OA Exam 2 160 Questions and Verified Answers
legal-ethical - CORRECT ANSWER An organization plans to close its local factory
and shift manufacturing operations overseas. This brings opposition from
employees. Which terms describes this organizational move?
It drew the public's attention to the targeted issue. - CORRECT ANSWER 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?
shareholders - CORRECT ANSWER 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?
The customer base of the restaurant will decrease. - CORRECT ANSWER A new
manager in a restaurant decides to cut costs by purchasing sub-standard
materials. What are the implications of this manager's actions?
Organizational culture - CORRECT ANSWER 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?
,ethics - CORRECT ANSWER 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?
Employee handbook guidelines - CORRECT ANSWER 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?
age - CORRECT ANSWER 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?
Starting an office recycling program - CORRECT ANSWER A corporation's code of
ethics endorses a green work place. Which employee activity models this code?
greenwashing - CORRECT ANSWER 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?
Accounting and finance - CORRECT ANSWER Which organizational department is
responsible for managing receivables and payables for a company?
, Computer installation - CORRECT ANSWER Which function is performed by the
information technology department of an organization?
Human resources - CORRECT ANSWER Which organizational department is
responsible for maintaining compliance with labor laws?
Individual - CORRECT ANSWER A supervisor assigns an employee to work on a
small project that is directly related to a corporate goal, and the employee's skill
set makes them the ideal person to accomplish the task. What is this employee's
managerial designation?
top - CORRECT ANSWER An employee is involved in providing vision and direction
for an organization and developing broad goals designed to move the organization
towards that vision. What is this employee's management role in the
organization?
front line - CORRECT ANSWER An employee is involved directly with each of the
individuals tasked with working on actionable items designed to pursue goals that
will move the organization towards its vision statement. What is this employee's
management role in the organization?
top - CORRECT ANSWER A meeting of the company's chief financial officer, chief
information officer, and all three of the executive vice presidents must occur early
next week. Which group of managers will be present at this meeting?