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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May 2‚ 2013 1/ What is ethics? What are some common ethical types? Why do business people need it? Can ethics be taught to people? Ethics is a study of morality‚ stems from the ancient Greek “ethos” meaning custom or habit. It is a study of theories concerning what is good and evil in human conduct. There is no particular set of laws defining what is ethical and what is not‚ because there is no right or wrong answer. The second sense of ethics speak of “codes of ethics”‚ which are a set of rules
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Ethics in the workplace help the organization to grow and prosper. They bring about leadership‚ work culture and literacy. Ethic are beliefs about what’s right or wrong and good or bad based on individual’s values and morals‚ plus a behavior social context. Ethical behavior conforms to individual beliefs and social norms about what’s right and good. Unethical behavior conforms to individual beliefs and social norms about what’s wrong or bad. Business ethics refers to ethical or unethical behavior
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from the long-term contracts. Another ethical consideration was how Skilling encouraged employees to invest and buy stock in Enron when they knew the truth about the lack of value in the stock. Upper management (mainly Fastow) created a complex business model almost impossible to understand by any outsiders‚ and had financial statements that were so confusing to analysts‚ no one was able to foresee how financially corrupt Enron actually was. The management system created a dysfunctional corporate
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Walmart’s Corporate Image Introduction “Appreciate everything your associates do for the business. Nothing else can quite substitute for a few well-chosen‚ well-timed‚ sincere words of praise. They’re absolutely free and worth a fortune.” -Sam Walton Like the founder of the world’s largest retail company said himself‚ Walmart has certainly appreciated everything their associates do for their business. Everything‚ including dying. While Walmart has been scrutinized in the past for unethical
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ETHICS AND MORALITY A. What is the difference between ethics and morality? Ethics and morality have common or rather tightly knit Greek-Latin roots: the Latin word «moralis» is a copy of the Greek adjective «ηθικός» "ethical" (check it in Google translator). Nonetheless‚ despite the formal identity of these terms from the very beginning you can see some - very significant - difference in content and method of use. «Ethos» is a Greek word meaning "character" that is used to describe the
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Consider the possible conflicts between legally doing business and selling fast-food‚ given the increasing evidence of how it is a significant contributing factor in public health‚ obesity‚ and diabetes facing many Americans. Now‚ based on what you’ve learned in this module‚ answer the following: A) After reading the Inside Story section of Chapter 1‚ do you agree with how Disney Company is handling the issue? Why or why not? B) Does government (federal‚ state‚ or local) have a right or a responsibility
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Toward Professional Ethics in Business J. N. Hooker Graduate School of Industrial Administration Carnegie Mellon University‚ Pittsburgh‚ PA 15213 USA March 1996 Abstract Before a code of professional ethics can be formulated for business managers‚ it must be understood why management should be considered a profession and what should be its central mission. This paper proposes answers to these questions. 1 Introduction There are two kinds of ethical obligation in business. There are obligations
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1. APPROACHES TO BUSINESS ETHICS When business people speak about "business ethics" they usually mean one of three things: (1) avoid breaking the criminal law in one’s work-related activity; (2) avoid action that may result in civil law suits against the company; and (3) avoid actions that are bad for the company image. Businesses are especially concerned with these three things since they involve loss of money and company reputation. In theory‚ a business could address these
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chapter 1 BUSINESS ETHICS‚ THE CHANGING ENVIRONMENT‚ AND STAKEHOLDER MANAGEMENT |TOPICS COVERED | 1.1 Business Ethics and the Changing Environment 1.2 WHAT IS BUSINESS ETHICS? WHY DOES IT MATTER? 1.3 LEVELS OF BUSINESS ETHICS 1.4 FIVE MYTHS ABOUT BUSINESS ETHICS 1.5 WHY USE ETHICAL REASONING IN BUSINESS? 1.6 CAN BUSINESS ETHICS BE TAUGHT AND TRAINED
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