• Lecture 03: • Ethics & Social Responsibility Tutor: KW CHING kwching@ntu.edu.sg kwching@singnet.com.sg The environment creates uncertainty for managers Managers must respond and design adaptive organizations Uncertainty – managers do not have sufficient information about environmental factors to understand and predict environmental needs and changes 2 Management as an Integrating Activity Individuals – Organization – Environment Environment (Forces) Organization (Design ) Individuals
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Ethics in Action II Liberty University Segment One: The Divorce 1. If this was your client‚ what would you say and do? Be specific. Why would you respond this way? First‚ I would let her speak without interruption‚ because she is expressing that she has had a lot of time thinking about divorce‚ since she has expressed that she has not been happy in a long time. Second‚ I would explore with her the consequences of her decision within the family. I would suggest family therapy too‚ explaining
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MANAGEMENT ETHICS Submitted By: Nitish Garg PGDM I- B 84 Ethics is bedrock of every business firm. CEOs and a few at the top are undoubtedly the guardians of values of the firm. But collective human behavior defines the organizational culture. The culture determines the sustainability of the success of the firm and value creation to the society at large. Root cause of the failure of the organization is its sick culture rather than sick financial statements. Sick culture is the obvious result
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Top i c 3 The Nature of Ethics in Modern Business LEARNING OUTCOMES By the end of this topic‚ you should be able to: 1. 2. 3. 4. Explain some of the ethical problems in management; Elaborate on the five characteristics of ethical problems in management; Explain the three methods for analysing ethical problems in management; and Discuss ethics from the Islamic perspective. INTRODUCTION In this topic‚ we shall examine the various ways through which organisations attempt to
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TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS 2 INTRODUCTION 3 ETHICS AND MORALITY 4 MORAL MANAGEMENT OF ETHICS 5 ETHICAL ROLE OF MANAGERS 8 ETHICAL DILEMMAS 10 DECISION MAKING FRAMEWORK 12 FOSTERING ETHICS 14 CONCLUSION 16 INTRODUCTION Ethics in the corporate environment was at the beginning of this century deemed as an oxymoron as corporates and people alike believed it was impossible to conduct and succeed in business while being ethical and morally upright. However‚ after observing the numerous
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Ethics- Gay Marriage a social issue addressed Today‚ 8 out of our 50 states has passed some sort of law‚ or regulation‚ that allows gay marriage in their own respected state. According to data released from the 2000 census bureau collection‚ there are now over 594‚391 gay couples living in this country. With the increasing rate of LGBT activism‚ nationwide controversy has began to spread in the last few years. From gay pride marches‚ to sit ins‚ and to riots the issue of gay rights‚ and more
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Source Of Social Action Max Weber According to Max Weber‚ individuals and cultures arbitrarily create their own values. There is a close connection between religion ‚ the rise of economic capitalism and birth of modern civilization in western Europe. Weber emphasized the role of religious values‚ ideologies‚ and charismatic leaders in shaping societies. Weber’s most famous work‚ The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism (1904-1905)‚ introduced the concept of the “Protestant Ethic”. Weber
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Summary of the Management book; Chapter 5 Social Responsibility and Ethics What is Social Responsibility?: Discuss what it means to be socially responsible and what factors influence that decision. Managers regularly face decisions that have a dimension of social responsibility in areas such as employee relations‚ philanthropy‚ pricing‚ resource conservation‚ product quality and safety‚ and doing business in countries that devalue human rights. From obligations to responsiveness to responsibility
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to endure many controversies because of the risks of radioactive exposure. The purpose of this essay is to expose this company to ethics. Are they ethically correct? Do they respect the others ’ wants and needs or is Lynas Corporation only focusing on cost savings and productivity? This will be answered as follow: first we will explain the current situations and issues Lynas Corporation is facing in Malaysia and the reactions of the Malaysian Government‚ then we will discuss the different parties
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20 2012 Subject: Action of Ethnic Issue for Mueller Imports Dear Officer‚ My name is Becky Knauer‚ the new controller in Mueller Imports. Being selected as an experienced automotive professional to join such a huge management team‚ I aim at using my objective view and competency in addition to all available sources to best assist the organization. Recently‚ while managing the financial statement‚ I realized there are several transactions that are susceptible for ethical issue. A $5000 monthly
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