Individual Project Unit 5
In a Business Environment, Why Should People be Moral as Individuals
Joe Bess
AIU Online
Abstract
In a business environment morality should always be an issue due to the damage it can cause, not only to your business but to your employees and their families. Morality in businesses recognize the power of conducting business in socially responsible ways and they realize that doing so leads to increase in profit and customer satisfaction and decreases in employee turnovers. Businesses without morality is a business that is immoral.
In a Business Environment, Why should People be Moral as Individuals? Morality in any business should be a must. We as humans have morality instilled in us at a young age. If businesses are to grow and profit into healthy businesses morality has got to be one of its principle requirements. First of all let’s look at what morality is defined as. Morality is defined as a set of guidelines that govern a person’s actions, without them the world would be in anarchy (Webster). Ethics with morality establishes the rules and standards that govern the moral behavior of individuals and groups. It also distinguishes between right and wrong conducts. It involves honest consideration to underlying motive, to possible potential harm and to agree with established values and rules. Businesses are composed of people some of whom are selfish, altruistic, avaricious, but most generous. Business practices without morality also cause anarchy. Morality was definitely an issue when it came to the business practices of Madoff, Leman and Enron. These gentlemen misbehaved in the workplace due to their immoral behavior in a business environment. Because of their lack of morals in the business environment lots of employees lost their jobs, pension, and investors lost billions of dollars (skilling v U. S., 2010).families were also effected on a very large scale. Ethical Egoism at its best, if the consequences are positive for the individual.
Joe Bess
AIU Online
Abstract
In a business environment morality should always be an issue due to the damage it can cause, not only to your business but to your employees and their families. Morality in businesses recognize the power of conducting business in socially responsible ways and they realize that doing so leads to increase in profit and customer satisfaction and decreases in employee turnovers. Businesses without morality is a business that is immoral.
In a Business Environment, Why should People be Moral as Individuals? Morality in any business should be a must. We as humans have morality instilled in us at a young age. If businesses are to grow and profit into healthy businesses morality has got to be one of its principle requirements. First of all let’s look at what morality is defined as. Morality is defined as a set of guidelines that govern a person’s actions, without them the world would be in anarchy (Webster). Ethics with morality establishes the rules and standards that govern the moral behavior of individuals and groups. It also distinguishes between right and wrong conducts. It involves honest consideration to underlying motive, to possible potential harm and to agree with established values and rules. Businesses are composed of people some of whom are selfish, altruistic, avaricious, but most generous. Business practices without morality also cause anarchy. Morality was definitely an issue when it came to the business practices of Madoff, Leman and Enron. These gentlemen misbehaved in the workplace due to their immoral behavior in a business environment. Because of their lack of morals in the business environment lots of employees lost their jobs, pension, and investors lost billions of dollars (skilling v U. S., 2010).families were also effected on a very large scale. Ethical Egoism at its best, if the consequences are positive for the individual.
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