Management Fundamentals 7th Edition by Robert N. Lussier

Exercise 7

Objective

To determine your level of ethics.

Skills

The primary skills developed through this exercise are:

1. Management skill – interpersonal

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2. AACSB competencies – ethical understanding and reasoning abilities and reflective thinking skills

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3. Management function – leading

Preparing for Skill Builder 1

For this exercise, first complete the Self-Assessment in the chapter (page 70).

Discussion Questions

1. Who is harmed and who benefits from the unethical behaviors in items 1–3?

2. For items 4–24, select the three (circle their numbers) you consider the most unethical. Who is harmed by and who benefits from these unethical behaviors?

3. If you observed unethical behavior but didn’t report it, why didn’t you report the behavior? If you did blow the whistle, what motivated you to do so? What was the result?

4. As a manager, it is your responsibility to uphold ethical behavior. If you know employees are doing any of these unethical behaviors, will you take action to enforce compliance with ethical standards?

5. What can you do to prevent unethical behavior?

6. As part of the class discussion, share any of the other unethical behaviors you observed and listed.

Apply It

What did I learn from this experience? How will I use this knowledge in the future?

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Step 1 of 6

1. In items 1-3 other people like students are harmed while I am benefitted from the unethical behavior.

2. For items 4-24 the most unethical items according to me are:

• Taking spouse or friends out to eat or on business trips and charging their expenses to the organizational account. In this company is harmed while I am benefitted

• Misleading a customer to make a sale, such as promising rapid delivery dates. In this company and customer is harmed while I am benefitted

• Allowing yourself to be pressured, or pressuring others, to sign off on documents you haven’t read, knowing they may contain information or describe decisions that might be considered inappropriate. In this other people in company is harmed while I am benefitted