GGST Situational Judgement: Ethics 3

Question 1

You are assigned to evaluate proposals and realize one bidder is a company owned by your spouse's sibling. What should you do?

Accepted Answer

Disclose the relationship and recuse yourself from evaluating that specific proposal

Answer

Family relationships create a conflict of interest that must be disclosed and managed through recusal, regardless of your confidence in your objectivity.

Question 2

You complete a task more quickly than expected and have spare time before your deadline. A personal errand would fit in that window. What is the ethical approach?

Accepted Answer

Use the time for additional work tasks or notify your supervisor of your availability

Answer

Work time, even when tasks are completed early, should be devoted to organizational duties unless leave is authorized.

Question 3

A reporter contacts you directly for comment on a sensitive organizational matter. You have relevant knowledge. What should you do?

Accepted Answer

Refer the reporter to the designated communications or public affairs office and make no personal comment

Answer

Only authorized spokespersons should respond to media inquiries; employees must refer all press contacts to the appropriate office.

Question 4

You notice that a frequently used process in your team systematically disadvantages employees from a particular demographic group. What is the most ethical response?

Accepted Answer

Document your observations and raise the concern with management or the appropriate equity office

Answer

Systemic bias must be reported through formal channels so it can be investigated and corrected.

Question 5

A teammate asks you to cover for their absence by telling the supervisor they are working remotely when they are actually taking an unauthorized day off. What should you do?

Accepted Answer

Decline to misrepresent your colleague's whereabouts and encourage them to be honest with the supervisor

Answer

Providing false information about a colleague's work status makes you complicit in deception; you must decline and urge honesty.

GGST - Global General Service Test Practice Test

GGST - Global General Service Test Practice Test

GGST Situational Judgement: Ethics 3