Ethical Leadership Exam Review
Course Introduction
Ethical Leadership examines the principles, challenges, and practices associated with leading organizations and teams with integrity and moral responsibility. The course explores theoretical frameworks for ethical decision-making, the role of values in leadership, and the impact of ethical conduct on organizational culture and stakeholder trust. Students will analyze case studies, engage in critical discussions, and develop practical strategies for resolving ethical dilemmas and fostering an environment of accountability and transparency within diverse organizations.
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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 are unable to accept new ideas.
A) Callous
B) Rigid
C) Abusive
D) Incompetent
Answer: B
Q2) Discuss the challenge of cynicism and what it means to followership.
Answer: There is a difference between healthy skepticism, which prevents followers from being exploited, and unhealthy cynicism, which undermines individual and group performance. Followers darken the atmosphere when they become organizational cynics. That's because cynicism destroys commitment and undermines trust. Collective performance suffers as a result. Few give their best effort when they are disillusioned with the group. Cynical employees feel less identification with and commitment to their employers while being more resistant to change; they are less likely to go beyond their job duties to help their colleagues and their organizations. The greater the degree of cynicism, the more effort is directed toward attacking the organization at the expense of completing the task at hand.
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Chapter 2: Stepping Out of the Shadows
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Q1) All of the following are examples of susceptible conformer subordinates EXCEPT:
A) authoritarians
B) bystanders
C) compromisers
D) lost souls
Answer: C
Q2) With which internal enemy or monster is competition associated?
A) insecurity
B) fear
C) denying death
D) battleground mentality
Answer: D
Q3) Hiding suffering is one way to disregard the consequences of harmful actions and reduce the likelihood of self-recrimination.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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) 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
Q2) All of the following were identified as cairns or markers for creating personal purpose
EXCEPT:
A) find a sacred place
B) open the door when opportunity knocks
C) trust your reason
D) find your passion.
Answer: C
Q3) Which virtue emphasizes foresight and caution?
A) Justice
B) Reverence
C) Prudence
D) Humility
Answer: C
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Chapter 4: Combating Evil
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Q1) The evil as ______ perspective focuses on the situational factors that cause normal people to become evildoers.
A) ordinary
B) deception
C) despair
D) administration
Q2) Bringing warring groups together begins with
A) rejecting revenge in favor of restraint
B) empathy for the enemies' humanity
C) commitment to restore the broken relationship
D) recalling the past and rendering a judgment
Q3) ______ evil is based on technology and logic.
A) Administrative
B) Ordinary
C) Deception
D) Coercive
Q4) The evil as choice perspective emphasizes the motivations behind evil.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Discuss some of the "wrong" ways to apologize.
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Chapter 5: General Ethical Perspectives
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Q1) Taking a pragmatic approach is inflexible.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Describe the applications of altruism
Q3) All of the following are applications of utilitarianism EXCEPT:
A) build on your prior experience
B) set personal interests aside
C) carefully examine the outcomes of your decisions
D) there may be unanticipated outcomes.
Q4) ______ altruistic behaviors include providing training, technical assistance, and mentoring.
A) Organizational-focused
B) Individual-focused
C) Group-focused
D) Societal-focused
Q5) Altruism appears to be a universal value.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Discuss Virginia Held's five key components of the care ethic.
Q7) What is "the veil of ignorance?"
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Chapter 6: Ethical Decision Making and Behavior
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Q1) Discuss the six factors or elements that underlie moral reasoning according to Powers and Vogel.
Q2) All of the following are part of Ethicist Rushworth Kidder's nine steps EXCEPT:
A) discuss the problem with others
B) gather the relevant facts
C) test for right versus wrong issues
D) test for right versus right values
Q3) Psychologists report that self-interest and _________ undermine moral motivation.
A) hypocrisy
B) ethics
C) fear
D) hate
Q4) According to Mary Gentile from Giving Voice to Values, all of the following are examples of pillars that help us make ethical choices EXCEPT:
A) treat values conflicts as normal
B) play to personal strengths
C) anticipate rationalizations for unethical behavior
D) be empathetic in your decision-making
Q5) What is meant by ethical decision-making being a dual process approach?
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Chapter 7: Exercising Ethical Influence
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Q1) According to Kassing's five strategies, ______ is vowing to quit in order to get the management to respond.
A) threatening resignation
B) repetition
C) direct-factual appeals
D) solution presentations.
Q2) Briefly discuss the common proactive managerial influence tactics according to Yukl.
Q3) 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
Q4) According to Kassing's five strategies, threatening resignation means taking dissent to someone above the immediate supervisor.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Discuss two significant elements of Principle U.
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Chapter 8: Normative Leadership Theories
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Q1) Is servant leadership unrealistic? Defend your answer.
Q2) ______ allows authentic followers to feel like they "own" the organizations where they work and volunteer.
A) Psychological ownership
B) Pseudo-ownership
C) Effective ownership
D) Hierarchy ownership
Q3) According to Taoist thinkers, which of the following images provides a model for leadership?
A) Elderly man
B) Fish
C) Clay pot
D) Mountain
Q4) President John F. Kennedy is an example of ______ leadership because he was youthful, energetic, and glamorous.
A) Relational
B) Servant
C) Aesthetic
D) Transformational
Q5) Should businesses be "agents of world change?" Why or why not?
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Chapter 9: Building an Effective, Ethical Small Group
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Q1) Seeking areas of agreement is one of the suggestions to improve listening performance in a group setting.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Listening in a group is generally more difficult than listening in one-to-one conversations.
A)True
B)False
Q3) ______ group members are those who are inflexible and claim to have all the answers.
A) Comprehensive
B) Argumentative
C) Substantive
D) Dogmatic
Q4) Raising team EI is an important leadership responsibility, which is accomplished largely through role modeling and establishing norms.
A)True
B)False
Q5) What are the two components of group emotional intelligence?
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Chapter 10: Creating an Ethical Organizational Climate
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Q1) ______ climates follow the principle of ethical egotism.
A) Law and order
B) Independence
C) Caring
D) Instrumental
Q2) An effective code of ethics must
A) protect the larger community
B) be written for ordinary circumstances
C) prioritize obligations
D) all of these
Q3) Define "collective corruption."
Q4) All of these are components of organizational citizenship EXCEPT:
A) stakeholder focus
B) emotional intelligence
C) corporate social responsibility
D) sustainability
Q5) What does it mean for leaders to act as the ethics officers for their organizations?
Q6) Define the term "core ideology."
Q7) Develop a strategy for preventing destructive behaviors in your organization.
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Chapter 11: Meeting the Ethical Challenges of Leadership in a Global Society
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Q1) People who live in a low uncertainty avoidance culture are more comfortable with uncertainty, viewing ambiguity as a fact of life.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Masculine cultures maintain clearly defined sex roles.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Concentration of ______ is a by-product of globalization that increases the likelihood of abuse.
A) power
B) integrity
C) honesty
D) altruism
Q4) ______ consists of openness to new categories, openness to new information, and recognizing the existence of more than one perspective.
A) Moral inclusion
B) Dignity
C) Cultural synergy
D) Mindfulness
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Chapter 12: Ethical Crisis Leadership
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Q1) Discuss the four components of a resilient organizational culture.
Q2) How do you define ethical leadership? Defend your definition and provide supporting evidence.
Q3) Managing a crisis is the ultimate test of ethical leadership.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Briefly describe the three stages of a crisis.
Q5) What can be learned from the Starbucks stores near ground zero as it applies to the organization's moral foundation?
Q6) Deep social capital is one of the markers of a resilient organizational culture.
A)True
B)False
Q7) The second stage of a crisis begins with a ______.
A) cognitive talk
B) self-talk
C) trigger event
D) precrisis
Q8) Explain why assuming responsibility is the foundation of ethical crisis leadership.
Q9) Discuss transparency as it relates to openness.
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