms?
14. What does it mean to take a humanistic approach to ethical decision-making?
15. What common themes or elements do you see in the decision-making formats presented
in the chapter?