Final Paper: Ethical Behavior in the Workplace Mirinda Frazier SOC 402 Instructor Dana Rock 6/25/2012 Ethical Behavior in the Workplace An organization should perform with ethical conduct at all times- this means that both the employers and employees must act respectably throughout all the various dimensions of business practice and transactions with consistent ethicality. Good business ethics are vital for the success of any organization‚ and should be established from the very beginning;
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The Challenge of Ethical Behavior in Other Countries The requirements of day-to-day organizational performance are so compelling that there is little time or inclination to divert attention to the moral content of organizational decision-making. Morality appears to be so obscure in nature that it lacks substantive relation to performance. An effective organizational culture should encourage ethical behavior and discourage unethical behavior. Unfortunately‚ ethical behavior may end up costing
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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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a just-below-failing average in the course‚ you will have to receive a grade of 90 or better on the final exam‚ which is two days away. A janitor‚ who is aware of your plight‚ informs you that he found the master for the chemistry final in a trash barrel and has saved it. He will make it available to you for a price‚ which is high but which you could afford. What would you do? In this case‚ I choose the letter a answer: tell the janitor thanks‚ but no thanks. Since high school‚ I know myself that
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Ethical Responsibilities of a Healthcare Manager Abstract Healthcare organizations and managers set and strive to maintain ethical standards to ensure dignity and high quality of care within the medical profession. These standards can be challenging to uphold in practice due to the ethically-complex situations which often confront healthcare managers as well as the organization of structures and goals for ethical decision-making within healthcare organizations. Healthcare managers develop
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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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Ethical Behavior in a Workplace Why is ethical conduct being misused in an organization? Almost every day we hear about a new story about an organization being accused of ethical conduct. Many of these organizations that we hear about had a code of ethics‚ policies‚ and specific procedures. While several people believe that an organization behaved unethically‚ it was really the individuals acting unethically. Several individuals make ethical choices that get the organizations into trouble. The importance
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Practice Ethical Behavior * The Institute of Management Accountants lists the principle of ethical behavior as the "...obligation to the public‚ their profession‚ the organization they serve‚ and themselves‚ to maintain the highest standards of ethical conduct" that include competence‚ confidentiality‚ integrity and objectivity. Don’t Risk Without Significant Return * Risking profits for poorly designed projects violates a basic principle of financial management. The capital market theory
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| The most significant influence on ethical behavior in the organization is the opportunity to engage in unethical behavior. | | Selected Answer: | True | Feedback: | The most significant influence on ethical behavior in the organization is unethical people. | | Question 2 | 0 out of 1 points | | Although there are many different approaches‚ there are some steps that have been found effective in managing responsibility and business ethics except for: | | | | | Selected
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Business Ethical Behaviour of star bucks Over the last two decades social corporate responsibility has become an increasingly important factor in the business world. Corporate Social Responsibility is concerned with treating the stakeholders of a company or institution ethically or in a responsible manner. “Ethically or responsible’ means treating key stakeholders in a manner deemed acceptable according to international norms “ Hopkins (2011).By social corporate responsibility we mean that businesses
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