Involvement) LEARNING OBJECTIVES (TOPIC 3) After completion of this topic‚ you will be able to: 1. Describe the main ethical theories and apply it to business scenarios © iStockphoto.com/Dan Bachman ETHICAL THEORIES Three periods in history of ethics Greek period (500 BC-AD 500) • The man who performed his duties as a citizen = good man • Greeks – “Man is the measure of all things” – he decides for himself what is right and wrong • Socrates‚ Plato and Aristotle emphasised the need and importance
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Linda Pastan questions ethics in her poem "Ethics" Linda Pastan questions ethics in her poem "Ethics" In Linda Pastan’s poem "Ethics‚" the speaker recounts a moral dilemma that her teacher would ask every fall‚ which has been haunting her for a long time. The question was "if there were a fire in a museum / which would you save‚ a Rembrandt painting / or an old woman who hadn’t many / years left anyhow?" and the speaker tells us through the theme that ethics and moral values can be only learned
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Small Scale Industries Introduction The Ministry of Small Scale Industries (SSI) is a defunct Indian government ministry. It was merged with the Ministry of Agro and Rural Industries to form the Ministry of Micro‚ Small and Medium Enterprises. The ministry was tasked with the promotion of micro and small enterprises (MSEs). The Ministry of Small Scale Industries and Agro and Rural Industries (SSI&ARI) was created in October 1999. In September 2001‚ the ministry was split into
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09/09/2013 WHO ARE THEY? Trends‚ Issues & Ethics WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THEIR ETHICAL POSITION? WHAT IS ETHICS? • Ethics may be defined as a set of moral principles that govern one’s course of action. • Ethics and law are a system of conflict resolution. • The law is the minimum behavior standard. MORALITY Everyone has some morality of his or her own ‐ what he or she thinks is right and wrong ‐ and it sometimes happens that people who others see as bad do not see
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Through Effective Communication Group and Organizational Dynamics - Communication Communication within the small group or team is both similar to and different from communication in other settings. Sometimes‚ the best way to resolve problems are to make all involved aware of what is going on. Leaders should always keep the employees well informed of what is happening within the group. Communication within the group is a true sign that there is life within the walls of the group. Group members and
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Small Business Analysis LDR 531 Organizational Leadership Small Business Analysis The Small Business Administration of the United States federal government defines as a small business “…as one that is independently owned and operated‚ is organized for profit‚ and is not dominant in its field (SBA‚ 2012).” In the area of “services”‚ although there is mostly no limit on how many employees form part of the business‚ annual receipts may not exceed $2.5 to $21.5 million depending on the type
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Marvilla‚ Monale A. I basically like Ethics as an academic subject because it’s a supplementary learning aid to what’s supposed to be known (at heart) by everyone without the needs of having it taught at educational facilities and the like. Why? Humans are created with basic innate goodness within them; that is to say: it’s an automatic act to avoid what is evil and yearn what is good; able to distinguish between good and evil‚ right or wrong‚ moral and immoral‚ and is accountable for the self’s
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Groups and teams are a major feature of organisational life. The work organisation and its sub-units are made of‚ are groups of people. Most activities of the organisation require at least some degree of co-ordination through the operation of groups and teamwork. An understanding of the nature of groups is vital if the manager is to influence the behaviour of people in the work situation. Groups are an essential feature of the work pattern of any organisation. Members of a group co-operate in order
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In a case whose irony is not lost on those involved‚ an article about publishing ethics has been retracted because one of the authors re-used material he’d written for an earlier piece. But the authors and the journal’s editors have turned the episode into a learning opportunity. Here’s the notice for “Ethics and Integrity of the Publishing Process: Myths‚ Facts‚ and a Roadmap‚” published in 2011 by Marshall Schminke and Maureen L. Ambrose: The above article from Management and Organization
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Is Lying Wrong? (Or Orderly Dissent) How wrong is it to lie? Take the hypothetical situation where you are in charge of the software for the launch of a rocket that will put a satellite into space. The launch director requires that various people‚ including you and a meteorologist "sign off" on launching the rocket. The weather is very overcast‚ and lightning has been detected in the distance. The meteorologist gives the "OK" to launch the rocket. You‚ however‚ have serious doubts that the
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