Deck 2: Ethical Leadership

Question 1

Successful leadership creates strong ethical context in organizations.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Executive leaders set the ethical tone for organizations by their everyday actions.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

A moral person makes decisions that are fair and value based.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

A moral manager, according to your text, is a role model and reflective of the organization's values.

Question 5

A moral person who makes unethical decisions can still be a good leader.

Question 6

According to your text, ethically neutral leadership does no harm to organizations.

Question 7

According to your text, the rights theory allows rulers to make decisions that favor the status quo.

Question 8

Immanuel Kant promoted the utilitarian approach to ethical leadership.

Question 9

Aristotle, whose virtue ethics approach was the basis of our Declaration of Independence, argued that decision making was about choosing the most utilitarian solution.

Question 10

When making a decision, leaders must talk about ethical values even if their acts are unethical.

Question 11

According to your text, moral persons

A) Possess the traits of honesty and integrity
B) They are trustworthy
C) Are open in their decision making
D) Are concerned for people
E) All of the above

Question 12

In addressing the Tylenol issue, Johnson and Johnson displayed ethical leadership by

A) Having only one person designated to talk to the press
B) Set up a hotline so customers could ask questions about the product
C) Recalled all of the product
D) Offered incentives for customers to continue to buy the product
E) B and C

Question 13

The text authors feel that ethical leaders

A) Are strong moral persons
B) Are weak moral managers but ethical leaders
C) Are strong moral persons but weak moral leaders
D) Are weak moral managers but strong moral leaders
E) Are strong moral managers and strong moral persons

Question 14

Ethically neutral leadership is practiced because

A) Because the bottom-line is all important in successful decision making.
B) Silence on ethics from leaders is expected by employees.
C) It results in greater employee commitment to the organization.
D) It does not result in a more open environment for communications.
E) None of the above.

Question 15

Many believe ethical leadership is mostly about vision and values, but

A) Research suggests it is more concrete, more visible in daily actions
B) The bottom line is more important to employees
C) Ethical standards do not need to be emphasized
D) None of the above
E) All of the above

Question 16

Aristotle was a proponent of the virtue ethics approach because

A) It served his Greek colleagues well
B) It explained actions taken by the enemies of the state
C) It was dependent on an individual's character development
D) If guaranteed successful business transactions
E) All of the above

Question 17

The utilitarian approach theory in ethics

A) Means doing the least harm to those who have suffered the most
B) Means considering alternatives that benefit the greatest number of people
C) Does no harm
D) Balances power and politics.
E) Means deciding that some people can afford to lose money, others can't

Question 18

Since people generally take their cues for ethical behavior from the environments,

A) Leaders must model ethical behaviors
B) Leaders must be perceived to be ethical but can act according to their own beliefs
C) Leaders must emphasize that ethics is important in the organization no matter how they act
D) Leaders must talk about integrity no matter what is going on in the organization
E) All of the above

Question 19

Ethically neutral leaders

A) Usually are moral persons.
B) Focus on process rather than the bottom line.
C) Use a decision-making process that justifies the means.
D) Have a commitment to the organization and its employees.
E) Are moral managers.

Question 20

The Rights Theory of Ethics

A) Considers privacy.
B) Does not concern itself with harm or torture.
C) Implies a contract between parties in a decision.
D) A and C
E) None of the above.

Question 21

Describe how being a moral person and being a moral manager are related to the discussion of reputation in executive leadership.

Question 22

Explain how ethical leadership is critical to an organization's' culture and ultimate success.

Question 23

Describe what you should consider in developing a personal model of ethical leadership.

Question 24

Ethical leadership is not just vision and values according to your text. Why do they say this?

Question 25

Discuss the authors' statement that executive leaders create ethical culture. Provide an example that is not discussed in the book.

Question 26

What aspects of the ethical theories do you see in your organizations? Discuss two examples.