2019 AAPM Annual Meeting
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Session Title: The Understanding and Courage to Lead - Part 2
Question 1: Sean T Hannah and Bruce J Avolio propose a construct called moral potency. Which of the following is true about moral potency?
Reference:Hannah, S. T., & Avolio, B. J. (2010). Moral potency: Building the capacity for character-based leadership. Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research, 62(4), 291.
Choice A:Can be impacted by context.
Choice B:Represents an individual’s ethical psychological resources.
Choice C:Includes the components of moral ownership, courage, and efficacy.
Choice D:Can be improved and developed.
Choice E:All of the above.
Question 2: Sean T Hannah and Bruce J Avolio discuss the risk of self-deception and moral disengagement. Which is not a strategy typically used to delink identity from behaviors?
Reference:Hannah, S. T., & Avolio, B. J. (2010). Moral potency: Building the capacity for character-based leadership. Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research, 62(4), 291.
Choice A:Language euphemisms (tough choices).
Choice B:Slippery-slope of decision-making (incrementally act more unethical).
Choice C:Social persuasion and feedback (you really should).
Choice D:Errors in perceptual causation (couldn’t do anything about it; competitors do it…).
Choice E:Constrained representations of self (becoming a supporting cast member).
Question 3: Leslie E Sekerka and Richard P Bagozzi modeled a path of moral courage to understand how individuals act in morally courageous ways as a matter of choice and self-control. Which choice is the correct order for the high level path?
Reference:Sekerka, L. E., & Bagozzi, R. P. (2007). Moral courage in the workplace: Moving to and from the desire and decision to act. Business Ethics: A European Review, 16(2), 132-149.
Choice A:Ethical challenge, affective reaction & thinking, self-regulation, desire to act, decision to act, action.
Choice B:Ethical challenge, decision to act, self-regulation, desire to act, affective reaction & thinking, action.
Choice C:Ethical challenge, affective reaction & thinking, desire to act, self-regulation, decision to act, action.
Choice D:Ethical challenge, decision to act, desire to act, self-regulation, affective reaction & thinking, action.
Question 4: According to Sekerka and Bagozzi, the multiple points of self-reflection, self-evaluation and self-regulation that the individual faces along the way to action are like 'little mental acts' of moral courage throughout the decision-making path.
Reference:Sekerka, L. E., & Bagozzi, R. P. (2007). Moral courage in the workplace: Moving to and from the desire and decision to act. Business Ethics: A European Review, 16(2), 132-149.
Choice A:True
Choice B:False
Question 5: Margaret Heffernan argues that constructive conflict is a terrible model of collaboration, as evidenced by Dr. Alice Stewart's experience on her epidemiological research into childhood cancer.
Reference:Heffernan, M. (2012). Dare to disagree [video file]. Retrieved from https://www.ted.com/talks/margaret_heffernan_dare_to_disagree
Choice A:True
Choice B:False
Question 6: Susan David contends that a negative emotion is a data point, and not an identity. Which of the following questions should you ask to learn more for better emotional agility?
Reference:David, S. (2017). The gift and power of emotional courage [video file]. Retrieved from https://www.ted.com/talks/susan_david_the_gift_and_power_of_emotional_courage.
Choice A:What is my emotion telling me?
Choice B:Which action will bring me towards my values?
Choice C:Which will take me away from my values?
Choice D:All of the above
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