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1) Which trait do employees most desire to see their leaders demonstrate? a

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1) Which trait do employees most desire to see their leaders demonstrate?

a. patriotism

b. kindness

c. courage

d. honesty

 

2) What advantage might the situational leadership style have over a participatory style?

a. Both styles allow the manager to connect with their employees, but a situational leadership style allows a manager to emphasize their referent power. 

b. The situational leadership style allows a leader to make use of authoritarian power when necessary, but also incorporates the benefits of a participatory management style. 

c. A situational leadership style understands that all managerial decisions are contextual, so no real rules or guidelines for management can be made. 

d. Participatory leadership gives employees too much freedom, whereas a situational leadership style limits empowerment of employees to help control unethical behavior. 

 

3. Stretch goals should be ______.

a. avoid by companies because they lead to unethical conduct 

b. used cautiously to focus an employee on a particular task 

c. avoided because they unethically ask too much of employees 

d. used regularly because without them an employee's natural laziness will take over 

 

4. As a manager you are faced with an employee who has attempted to deceive you regarding their sales numbers for this quarter. What considerations should you take into account when deciding how to respond to this employee's unethical behavior?

a. What will my superiors think if they know that this employee almost got away with this? How can I best make an example of them? 

b. How can I re-establish trust with this employee, and how can they rebuild their position with their co-workers? 

c. How well liked is this employee? If they are no longer working for this company how negatively will that affect morale? 

d. How can I most effectively bolster my position of authority? 

 

 

5. What is the relationship between a competitive drive and unethical behavior?

a. Competitive drive makes unethical behavior acceptable. 

b. Competitive drive leads people to uncover the unethical behavior of their competitors. 

c. Competitive drive can, if unchecked, lead to unethical behavior. 

d. Competitive drive implies ethical behavior. 

 

 

6. Which of the following represents the sort of performance appraisal feedback that is likely to help an employee continue to develop at a company?

a. In order to make the experience less stressful, focus on praising the employees strengths and overlook weaknesses unless they are especially egregious. 

b. Give specific approaches to address shortcomings in an employee and make sure to praise employees positive, beneficial actions. 

c. Since employees generally are already aware of what they do well, focus on their weaknesses so that they will become a more well-rounded employee. 

d. Allow the employee to run the feedback session and practice active listening techniques to learn from an employee's own self-assessment. 

 

 

 

7. if a person does not bend to peer pressure, and is willing to do the ethical thing even if those around them are doing the opposite, this would ______.

a. show moral courage but low loyalty on the Moral Potency Questionnaire 

b. improve their score on the Moral Potency Questionnaire 

c. hurt their score on the Moral Potency Questionnaire 

d. demonstrate moral courage, but low moral ownership on the Moral Potency Questionnaire 

 

 

8. After misconduct has been uncovered, why is it still important for the employee who committed the misconduct to admit to having done the misconduct?

a. Other employees will expect that an admission is required when misconduct occurs, and that expectation should be met. 

b. The goal is for the employee to gain a more holistic understanding of their misconduct that will make repeat offences less likely. 

c. It is important for you as a manager to hear an admission from them, otherwise you can't know whether they actually committed the misconduct. 

d. Admitting the mistake publicly will contribute to shaming the employee into not repeating their unethical conduct. 

 

9. Which of the following most closely resembles Theory X, the theory associated with authoritarian leadership?

a. Everyone begins with little knowledge, but can become independent once they are educated by their boss. 

b. Employees tend to avoid work as much as possible and must be closely directed by their manager. 

c. People are naturally lazy, but if they are inspired by the right kind of referent power, they become productive. 

d. Once employees are convinced that their boss is an expert, they will work hard for them. 

 

 

10. Behaving in a trusting, authentic, and moral manner will definitely result in leadership opportunities and greater career success.

a..True

b. False

 

11. When using the management by objectives technique, the company's overall goals are determined by the employees and management decides how to efficiently attain said goals.

a. True

b. False

 

 

12. For managers, it is important that one's actions appear to be ethical, because regardless of whether one's actions are moral, if they appear immoral employees may take that as a sign that unethical behavior is tolerated.

a. True

b. False

 

13. servant leadership involves working to achieve success by caring for people's needs within the company.

a. True

b. False

 

14. Which of the following is an example of reward power?

a. I obey my boss because they have so much experience. 

b. I obey my boss because they could cut my hours. 

c. I listen to my boss because they're the sort of person I want to be. 

d. I listen to my boss because I want a promotion. 

 

15. What role does forgiveness play in the healthy operation of a company?

a. Forgiveness enables ethical offenders to rebuild relationships that were damaged while acknowledging that the misconduct occurred. 

b. Forgiveness makes a path available to retain top performers in the company rather than terminating them for wrongdoing. 

c. Forgiveness is available to leaders when they need to win back the trust of their employees. 

d. Forgiveness is an option that allows for the erasure of misconduct so that its damaging effects can be circumvented.