Which of the Following Is TRUE of Employees' Responses to Witnessed

question 53

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is TRUE of employees' responses to witnessed ethical violations, as observed by the 2013 Ethics Resource Center (ERC) survey of 6,420 for-profit employees?

• A) Most who reported the misconduct said they did so in hopes of hurting the perpetrator.
• B) Most who reported the misconduct experienced some kind of retaliation.
• C) Slightly less than half reported the misconduct.
• D) Most reported the misconduct.

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Definitions:

Ideology

The system of attitudes, beliefs, ideas, perceptions, and values that shape the reality of people in society. Ideology does not simply reflect reality as it exists but shapes reality to favor the interests of the dominant class.

Taxation

The system through which a government levies financial charges on its citizens or residents to fund public expenditure.

Hegemony

The struggle over the establishment of certain meanings and ideas in society. A group maintains hegemony when it is able to create a worldview that other people and groups actively support, even though that worldview may not be in their interests. Hegemony operates when the taken for granted system of meanings that everyone shares functions in the best interests of the dominant group.