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_____ is defined as the degree to which employees can devote their attention to work, as opposed to perpetrating or being victimized by office politics.


A) Moral intensity
B) Ability to focus
C) Moral awareness
D) Moral judgment
E) Trust propensity

F) A) and E)
G) B) and E)

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_____ is a perspective that acknowledges that the responsibility of a business encompasses the economic, legal, ethical, and citizenship expectations of society.


A) Corporate social responsibility
B) Social exchange theory
C) Rational choice and responsibility
D) Consequential egoism
E) Predicted outcome value theory

F) A) and B)
G) A) and E)

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The last step in the four-component model of ethical decision making is _____.


A) ethical behavior
B) moral awareness
C) moral identity
D) moral intent
E) trust propensity

F) B) and D)
G) A) and E)

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_____ justice reflects the perceived fairness of the communications provided to employees from the authorities.


A) Interpersonal
B) Informational
C) Procedural
D) Distributive
E) Redistributive

F) C) and E)
G) B) and D)

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Economic exchanges are impersonal and resemble contractual agreements, such that employees agree to fulfill the duties in their job description in exchange for financial compensation.

A) True
B) False

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Which of the following is Truewith regard to trust propensity?


A) The importance of trust propensity is seen in interactions with family and friends.
B) Trust propensity is most likely to be seen in people who display cognition-based trust.
C) Trust propensity is a product of both nature and nurture.
D) Trust propensity refers to the use of track records and rational assessments in making decisions.
E) Low trust propensity is ideal as it prevents us from trusting others who are not trustworthy.

F) A) and B)
G) B) and C)

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Which of the following is an informational justice rule?


A) Truthfulness
B) Consistency
C) Equity
D) Bias suppression
E) Propriety

F) B) and C)
G) C) and E)

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Discuss how relationships based on the economic and social exchange play an important role in employee-authority relationships.

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_____ reflects the degree to which the behaviors of an authority are in accordance with generally accepted moral norms.


A) Ethics
B) Justice
C) Competence
D) Trust
E) Morality

F) C) and E)
G) B) and D)

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Which of the following is not a factor in the four-component model of ethical decision making?


A) Moral sensitivity
B) Moral awareness
C) Moral intent
D) Ethical behavior
E) Moral judgment

F) D) and E)
G) C) and D)

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According to the principle of ________, an act is morally right if it results in the greatest amount of good for the greatest number of people.


A) egoism
B) ethics of rights
C) ethics of duties
D) virtue ethics
E) utilitarianism

F) B) and C)
G) A) and D)

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_____ is defined as a dimension of justice that reflects the perceived fairness of decision-making processes.


A) Procedural justice
B) Interpersonal justice
C) Informational justice
D) Distributive justice
E) Utilitarian justice

F) A) and C)
G) B) and D)

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_____ refers to a general expectation that the words, promises, and statements of individuals and groups can be relied upon.


A) Trust propensity
B) Moral judgment
C) Moral awareness
D) Moral intensity
E) Propriety

F) A) and B)
G) All of the above

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_____ is third step in the four-component model of ethical decision making which reflects an authority's degree of commitment to the moral course of action.


A) Moral attentiveness
B) Moral awareness
C) Moral intensity
D) Moral judgment
E) Moral intent

F) A) and E)
G) B) and D)

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Employees gauge procedural justice by asking whether decision outcomes, such as pay, rewards, evaluations, promotions, and work assignments, are allocated using proper norms.

A) True
B) False

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Integrity is defined as the perception that the authority adheres to a set of values and principles that the trustor finds acceptable.

A) True
B) False

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Kohlberg's theory of cognitive moral development proposes that as people age and mature, they move through the preconventional, postconventional, and principled stages of moral development.

A) True
B) False

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The _____ rule requires that the decision-making procedures and outcomes that the authorities explain to employees be honest and candid.


A) propriety
B) respect
C) consistency
D) equity
E) truthfulness

F) A) and D)
G) B) and E)

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Reo is considering accepting a bribe from a company bidding on a construction project even though he knows that the company has engaged in dangerous practices in the past. He knows his family, friends, coworkers, and managers would all consider this action unethical. This decision is causing him a great deal of stress. Reo is feeling a high level of ______ based on ______.


A) moral intensity; social consensus
B) ethical awareness; social consensus
C) stress; personal principles
D) virtue ethics; utilitarianism
E) moral awareness; moral intent

F) C) and D)
G) None of the above

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Descriptive ethics evolved with scholars in philosophy debating how people ought to act using various codes and principles.

A) True
B) False

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