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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Harvey Bernard Milk (May 22‚ 1930 – November 27‚ 1978) was an American politician who became the first openly gay person to be elected to public office in California and the United States when he won a seat on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Politics and gay activism were not his early interests; he was not open about his homosexuality and did not participate in civic matters until around the age of 40‚ after his experiences in the counterculture of the 1960s. Milk moved from New York City
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Phillips’ Milk of Magnesia Our stomach acid is a mixture of different compounds that assist in the breakdown of foods that we ingest. One of the major components is hydrochloric acid (HCl(aq)). We need this acid to help digest our food and kill bacteria that may enter the stomach along with the food. In the absence of food there is an excess amount of acid in our stomachs. This excessive acid production results in the unpleasant symptoms of heartburn and may contribute to the formation of ulcers
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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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The Malaysian Business Code of Ethics (Rukuniaga) Introduction The Malaysian Business Code of Ethics is based on the religions‚ philosophical and cultural values of Malaysian. It was undertaken by national Consumer’s Protection Consultative Council and Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs to develop self regulation among traders in Malaysia. Objective The Malaysian Business Code of Ethics was formulated with the objective of: - * Preparing the main principles to be applied by Malaysian
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Design & Business Ethics: A Literature Review Liberty University Online Dr. Maddox May 9‚ 2014 Abstract A review of the current literature regarding business ethics was conducted analyzing scholarly peer-reviewed articles about business ethics and their relation to leadership‚ managerial decision making‚ corporate social responsibility and overall corporate structure. Increased corporate scandals and the discovery of a rise in unethical business practices have thrown the topic of business ethics
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determine what is “foreseeable” or “reasonable” • Ethics‚ Law‚ and CSR o Ethics: study of right and wrong behavior o Business ethics: study of right and wrong behavior in the business world o Moral minimum: the minimum acceptable standard for ethical business behavior‚ normally considered compliance with the law o Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR): the idea that corporations should be accountable to society for their actions • 3 Approaches to Ethics o Duty-based: What are the relevant rules?
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