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1. Ethical climate refers to _______; three kinds of ethical climates are ______, ______, and ________.
A. The degree of penalty imposed for transgressions; minimum; moderate; maximum
B. Moral standards that have been upheld; especially by leaders; profit-maximizing; trusteeship; quality-of-life management
C. Religious and spiritual beliefs supported by customs; eastern; western; all-world
D. All of these
E. None of these
2. An important goal of evaluating organizational strengths and weaknesses and environmental opportunities and threats is to identify core competencies that can become sources of competitive advantage.
A. True
B. False
3. Plato believed that the best and brightest members of a society should be in power and they should use their talents to serve their fellow men. He called these individuals:
A. Warrior leaders
B. Learned teachers
C. Caring heroes
D. Philosopher kings
3. Artifacts of organizational culture include all but one of the following:
A. Physical structures
B. Ritual
C. Stories
D. Symbols
4. Stanley Milgram's social research showed:
A. Hitler could only happen in German
B. Women are innately kind
C. Electric voltage must be regulated in laboratory experiments
D. Ordinary people can be induced to perform inhumane acts
5. __ wrote: "Momentum comes from having a clear vision of what the organization ought to be…"
A. Abraham Maslow
B. Max DePree
C. Ross Perot
D. Harriet Tubman
The great ego theory
External alliances
6. The Greek word for ethics, ethos, originally stood for:
A. Physical beauty
B. Social justice
C. Inner character
D. Religious faith
7. The Patagonia company philosophy can be summarized as:
A. Market share equals company success
B. Earth first, profit second
C. No margin, no mission
D. Grow or die
8. The Patagonia company philosophy can be summarized as:
A. Market share equals company success
B. Earth first, profit second
C. No margin, no mission
D. Grow or die
9. Aristotle thought ethics should be based upon ______ and _____.
A. Education; application
B. Experience; pragmatism
C. Contemplation; sophistication
D. Truth; emotionality
E. Rationality; reason
10. Consultant Ivy Lee taught _______ the importance of ________ for business success.
A. Henry Ford; commitment
B. James Burke; vision
C. Herb Kelleher; service
D. Charles Schwab; prioritization
11. The idea(s) that gave Henry Ford's vision life were:
A. The moving assembly line
B. Paying workers as much as is fair
C. Vertical integration of automobile manufacture
D. All of these
E. None of these.