32. Your university has tried to promote the establishment of shared values so that all members will understand its beliefs. The university has established ________ management.
(A) values-based
(B) leadership-based
(C) goal-based
(D) issue-based

28. 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. (A) Taft-Hartley (B) Glass-Steagall (C) Landrum-Griffin (D) Sarbanes-Oxley

29. If Google asks twenty-five members of its executive team to spend a full day at their annual team-building retreat building a house in Las Vegas with Habitat for Humanity, the executives would be engaging in employee ________. (A) administrating efforts (B) entrepreneuring efforts (C) whistle-blowing efforts (D) volunteering efforts

Two Opposing Views of Social Responsibility (Scenario) The board of directors of Acme Generating Corporation is meeting to consider the construction of a new electricity generation facility somewhere along the Muspetan River basin. The city of Muspetan has a high Air Pollution Index and the increasing amount of garbage is adding to the city's woes. Director Appleton would like the facility to be a coal-burning plant located in a remote area because the cost involved is moderate. Director Witworth wants a nuclear plant because this will not add to the city's already serious pollution problem, while taking care of its electricity requirements. Director Jossleman wants a plant that uses combustible fuels collected from the city's garbage. He wants the plant to be located near the downtown government area so that the steam could be used for heating the government buildings after it has passed through the generating turbines. 30. Director Witworth is following which of the social responsibility views? (A) socioeconomic view (B) classical view (C) activist view (D) market view

31. If your university was paying minimum wage when necessary and applying the minimum legal standards to its employees' work environment, it would be said to have fulfilled its ________. (A) social responsiveness (B) social obligation (C) social responsibility (D) social expectation

33. What approach deals with an organization responding to the environment because of the preferences of its customers? (A) market approach (B) legal approach (C) stakeholder approach (D) activist approach

34. Under what approach is the organization driven to look for ways to respect and preserve the earth and its natural resources? (A) legal approach (B) stakeholder approach (C) activist approach (D) market approach

Summing Up Social Responsibility (Scenario) Max Proffit, director of research and development for National Products Company, that is into producing hiking gears has learned that a new material has been developed in his department that appears to make the ropes and slings more durable. He has discussed this development with his two assistants, Susie Merriweather and Moe Gaines, and Rush Onward, vice president of product development. Susie has stated her opposition to the use of the new material because its durability has not yet been tested and has not been certified by the company's third-party testing laboratory. Moe argues that the initial tests that their R&D department completed indicate minimal problems with durability. Rush states that in several meetings he has recently attended, the company president had repeatedly emphasized the need to increase earnings per share. Rush tells Max that a decision has to be made within the week about the new material's use by the Company.  35. If Max resists his impulse to okay the use of the uncertified material because of the need for increased earnings per share he ________. (A) is a whistle-blower (B) has a strong ego strength (C) has an external locus of control (D) is a social entrepreneur

Ethics Training (Scenario) You are an employee of a very large company, Behemoth Inc. Several employees routinely have lunch at a local restaurant where most drink alcoholic beverages before returning to work. In addition to this inappropriate behavior, several male coworkers call female employees "babes" and freely use racial slurs. There have been many complaints and the company has decided to use these issues as ethical training examples.  36. How can managers identify the ethically questionable applicants even before they became part of the workforce? (A) by favoring candidates who come with a reference from existing employees (B) by asking candidates to prove that they can complete more work in less time (C) by hiring friends who apply (D) by asking the candidates to go through interviews, tests, and background checks

1. Good communication occurs only when the recipient ________. (A)understands the speaker's meaning (B)agrees with the sender's message (C)does what the speaker asks (D) makes eye contact with the speaker

2. In which of the following cases has communication occurred? (A)Brian attends all the Algebra lectures, but is unable to understand the subject. (B)Gary updates his blog regularly, even though no one reads it. (C)Jen has sent an urgent e-mail to her Japanese colleague, but a translator is not yet available. (D) Ana tells her manager that she needs a new computer, but he says that the company can't afford it.