The Important Ethical Issues and the Neglect of Fairness and Justice in Management
The Important Ethical Issues and the Neglect of Fairness and Justice in Management
1. Introduction
In this constantly changing world, enterprises and organisations are facing numerous ethical problems in developing and managing their companies. Whether the ethical issues can be solved properly may directly have impact on the company operations and employee performances. If a company lacks ethical perception in the management, employees are likely to perform passively and restlessly, which produce severe dilemmas in company’s management and the employee relations (Martínez-Cañas et al, 2013). And during the process of management education and development, issues of justice and fairness are frequently mentioned in the modern business but regularly ignored in the real situation of business education and managerial operation. This paper will illustrate some opinions about the view that the ignorance of fairness and justice in education and development in management with Maslow’s theory in the first part. And in the second part of the essay, several vital moral issues which affect the labour relations and management in the organisations will be listed and analyzed.
2. The Ignorance of Fairness and Justice in Management Education and Development
Management education and development emerged in last century. Stephen Fox (1997) explains that management education is provided by the university management schools and mainly focusing on the academic and theoretical knowledge of management. And Mumford (1984) offers a definition of management development which is an attempt to improve managerial effectiveness through planned and deliberate learning process.
Management education and development continues today but some researches find that fairness and justice, which are considered to be the fundamental principals in the business life, are neglected in management education (Friedland 2012). In accordance with Maslow’s ‘hierarchy of needs’, it can
1. Introduction
In this constantly changing world, enterprises and organisations are facing numerous ethical problems in developing and managing their companies. Whether the ethical issues can be solved properly may directly have impact on the company operations and employee performances. If a company lacks ethical perception in the management, employees are likely to perform passively and restlessly, which produce severe dilemmas in company’s management and the employee relations (Martínez-Cañas et al, 2013). And during the process of management education and development, issues of justice and fairness are frequently mentioned in the modern business but regularly ignored in the real situation of business education and managerial operation. This paper will illustrate some opinions about the view that the ignorance of fairness and justice in education and development in management with Maslow’s theory in the first part. And in the second part of the essay, several vital moral issues which affect the labour relations and management in the organisations will be listed and analyzed.
2. The Ignorance of Fairness and Justice in Management Education and Development
Management education and development emerged in last century. Stephen Fox (1997) explains that management education is provided by the university management schools and mainly focusing on the academic and theoretical knowledge of management. And Mumford (1984) offers a definition of management development which is an attempt to improve managerial effectiveness through planned and deliberate learning process.
Management education and development continues today but some researches find that fairness and justice, which are considered to be the fundamental principals in the business life, are neglected in management education (Friedland 2012). In accordance with Maslow’s ‘hierarchy of needs’, it can
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