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CAREER EXPLORATION

CHAPTER 9 – ETHICS & SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

Directions: answer each question with a complete & thorough response using all space provided.

  1. What is ethics?Why do people commit unethical behavior?
  1. List 5 of the most commonly observed unethical behaviors in the workplace.
  1. What are 2 examples of unethical behavior by individual citizens in society, or even school?
  1. What does the term whistleblower mean? Provide an example.
  1. What would you do if you observed unethical behavior by a coworker or by your supervisory?
  1. Why do many people lack trust in large corporations and in purchasing stock?
  1. What is the difference between ethics and social responsibility?
  1. List a minimum of 3 examples of socially responsible acts that businesses can do.
  1. How can the ethics and social responsibility of an organization affect the morale of employees?
  1. Give an example of an action that is unethical but not illegal. Provide another example of an action that is both unethical and illegal.

ETHICAL SCENARIO QUESTIONS
Directions: Read each scenario and the question you believe to be the best ethical decision.

1. Two of your subordinates routinely provide their children with school supplies from the office. How do you handle this situation?

A. Lock up the supplies and issue only as needed and signed for.

B. Tell these two subordinates that supplies are only for office use.

C. Report the theft of supplies to the head of security.

D. Send a notice to all employees that office supplies are for office use only and those that disregard will result in disciplinary action.

2. A co-worker at a defense plant signed up for a training course. You know he did not attend the course but was not at work either. How do you handle the situation?

A. It is not your business, so you stay out of it.

B. Speak to your supervisor about the co-worker's absence.

C. Send an anonymous letter to the company's ethics office.

D. Speak to your colleague about this discrepancy and see what his explanation is.

3. At a management offsite meeting, you and your boss are in the same golf foursome, but on opposite sides. The boss never likes to lose. How is your game that day?

A. Smile and say to yourself: "I'm better than my boss, so I'm going to win."

B. "I will play cautiously, one hole at a time."

C. "Beating the boss is no big deal, so I don't mind losing."

D. "She plays her game, I play my game. Low score wins."

4. You recently fired someone who often came to work late, left early, and spent a lot of time surfing the Internet for fun while on the job. Recently you’ve learned that another member of your staff is doing the same thing. However, this person is the daughter of a close personal friend (who doesn’t work at the company). You have given this employee several warnings about her behavior, but the problems continue. Would you:

A. Fire the employee.
B. Ignore the situation
C. Give her another warning and hope that this will take care of the problem.
D. Ask your friend to talk with his daughter.

5. You are in Production Control. Planning on adding a porch onto your house, you visit a lumberyard to get ideas and a price. During the discussion, the sales manager says, "Oh, you work for XYZ Company. They buy a lot from us, so I'm going to give you a special discount." What do you do?

A. Like finding a $20 bill on the street. Take the discount, of course.

B. Explain to the sales manager, "I'm in production control, not purchasing at XYZ."

C. Ask for clarification, "Is that special discount available to all XYZ employees?"

D. If a deal sounds too good to be true, it probably is. Thank the salesman, but walk out.

6. A friend of yours wants to transfer to your division but he may not be the best qualified for the job. You do have an opening and one other person, whom you do not know, has applied. What do you do?

A. Select the friend you know and in whom you have confidence.

B. Select the other person who you are told is qualified

C. Request a qualifications comparison of the two from human resources.

D. Request human resources to extend the search for additional candidates before making the selection.