What would make business people behave more ethical? It seems unavoidable these days that it is all about dot com or tech company going through downsizing or layoff due to economy hard times‚ evolving business climate‚ product profitability and operation cost decision. Although corporate downsizing is an existing and accepted management tool but the morality is still in doubt. Sadly‚ most of the time it is unclear at the worker level why he or she is being terminated at an already profitable
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Ethics In Strategic Management MGT/498 July 12‚ 2014 Cheryl Boehm Ethics in Strategic Management The role that ethics plays in strategic management has changed drastically in the last 20 years. It was rare to find companies that had ethics in the forefront of their management plans in the 1990s. Business was all about maximizing profit/shareholder equity. Incidents like Enron ’s bankruptcy caused a big change in management style. "Enron ’s failure in 2001 represents
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1. ETHICS‚ VALUES‚ AND ATTITUDES Ethics is a set of beliefs about right and wrong behaviour. Ethical behaviour conforms to generally accept social norms. Ethics is a philosophical study of the moral value of human conduct and of the rules and principles that ought to govern it. A social‚ religious‚ or civil code of behaviour considered correct‚ esp. that of a particular group‚ profession‚ or individual. Under this is: * A virtue is a Habit that inclines people to do what is acceptable.
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Do most companies have an obligation to create and enforce a code of ethics? Explain why or why not. What are some specific code of ethics mentioned in the text and readings? Most companies are not obligated to create and enforce a code of ethics but it is in the best interest of the company that they do. Companies are not obligated simply because it is up to them how they enforce rules of the company. According to the text “Most professional organizations have detailed codes of conduct that specify
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answer in… (Ans: space below) Then choose if statement is true or false (1pt ea) Total points (3pts) 6. (Blank) at the top levels of an organization report feeling the most pressured to compromise their ethics. Ans: Mangers Response: See page 4. 7. The interest in (blank) ethics is just a fad that has only recently been created by popular scandals (i.e. Enron‚ WorldCom‚ etc.) reported in the news. Ans: business Response: See page 7. 8. According to the authors‚ most people are
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Reason why people give up on ethics Self-interest sometimes morphs into greed and selfishness‚ which is unchecked self-interest at the expense of someone else. This greed becomes a kind of accumulation fever. “If you accumulate for the sake of accumulation‚ accumulation becomes the end‚ and if accumulation is the end‚ there’s no place to stop‚” he said. The focus shifts from the long-term to the short-term‚ with a big emphasis on profit maximization. For example‚ swaps (where two communication
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MAURICE A. MCKOY TRIDENT UNIVERSITY CASE STUDY 2 Case Study Business Ethics In the past there have been several cases in the business environment related to the practices of accountants and auditors who have violated the trust and confidence of public. A number of researches have been conducted to find the potential factors resulting in unethical‚ biased or inappropriate decision making and judgments by the professionals. The aim of this paper is to review two academic articles and conclude
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Articles on Ethics by Dr. Shiv Gupta Submitted to Dr. Shiv K. Gupta by Ritu Malhotra In partial fulfillment of course requirement for MBA 630 (51) Marketing Management & Planning The University of Findlay 09-03-2013 Summary of the article: Dr. Shiv Gupta’s article published on The Wall Street Journal‚ dated March 8th 2004 highlights
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Ethics Legal and Ethical Responsibilities Paper Brian Ruddick MGT/567 Nov 13th‚ 2012 Dr. Burgoon Legal and Ethical Responsibilities Memo To: Company owner From: VP of Human Resources Subject: Reduce incentives and layoff proposal Sir‚ as VP of Human Resources‚ I would advise you to highly reconsider your proposal to reduce incentive payments for salespeople and implementing a month-long layoff for all production workers. Although you are legally within your rights to do so‚ however from
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References: Thiroux J & Krasemann K (2012): Ethics: Theory and Practice 11th Edition. Pearson NJ. Lecture in Ethics in The Social Sciences (Week 2): Consequentialist (Teleological) Theory Lecture in Ethics in The Social Sciences (Week 3): Non-consequentialist (Deontelogical) Theory
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