Ethics at Organisation Level
Lecture 4 Ethics at Organizational Level
Objectives
1 Identify the factors affecting an organization’s moral climate and provide examples of these factors at work.
2 Describe and explain actions or strategies that management may take to improve an organization’s ethical climate.
Bibliography
Carroll, Archie B. and Buchholtz, Ann K ( ).Business and Society. Ethics and Stakeholder Management Thomson. South-Western. Chapter 1.pp 3-28.
Ferrell, O.C., Fraedrich, John Paul and Ferrell, Linda (2008). Business Ethics. Ethical Decision Making and Cases. Sixth Edition. Biztrantra: New Delhi.
Lawrence,Anne T, Weber, James and Post, James E.(2005) Business and Society. Stakeholders, Ethics, Public Policy 7th Edn. Boston:McGraw-Hill.
Trevino, Linda K. and Nelson, Katherine A (2004). Managing Business Ethics. Straight Talk About How To Do It Right. Wiley
Lecture 4 Ethics at Organizational Level
Ethical decision-making is at the heart of BE and it is very important to sharpen d.m. skills, if: * Amorality is to be prevented, and * If moral management is to be achieved.
Organizational level ethics, i.e. The context in which d.m. occurs. Actions and practices that take place within the organization’s culture or climate are just as vital as d.m. in bringing about ethical business practices and results.
Craig and Sandt: understanding and managing an org’n’s ethical work climate may go a long way toward defining the difference between how a company does and what kind of org’n it is.
Several levels of moral climate and some key factors that come to bear on the manager as they make decisions are shown below:
TRANSPARENCY. Figure 7-3 Factors Affecting the Morality of Managers and Employees.p.220
When considering the organization’s moral climate, we need to consider two major questions: 1. What factors contribute to ethical or unethical behavior in the organization? and 2. What actions or strategies might management employ to improve the
Objectives
1 Identify the factors affecting an organization’s moral climate and provide examples of these factors at work.
2 Describe and explain actions or strategies that management may take to improve an organization’s ethical climate.
Bibliography
Carroll, Archie B. and Buchholtz, Ann K ( ).Business and Society. Ethics and Stakeholder Management Thomson. South-Western. Chapter 1.pp 3-28.
Ferrell, O.C., Fraedrich, John Paul and Ferrell, Linda (2008). Business Ethics. Ethical Decision Making and Cases. Sixth Edition. Biztrantra: New Delhi.
Lawrence,Anne T, Weber, James and Post, James E.(2005) Business and Society. Stakeholders, Ethics, Public Policy 7th Edn. Boston:McGraw-Hill.
Trevino, Linda K. and Nelson, Katherine A (2004). Managing Business Ethics. Straight Talk About How To Do It Right. Wiley
Lecture 4 Ethics at Organizational Level
Ethical decision-making is at the heart of BE and it is very important to sharpen d.m. skills, if: * Amorality is to be prevented, and * If moral management is to be achieved.
Organizational level ethics, i.e. The context in which d.m. occurs. Actions and practices that take place within the organization’s culture or climate are just as vital as d.m. in bringing about ethical business practices and results.
Craig and Sandt: understanding and managing an org’n’s ethical work climate may go a long way toward defining the difference between how a company does and what kind of org’n it is.
Several levels of moral climate and some key factors that come to bear on the manager as they make decisions are shown below:
TRANSPARENCY. Figure 7-3 Factors Affecting the Morality of Managers and Employees.p.220
When considering the organization’s moral climate, we need to consider two major questions: 1. What factors contribute to ethical or unethical behavior in the organization? and 2. What actions or strategies might management employ to improve the
Bibliography: Ferrell, O.C., Fraedrich, John Paul and Ferrell, Linda (2008). Business Ethics. Ethical Decision Making and Cases. Sixth Edition. Biztrantra: New Delhi. Lawrence,Anne T, Weber, James and Post, James E.(2005) Business and Society. Stakeholders, Ethics, Public Policy 7th Edn. Boston:McGraw-Hill. Trevino, Linda K. and Nelson, Katherine A (2004). Managing Business Ethics. Straight Talk About How To Do It Right. Wiley Lecture 4 Ethics at Organizational Level