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What is an effective way for companies to prevent conflicts of interest in the workplace?

• Enforce sizable rewards and punishments that are directly tied to performance measures
• Monitor employees extensively through recording phone calls, reviewing emails, and taking videos of workstations
• Develop an effect disclosure policy and require employees to read and sign a disclosure statement
• Promise raises for employees who have demonstrated integrity in the workplace

In which of the following situations would giving or accepting a gift be immoral?

• Consuming refreshments offered by a vendor at a business conference
• Providing free textbooks to an underfunded university with many struggling students
• Treating a potential client to a round of golf and a new set of golf clubs while discussing a business deal
• Offering a free sample of expensive makeup to a customer to entice her to buy the product

Which of the following ethical practices or policies exerts the strongest influence on ethical conduct in the workplace?

• Evaluating budgets, resource allocation, and pay incentives periodically
• Creating a company culture of integrity modeled by top leaders
• Instituting an annual ethics audit to examine potential conflicts of interest
• Maintaining a solid system of internal financial controls

Which of the following is a potential negative consequence of diversity programs?

• Some employees may infer that women and minorities are less qualified and were only hired due to their gender or race, resulting in feelings of exclusion.
• It may be difficult to hire and retain employees for certain positions in a company due to a decreased amount of resources for employee training and development.
• They may perpetuate the same ways of thinking and working and detract from organizational strategy and development.
• The workforce may become less representative of the community as a whole due to increased hiring of women and minorities.

Which of the following is a characteristic of a culture of inclusion?

• Women and minorities are encouraged to develop and progress, while white, male employees are expected to take the initiative for their own development.
• Inclusion initiatives are developed, communicated, and supported by a diversity and inclusion committee.
• A clear hierarchy is established to help an increasingly diverse workforce understand the structure of the organization.
• The organization is aware of any potential tensions within the workplace and takes action to anticipate and address them

Which statement below best explains why a diversity program without a culture of inclusion may lead to poor performance and tensions in the workplace?

• Current employees may feel that they are inferior to newly hired women and minorities.
• Using hiring quotas to increase diversity for the sake of diversity is illegal under Title VII.
• Without a change in both organizational culture and individual attitudes and behaviors, women and minorities may fail to fully integrate into the organization.
• Establishing a welcoming attitude without taking significant action to hire, train, and develop women and minorities creates a lack of trust and integrity.