Chapter 1‚ Introducing Business Ethichs What is business ethics? Business Ethics (BE) has been called an oxymoron. By an oxymoron‚ we mean the bringing together of two apparently contradictory concepts. The statement also suggests that there are not‚ or cannot be‚ ethics in business. However‚ there appears to be good reason to suggest that business ethics as a phenomenon‚ and as a subject‚ is not an oxymoron. Whilst there will be disagreements about what exactly constitutes “ethical” business
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should include firm commitments to food safety in their codes of ethics‚ always placing food safety above financial concerns. This includes going beyond the letter of the law to enforce the highest product quality standards. A code of ethics should include a commitment to sell only healthy products and never to use harmful ingredients. (http://smallbusiness.chron.com/code-ethics-food-establishments-10815.html) Delicious This Code of Ethics describes standards of conduct for Healthylicious board members
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Ethics is a challenging concept for many businesses‚ both domestic and international. It is not a “one size fits all” idea. While one culture may perceive certain actions as ethical‚ another may not agree. Some cultures incorporate ancient traditions into their “code of conduct” of business. In China‚ the saying of “I scratch your back‚ you scratch mine” is part of their business ethics. In Japan‚ one must be careful when expressing certain idioms or respecting certain cultural norms‚ such as
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ITC331 - Ethics and Professional Practice Session 1 2013 Faculty of Business School of Computing and Mathematics CSU Study Centre Sydney Internal Mode Subject Coordinator Chandana Penatiyana Withanage Subject Overview Welcome to a new session of study at Charles Sturt University. The aim of this subject is to understand and examine a wide range of ethical and professional practice issues and concepts in the information and communication technology (ICT) field. The different types of widely used
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When asking people “what does ethics mean?” we get many different replies. Some relate ethics to feelings‚ others relate it to religion‚ others might relate it to the law‚ others relate it to society and some just do not know. They are all wrong. Ethics refers to well-founded standards of right and wrong. Feelings‚ religion and the law may misguide people from what is ethical. The majority of people misunderstand what being ethical means. Some think that being ethical means following the law
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1.10 : To help counter terrorism‚ many countries are planning or have developed computer systems to track large numbers of their citizens and their actions. Clearly this has privacy implications. Discuss the ethics of working on the development of this type of system. By working on this type of citizen monitoring system several of the clauses above may be breached. This is somewhat dependent on whether or not the citizens would like to be monitored and whether they agree such a system would
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1. INTRODUCTION Ethics has been perceived as one of the most important factors in establishing good corporate governance. Information Technology (IT) plays an increasing role in helping modern organizations to achieve their goals‚ and it has become critical in creating and implementing effective IT governance mechanisms. The increased use of information technology has raised many ethical issues for today’s IT professional.– Licensing of IT professionals – Internet communication – Intellectual
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What would make business people behave more ethical? It seems unavoidable these days that it is all about dot com or tech company going through downsizing or layoff due to economy hard times‚ evolving business climate‚ product profitability and operation cost decision. Although corporate downsizing is an existing and accepted management tool but the morality is still in doubt. Sadly‚ most of the time it is unclear at the worker level why he or she is being terminated at an already profitable
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1. ETHICS‚ VALUES‚ AND ATTITUDES Ethics is a set of beliefs about right and wrong behaviour. Ethical behaviour conforms to generally accept social norms. Ethics is a philosophical study of the moral value of human conduct and of the rules and principles that ought to govern it. A social‚ religious‚ or civil code of behaviour considered correct‚ esp. that of a particular group‚ profession‚ or individual. Under this is: * A virtue is a Habit that inclines people to do what is acceptable.
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answer in… (Ans: space below) Then choose if statement is true or false (1pt ea) Total points (3pts) 6. (Blank) at the top levels of an organization report feeling the most pressured to compromise their ethics. Ans: Mangers Response: See page 4. 7. The interest in (blank) ethics is just a fad that has only recently been created by popular scandals (i.e. Enron‚ WorldCom‚ etc.) reported in the news. Ans: business Response: See page 7. 8. According to the authors‚ most people are
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