BES401: BUSINESS ETHICS & SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY WEEK I - INTRODUCTION TO ETHICS Definition of ethics Ethics is the discipline dealing with what is good or bad‚ or what is right or wrong or specifically with moral duty and obligation. Ethics has been defined as “inquiry into the nature and grounds of morality where the term morality is taken to mean moral judgment‚ standards and rules of conduct. It has also been called the study and philosophy of human conduct with an emphasis on
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Ethics in Action 2.1 Satyam fraud – responsibility issues in India Improvement of corporate social responsibility and ethics Based on the analysis of the ethical strengths and weaknesses of Satyam‚ we have identified several aspects to improve the corporate social responsibility and ethics of the company. As described in the case‚ Satyam has a very narrow definition of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) that only focuses on charity. Thus‚ they exclude key issues such as transparency
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Business Ethics and Wealth Creation: Conceptual Clarifications and Research Questions Introduction Three considerations led me to the choice and investigation of this topic of business ethics and wealth creation. In his fascinating and powerful historical account “why some [nations] are so rich and some so poor‚” David Landes (1999) scrutinizes the winners and losers in the process of wealth creation over the last 50 years. On the winners’ side‚ in addition to “the thirty wonderful years from
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Principles and Ideas of Business Ethics By: ************* BBA 4751-03C‚ Business Ethics Professor O’Connor Ethics play an increasingly important role in today’s business environment. From whistle-blowing to workplace privacy and from marketing‚ advertising and product safety to occupational health and safety‚ the conduct of business is the public eye more and more everyday. In this paper‚ I will examine and discuss the aforementioned topics. First‚ what are ethics? According to American
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What is ethics? Ethics is concerned with what is right or wrong‚ good or bad‚ fair or unfair‚ responsible or irresponsible‚ obligatory or permissible‚ praiseworthy or blameworthy. It is associated with guilt‚ shame‚ indignation‚ resentment‚ empathy‚ compassion‚ and care. It is interested in character as well as conduct. It addresses matters of public policy as well as more personal matters. (http://www.onlineethics.org/Education) In business ethics is applied and practiced in all levels however
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Business Ethics and Issues Ethics Ethics is a branch of philosophy which seeks to find answers about the moral concepts like bad‚ good‚ evil‚ right‚ wrong‚ etc. According to OEC (2011) ethic is defined as “a moral philosophy which is concerned with what is right or wrong‚ good or bad‚ fair or unfair‚ responsible or irresponsible‚ obligatory or permissible‚ praiseworthy or blameworthy”. Many scholars have associated it with the various feelings and emotions like guilt‚ indignation‚ empathy etc
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1. Introduction Ethics is a branch of social science. It deals with moral principles and social values. It helps us to classify‚ what is good and what is bad? It tells us to do good things and avoid doing bad things. So‚ ethics separate‚ good and bad‚ right and wrong‚ fair and unfair‚ moral and immoral and proper and improper human action. In short‚ ethics means a code of conduct. It tells a person how to behave with another person. So‚ the businessmen must give a regular supply of good quality
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BUSINESS ETHICS ASSIGNMENT – TASK 3 CONTENTS Introduction………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…Pg 3 Background on Asia Pulp and Paper Co’…….………………………………………………….……..Pg 4 Question of Ethics – Deforestation and Illegal logging……………………………………….…Pg 5 Wildlife Extinction…………………………………………………………………………….……………………Pg 6 APP becoming sustainable…………………………………………………………………….……………….Pg 8 Recommendations to live and operate sustainably ……………………….…………………….Pg 9 Ethical code for APP……………………………………….……………………………
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Business ethics : Expectations and disappointments In early December I attended the Inaugural Australasian Business Ethics Network (ABEN) conference in New-Zealand: Business Ethics – Expectations and Disappointments. Still an emerging network‚ ABEN was set up late last year by a group representing academic institutions from around Australia and New Zealand. The purpose of the Network is to provide support for business ethics education and research in the Australasian region. Business ethics;
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Ethics and moral obligations are issues we all encounter at one time or another. In the professional setting‚ all people should act in a manner that would uphold the good of society. To be ethical‚ one has to determine their obligations‚ moral ideas‚ and moral philosophy (Boatright‚ p. 19‚ 2009). The case analysis involving Jacob Franklin was a perfect example of how an individual can face the dilemma of doing what is right or wrong. Businesses have their own code of ethics‚ and the employees
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