Only senior executives are responsible for maintaining ethical standards in organizations.

Statement - please write down in your answer if the statement is true or false

“A leader should be responsible for promoting an ethical organizational culture.”

Development Question - Answer the question clearly and in a structured way. Support your arguments with relevant concepts, examples, and, where appropriate, practical organizational situations.

Assume you are advising a manager who wants to strengthen ethical behaviour in their team.

Explain what actions the leader should take to communicate ethical expectations, serve as a role model, and handle ethical breaches in a fair and credible way.

Organizations that encourage open dialogue are better positioned to address ethical dilemmas.

Unethical behaviour in one department cannot affect the reputation of the whole organization.

Statement - please write down in your answer if the statement is true or false

“Ethical decision-making rarely involves balancing conflicting interests and values.”

Development Question - Answer the question clearly and in a structured way. Support your arguments with relevant concepts, examples, and, where appropriate, practical organizational situations.

Describe a situation in which an organization had to choose between competing priorities, such as profitability, employee well-being, customer trust, or social responsibility.

Discuss the ethical tensions involved and explain how the organization should make a fair and ethically sound decision.

Training employees in ethics can support more responsible behaviour at work.

A strong organizational culture can reduce the likelihood of unethical behaviour.

Compliance with the law automatically means an organization is acting ethically.

Corporate ethics is unrelated to how employees are recruited, managed, and promoted.

Ethical leadership only matters mainly in non-profit organizations.