Student Resource
Johnson, Organizational Ethics, 5e
SAGE Publishing, 2022
Discussion Questions
Chapter 11: Promoting Sustainable Organizational Citizenship
1. Are there greater expectations of organizations because of their greater power?
2. Why should organizations be good citizens?
3. How would you describe a good organizational/corporate citizen?
7. Why is it important for organizations to engage in issues management?
8. Does engaging in CSR increase corporate profits?
9. How do you define “sustainability?”
10. How much consideration do you give to a company’s CSR activities and sustainability
efforts when buying or investing?
11. How well does your organization measure up against the CERES Principles?
12. Do you trust corporate CSR self-audits? Do you trust the CSR audits conducted by
outside groups?
15. Do you want the leader of your organization to speak out on social issues? Why or why
not?
Student Resource
Johnson, Organizational Ethics, 5e
SAGE Publishing, 2022