MGMT Exam 2 - FLASHCARDS - Chapter 7

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Trust is among the most significant factors in determining a company’s

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Reputation

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What is how well one’s actions fit in with generally accepted moral standards?

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Ethics

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When people make a rational assessment based on perceptions of another party’s reliability, they engage in what?

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Cognition based trust

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What is trust that is rooted in one’s own personality, as opposed to a careful assessment of the trustee’s trustworthiness?

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Disposition based trust

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What type of trust is with new relationships?

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Disposition based trust

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What type of trust is with most relationships?

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Cognition based trust

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What type of trust is with few relationships?

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Affect based trust

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What term is used to describe a person’s general belief that others can be relied upon?

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Trust propensity

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When consumers are willing to make themselves vulnerable to a company based on positive expectations about that company’s actions and intentions, consumers are exhibiting what?

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Trust

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10
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What are the components of cognition based trust?

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Ability, benevolence, and integrity

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What is the best definition of justice?

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the degree to which an authority’s decision making is considered fair

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In the process of hiring a specialist, at what point should ability be considered?

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At the beginning of the process

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13
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What is the belief that an authority wants to do good for an employee, apart from any selfish or profit-centered motives?

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Benevolence

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What is true of authorities who are considered benevolent?

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They are concerned about employees’ well-being.

They care for employees.

They are loyal to their employees

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Unlike other forms of trust, affect-based trust is primarily _____

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Emotional. It is not rational

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16
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True or false: Justice provides the behavioral evidence that employees need to determine trustworthiness?

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TRUE

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17
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What quality is demonstrated by someone who shows a desire to do what is in your best interest rather than their own interest?

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Benevolence

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18
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What dimension of trustworthiness is demonstrated by a person who “tells it like it is”?

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Integrity

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19
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What is the perceived fairness of decision-making outcomes?

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Distributive justice

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20
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What is the perceived fairness of decision-making processes?

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Procedural justice

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21
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What is the perceived fairness of the interpersonal treatment received by employees from authorities?

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Interpersonal justice

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22
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What do employees consider in order to determine whether distributive justice exists?

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Pay, rewards, evaluation, promotions, and work assignments

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When a new relationship is forming, the presence or absence of trust often depends solely on your own

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Trust propensity

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24
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Authorities are able to improve procedural justice when they abide by rules of ____

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Fair process

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25
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What rule of fair process is ensured by having procedures that employees can use to appeal their performance evaluation ratings?

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Correctability

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26
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Which dimension of justice is most accurately described by the saying, “A fair day’s pay, for a fair day’s work.”

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Distributive justice

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27
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Which dimension of justice is demonstrated when a company provides an honest explanation to employees for a decision that affects their employment?

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Informational

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28
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What term describes the process through which former or current employees expose illegal or immoral actions by their organization?

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Whistle blowing

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29
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True or false: Unethical behavior can be initiated by both the individual and the institution?

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TRUE

30
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What are rules of procedural justice?

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Voice, correctability, bias suppression

31
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When people believe that they are treated with dignity and respect by parties involved in a decision-making process, they perceive ______ justice.

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Interpersonal

32
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What contributes to the perceptions of procedural justice?

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voice, correctability, consistency, bias suppression, representativeness, accuracy

33
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What contributes to the perceptions of distributive justice?

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Equity (tangible reward), equality (opportunity), need (demands)

34
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What contributes to the perceptions of interpersonal justice?

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respect, propriety

35
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What contributes to the perceptions of informational justice?

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justification, truthfulness

36
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A model that argues that ethical behaviors result from the multistage sequence of moral awareness, moral judgment, moral intent, and ethical behavior.

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Four component model of ethical decision making

37
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What is magnitude of consequences?

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The level of impact of the outcome

38
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What is probability of effect?

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The likelihood that the act will occur or cause harm

39
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What is temporal immediacy?

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The interval between when the act occurs and its consequences

40
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What is concentration of effect?

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The extent to which consequences of the act are focused

41
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According to Kohlberg, when does moral development begin?

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at the preconventional stage

42
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What term is used to describe the degree to which an issue has ethical urgency?

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Moral intensity

43
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According to researchers, people pay more attention to stimuli that are ______?

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significant, recognizable, and vivid

44
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According to Kohlberg’s theory of cognitive moral development, which is true of moral development at the conventional stage?

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It involves an emphasis on laws, rules, and orders that govern society.

45
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What is the moral principle that holds that the individual’s self-interest and freedom should be the motivation and the goal of action?

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Egoism

46
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What is an authority’s degree of commitment to the moral course of action?

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Moral intent

47
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What term describes a company’s acknowledgment that it is accountable for its actions?

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Social responsibility

48
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Which moral principles judge the morality of an action solely on its honorable qualities and respect for others rather than on its outcome?

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virtue ethics

ethics of rights

49
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What is the name of a company officer appointed to make sure that a company meets its legal obligations and does not violate regualtions?

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Compliance officer

50
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What is the best definition of moral identity?

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How much someone considers themselves to be a moral person

51
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_____ exchange relationships involve a connection with another person and fosters trust and expectations that the other person will honor his or her obligations?

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Social

52
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Which factor is predicted by an employee’s level of trust in authorities?

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Ability to focus

53
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What is the difference between trust and risk?

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Trust is willing to be vulnerable, while risk is actually becoming vulnerable

54
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What reflects the prominence of a brand in the minds
of the public and its perceived quality and can be easily damaged?

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Reputation

55
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What type of trust is rooted in emotion rather than reason?

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Affect based trust

56
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What is the preconventional stage of moral development?

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focuses on consequences of actions for the individual

57
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What is the conventional stage of moral development?

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references the expectations of one’s family and society

58
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What is the principled stage of moral development?

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the most advanced, uses a set of defined, established moral principles

59
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What relationships have increased trust, and are characterized by mutual investment, going above and beyond expectations?

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Social exchange relationships

60
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What relationships lack trust, and are narrowly defined, quid pro quo obligations?

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Economic exchange relationships

61
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What is the difference between merely ethical and especially ethical behavior?

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  1. Merely ethical: you obey laws and live up to contractual obligations.
  2. Especially ethical: you go above and beyond minimum
62
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What is moral awareness?

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When an authority recognizes that a moral issue exists in a situation.

63
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What does moral awareness depend on?

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Moral intensity. The degree to which an issue has ethical urgency.

64
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What is moral judgement?

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distinguish between right and wrong

65
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What is the degree to which people chronically perceive and consider issues of morality during their experiences?

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Moral attentiveness

66
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What increases moral intensity?

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Magnitude of consequences, probability of effect, temporal immediacy, concentration of effect

67
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How does trust influence job performance and organizational commitment?

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Trust has a moderate positive relationship with job performance.

Trust has a strong positive effect on organizational commitment because a sense of obligation develops along with trust.

68
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What is a distrust tax?

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The reduction in performance because everyone cant focus on task accomplishment.

69
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What is a trust dividend?

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The increase in performance because everyone can focus on task accomplishment.

70
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What are the four levels of corporate social responsibility?

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  1. Economic (profitability)
  2. Legal (legality)
  3. Ethical (ethicality)
  4. Citizenship (community)