1.

One of the advantages of having chaplains available to employees is that a chaplain_____.

a. Understands ethical dilemmas better than regular employees

b. Has spiritual wisdom that causes greater diversity in a company

c. Helps employees outside of regular working hours

d. Has greater authority than an ethics and compliance officer

2.

Enhanced whistleblower protection encourages confidence among those who invest in the stock market because it ______.

a. Frees up employees to invest their own money in the company they work for, creating more stable companies and markets

b. Encourages whistleblowing, which discourages companies from committing fraud and negatively affecting the stock market

c. Means that companies do not need to invest so heavily in internal ethical reporting systems, freeing up extra capital for investment

d. Makes companies more cautious in their investments, which entails greater market stability in the long term

3.

A person with moral courage will be more likely to report unethical behavior. True or False

4.

As a manager of a small company, you are facing a budget shortage and are trying to trim expenses. You currently contract a third party to run an ethics assist line for your company. However, you know your employees are comfortable speaking with them, so you decide to cancel your subscription to the third party ethics assist line and instead route calls through your personal cell phone. What is true about this charge?

a. This will likely not have an impact on employees making use of the ethics assist line

b. This may cause employees to feel uncomfortable using the ethics assist line

c. This will likely lead to a higher number of fraudulent reports to the ethics assist line

d. This may cause an increase in the number of employees using the ethics assist line

5.

An employee feels anxious that the ethics assist line will be used to generate false reporting from a spiteful coworker. True or false

6.

You know that your companys internal procedures are inadequate to address fraud because the relevant managers are unable or unwilling to act to stop company fraud. You now face the decision of whether or not to blow the whistle on your company to stop the fraud that is happening. Which course of action is best?

a. You should blow the whistle because it is the most ethical thing to do, even if you face consequences as a result of your actions

b. You should feel free to blow the whistle because there are laws that prevent you from experience retaliation

c. You should not blow the whistle because protecting ones company from harm and public scrutiny should be paramount for every employee

d. You should not blow the whistle because whistleblowers often face public backlash.

7.

An authoritarian leader stresses loyalty to a code of ethics rather than loyalty to hierarchy.

True or False

8.

If a company wishes to promote the use of an ethics assist line among employees, which of the following would likely be the most effective strategy?

a. Make sure to communicate that employees who use it are loyal and respected

b. Publicize past unethical company decisions to make employees comfortable sharing their own

c. Strictly police who has access to the ethics assist line so that only credible sources will report there

d. Closely monitor the ethics assist line so that you know the identity of those who use it

9.

As a manager, you have the implemented an open door policy to foster open communication with your employees. After instituting this policy, an employee comes to you looking nervous and asks to talk with you privately. Which of the following would be your best response?

a. Bring them directly to your immediate superior. They clearly have important information to divulge

b. Keep your door open. You committed yourself to an open door policy and going back on that would cause employees to mistrust you.

c. Reassure them that theres no need to be nervous. Anything they want to say they can say publicly

d. Talk with them in your office with the door closed. Confidential discussion is a part of healthy communication in an office

10.

The company that your friend works for has treated them poorly. Because of this, they would like to see the company suffer losses. During the course of their work, they discover that their company is defrauding investors which they report through the proper channel. No action is taken. They then decide to blow the whistle on their company to bring the fraud to light and hopefully put the company out of business. Were these actions justified?

a. No, personal animosity towards the company means that the claim wont be taken seriously. Its better to just quit and find another job

b. No, it is unethical to act on impure motives in any situation. Until they can correct their motives, they should take no action

c. Yes, companies that create hostile work environments for an employee deserve to be put out of business so that better companies can take their place

d. Yes, though the motives were not good, since the fraud was reported internally and no action was taken, the next option was whistleblowing

11.

What is the relationship between employee empowerment and employee silence?

a. Empowered employees will participate in employee silence because they trust that management will handle difficult situations

b. Empowered employees will cultivate employee silence to ensure that workplace gossip does not hamper office morale

c. Empowered employees will cause employee silence by making sure that all employees are loyal first to the company

d. Empowered employees will avoid employee silence because they know that they can shape their work environment

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