• Question 1
2 out of 2 points
Who claimed that utilitarianism promotes mediocrity, fails to encourage excellence, and makes people prefer to be happy and comfortable rather than exceptional?
• Question 2
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• Question 1
2 out of 2 points
Who claimed that utilitarianism promotes mediocrity, fails to encourage excellence, and makes people prefer to be happy and comfortable rather than exceptional?
• Question 2
2 out of 2 points
Who penned the Tao Te Ching?
• Question 3
2 out of 2 points
Which of the following is a fundamental way of thinking about ethics that emphasizes multiplying happiness, or making life better, for the majority of stakeholders in an organization, community, or country?
• Question 4
2 out of 2 points
Which of the following is NOT a belief held by Nietzsche about slave morality?
• Question 5
2 out of 2 points
Nietzsche's ideal person, also known as ______________, is brave, noble, visionary, and capable of standing alone.
• Question 6
2 out of 2 points
Who is considered to be the founder of Taoism?
• Question 7
2 out of 2 points
Tao, translated into English, means:
• Question 8
2 out of 2 points
The author of The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, which demonstrated how religious ideas influenced the development of capitalism, is:
• Question 9
2 out of 2 points
Plato's teacher was which of the following philosophers?
• Question 10
2 out of 2 points
Who famously inquired, "Is it better to be loved or feared"?
• Question 11
2 out of 2 points
Which of the following theorists promoted the concept of servant leadership?
• Question 12
2 out of 2 points
Your manager gives you an extra $20 if you meet your sales goal every month. What type of power is your manager leading with?
• Question 13
2 out of 2 points
The belief that there are no universal human norms and values and all ethical principles are relative to a culture is called:
• Question 14
2 out of 2 points
Which document, adopted by the general assembly of the United Nations in 1948, proclaims the inalienable right of all humans to freedom, justice, and peace?
• Question 15
2 out of 2 points
_______________ claims that leadership is not only the art of shaping values, but also the art of exploiting the values and beliefs of a culture or several cultures.
• Question 16
2 out of 2 points
_______________ chaired the United Nations Commission on Human Rights and was asked to coordinate the writing and ratification of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Document in 1946.
• Question 17
2 out of 2 points
Which management theorist proposed Theories X and Y?
• Question 18
2 out of 2 points
The five sources of power, as defined by French and Raven (1959), are as follows:
• Question 19
2 out of 2 points
_______________ has historically been one of the most common forms of leadership influence.
• Question 20
2 out of 2 points
Which of the following is the most effective form of behavioral control?
• Question 21
2 out of 2 points
Referent power can be diminished by which of the following:
• Question 22
2 out of 2 points
According to Ciulla, what are the two types of virtue:
• Question 23
2 out of 2 points
Which virtue results from habit?
• Question 24
2 out of 2 points
According to Covey, the four levels of principle-centered leadership are as follows:
• Question 25
2 out of 2 points
Which of the following is NOT one of Covey's eight traits of effective leaders?
• Question 26
2 out of 2 points
According to ______________, effective leaders think of things as existing on a continuum. They are not extremists.
• Question 27
2 out of 2 points
Who claims that virtues are habits that form our character?
• Question 28
2 out of 2 points
To encourage student success, which of the following forms of power would a college instructor utilize?
• Question 29
2 out of 2 points
Ethical theories based on duty are called:
• Question 30
2 out of 2 points
Friedrich Nietzsche said that utilitarianism:
• Question 31
2 out of 2 points
Cultural relativism refers to which of the following beliefs:
• Question 32
2 out of 2 points
In order for a personal mission statement to be successful, it must:
• Question 33
2 out of 2 points
__________________ power is a form of power for a person only if others are dependent on the person for advice.
• Question 34
2 out of 2 points
Plato believed that:
• Question 35
2 out of 2 points
According to ____________, people are not willingly just, but only behave justly because they are afraid of getting caught.
• Question 36
2 out of 2 points
Ayn Rand suggests that in order to find true happiness, people should:
• Question 37
2 out of 2 points
___________ believed that humans are, by nature, political animals and that the ethics of individuals should be studied as part of the ethics of a group.
• Question 38
2 out of 2 points
Which of the following theories focuses on what a person does instead of what traits the person possesses?
• Question 39
2 out of 2 points
The management philosophy according to which individuals are held liable, or accountable, for how well they use their authority and live up to their responsibility of performing predetermined activities, is __________.
• Question 40
2 out of 2 points
In a _______ strategy, leaders or managers use incentives and influence techniques to get people to do what they want them to do.
• Question 41
2 out of 2 points
"To invest with power, especially legal power or official authority" is the definition of which of the following terms?
• Question 42
2 out of 2 points
Which form of power exists when a person complies to obtain rewards the person believes are controlled by the agent?
• Question 43
2 out of 2 points
The assumption that human nature is such that all human action is based on self-interest is known as:
• Question 44
2 out of 2 points
Who said, "Man is a sorry breed who tends to believe what he sees on the surface"?
• Question 45
2 out of 2 points
On the first day of employment, your new manager asks you what you want from your new position. The manager is leading under what theory?
• Question 46
2 out of 2 points
Which of the following leadership types is a form of interpersonal attraction that inspires support and acceptance?
• Question 47
2 out of 2 points
Which philosopher believed that the study of ethics is inseparable from the study of politics?
• Question 48
2 out of 2 points
Which form of power exists when a person believes that the agent has special knowledge about the best way to do something?
• Question 49
2 out of 2 points
Plato authored which of the following publications?
• Question 50
2 out of 2 points
According to ________________, managers cannot be successful without being good leaders and leaders cannot be successful without being good managers.
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