Question

Sharon is a manager at Softest Tissue Corporation. She is faced with an interesting problem. One of her employees has been cheating the company out of expense money. Sharon must decide whether or not to fire this employee. In this role, Sharon is acting as: a. a symbolic leader. b. an ethical theorist. c. an obstructive manager. d. a moral agent. e. an authoritarian leader.

Answer 1

Answer:

d. a moral agent.

Explanation:

As a moral agent, a leader has the ability to make moral judgments based on some commonly held notions of what is right and wrong and to be held accountable for these actions. These notions are usually included in the organization's code of conduct.

In this scenario, Sharon is acting as a moral agent.