Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Ethics 201
- Understanding Ethics
- Ethical behaviours is
which is accepted as
good or bad
- Factor that contribute is the family influence, religious
views, personal standards, personal needs. government
laws, norms and values of society, and competion in the
industry.
- because something is
legal doesnt make it
ethical
- utiltarian view - greatest good to the
greatest amount of people
individualism- service the self interst
of the individual
- Ethical delmma occurs when one person must choose a behviour
- Rationalisation
include
conviencing
yourself the
behviour is illegal,
that it is in
everyone best
interest, no one
will find out,
thinking the
employer will
protect you.
- value systems -
set of personal
principles
formalized into
a code of
behaviour
- golden rule- do unto others
as you would have them do
unto you.
- lawerence - preconventional, concentional and postconventional
- business ethics
- code of ethics- a
written
statement of an
organisations
values and
ethical principle
which guides the
behavour in
situations
- mission, values and principles
- approachable in
2 way 1.
descriptive-
documentaiton
of what
happening. 2.
normative - what
should happen
- Ethical dilemma- end based- greatest good for the
greatest amount of people. rule based - what would
happen if everyone made the same decision, and the
golden rule- would you do it to yourself
- organisational ethics
- organisational culture -
values, beleives and
norms that all
employees of that
organisation share.
- value chain- turning inputs into outputs
- CSR
- obligaiton of the
organisation to act in way
that services the
shareholders and society.
- Views on CSR - CLASSICAL VIEW - they beleive they only
have a responbility to the shareholders.
SOCIOECONOMIC - Concerned with the broader social
welfare as well as the profit to the shareholders.
- 5 driving forces - 1.
transprancey 2. knowledge 3.
sustainablity 4. globalization
5. failure of the public sector
- comply or else-
receive financial
penalities who dont
obeyed set of rules .
- CRAFTED -
Consistency
Responsbility
Accountabiltiy
Fairness Transpency
and effectivness is
deployed throughout
the organisation
- Corporate
governance
- process by
which
organisation are
directed and
controlled
- the audit
commitee-
overseas
financial
reporting
process
- compensation - oversees packages for senior executive
- Whistle Blowing
- is a person that
exposes the misddeed
of other in organisation
to perserve ethical
standards and protect
against wasteful,
harmful, or illegal acts.
- you can have internal and
external whistleblowing.
Internal - whistleblow to
someone in the organisation.
External - they whistleblow to
someone outside the company
such as law enforcement
agencies.
- people may do
this because of
moral or
integrity. it can
also be used as
revenge
- Diversity and discrimination
- can be defined as a set of moral princples it guides the behaviour of a group