D072 Pre-Assessment (Fundamentals for Success in Business) with Complete Solutions

A U.S. company hires a new employee from Germany. The new employee is being trained by other employees on the company's conflict resolution practices in alignment with the company's mission and ethical standards. As part of the training, the employee identifies how the ethical values of the company are consistent with the employee's values.Which aspect of the company is the employee learning? - ANSWER-Organizational culture A senior manager asks an employee to omit a key section from a financial report to hide some distressing data. Which aspect of the organization is being violated by the manager's behavior? - ANSWER-Ethics An employee overhears an office manager telling a prospective client that the company does not work with people from a particular ethnicity even though the company has a nondiscrimination policy. Which element is violated by the actions of this office manager? - ANSWER-Employee handbook guidelines A young, unmarried employee who is an only child has a conversation with an older, married employee with siblings about the corporate decision to enter into a lucrative contract with a firm that legally supplies substandard medications to developing countries. The two employees disagree as to whether the company's decision was ethical. What is the primary demographic trait that influences the values of these employees? - ANSWER-Age A corporation's code of ethics endorses a green work place. Which employee activity models this code? - ANSWER-Starting an office recycling program A company advertises that it uses environmentally safe practices in all business processes; however, the chief financial officer (CFO) has blocked the adoption of many environmentally safe practices because of the additional costs to the company. Which controversial business practice is this company using? - ANSWER-Greenwashing An organization plans to close its local factory and shift manufacturing operations overseas. This brings opposition from employees. Which terms describes this organizational move? - ANSWER-Legal-ethical Individual authors wrote books about the negative environmental impacts of some industries, including the coal industry. Which benefit did the authors' work have on society? - ANSWER-It drew the public's attention to the targeted issue. The accountant of a company was asked to change the current quarterly sales results by adding sales that were set to occur next quarter. Which stakeholder group is directly impacted by this action? - ANSWER-Shareholders A new manager in a restaurant decides to cut costs by purchasing sub-standard materials. What are the implications of this manager's actions? - ANSWER-The customer base of the restaurant will decrease. Which type of organizational culture in the Competing Values Framework focuses on accountability to shareholders, competitiveness, and productivity? - ANSWER-Market Which pair of attributes captures the focus of an adhocracy culture within the competing values framework? - ANSWER-Adjustable and entrepreneurial Which set of attributes reflects a hierarchy culture within the Competing Values Framework? - ANSWER-Process-oriented and highly structured A nonprofit organization wants to fill an executive director position and is interested in seeking a candidate that is concerned about social welfare. Which criterion should the organization prioritize in making this decision? - ANSWER-Dedication to community service An individual who values a team-oriented work environment and the individual's relationships with a large group of peers is seeking employment that will be a good fit.Which position should this individual pursue? - ANSWER-A position that offers a friendly workplace An individual who is a great performer has been working in a department in a company for over ten years and is moved to a new department and given a new set of job responsibilities. The individual is unhappy in the new location and has started to underperform. Which issue has emerged for this employee? - ANSWER-Person-job fit A person that is high in sociability and friendliness is required for a sales job. Which component of personality should be high in the ideal candidate? - ANSWER-Extraversion Which organizational culture is best suited for an individual who is high in conscientiousness? - ANSWER-Hierarchy Which individual characteristic should a company search for in new hires in order to avoid an additional screening process to prevent potential person-culture mismatch? - ANSWER-Recommended by current employees