Think about your current workplace or a former workplace.

1. in the textbook (by Trevio and Nelson), which help audit the formal and informal elements of an organizations culture. Read each of them with this current or former workplace (or educational institution) in mind.
2. Choose at least three total questionsand at least one each from 5.1 and 5.2and answer them about your organization of choice. You dont have to identify the company, but include relevant information, which might include the industry, your role, and so on.

ETHICAL CULTURE: A MULTISYSTEM FRAMEWORK We said earlier that ethical culture can be conceptualized as representing a slice of the organization's broader culture. Ethical culture is created and maintained through a complex interplay of formal and informal organizational systems (Figure 5.1). For- mally, executive leader communications, selection systems, orientation and training FORMAL SYSTEMS Executive Leadership Selection system Policies/Codes Orientation/Training itles Performance management Authority structure Decision processes Ethical and Unethical Behavior Alignment? FIGURE 5.1 A Multisystem Ethical Culture Framework INFORMAL SYSTEMS Role Models/Heroes Norms Rituals Myths/Stories Language Moral Person Tells followers how leader behaves Traits . Executive Ethical Leadership Is about Reputation, Which Rests on These Two Pillars Trust Behaviors . . Honesty Integrity Openness Concern for people Decision making Values-based Personal morality CHAPTER 5 ETHICS AS ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE 159 Fair Moral Manager Tells followers how they should behave and holds them accountable Role Modeling Takes visible ethical action Rewards/Discipline Holds people accountable for ethical conduct Communicating Sends an "ethics and values" message FIGURE 5.2 Executive Ethical Leadership Strong Moral Manager Weak Executive Ethical Leadership Reputation Matrix Moral Person Weak Hypocritical leader Strong Ethical leader Unethical leader - Ethically neutral leader