Ethical Behaviour Within Organisations
TABLE OF CONTENT
Introduction………………………………………………………… 2 – 3
What is ethics...……………………………..………………………. 4
Two factors that determine ethical and unethical behaviour ……….. 5 - 13
Three roles management play in encouraging ethical behavior…….. 14 - 17
Reference….……………………………………………………….... 18
INTRODUCTION
Ethical behaviour within organisations This paper describes what exactly ethics, which factors influences ethical behaviours and what can be done by managers in an attempt to encourage good ethical behaviours within organisations. In doing so we will look at what is an organisation and how it intertwines with ethical behaviours of individuals within.
An organization is referred to as a deliberate arrangement of people to accomplish some specific purpose (that individuals independently could not accomplish alone). When talking about ethics in organizations, one has to be aware that there are two ways of approaching the subject--the "individualistic approach" and what might be called the "communal approach." Each approach incorporates a different view of moral responsibility and a different view of the kinds of ethical principles that should be used to resolve ethical problems. More often than not, discussions about ethics in organizations reflect only the "individualistic approach" to moral responsibility. According to this approach, every person in an organization is morally responsible for his or her own behaviour, and any efforts to change that behaviour should focus on the individual.
But there is another way of understanding responsibility, which is reflected in the "communal approach." Here individuals are viewed not in isolation, but as members of communities that are partially responsible for the behaviour of their members. So, to understand and change an individual 's behaviour we need to understand and try to change the communities to which they belong.
With in an organisation individual’s ethics are influenced by their value systems, which
Introduction………………………………………………………… 2 – 3
What is ethics...……………………………..………………………. 4
Two factors that determine ethical and unethical behaviour ……….. 5 - 13
Three roles management play in encouraging ethical behavior…….. 14 - 17
Reference….……………………………………………………….... 18
INTRODUCTION
Ethical behaviour within organisations This paper describes what exactly ethics, which factors influences ethical behaviours and what can be done by managers in an attempt to encourage good ethical behaviours within organisations. In doing so we will look at what is an organisation and how it intertwines with ethical behaviours of individuals within.
An organization is referred to as a deliberate arrangement of people to accomplish some specific purpose (that individuals independently could not accomplish alone). When talking about ethics in organizations, one has to be aware that there are two ways of approaching the subject--the "individualistic approach" and what might be called the "communal approach." Each approach incorporates a different view of moral responsibility and a different view of the kinds of ethical principles that should be used to resolve ethical problems. More often than not, discussions about ethics in organizations reflect only the "individualistic approach" to moral responsibility. According to this approach, every person in an organization is morally responsible for his or her own behaviour, and any efforts to change that behaviour should focus on the individual.
But there is another way of understanding responsibility, which is reflected in the "communal approach." Here individuals are viewed not in isolation, but as members of communities that are partially responsible for the behaviour of their members. So, to understand and change an individual 's behaviour we need to understand and try to change the communities to which they belong.
With in an organisation individual’s ethics are influenced by their value systems, which
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