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Ethical Leadership Development Flashcards

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  1. A leader discovers a colleague is engaged in insider trading. The most appropriate ethical action is to:

    Answer: Report the activity through the organization's compliance or legal channel

    Insider trading is illegal and the ethical duty requires prompt reporting through appropriate compliance channels, not self-resolution.

  2. Which of the following is an example of 'ethical fading' in leadership?

    Answer: Gradual desensitization to ethical concerns through small incremental compromises

    Ethical fading occurs when the moral dimension of decisions gradually disappears from awareness due to repeated small compromises.

  3. Which of the following best describes the 'newspaper front-page test' as an ethical decision-making tool?

    Answer: Asking whether you would be comfortable if the decision were reported publicly

    The newspaper front-page test prompts decision-makers to consider whether a decision would withstand public scrutiny and media coverage.

  4. Ethical leaders foster psychological safety primarily to:

    Answer: Enable employees to raise concerns without fear of retaliation

    Psychological safety allows employees to speak up about ethical concerns, mistakes, or misconduct without fear of negative consequences.

  5. A leader who consistently acts in accordance with their stated values is best described as demonstrating:

    Answer: Integrity

    Integrity is the alignment between a leader's stated values and their actual behavior — walking the talk consistently.

  6. In stakeholder ethics, a leader balancing employee welfare, customer safety, community impact, and shareholder returns is applying which approach?

    Answer: Stakeholder theory

    Stakeholder theory holds that leaders have ethical obligations to all groups affected by their decisions, not only shareholders.

  7. What is the primary purpose of an ethics hotline in an organization?

    Answer: To provide a confidential channel for reporting suspected misconduct

    An ethics hotline provides employees a confidential — often anonymous — mechanism to report potential misconduct without direct managerial contact.