Ethical Perspectives
Which ethical perspective assumes that the sole responsibility of an organization is to those people who own the instruments of production?
Stakeholder Theory
Participation is an ethical practice of valuing feedback and recognizing contributions of organizational members (T/F)
True
What is the three filter test?
A test to assess whether information or knowledge is valuable and worth sharing with others
Is it true?
Is it good?
Is it useful?
A "dark side" communication behavior in which people try to harm others' credibility or performance indirectly, thus avoiding a face-to-face encounter is called...
Indirect Interpersonal Aggression
Dom, read prompt!
Julie is demonstrating which type of strategy of dissent?
Threatening Resignation
Making prescriptions reasonably priced for the general public is an example of the rights/justice-based perspective (T/F)
True
Distributive Justice: Normative principles that concern what is just or right regarding the allocation of goods in the organization
This nonverbal behavior is defined as the use of touch when communicating
Haptics
Filter of __________ of the three-filter test assesses the absolute positiveness of information or knowledge
Filter of Goodness
The ethical wheel illustrates the influences that various dimensions of our lives exert on our ethical or unethical decision making (T/F)
True
Personal, Primary, Professional, Secondary
Dom, read prompt!
This frequent voicing of a specific problem is an example of which strategy of dissent?
Repetition
The _________ ethical perspective assumes that ethical decisions are unique to any given situation and are not universal in nature
Situational Ethical Perspective
A person who has more power in a relationship will not violate the space of the less powerful person with greater frequency (T/F)
False
The three-filter test assesses whether information or knowledge is valuable and worthy of sharing with others (T/F)
True
Expressing dissatisfaction to people who cannot alleviate the problem, but will lend an ear as we vent our displeasure is known as articulated dissent (T/F)
False
Displaced Dissent
Circumvention is a positive strategy of organizational dissent in which an employee goes above his or her immediate supervisor to complain about an issue (T/F)
False
Negative strategy of organizational dissent in which an employee goes above his or her immediate supervisor to complain about an issue
This ethical perspective assumes that ethical behaviors are true in nature and universal
Foundational Ethical Perspective
This term refers to how people consciously and unconsciously organize their space
Territoriality
Which part of the three-filter test assesses the absolute utility of the information or knowledge
Filter of Usefulness
Revealing questionable organizational practices to an outside audience that can bring about justice or increase awareness in an affected public is known as
Whistleblowing
Dom, read prompt!
Sarah is illustrating which strategy of dissent?
Circumvention
The_________ ethical perspective assumes that ethical behavior is based on outcome as opposed to intention
Utilitarian Ethical Perspective
Dialogic communication is an ethical practice that matches the organization’s formal practices and informal practices to the needs of its members (T/F)
False
Dialogic Communication: Open communication and teamwork free of the restraints of a hierarchal structure
This part of the three-filter test assesses the absolute verifiability of information or knowledge
Filter of Truth
Strategic ambiguity is...
purposely giving less information than is needed for complete understanding
Organizational argument is the way employees go about voicing disagreement or dissatisfaction about organizational issues (T/F)
False
Organizational Dissent