Contemporary Issues in Leadership Study Guide Questions
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This course explores the evolving landscape of leadership in modern organizations, examining the challenges and opportunities leaders face in a rapidly changing world. Students will analyze current trends, such as diversity and inclusion, ethical leadership, digital transformation, and global perspectives, while developing critical thinking and problem-solving skills. Through case studies, discussions, and interactive activities, the course encourages students to reflect on their own leadership styles and fosters the ability to adapt to contemporary issues in various professional settings.
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Meeting the Ethical Challenges of Leadership 6th Edition by Craig E. Johnson
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Chapter 1: The Leaders Light or Shadow
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Q1) ______ leaders lack self-control.
A) Intemperate
B) Callous
C) Incompetent
D) Rigid
Answer: A
Q2) ______ leaders care for the welfare of subordinates at the expense of organizational goals.
A) Supportive/disloyal
B) Tyrannical
C) Callous
D) Derailed
Answer: A
Q3) U.S. workers prefer leaders who rely on legitimate power.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 2: Stepping Out of the Shadows
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Q1) According to the ______, leaders often become victims of their own successes.
A) Bathsheba Syndrome
B) Self-fulfilling prophecy
C) Galatea effect
D) Golem effect
Answer: A
Q2) Conformity is a problem for many small groups.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) According to many ethicists, ______ is key to ethical behavior and works hand in hand with moral reasoning in the decision-making process.
A) moral reasoning
B) moral imagination
C) moral ethics
D) moral intelligence
Answer: B
Q4) Name and define two types of faulty beliefs that can lead to poor ethical decisions. Answer: (1) unsound assumptions and (2) failure of moral imagination.
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Chapter 3: The Leaders Character
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Q1) Moderation is the key to practicing the virtue of ______.
A) integrity
B) values
C) roles
D) temperance
Answer: D
Q2) Someone who values ______ appreciates dependability.
A) humility
B) scientific understanding
C) concern for environment
D) responsibility
Answer: D
Q3) All of the following are examples of the common characteristics of moral exemplars EXCEPT:
A) certainty
B) positivity
C) production
D) unity of self and moral goals
Answer: C
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Chapter 4: Combating Evil
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Q1) Which "face of evil" forces us to examine our motives?
A) Dreadful approach
B) Deception approach
C) Administrative approach
D) Sanctioned destruction approach
Q2) In the ______, aggression provokes retaliation which in turn provokes further aggression.
A) cycle of deception
B) cycle of despair
C) cycle of evil
D) cycle of denial
Q3) ______ apologies do not question whether the victim was damaged.
A) Humble
B) Authentic
C) Trusting
D) Caring
Q4) As a follower, what steps can you take to resist pressure to do evil?
Q5) According to Robert Enright, professor of educational psychology and president of the International Forgiveness Institute at the University of Wisconsin, name four things forgiveness is NOT.
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Chapter 5: General Ethical Perspectives
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Q1) Paternalistic leadership is popular in all of the following areas of the world EXCEPT:
A) Latin America
B) The United States
C) Mexico
D) Turkey
Q2) What is "the veil of ignorance?"
Q3) Caregivers can get caught up in empathy and deny their own needs.
A)True
B)False
Q4) ______ altruistic behaviors include making contributions to promote social welfare, reducing pollution, ensuring product safety, and maintaining customer satisfaction.
A) Organizational-focused
B) Individual-focused
C) Group-focused
D) Societal-focused
Q5) Discuss Virginia Held's five key components of the care ethic.
Q6) Do Rawls's principles of justice provide the best way to deal with inequalities in society? Defend your position.
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Chapter 6: Ethical Decision Making and Behavior
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Q1) Which type of thinker looks to others for guidance when deciding how to act?
A) Postconventional
B) Preconventional
C) Conventional
D) Principled
Q2) According to the Lonergan/Baird Method, Step 4 is to ______ and act with courage.
A) be attentive
B) be intelligent
C) be reasonable
D) be responsible
Q3) How can you increase your sensitivity to ethical issues?
Q4) ______ ability generally increases with age and education.
A) Moral disagreement
B) Moral reasoning
C) Moral focus
D) Moral character
Q5) List the five ethical blind spots listed in the text under Component 2.
Q6) Describe and briefly explain the four components of moral action.
Q7) Name and describe Kohlberg's first level of moral development.
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Chapter 7: Exercising Ethical Influence
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Q1) Supervisors and instructors signal positive expectations by giving adequate time to employees and students, holding appointments in pleasant surroundings, sitting or standing close to workers or class members, nodding and smiling, making frequent eye contact, and using a warm tone of voice.
A)True
B)False
Q2) ______ describes consistent attempts to draw attention to a problem over an extended period of time.
A) Repetition
B) Direct-factual appeals
C) Solution presentations
D) Threatening resignation
Q3) Plagiarism is a form of faulty evidence in a position.
A)True
B)False
Q4) What are some of the ethical issues/concerns in negotiation when used in the workplace?
Q5) Briefly discuss the common proactive managerial influence tactics according to Yukl.
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Chapter 8: Normative Leadership Theories
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Q1) ______ transactional leaders wait for problems to arise before taking action, or they avoid taking any action at all.
A) Passive
B) Active
C) Engaged
D) Open
Q2) Taoism has the most to say about the abuse of power and privilege.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Think about a leader you know who is an aesthetic (beautiful) leader. What qualities does this person possess that makes them an aesthetic (beautiful) leader? According to the text, what are some of the characteristics of an aesthetic (beautiful) leader?
Q4) All of the following are key elements of servant leadership EXCEPT:
A) obligation
B) partnership
C) stewardship
D) emotional intelligence
Q5) Identify two natural images of leadership from Taoist thought and outline their implications for leadership.
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Chapter 9: Building an Effective, Ethical Small Group
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Q1) ______ is how desirable the outcome is for individual group members.
A) Expectancy
B) Instrumentality
C) Social loafing
D) Valence
Q2) ______ conflict is centered on the personal relationship between group members.
A) Substantive
B) Affective
C) Emotional
D) Cooperative
Q3) Leaders can foster minority opinion and protect dissenters by ensuring groups are made up of members who are similar in their backgrounds and perspectives.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Which of the following is an outcome of substantive conflict?
A) Anger
B) Problem avoidance
C) Escalating hostilities
D) Thorough problem analysis
Q5) Discuss the elements of a small group.
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Chapter 10: Creating an Ethical Organizational Climate
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Q1) What is evaluated in "triple bottom line" accounting?
Q2) Interactional justice means distributing organizational resources as fairly as possible.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Define the term "core ideology."
Q4) ______ describes how individuals make the transition from outsiders to organizational members.
A) Socialization
B) Metamorphosis
C) Corporate social responsibility
D) Social cocoon
Q5) ______ climates give members wide latitude to make their own decisions.
A) Caring
B) Law and order
C) Rules
D) Independence
Q6) Explain why shaping ethical climate is one of an organizational leader's most important tasks. Provide examples from your own experience and observations.
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Chapter 11: Meeting the Ethical Challenges of Leadership in a Global Society
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Q1) Do you believe in universal ethical standards? Why or why not? Defend your position.
Q2) All of the following are elements of culture EXCEPT:
A) learned
B) shared
C) dynamic
D) static
Q3) A ______ is "the total way of life of a people, composed of their learned and shared behavior patterns, values, norms, and material objects."
A) culture
B) perception
C) stereotype
D) ideology
Q4) Broken communication cast shadows in a global society just as they do in individual leader-follower relationships.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Name and explain Hofstede's programmed values patterns.
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Q6) Compare the ethical blind spots of individualism to those of collectivism.
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Chapter 12: Ethical Crisis Leadership
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Q1) ______ are employees who go public about organizational misbehavior.
A) Gossipers
B) Steam blowers
C) Whistle-blowers
D) Grassroot workers
Q2) All of the following are virtues of an extreme leader EXCEPT:
A) resiliency
B) courage
C) optimism
D) loyalty
Q3) All of the following are true of mindful organizational cultures EXCEPT:
A) preoccupied with failure
B) simplify whenever possible
C) deference to expertise
D) sensitivity to operations
Q4) Stage 2 of the three stages of a crisis is the crisis event itself.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Identify and debunk the five unethical beliefs about crisis management.
Q6) Define "ethical rationality."
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