"Sam, You Don't Have to Ignore What You Saw! You

question 106

Multiple Choice

"Sam, you don't have to ignore what you saw! You can call the corporate ethics hotline and report it," said Maria. She continued, "The hotline process offers a channel to ________, spur management to act quickly, and prevent retaliation against whistleblowers. I know that courage is needed when your only ethical course of action appears to be whistleblowing. But that's what you must do - work through channels to report wrongdoing."

• A)ostracize whistleblowers
• B)keep whistleblowers' identities secret
• C)identify whistleblowers
• D)keep ethics problems hidden
• E)influence assignments given to whistleblowers.

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Definitions:

Openness

Openness is a personality dimension that involves the appreciation for art, emotion, adventure, unusual ideas, imagination, curiosity, and variety of experience.

Learning Approach

The theoretical view that focuses on how behavior changes as a function of rewards and punishments; also called behaviorism.

Rewards And Punishment

A concept in behaviorism where positive outcomes are used to reinforce desired behavior, and negative outcomes are used to deter undesirable behavior.

Personality Processes

The mental activities of personality, including perception, thought, motivation, and emotion.