Law And Ethics Final

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Expert Power

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Usually stems from a superior's credibility with his or her subordinates.

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A Decentralized Organization delegates....?

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It Delegates Decision-Making Authority as far down the chain of command as possible and has relatively few formal rules.

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Transitional Leaders attempt to create employee satisfaction though...?

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Through bartering or negotiating for desired behaviors or levels of performance.

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According to the Text, a Centralized Organizational Structure tends to be...?

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Tends to be more Ethical.

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The 2 Basic Dimensions that determine an organization's cultures are...?

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Concern for People and Performance.

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The Exacting Organizational Culture is...?

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Concerned with performance but has little concern for employees.

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The Apathetic Organizational Culture exhibits...?

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Minimal concern for people and performance.

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Corperate Structure applies to...?

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All Organizations.

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Group Norms are...?

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Standards of Behavior that groups expect of their members.

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Teams bring together...?

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The Functional Expertise of Employees from several different areas of the organization on a Single Project.

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Management's sense of the organization's culture may be...?

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Quite Different from Employee's Perceptions.

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According to the Text, motivation is defined as...?

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A Force within the Individual that focuses on his or her behavior of achieving a goal.

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According to the text, many Ethical Decisions within Organizations are made by...?

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Groups within the Organization.

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The Coercive Leader demands...?

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Instantaneous Obedience and focuses on Achievement, Initiative, and Self-Control.

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Sherry's leadership Style tends to create a negative climate because of...?

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The High Standards she sets; Sherry is most likely a Pacesetting Leader.

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A Coaching Leader builds a positive climate by...?

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Developing Skills to Foster Long-Term Success, Delegating Responsibility, and issuing challanging assignments.

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An Integrative Culture combines...?

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High Level of Concerns for People and Performance.

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There are 5 Power Bases from which 1 Person may influence another:

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-REWARD Power
-COERCIVE Power
-LEGITIMATE Power
-EXPERT Power
-REFERENT Power

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Codes of Conduct for a Business do not guarantee...?

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An Ethical Business Climate.

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In the Absence of Ethics Programs,...?

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Employees are likely to make decisions based on their Observations of how their peers and superiors behave.

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Codes of Conduct are...?

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Formal Statements of what an organization expects in the way of Ethical Behavior.

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Corrective action involves...?

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Rewarding Employees who comply with company policy and punishing those who do not.

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The Sarbanes-Oxley Act...?

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Places pressure on Ethics Officers to monitor Financial and Sales Reporting.

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A Common Mistake made in implementing an Ethics Program is...?

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Developing Materials that do not meet the needs of the average employees.

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One of the most effective methods of Ethics Training is...?

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Exercise in resolving ethical dilemmas that relate to actual situations employees may face on the job.

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It is Important for Ethics Programs to differentiate between...?

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Organizational Ethics and Personal Ethics.

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A Goal of an Ethics Training Program should not be to...?

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Control Employees' Personal Ethics and Moral Beliefs.

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Compliance Orientation strives to create order by...?

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Requiring that Employees identify with and commit to be specific required conduct.

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With regard to ethics, Training and Communication Initiatives should...?

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Reflect the Unique Characteristics of an Organization.

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An Ethics Audit...?

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Is NOT the same as a Social Audit.

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List the Steps in the Ethics Auditing Process.

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-1). Secure Commitment of Top Executives and Directors.
-2). Review Organizational Mission, Goals, Values, and Polices, and Define Ethical Priorities.
-3). Verify the Results
-4). Collect and Analyze Relevant Information.

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The Ethics Officer Association conducts Research on Legal and Ethical Issues in the workplace, and these results may...?

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Facilitate Comparisons during an audit.

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Crisis Management Plans help Companies...?

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Respond to and Recover from Natural Disasters or Technological Disruptions.

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The Ethics Audit should be overseen by...?

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The Board of Directors' Financial Audit Committee.

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Data Analysis that includes an examination of how other firms in the industry are performing in a Particular Area may be called...?

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Benchmarking.

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The Firms' Decision to conduct an Ethics Audit is...?

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NOT a phase of Escalation during an Ethical Disaster.

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Ethics Audits can help Companies identify...?

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Potential Risks and Liabilities so they can implement plans to eliminate or reduce them before they reach crisis dimensions.

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The Process of Ethical Disaster Recovery Planning includes:

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-1). Assessing the Organization's Values.
-2). Developing an Ethics Program.
-3). Preforming an Ethics Audit.
-4). Developing Contingency Plans for Ethical Disasters.

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Verification is...?

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An Independent Assessment of the Guilty, Accuracy, and Completeness of a Company's Social or Ethics Report.

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Criminal Law:

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The Law that Governs Crimes alleged by the Government.

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Civil Law:

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The Law that governs Rights and Duties between Private Persons or Between Private Persons and The Government concerning matters other then the commission of a Crime.

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Tort:

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A Civil Wrong (Other then a Breach of Contract) that causes injury or other Damage for which our Legal System deems it just to provide a Remedy such as Compensation.

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Intentional Torts:

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A Tort in which a person either desired to bring about the result with substantial certainty that the result would follow what the person did or failed to do.

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Examples of Intentional Torts:

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-Abuse of Process
-Assault
-Battery
-Civil Rights Violation
-Conversion
-Defamation(Libel or Slander)
-False Imprisonment
-Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress
-Interference of Contract Relations
-Misrepresentation

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Examples of Negligent Torts:

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-Elements of Negligence(Duty of Care, Breach of the Duty of Care, Proximate Cause, or Damages)

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Examples of Strict Liability Torts:

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-Strict Liability(Responsibility regardless of Blame Worthiness or Fault) An example would be performing an Abnormally Dangerous Activity such as Blasting.

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Intentionally:

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A person acts Intentionally with respect to a result or to conduct described be a statutedefining an offense, when his purpose is to cause that result or to engage in that conduct.

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Knowingly:

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A person acts knowingly with respect to conduct or to a circumstance described by a statute defining an offense when he is aware that his conduct is of that nature or that the circumstance exists.

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Recklessly:

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A person acts recklessly with respect to a result or to a circumstance described by a statute defining an offense when he is aware of and consciously disregards a substantial and unjustifable risk that the result will occur or that the circumstance exists.

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Criminal Negligence:

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A Person acts with criminal negilgence with respect to a result or to a circumstance which is defined by stature as an offense when her fails to perceive a substantial and unjustifiable risk that the result will occur or that the circumstance exists.

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Entrapment:

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The main consideration in an Entrapment Defense is predisposition.

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Insanity:

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In an Insanity Defense, the Defendant must prove by clear and convincing evidence that: The Defendent has a severe mental disease or defect and because of this condition the Defendent was unable to appreciate the Nature and Quality or Wrongfulness of his Act.

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Self-Defense:

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The main consideration is reasonableness.

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Criminal Procedure(State Felony Case):

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-Arrest
-Felony Examination
-Preliminary Hearing(Probable Cause Hearing in District Court)
-Grand Jury(Meets in District Attorney's Office to determine whether or not to return an indictment)
-Arrangement(Circuit Court)
-Jury Trial(Circuit Court)

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Jurisdiction:

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Power of the Court to entertain the action - may never be waived by the parties.

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Venue:

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The place where the action may be tried.