Ethics and Laws Presentation
Ethics and Law
Presentation
HSM 230
Amanda Enz-Olavarria
Novemeber 17, 2014
Introduction
Ethics
◦ Set of guidelines about what should be ◦ General rules applied to situations
◦ Violation: no punishment
Laws
◦ Result of political process
◦ Voted on
◦ Violation: punishment
Introduction cont.
Social
workers need
◦ Law and ethics
Parents of minor children
Legal concerns “right to privacy”
Parents “right to know”
Definitions
Stanford
Encyclopedia of
Philosophy
◦ Business ethic
“the applied ethics discipline that addresses the moral features of commercial activity”
Different Laws
Statutory
Law
◦ Federal law by congress and state
Case
Law
◦ Litigation and judicial rules
Regulatory
Law
◦ Federal and state government agencies Constitutional
Law
◦ U.S. Constitution and state constitution Different Laws cont.
Executive
orders
◦ Federal, State, and Local government Definitions cont.
U.
S.
◦ Legal Defines
The branch of the law that deals with all things business law
Contracts
Sales
Employee
Management
Example
California
State Law
◦ Foreclosure contracts
register with the state in response to a number of foreclosure scams
Governing Employee
Relations
Ethical
and legal concerns
◦ Hire and fire employees
◦ How management may treat them
◦ Pay them
◦ Work environment
◦ OSHA
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
◦ EEOC
Equal Employment Opportunity Commision
Developed to address employees areas of ethics through law
Governing Customer
Relations
Professor
Jim Fieser
◦ University of Tennessee
Some academics argue that ethical principals are what make a business successful Ethical Treatment of
Customers
Federal
Trade Commission Truth
◦ In advertising law
Requires business show only fair
True
Proven advertisement
Conclusion
Questions
◦ Hire a management consultant
◦ Lawyer
Overview
◦ Better small business
Class in ethics
Local college or online
Sources
Reamer,
F. (n.d.).
Presentation
HSM 230
Amanda Enz-Olavarria
Novemeber 17, 2014
Introduction
Ethics
◦ Set of guidelines about what should be ◦ General rules applied to situations
◦ Violation: no punishment
Laws
◦ Result of political process
◦ Voted on
◦ Violation: punishment
Introduction cont.
Social
workers need
◦ Law and ethics
Parents of minor children
Legal concerns “right to privacy”
Parents “right to know”
Definitions
Stanford
Encyclopedia of
Philosophy
◦ Business ethic
“the applied ethics discipline that addresses the moral features of commercial activity”
Different Laws
Statutory
Law
◦ Federal law by congress and state
Case
Law
◦ Litigation and judicial rules
Regulatory
Law
◦ Federal and state government agencies Constitutional
Law
◦ U.S. Constitution and state constitution Different Laws cont.
Executive
orders
◦ Federal, State, and Local government Definitions cont.
U.
S.
◦ Legal Defines
The branch of the law that deals with all things business law
Contracts
Sales
Employee
Management
Example
California
State Law
◦ Foreclosure contracts
register with the state in response to a number of foreclosure scams
Governing Employee
Relations
Ethical
and legal concerns
◦ Hire and fire employees
◦ How management may treat them
◦ Pay them
◦ Work environment
◦ OSHA
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
◦ EEOC
Equal Employment Opportunity Commision
Developed to address employees areas of ethics through law
Governing Customer
Relations
Professor
Jim Fieser
◦ University of Tennessee
Some academics argue that ethical principals are what make a business successful Ethical Treatment of
Customers
Federal
Trade Commission Truth
◦ In advertising law
Requires business show only fair
True
Proven advertisement
Conclusion
Questions
◦ Hire a management consultant
◦ Lawyer
Overview
◦ Better small business
Class in ethics
Local college or online
Sources
Reamer,
F. (n.d.).