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INSTRUMENT 

Ten situations, with 6 possible options each, are given below. For each situation you have 12 points, which you may distribute according to your preference. The choice you agree with most gets the highest score and others, in the descending order. You may assign equal weightage to all options, if that is the way you feel, or no points to some. Write what you would actually do, and not the ideal answer.

An example is given below :

You happen to get the question paper a day prior to an important examination. You would :

a). share the paper with your friends 5
b). keep the paper with you and not tell anyone about it 3
c). return the paper because you feel it is unfair to take advantage of the paper leakage 4

d). keep the paper with you since it seems everyone is doing so

 0
e). return the paper because, if you are found out, you may be debarred from the exam 0
f). return the paper since you believe that it is unfair to cheat 0
TOTAL 12

Situations: 

1. You are offered a substantial amount of money as bribe by a supplier for giving him a contract for your company's hardware and software requirements. You would :  

a). reject the offer because, if found out, your job may be in jeopardy 

b). accept, since everybody seems to be doing so 

c). reject, since you firmly believe that all bribes are bad 

d).accept, since it is benefiting both you and the supplier 

e). reject, since it is not fair to other suppliers 

f). you want the best of materials, and the supplier may not give the best if you take a bribe 

 

2. You are in a desperate hurry to reach a place, and so you reach the railway station. There you learn that the only tickets available are those sold by the touts. You would :

a). buy the ticket, since you want a reservation at any cost  

b). buy the ticket, as you find a lot of people doing so  

c). not buy the ticket because of the fear of getting caught by the TTE  

d). not buy the ticket since you disapprove of black marketing  

e). buy the ticket because your friends say it is the practical thing to do  

f). not buy the ticket because you want to discourage this sort of activities

 

 3. The documentation of your team is to be audited by a team of peers next week. Your superior has asked you to cover a flaw in the documents, i.e., window-dressing the documents. Would you :

a). do it because many others are doing a similar thing
b). do it because the boss assures you that it is the normal practice in all offices
c). not do it, since it is unfair for the team to hide the facts
d). do it, since your boss will be pleased and it will affect your performance appraisal
e). not do it, since it is dishonest to do so
f). do it, for fear of losing your job 

4. You have been asked to write an article. You came across a similar article in a very old issue of a magazine. You would :

a). copy it, since you will get better visibility
b). copy it, since your friends are also doing so
c). copy it, since plagiarism is an accepted practice in writing such articles
d). not copy, since you do not want to cheat
e). not copy, since if you get caught your standing will suffer
f). not copy, since you are against any form of cheating

 

5. You are a Sales Manager. You are competing with another software company for a project. A friend of yours working in the client company gives you a hot tip about your competitor's proposal. Would you take advantage of the situation? You would :

a). take advantage of it because it would help you in your promotion
b). take advantage because you are afraid that otherwise the project would not be achieved
c). not take advantage as you would not approve of your friend leaking information from his own company
d). take advantage because many of your colleagues are doing the same
e). not take advantage because you despise such betrayal of trust
f). take advantage because accepting insider information is an accepted practice

6. You left your previous job and joined a competitor. For getting orders in the new place, you have to criticise and speak ill of your former company in order to put the present company in a better light. You would :

a). do it because your company's profitability is important
b). do it because if you do not get the order, your job may be in jeopardy
c). do not do it because of your old loyalty to your old organisation
d). do not do it because you fiercely believe that such behaviour is demeaning to your personality
e). do it because your colleagues also seem to be doing it
f). do it because it is important for you to prove yourself in the organisation

 

7. You are working in an MNC and you have an opportunity to STD/ISD calls for personal purposes from the office. You would :

a). do it, as you feel you are entitled to do so
b). do it because others are doing the same thing in the office
c). not do it because, if found out, it would be quite shameful
d). avoid because it is against your morals
e). do it because it is okay once in a while
f). do not do it because it is a misuse of the freedom and responsibility given to you

8. You are vying for a dream job. Two people in the interview panel are known to your uncle and he offers to recommend you to the panel which assures you the job. You would :

a). accept because recommendations are nothing new and are accepted
b). accept since you believe you deserve the job
c). not accept because if other candidates come to know of it, you will be ridiculed
d). accept because you want the job at any cost
e). not accept because it is unfair to the other candidates
f). not accept because you want to prove your worth individually

 

9. You are the QA Manager in a large software unit. You notice several test results are not in line with the specifications, although minor in nature. Your boss suggests you to let go the bugs, else the company would suffer. You would :

a). clear the product as it is important to avoid loss to your company
b). not clear since it might affect the company's image in the long run
c). clear the product since such practice is usual in the industry
d). not clear the product since if detected, contracts with clients might be cancelled
e). clear the product since such minor anomalies are overlooked
f). not clear the product because it is against your rigorous standards

10. You are the Operations Manager of a company. You notice that one team member comes late consistently and also lounges over his work. Since repeated warnings proved to be futile, you almost decided to fire him. But he has personal friendship with several others in your team. You would :

a). not fire him since you are afraid that the other team members may strongly dislike that
b). fire him since your reputation is at stake
c). not fire him since it is not a major mistake and you give him another warning
d). not fire him since he is usually not meddled with in the organisation
e). fire him since he might be a bad example to the other engineers in the company
f). fire him since you cannot tolerate his insubordination and it goes against your sense of discipline

  

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