Chapter 10

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1. Take this quiz on business etiquette, noting your score and the questions you missed.  Come to class ready to discuss, and perhaps defend, your answers. 
2. Read five to seven mission statements of Fortune 500 companies, highlighting words and phrases indicating whether the writers of the statement take a traditional or a relational view of organizations.  Who do you think the intended audience is—managers, employees, workers, regulators, or someone else?
3. Read about workplace surveillance policies.  Then, research whether your state has a workplace privacy law.  Do the statistics on surveillance surprise you?  Is surveillance unfair?  Given your experiences and observations as an employee, what surveillance technology and policies would you put in place if you owned a business?
4. Visit and read the information about workplace “slacking.” The article cites a number of reasons employees say they slack at work.  Are these valid reasons for slacking at work?  Do you think that workers today slack more than they might have before electronic media/technology was available to so many workers?  Why or why not?  Would you be a slacker in the workplace?  If you would, how would you justify it?