Module 3 BUS 354 - Ethical Decision-Making for Business
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An ethical culture is maintained through alignment between the formal and informal
systems. - *answers* True
Response: See page 153
Which of these consists of standards and guidelines that are known and widely shared
by all? - *answers* Strong organizational culture
Response: See page 152
Which of these is a process promoted through formal and informal transmission of
norms? - *answers* Socialization (or enculturation)
Response: See page 152
Malden Mills was used as an example of a company that - *answers* Doing the right
thing regardless of the business consequences
Unethical leaders can just as negatively affect the culture of a company as ethical
leaders can affect the ethical culture. - *answers* True
Response: See page 161
_____ tell people symbolically what the organization wants them to do and how it
expects them to do it. - *answers* Rituals
Response: See pages 181.
______ are symbolic figures who set standards of performance by modeling certain
behaviors, and they can be the organization's formal leaders. - *answers* Heroes
Response: See pages 179
Which of these consists of symbolic figures who set standards of performance by
modeling certain behaviors? - *answers* Heroes
Response: See page 179
Why did the US Sentencing Commission begin to focus on the ethical culture of the
organization in 2004? - *answers* Prior to the change, organizations used formal
programs as "window dressing".
Response: See page 156.
Weak organizational cultures are: - *answers* desirable if an organization wants
diversity of thought and action.
Response: See page 152.
LATEST UPDATE
An ethical culture is maintained through alignment between the formal and informal
systems. - *answers* True
Response: See page 153
Which of these consists of standards and guidelines that are known and widely shared
by all? - *answers* Strong organizational culture
Response: See page 152
Which of these is a process promoted through formal and informal transmission of
norms? - *answers* Socialization (or enculturation)
Response: See page 152
Malden Mills was used as an example of a company that - *answers* Doing the right
thing regardless of the business consequences
Unethical leaders can just as negatively affect the culture of a company as ethical
leaders can affect the ethical culture. - *answers* True
Response: See page 161
_____ tell people symbolically what the organization wants them to do and how it
expects them to do it. - *answers* Rituals
Response: See pages 181.
______ are symbolic figures who set standards of performance by modeling certain
behaviors, and they can be the organization's formal leaders. - *answers* Heroes
Response: See pages 179
Which of these consists of symbolic figures who set standards of performance by
modeling certain behaviors? - *answers* Heroes
Response: See page 179
Why did the US Sentencing Commission begin to focus on the ethical culture of the
organization in 2004? - *answers* Prior to the change, organizations used formal
programs as "window dressing".
Response: See page 156.
Weak organizational cultures are: - *answers* desirable if an organization wants
diversity of thought and action.
Response: See page 152.
