Student Resource
Johnson, Organizational Ethics, 5e
SAGE Publishing, 2022
Discussion Questions
Chapter 6: Ethical Conflict Management
1. What causes conflict in your organization?
2. Do you think we can expect more organizational conflicts in the years to come?
6. What strategies do you use to cool off and slow down during a conflict?
7. How can you disagree with someone yet not threaten that individual’s personal identity?
8. When is your conflict style most effective? Least effective?
9. What are some recent examples of public apologies in the news? How effective were they?
10. Are we morally obligated to forgive others?
11. Is it okay to lie during a negotiation?