1. APPROACHES TO BUSINESS ETHICS When business people speak about "business ethics" they usually mean one of three things: (1) avoid breaking the criminal law in one’s work-related activity; (2) avoid action that may result in civil law suits against the company; and (3) avoid actions that are bad for the company image. Businesses are especially concerned with these three things since they involve loss of money and company reputation. In theory‚ a business could address these
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May 2‚ 2013 1/ What is ethics? What are some common ethical types? Why do business people need it? Can ethics be taught to people? Ethics is a study of morality‚ stems from the ancient Greek “ethos” meaning custom or habit. It is a study of theories concerning what is good and evil in human conduct. There is no particular set of laws defining what is ethical and what is not‚ because there is no right or wrong answer. The second sense of ethics speak of “codes of ethics”‚ which are a set of rules
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Business Ethics (BUS 560) Module 2 Check Your Understanding: 1. Consider the functional departments reviewed in chapter 3. Which department do you think faces the greatest number of ethical challenges? Why? I think human resource department faces the maximum number of ethical challenges. The human resources function within an organization should ideally be directly involved in the relationship between the company and the employee throughout that employee’s contract with the company.
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...............8 1. Overview The goal of this report is to analyze business ethics in the context of the Enron scandal. Enron scandal became a classical example of how a major disregard for ethics and law occurred. It becomes obvious that the institution of business education has not paid a sufficient amount of attention in ethical guidance in executive management‚ before Enron’s bankruptcy. Multiple business principles are involved in the rise of fall of Enron. In order to succeed
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Journal of Business & Economics Research – November 2006 Volume 4‚ Number 11 Building Customer Value And Profitability With Business Ethics Robert C. McMurrian‚ University of Tampa Erika Matulich‚ University of Tampa ABSTRACT Firms assume ethical business practices only add costs to the firm. However‚ business ethics actually add value for customers and result in increased profitability and performance for the firm. INTRODUCTION D ue to constantly changing competitive environments
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BUSINESS ETHICS & CORPORATE GOVERNANCE OCS AGENDA • Understanding Ethics • Managing Business Ethics • Corporate Social Responsibility • Complexity of Ethical Issues • Ethical Leadership • Evaluation of Corporate Governance • Internal & External Corporate Governance mechanisms • Corporate Governance Ratings OCS Scams OCS Values • Fundamental beliefs • Principles for good‚ right and just • Evaluate something vis-à-vis a Standard • Integrity‚ Patriotism‚ Fairness OCS Morals • Values attributing
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Evaluating a Business Code of Ethics Michelle Leonhardt University of Phoenix Ethics in Management PHL/323 Dr. John Rhome Evaluating a Business Code of Ethics Businesses in today’s society share a purpose‚ a vision‚ that relates philosophy and principles of ethics to better meet the needs of the organization and stakeholders‚ including customers‚ employees‚ shareholders‚ suppliers‚ and communities. Without professional ethics‚ businesses and its programs would not have the ability to be
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Business Ethics across Cultures Article Review Paula Plattner XMGT/216 June 23‚ 2013 Swinton Hudson Business Ethics across Cultures Article Review The idea of globalized business ethics is an interesting idea‚ however what is considered ethical or moral in one culture‚ may not be if importance in another. The following paper looks at two different articles that appeared in the Journal of Business Ethics for two very different countries. The first article is Business Ethics in Canada: Distinctiveness
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“Business ethics in the workplace is about prioritizing workplace moral values and ensuring that employees align their behavior with these values - its values of management. Yet there are many myths abound about business ethics and the majority of these come from a general confusion about the concept of ethics‚ while other myths come about from constricted or one-dimensional views of ethical predicaments”. (McNamara‚ n.d.). The first myth of business ethics says that it is more of a focus on religion
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Business Ethics: A European Review Out of Africa: an introduction Gedeon J. Rossouw Business ethics as academic field began its existence in North Atnerica. Its early development was dominated by the North American discourse about ethics and its relevance in the business context. The various approaches to the study of business ethics‚ as well as the issues that emerged there‚ made a lasting impact on the landscape of this area of study. Since this period of inception in the 1970s business ethics
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