Workplace Ethics: True And False Quiz!

A team member cannot be personally be named in a civil lawsuit. Only organizations can be sued.

Using a business copier or printer for personal use is considered theft and violates nearly every organization's ethical guidelines.

Taking a product for personal use is ok if you need to test the product to sell it more successfully.

Using videos, pictures, or music that you found on the internet for business use is legal and ethical because the copyright holder did not protect their work.

Reporting more hours than you actually worked, falsifying pay records, or reporting inflated business expenses for reimbursement is a serious ethical violation that could result in serious disciplinary action.

It is ethical and legal to divulge confidential company information that is not available to the public to your spouse or immediate family, but never to friends or neighbors.

Gossiping or spreading rumors about co-workers whether they are true or not is considered unethical behavior.

The best rule of thumb for working with customer, patient, or employee data is to assume that the information is confidential.

It is acceptable to destroy sensitive company documents and emails that could be harmful in the case of audits, reviews, and litigation because the information is the property of the company.

Giving bribes or gifts to public officials for favorable rulings on inspections, licenses, permits, or other government-controlled decisions is a serious legal and ethical violation. However, it is perfectly legal to bribe public officials from foreign countries.

If you witness an ethics violation that breaks the law or is particularly serious in nature, it should be reported immediately to management, human resources, or your legal department.

Agreeing with your competitors to charge the same price for a product or service is perfectly legal and ethical.

Treating a co-worker poorly because you perceive them as different may not be nice, but it is not unethical.

Using work time for social networking, personal phone calls, or shopping is form of theft because you are stealing time and therefore wages from the organization.

Lying to or misleading customers about the attributes of your organization's products or services or the ability to deliver those services is only unethical if it results in monetary loss or injury to the customer.