Problem: Recent ethical scandals have brought ethical behavior in organizations to the forefront of public consciousness. The general public‚ the government‚ and businesses alike began to question the importance of ethics. Today‚ after learning from the past and understanding the role that ethics plays in running a business‚ the question is no longer whether ethics is important‚ but how to maintain ethical behavior in an organization when often times the lines of ethics are blurry and poorly defined
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Organizational behavior is a field of study that investigates the impact that individuals‚ groups‚ and structure have on behavior within organizations‚ for the purpose of applying such knowledge toward improving an organization’s effectiveness. It is also an applied behavioral science built on contributions from a number of behavioral disciplines. The disciplines that shed light on Organizational Behavior are psychology‚ sociology‚ social psychology‚ anthropology‚ and political science. Firstly
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January 14‚ 2013 Ethical Behavior in Business In the business world employers and business owners should know that there is no room to be dishonest‚ or greedy dealing with a business. In reality people need to be held responsible and accountable for making sure that they are holding up and following ethical business practices. There is no reason that any business owner or manager should not follow the golden rule at work just like they would at home‚ treat people the way you want
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1.0) Introduction In this assignment we are required to set up an online business with an appropriate marketing plan and use it to contribute our business. After discussion‚ we are deciding to do an online trading business which is selling customized T-shirt through Internet. After a simple industry analysis (PEST environmental analysis) we did‚ we find out that Internet has a huge potential for new start up business. We see this opportunities‚ and we decide to conduct our business in a pure
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subset of values that align with ethical behavior. In his book‚ Authentic Happiness‚ Martin Seligman has reviewed these core values that influence ethical behavior: • Wisdom and Knowledge: The capacity to take information and convert it to something useful. A prerequisite to doing the right thing when facing an ethical dilemma is knowing what to do‚ knowing the difference between right and wrong. • Self Control: The ability to avoid unethical temptations. Ethical people say “no” to individual gain
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Improving Ethical Behavior Improving Ethical Behavior is a task that many companies recently have begun to strive to achieve. Ethical behavior is behavior that is morality based and demonstrated by choosing the right way to behave‚ think‚ act‚ etc. It is characterized by honesty‚ equality‚ and shows consistency in personal values. In the professional/work world‚ it is characterized by fairness and equity and the ability to do what is right‚ even when most others are doing what is wrong.
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Ethical Behaviour in the Workplace Importance Ethical behavior is what all career people should aim to have. Not just the ethical attributes but exceptional behavior with this regard. This is because to build a career‚ you must be governed by rules of ethics to safeguard you and others. Ethics purely center on personal conduct. It involves personal choices that can make or break you in your work place or business. The major importance of having good conduct is to maintain a high level of respect
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Social factors that contribute to a diverse and equal society in which we live in Ethnicity: ethnicity defines people and groups who share characteristic such as language‚ religion‚ dress‚ and origin. Discrimination can happen when people consider the ethnic characteristics of other people inferior to their own. Faith: faith gives people spiritual beliefs and in influences their cultural traditions and what they celebrate. Discrimination can happen when people assume that their beliefs and practices
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Besides‚ examples of ethical and unethical behavior will be discussed. Ethics can be defined as the basic fundamental principles and concepts of upright human conduct. It entails the study of universal values like the vital equality of women and men‚ obedience to the rules of the land‚ natural rights‚ concern for safety‚ and concern for the natural environment (Preston 36). Rather than following this meaning‚ many individuals link ethics to their feelings. Nevertheless‚ being ethical is not a subject
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Ethical behavior in the workplace helps a company ensure that every employee is able to perform there duties in and safe and comfortable environment. When a company set-up procedure to help with work ethics there are three important things to consider; understanding of diversity so that the employees understand the difference between ethics and cultural acts‚ the next to consider is an open door policy so that employees will be able to discuss ethical behavior with the company‚ and third
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