Lorenzo, a sales executive at Opheus International, was identified early on as a high-achiever. His manager took a personal interest in his career and provided him good assignments and targeted training and development programs. However, after a couple of years, it was evident that Lorenzo was not living up to his potential. He was demotivated and dissatisfied with his job.

Which of the following facts, if true, would explain Lorenzo's lack of motivation?

His sales targets-set personally by him-were challenging but achievable for a person of his calibre in current market conditions.

His manager used to have frequent meetings with him to let him know exactly how he was doing on his tasks and whether he was improving.

Over the past year, he had been given the charge for developing a marketing plan for making inroads into a new market.

Over the past year, he was moved into a supervisory position where his main responsibility was to provide leads and support to others in his team and to help achieve their targets.

Q2: John Doe is employed with the IT department in Abel and Associates, that provides financial consultancy services to several wealthy investors. He is approached by a shady investor who offers attractive incentives for stealing some sensitive information regarding the investment patterns of one of the clients of the company.

Which of the following statements best reflects John's thoughts if he is at the principled level of moral development? ( )

My job is to protect the information that this company deals in and I should not be violating my duties.

By stealing from another person, I will be in violation of the moral standards I've come to expect of myself.

If my involvement is detected, my friends and family would be humiliated by my actions.

If I am convicted for this crime, I will surely be imprisoned and will probably never be employed anywhere else.

Lorenzo, a sales executive at Opheus International, was identified early on as a high-achiever. His manager took a personal interest in his career and provided him good assignments and targeted training and development programs. However, after a couple of years, it was evident that Lorenzo was not living up to his potential. He was demotivated and dissatisfied with his job.

Which of the following facts, if true, would explain Lorenzo's lack of motivation?

His sales targets-set personally by him-were challenging but achievable for a person of his calibre in current market conditions.

His manager used to have frequent meetings with him to let him know exactly how he was doing on his tasks and whether he was improving.

Over the past year, he had been given the charge for developing a marketing plan for making inroads into a new market.

Over the past year, he was moved into a supervisory position where his main responsibility was to provide leads and support to others in his team and to help achieve their targets.

Q2: John Doe is employed with the IT department in Abel and Associates, that provides financial consultancy services to several wealthy investors. He is approached by a shady investor who offers attractive incentives for stealing some sensitive information regarding the investment patterns of one of the clients of the company.

Which of the following statements best reflects John's thoughts if he is at the principled level of moral development? ( )

My job is to protect the information that this company deals in and I should not be violating my duties.

By stealing from another person, I will be in violation of the moral standards I've come to expect of myself.

If my involvement is detected, my friends and family would be humiliated by my actions.

If I am convicted for this crime, I will surely be imprisoned and will probably never be employed anywhere else.