WGU D072 PRE ASSESSMENT
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Question 1: Socialization and Shared Values
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
Rationale: Organizational culture consists of the shared values, beliefs, attitudes,
and behavioral norms that shape how members interact and make decisions within
a company. Onboarding processes that teach conflict resolution and align personal
values with corporate ethics socialize the employee into the organization's unique
culture.
Question 2: Integrity and Reporting Standards
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 (or Code of Ethics / Organizational Ethics)
Rationale: Intentionally suppressing or falsifying financial information violates
basic standards of honesty, transparency, and regulatory compliance. Asking an
employee to misrepresent facts directly breaches both professional accounting
standards and organizational ethics.
Question 3: Beneficiaries of Corporate Social Responsibility
A company's chief executive officer (CEO) has decided to launch a corporate
social responsibility (CSR) program. Who are the intended beneficiaries of a
CSR program?
, ✔✔ Answer: Community Members (and broader society/environment)
Rationale: While standard business operations focus primarily on internal
stakeholders and financial returns for shareholders, CSR initiatives are explicitly
designed to deliver broader social, environmental, and economic benefits to
external community members and society at large.
Question 4: Green Workplace Initiatives
A corporation's code of ethics endorses a green workplace. Which employee
activity models this code?
✔✔ Answer: Starting an office recycling program
Rationale: A "green workplace" emphasizes environmental sustainability, waste
reduction, and resource conservation. Establishing an internal office recycling
program directly operationalizes environmental ethics within daily workplace
habits.
Question 5: Community-Focused CSR Alignment
A manager recently decides to get employees involved in a new corporate
social responsibility (CSR) initiative to show that the company is dedicated to
making a difference in the local community. Which activity demonstrates an
appropriate way to meet this goal?
✔✔ Answer: Initiate a community technology recycling program for old
computers
Rationale: Effective CSR connects company capabilities with public needs.
Creating a community technology recycling program reduces electronic waste in
local landfills while expanding access to refurbished hardware, serving both
environmental and social needs in the surrounding area.
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
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS ALREADY
PASSED!!!
Question 1: Socialization and Shared Values
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
Rationale: Organizational culture consists of the shared values, beliefs, attitudes,
and behavioral norms that shape how members interact and make decisions within
a company. Onboarding processes that teach conflict resolution and align personal
values with corporate ethics socialize the employee into the organization's unique
culture.
Question 2: Integrity and Reporting Standards
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 (or Code of Ethics / Organizational Ethics)
Rationale: Intentionally suppressing or falsifying financial information violates
basic standards of honesty, transparency, and regulatory compliance. Asking an
employee to misrepresent facts directly breaches both professional accounting
standards and organizational ethics.
Question 3: Beneficiaries of Corporate Social Responsibility
A company's chief executive officer (CEO) has decided to launch a corporate
social responsibility (CSR) program. Who are the intended beneficiaries of a
CSR program?
, ✔✔ Answer: Community Members (and broader society/environment)
Rationale: While standard business operations focus primarily on internal
stakeholders and financial returns for shareholders, CSR initiatives are explicitly
designed to deliver broader social, environmental, and economic benefits to
external community members and society at large.
Question 4: Green Workplace Initiatives
A corporation's code of ethics endorses a green workplace. Which employee
activity models this code?
✔✔ Answer: Starting an office recycling program
Rationale: A "green workplace" emphasizes environmental sustainability, waste
reduction, and resource conservation. Establishing an internal office recycling
program directly operationalizes environmental ethics within daily workplace
habits.
Question 5: Community-Focused CSR Alignment
A manager recently decides to get employees involved in a new corporate
social responsibility (CSR) initiative to show that the company is dedicated to
making a difference in the local community. Which activity demonstrates an
appropriate way to meet this goal?
✔✔ Answer: Initiate a community technology recycling program for old
computers
Rationale: Effective CSR connects company capabilities with public needs.
Creating a community technology recycling program reduces electronic waste in
local landfills while expanding access to refurbished hardware, serving both
environmental and social needs in the surrounding area.
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
