Student Resource
Johnson, Organizational Ethics, 5e
SAGE Publishing, 2022
Discussion Questions
Chapter 8: Improving Group Ethical Performance
1. Why do groups bring out the worst and the best in us?
2. How do you transform an individualistic or competitive team member into a cooperative one?
6. What does it mean to you to feel psychologically safe in a group?
7. Have you or your group ever changed its mind because of a member expressing a minority
opinion? Describe what happened.
8. How can we develop the courage to stand alone in a group?
13. How do you know when to end a project or when to keep going?
14. Do you think that groups can exert more control over the behavior of members than
managers do?