LEADERSHIP & ETHICS EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND
DETAILED CORRECT ANSWERS; A+ GRADE STUDY
RESOURCE 2025-2026
Leadership - ANS-Individual influences group of individuals to achieve a common goal.
Is a PROCESS. Involves influence. Attends to common goals
Leaders - ANS-Leaders & followers involved together and need each other. Is STATIC.
Management Activities - ANS-Unidirectional authority. Produces order & consistency.
Planning & budgeting. Organizing & staffing. Controlling & problem solving
Leadership Activities - ANS-Multidirectional influence. Produces change & movement.
Establishing direction, aligning people, motivating, inspiring.
Do you need both management and leadership to be effective? - ANS-YES
Power - ANS-Capacity or potential to influence
Influence - ANS-Use of a behavior that causes behavioral/attitudinal changes in others
2 Bases of Power - ANS-Positional & Personal
Positional power - ANS-Derived from office or rank in an organization. Is legitimate,
coercive, reward, information. Ex: the office of the president
Personal power - ANS-Derived from being seen as like able & knowledgeable. Is
referent and expert. Ex: President Biden
Does power corrupt? - ANS-Yes. Slippery slope. Absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Ethics - ANS-Values/morals that are acceptable. Virtuousness of individuals and their
motives. Rarely rights vs. wrong because people know what's right, it's just whether
they do the right thing or not.
Four Competing Values (Kidder & Gentile) - ANS-1. Truth vs. Loyalty
2. Short term vs. Long term
3. Individual vs. Community
4. Justice vs. Mercy
DETAILED CORRECT ANSWERS; A+ GRADE STUDY
RESOURCE 2025-2026
Leadership - ANS-Individual influences group of individuals to achieve a common goal.
Is a PROCESS. Involves influence. Attends to common goals
Leaders - ANS-Leaders & followers involved together and need each other. Is STATIC.
Management Activities - ANS-Unidirectional authority. Produces order & consistency.
Planning & budgeting. Organizing & staffing. Controlling & problem solving
Leadership Activities - ANS-Multidirectional influence. Produces change & movement.
Establishing direction, aligning people, motivating, inspiring.
Do you need both management and leadership to be effective? - ANS-YES
Power - ANS-Capacity or potential to influence
Influence - ANS-Use of a behavior that causes behavioral/attitudinal changes in others
2 Bases of Power - ANS-Positional & Personal
Positional power - ANS-Derived from office or rank in an organization. Is legitimate,
coercive, reward, information. Ex: the office of the president
Personal power - ANS-Derived from being seen as like able & knowledgeable. Is
referent and expert. Ex: President Biden
Does power corrupt? - ANS-Yes. Slippery slope. Absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Ethics - ANS-Values/morals that are acceptable. Virtuousness of individuals and their
motives. Rarely rights vs. wrong because people know what's right, it's just whether
they do the right thing or not.
Four Competing Values (Kidder & Gentile) - ANS-1. Truth vs. Loyalty
2. Short term vs. Long term
3. Individual vs. Community
4. Justice vs. Mercy