Trends in all of the following areas represent challenges for organizational behavior EXCEPT

Research indicates that the most important determinant of ethical behavior in an organization is

a. the establishment of policies prohibiting unethical behavior.

b. the passage of laws requiring ethical behavior.

c. manager commitment to ethical behavior.

d. the establishment of rules requiring greater accountability.

(c) Medium/Analysis

90. An ethics audit would ask all the following questions of a firm EXCEPT:

a. Do you make sure to hide any examples of unethical behavior so others do not repeat the behavior?

b. Do you ensure that pay is equitable for all employees?

c. Do you question whether employees are seeing any examples of unethical behavior occurring in the workplace?

d. Do you ensure that daily decisions are assessed for ethical compliance?

(a) Medium/Application

91. Trends in all of the following areas represent challenges for organizational behavior EXCEPT

a. increasing technological innovation.

b. increasing employee engagement.

c. increasing access to information.

d. increasing attention to sustainable business practices.

(b) Medium/Application

92. The triple bottom line refers to evaluating an organization on all of the following performance criteria but

a. demographic.

b. economic.

c. social.

d. environmental.

(a) Easy/Knowledge

93. Which of the following statements is INCORRECT with regard to trends that organizational behavior is addressing?

a. The workforce is getting younger and thus their integration into most organizations will be seamless.

b. Organizations will likely become “shamrock-shaped” in the future.

c. The world is “flattening” so information access is increasing.

d. Outsourcing is becoming a way of life in many organizations.

(a) Medium/Application

94. A shamrock organization

a. prevents flexible staffing in an organization.

b. is comprised of one-third regular employees, one-third temporary employees, and one-third offshore employees.

c. is the current structure of most organizations in the United States.

d. increases full-time employment rates in the overall economy.

(b) Difficult/Analysis

95. Offshoring is

a. asking an outside organization to perform functions that could have been performed within the organization.

b. the movement of a business practice from one country to another country.

c. purchasing a firm from a foreign country.

d. most prevalent in the auto industry.

(b) Easy/Comprehension

96. In analyzing trends that present challenges for organizational behavior, which of the following is INCORRECT?

a. Outsourcing offshore presents a challenge managing teams of different nationalities separated by culture.

b. A flattening world creates an uneven playing field with regard to information access.

c. Sustainable business practices are those that meet present needs without compromising the needs of future generations.

d. “Moore’s Law” suggests that computing power doubles every two years.

(b) Difficult/Synthesis

97. Which of the following statements regarding trends that represent challenges for organizational behavior is correct?

a. The number of workers aged 25 to 39 will represent over 51% of the overall workforce by 2010.

b. Gallup measured employee engagement and found that it is highly unlikely that when today’s employees have choices, they will act to further their organization’s efforts.

c. The rate of technological innovation is projected to slow dramatically by 2010.

d. Sustainable business practices present a challenge to reconciling accountability to shareholder wealth generation with attention to social responsibility.

(d) Difficult/Application