Unit 6 (Chapter 14-16) Review

Question 1

an understanding of one's skills and strengths.

Accepted Answer

an understanding of one's skills and strengths.

Question 2

Discrimination is acting or intending to act, or being inclined to act on a prejudicial attitud

Accepted Answer

True

Question 3

All attitudes have three parts: what you think, feel, and do.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 4

Turning in or otherwise exposing people who behave unethically in your company?

Accepted Answer

Whistleblowing

Question 5

The worst reaction to incidents of sexual harassment is:

Accepted Answer

no response.

Question 6

The _____ was established to monitor the amended Civil Rights Act of 1972 and related laws.

Accepted Answer

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)

Question 7

One of four basic rationalizations of unethical behavior is the belief that nobody will notice

Accepted Answer

True

Question 8

A rationalizations that leads to unethical behavior is they are within ethical and legal limits

Accepted Answer

True

Question 9

Task maturity refers to an employee's age or seniority on the job.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 10

Procrastination is a systemic disorder and cannot be altered.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 11

_____ holds that companies are responsible to any group they interact with as a business.

Accepted Answer

Stakeholder social responsibilityThe practice of fudging

Question 12

Greg posts pornographic images on the walls of his office cubicle. This act by Greg is

Accepted Answer

sexual harassment.

Question 13

(EEOC) was established to monitor the civil rights as per laws passed by the Civil Rights Act

Accepted Answer

True

Question 14

_is trusted family members,tribal members,or friends who are at the center of poweror influence

Accepted Answer

Inner circle

Question 15

Copyright infringement is one of the leading issues in Internet ethics.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 16

Rationalizing is the preferred way to handle an unethical situation or incident.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 17

Procrastination is a major source of stress.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 18

People with high selfesteem are more likely to feel a healthy connection with other around them

Accepted Answer

True

Question 19

Scapegoating refers to the practice of:

Accepted Answer

unfairly blaming others when things go wrong.

Question 20

_____ is the ability to teach or guide yourself to set up and carry out your goals and plans.

Accepted Answer

Self-discipline

Question 21

The principle of ____ holds that a person's primary goal is to achieve long-term self-interests

Accepted Answer

individualism

Question 22

Which of the following statements on morale is NOT true?

Accepted Answer

Morale is invariably static.

Question 23

It's easier for people to feel superior when they identify other groups of people as inferior

Accepted Answer

True

Question 24

Traditional social responsibility says that a company or organization:

Accepted Answer

is responsible only to itself and to making a profit.

Question 25

Employees affected by family violence tend to:

Accepted Answer

get preoccupied with their problems & to low productivity.

Question 26

One way of avoiding prejudices is to assign people to cognitive boxes and then evaluate them.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 27

Employee assistance programs (EAPs) can help the employees on all of the following EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

pension plans.

Question 28

Emotional causes of prejudice is that people look for target to blame when they are frustrated

Accepted Answer

True

Question 29

Productivity is defined as the ratio of inputs to its outputs.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 30

For a belief to be termed as a stereotype, it must be a negative belief about the group.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 31

Common misconception is that ethics is just a matter of complying with a set of rules/regula.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 32

Which of the following terms refers to making poor use of the available time that we do have?

Accepted Answer

Underutilizing

Question 33

Whistleblowing refers to the practice of turning in the offending person or exposing the truth.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 34

A fact about ethical problems is that they have simple solutions, right and wrong obvious.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 35

_____ are your thoughts or beliefs about specific groups of people.

Accepted Answer

Stereotypes

Question 36

The principle of utilitarianism focuses on making sure that:

Accepted Answer

all decisions should be made for the largest # of people

Question 37

Prejudice and discrimination toward older people is referred to as:

Accepted Answer

ageism.

Question 38

Prejudice is the way you act as a result of your stereotypes.

Accepted Answer

False

Unit 6 (Chapter 14-16) Review

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Unit 6 (Chapter 14-16) Review

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