Problem: Managing Ethically

Some organizations rely on personality and interest inventories to screen potential employees. Other organizations attempt to screen employees by using paperand-pencil honesty tests.

Questions: 1. Either individually or in a group, think about the ethical implications of using personality and interest inventories to screen potential employees. How might this practice be unfair to potential applicants? How might organizational members who are in charge of hiring misuse it?

2. Because of measurement error and validity problems, some relatively trustworthy people may "fail" an honesty test given by an employer. What are the ethical implications of trustworthy people "failing" honesty tests, and what obligations do you think employers should have when relying on honesty tests for screening?