1. What is ethics? Ethics‚ also known as moral philosophy‚ is a branch of philosophy that involves systematizing‚ defending and recommending concepts of right and wrong conduct.[1] The term comes from the Greek word ethos‚ which means "character". 2. What is business ethics? Business ethics (also corporate ethics) is a form of applied ethics or professional ethics that examines ethical principles and moral or ethical problems that arise in a business environment. It
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Richard O. Mason Applying Ethics to Information Technology Issues The articles in this special section express a common theme: the use of information technology in society is creating a rather unique set of ethical issues that requires the making of new moral choices on the part of society and has spawned special implications for its members. Technology itself is not the only‚ nor necessarily the most responsible‚ cause of these issues. All ethical questions arise initially out of human
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)‚ Handbook of socialization theory and research. Chicago‚ IL: Rand McNally. * Rest‚ J. (1986). Development in judging moral issues. Minneapolis‚ MN: University of Minnesota Press. * Trevino‚ L. K.‚ & Nelson‚ K. A. (2007). Managing business ethics: Straight talk about how to do it right. New York‚ NY: Wiley. * Jones‚ T. M. (1991). Ethical decision making by individuals in organizations: An issue-contingent model. Academy of Management Review‚ 16‚ 366–395. * Weber‚ J. (1990). Managers’ moral
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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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Ethics for the Real World by Ronald A. Howard and Clinton D. Korver is about the ethical choices that are made every day in our lives‚ and how we should make those decisions. It starts off by giving examples of temptations that people are faced with on a regular basis. They want us to become aware of these parts of our lives‚ and the reasoning behind the decisions that we make. The first part of the book dissects why we have some of these beliefs and where they came from. The impact that those beliefs
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Effective Technical and Human Implementation of Computer-based Systems (ETHICS) ETHICS is an acronym‚ but the name of this approach is meant to imply that it is a methodology that embodies an ethical position. ETHICS‚ is a methodology based on the participative approach to information systems development. In addition‚ it encompasses the socio-technical view that for a system to be effective the technology must fit closely with the social and organisational factors. In particular‚ this means
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Ethics Legal and Ethical Responsibilities Paper Brian Ruddick MGT/567 Nov 13th‚ 2012 Dr. Burgoon Legal and Ethical Responsibilities Memo To: Company owner From: VP of Human Resources Subject: Reduce incentives and layoff proposal Sir‚ as VP of Human Resources‚ I would advise you to highly reconsider your proposal to reduce incentive payments for salespeople and implementing a month-long layoff for all production workers. Although you are legally within your rights to do so‚ however from
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References: Thiroux J & Krasemann K (2012): Ethics: Theory and Practice 11th Edition. Pearson NJ. Lecture in Ethics in The Social Sciences (Week 2): Consequentialist (Teleological) Theory Lecture in Ethics in The Social Sciences (Week 3): Non-consequentialist (Deontelogical) Theory
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5. FAIRNESS. Ethical executives strive to be fair and just in all dealings. They do not exercise power arbitrarily nor do they use overreaching or indecent means to gain or maintain any advantage nor take undue advantage of another’s mistakes or difficulties. Ethical executives manifest a commitment to justice‚ the equal treatment of individuals‚ tolerance for and acceptance of diversity. They are open-minded; willing to admit they are wrong and‚ where appropriate‚ change their positions and
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The case regarding Fashion First is a very interesting case as it allows for a discussion to take place in relation to ethics. Ethics could be defined as moral principles that govern a person’s or group’s behavior. In other words‚ ethics allow for individuals to distinguish between right and wrong‚ and to make decisions based on what is right or wrong for any particular situation. In this situation‚ Sandy‚ the part-time bookkeeper of Fashion First is approached with a situation where she noticed
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