Question 1

What is Bakan's main argument about corporations? What is your view and why?

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Question 2

Take a position on the following statement: "A bureaucratic culture is less employee-oriented than a clan culture." Defend your position.

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Question 3

Discuss how organizations manage and coordinate ethics activities.

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Question 4

Identify a specific organization that has a culture you know enough about to discuss. Then describe that organization's culture and its subcultures.

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Question 5

List and describe the three values incorporated into a strong adaptive culture.

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Question 6

Why should whistle-blowers be protected in an organization? In your opinion, where does protection of the whistle-blower fall in the relationship between legal requirements (or rule of law) and ethical standards?

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Question 7

Give an example of an ethical dilemma that would perplex you as a manager if it were to occur in an organization where you work. What makes the situation you describe meet the definition of "ethical dilemma"?

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Question 8

Explain why ethical behaviour of companies is as much an issue of organizational culture as of personal ethics.

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Question 9

Discuss culture strength and organizational subcultures.

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Question 10

How could a company that closes plants in areas that are economically depressed claim to be "socially responsible"? What ethical framework allows decision makers to close a plant in a depressed area when the company finds cheaper labour elsewhere?

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Question 11

What is values-based leadership? Give an example.

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Question 12

Explain how a strong organizational culture might be a negative for an organization.

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Question 13

Assume that you have just been promoted to a plant manager position in a city located 500 km away from your previous position. As you become acquainted with the workers, supervisors, and procedures of the plant, you come to the conclusion that the values and attitudes of the workers and supervisors are the source of the low morale in the plant, as well as the apathetic attitude toward production. Inspections have revealed a large number of defects in the finished product. Explain the kinds of things you might do to change the organizational culture to one more conducive to positive morale and higher production with better quality.

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Quiz 10: Organizational Culture and Ethical Values