Question 1

Employees who raise ethical concerns or issues to others inside or outside the organization are called social activists.

Accepted Answer

Employees who raise ethical concerns or issues to others inside or outside the organization are called whistleblowers, not social activists. Social activists are individuals or groups outside of the organization who seek to influence the organization's actions or policies on ethical or social issues.

Question 2

Who are whistle-blowers? What can managers do to protect them?

Accepted Answer

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Question 3

A ________ is an individual or organization who seeks out opportunities to improve society by using practical,innovative,and sustainable approaches.

Accepted Answer

A social entrepreneur is an individual or organization who seeks out opportunities to improve society by using practical, innovative, and sustainable approaches. They are known for their ability to identify and address social problems through innovative solutions that create social value. Sustainability contractors work on projects related to environmental sustainability, philanthropists donate money or resources to support charitable causes, and whistle-blowers expose wrongdoing within organizations.

Question 4

Under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act,whistle-blowers in the United States who report suspected corporate violations of laws now have protection from reprisals and retaliation.

Accepted Answer

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act provides protection for whistle-blowers who report suspected corporate violations of laws.

Question 5

The ________ Act offers some legal protection to whistle-blowers.It has a provision wherein any manager who retaliates against an employee for reporting violations faces a stiff penalty of a 10-year jail sentence.

Accepted Answer

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act, passed in 2002, offers legal protection to whistle-blowers who report violations of securities laws or fraud within a company. The act includes a provision that imposes a stiff penalty of a 10-year jail sentence on any manager who retaliates against an employee for reporting violations. Glass-Steagall was a depression-era banking law that was repealed in 1999, Taft-Hartley was a labor law passed in 1947, and Landrum-Griffin was a labor law passed in 1959.

Question 6

If Google asks 25 members of its executive team to spend a full day during their annual team-building retreat building a house in Las Vegas with Habitat for Humanity,the executives would be engaging in employee ________.

Accepted Answer

Volunteering efforts involve donating time and resources to help others or a charitable cause, which is exactly what the executives would be doing by building a house with Habitat for Humanity. Entrepreneuring efforts involve creating and developing a new business or project, whistle-blowing efforts involve exposing unethical or illegal practices within an organization, and administering efforts involve managing and overseeing the day-to-day operations of a company or organization, none of which apply in this scenario.

Quiz 6: Managing Social Responsibility and Ethics