6. When addressing certain issues, managers more aware of the large impact their decisions will have on others are more likely to worry about doing the right thing. Which type of issue does this situation best describe a. social consensus b. ethical intensity c. temporal immediacy d. proximity of effect 7. A company's chief financial officer was found guilty of extorting large sums of corporate funds and depositing them into an offshore bank account. The officer had been arrested after a financial manager uncovered suspicious financial records. Which of the following best describes the financial manager? a. whistle blower b. ethical ombudsman c. covert manager d. covert stakeholder 8. What is the first step that managers take to make sense of their changing environments? a. environmental scanning b. perceptual re-engagement c. modification of budgets d. benchmarking 9. Which of the tasks listed below will middle managers most likely have to perform? a. facilitating a bottom-up planning approach to supervising b. managing the performance of entry-level employees c. implementing the changes generated by top managers d. developing employees' commitment to and ownership of the company's performance 10. Kimberly-Clark is subdivided into organizational units called Kimberly-Clark Health Care, which sells products to hospitals; Kimberly-Clark Professional, which sells to businesses, and Kimberly-Clark Consumer, which sells the company's products to consumers. Which of the following does Kimberly-Clark use? a. hierarchical functionalization b. departmentalization c. a nonlinear organizational structure d. a product layout 11. A manager strives to accomplish tasks that help fulfill organizational objectives. What is the manager trying to improve? a. organizational efficiency b. organizational effectiveness c. organizational functionality d. organizational productivity