1. "Workplace bullying legislation has been proposed in 30 states. . . . No state has yet passed the legislation,". Why do you think workplace bullying has been so difficult to address with legislation?

2. The current CEO to median employee salary ratio is over 400 to 1 in many U.S. companies. Can companies have this type of salary ratio and still adhere to principles of justice?

3. Would open book management work in your current or previous place of employment, or organization membership? Why or why not? How would other employees react to this opportunity?

4. Do you believe that to some extent "good leaders are born, not made"? Are there some enduring traits or personal qualities (e.g., intelligence, extroversion) associated with effective leadership that some people either have or do not have? If there is any validity to the trait approach, what would be the implications for the ideas in chapter 9?

5. Based on what you know about cultural values and practices in various parts of the world, how universal is the concept of "servant leadership"?

6. Do employees in your organization or students at school ever engage in unethical behavior in order to achieve a performance goal? If so, how can the performance goals or monitoring systems be modified to generate more ethical, or less unethical, behaviors?

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