The Human Resources Manager at Swingline, Inc

question 47

Multiple Choice

The human resources manager at Swingline, Inc., a manufacturer of office staplers, wants to encourage a more ethical climate in the organization. A likely way for Swingline to do this is to

• A) make certain that Swingline has a company code of ethics that is enforced.
• B) add an ethics department whose job is to constantly watch employees to be certain they behave.
• C) develop a system of security cameras, telephone monitoring, and one-way mirrors to be certain that employees behave appropriately.
• D) avoid any mention of ethics to employees so that they will not think unethical thoughts.
• E) do none of the above. All of these practices are illegal because they take away an employee's constitutional right of free choice.

Recognize the role and effects of schemas and stereotypes in shaping perceptions and judgments.

Apply critical thinking skills in personal problem solving and decision making.

Identify and utilize different problem-solving strategies like subgoal setting and working backward.

Understand the advantages and disadvantages of using heuristics in decision making.

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Average Value

The sum of all the values in a set divided by the number of values in the set.

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Standard Deviation

A measure that is used to quantify the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of data values.