Student Resource
Johnson, Organizational Ethics, 5e
SAGE Publishing, 2022
Discussion Questions
Chapter 10: Managing Ethical Hot Spots in the Organization
1. What do you think is the major ethical issue facing marketers?
2. Should companies be held liable when consumers misuse their products?
7. Do you think that “virtually all aspects” of accounting and finance “have an ethical
dimension?” Why or why not?
8. Is professional skepticism as important for human relations and marketing professionals as
it is for professionals in accounting and finance?
12. Does the term “human resources” encourage organizations to treat employees as
commodities?
13. What unethical human resource practices have you noticed as a job applicant?
14. Does your organization provide workers with a significant voice and meaningful work?
15. Which type of justice—distributive, procedural, interactional—is most important to you as
an employee?
Student Resource
Johnson, Organizational Ethics, 5e
SAGE Publishing, 2022