Posted: July 24th, 2016

Which of the following statements would NOT describe a direct influence response to the organization s environment?

5. (TCO 2) The interest rates are an important aspect of which environment?
Political legal
Economic
Sociocultural
Task
None of these choices

6. (TCO 2) Which of the following is NOT one of the elements in the task environment for St. Jude Children s Hospital?
The board of directors
Pharmaceuticals sales representatives
Patients
Local pediatric clinics
Safety inspectors

7. (TCO 2) Which of the following statements would NOT describe a direct influence response to the organization s environment?
A power company sets up and advertises a safety watch program to help reduce crime in an inner city neighborhood.
An industry council hires a lobbyist to represent it in Washington, D.C.
A firm develops new uses for its existing products.
An organization restructures itself from a mechanistic to an organic design.
A firm signs a long term agreement with one of its suppliers.

8. (TCO 3) You suspect that a manager is stealing company funds for his own use, but you decide to ignore it. Your action is
legal and ethical.
illegal but not unethical.
legal but unethical.
illegal and unethical.
illegal but ethical.

9. (TCO 3) Which of the following is the MOST common approach to the management of ethics?
Top management support
A multipage book of organizational policies and procedures
An unwritten code of ethics
A written code of ethics and top management support
government regulation