...Assignment #1 “How Personal Can Ethics Get?” 1. Discuss how personal differences and preference can impact organizational ethics. Ethics is a part of an individual’s philosophy which concerns about “Right” or “Wrong”. Personal differences and preference can impact organizational ethics many ways because people are divers and has different preference. When they come to work in organization, they also bring their own belief, values, vision, and preference with them. The leaders and the fellows who concern ethics would bring the success to the company rather than unethical workers. Individuals’ moral also includes living good, having a positive attitude and being a good person, and doing the right ways such as helping others and being friendly with other individuals. Ethics has personal and social dimensions. (Christoph, C., Richter, & Holzinger, 2007) The organizational ethics is directly dependent on the personal understandings and preferences of all the individuals that are working in the company. In this specific case the example is, Valerie and her boss Waters, which determine that the team members have different financial positions, work experience and represent different circles of society. They both carry a different understanding of ethics and cultural morality. Lionel Waters, the wealthy and neglected leader believed that with money everything is possible to buy. He thought that hiring his closest friends for the highest positions with salaries well...
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...How Personal Can Ethics Get? Misty Stephens Bus520 – Leadership and Organizational Behavior Assignment #1 Most organizations have both written and unwritten ethical policies in place. Ideally, a company should be able to have a set of cut and dry ethical policies that all employees and employers abide by. Unfortunately, it cannot be that simple because ethics are an extremely personal component of one’s behavior. Personal interests, preferences and other characteristics can have a direct impact on how one interpret and/or implements ethical behavior. Objectives 1. Discuss how personal differences and preference can impact organizational ethics. Personal differences and preference can impact organizational ethics immensely. This is because people often act based on their personal preferences and everyone’s preferences are different. Therefore, having an effective universal code of ethics can often be extremely difficult. Some examples of the impact of preference on organizational ethics that were found in the case include: A. The boss hired close friends, paid them highly and gave them extended vacations. This could have a huge impact on organizational ethic because it shows preferential treatment. Also, if the employees were not qualified for their positions, they could harm the company’s performance and cause other more qualified employees to have to do more work. This could definitely affect the morale of the other employees...
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...| “How Personal Can Ethics Get?” | Frank Gladden | | Strayer University | | | 1. Discuss how personal differences and preference can impact organizational ethics. Personal differences and preferences impact organizational ethics due the fact that we all have a different set of ethics at some level. These differences will lead to conflict at times. This is where an organization’s need to create its own sort of ethic, which some organizations refer to as a Code of Conduct, can blend the individual employee’s personal code into that of the organization. Ethics can be defined as a set of values and principles that help us determine what is right and wrong1. It can also be described as a moral code. Lawrence Kohlberg’s model of moral development points out how a person’s moral code (ethic) can begin and grow. It can be shown as a step progression: 1) Obedience and Punishment. 2) Instrumental. 3) Interpersonal. 4) Law and Order. 5) Social Contract. 6) Universal.2 If a person never progresses to the top of the model, they may or may not do certain things in an organization that they may or may not have done whether someone knows about it or not. A person’s ethic, most agree, start at home. We are raised with our parents’ own opinions of what is right and wrong. Then, as we grow, our ethics are further molded and adjusted by our peers in school, places of worship, and other social organizations. For example, in some cultures, it is considered...
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...their standards (young people) they don't know their personal ethics and cannot instantly in an emergency situation do what's right. Since they may even be in a position of power, influence and/or control, their decisions can make monumental differences("Personal Ethics: It's Up To You", n.d.). Personal ethics can act as the foundation for your moral compass; the internal guide can tell you what’s right and wrong. This can be based on your actions to a certain extent and your emotions on a daily basis. Where do they come from and why do people who appear similar sometimes have completely different sets of personal ethics? We may not realize that the ethical principles we build our life on are not an established set of rules handed to us at birth. They grow and develop with us over time and many things influence how they’re crafted. Ethics are personal and everyone has a different foundation on which they build their moral code. The five factors that contribute to the development of personal ethics are Family, Religious Beliefs, Culture, Experience, and External reflection. Family can influence personal ethics. While parents can’t dictate your morality, they are typically the first to voice and demonstrate ethical boundaries for you. My parents instilled a strong sense of right and wrong in my siblings and I. We were told all the time that stealing is wrong, they are building a foundation for our personal ethics. How parents act and behave has a strong impact as well...
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...According to (Merriam Webster, 2010) ethics is the discipline dealing with what is good and bad and with moral duty and obligation. When faced with a dilemma in a professional environment, we are often searching for the right way for it to be solved. The conflict with this issue is determining if our method or “right way” is aligned with the “right way” of the organization. In recent years there has been an insurgence of people from multi-cultured backgrounds appearing within all types of organizations. They not only bring varied experience levels, which add opportunities for growth and development to a workplace, they also bring their individual cultural views. An individual’s culture, religion, gender, or personal beliefs may greatly influence the development of his or her unique viewpoint on values and ethics. They can affect one’s work ethic, communication style and how they make decisions. Employers should be concerned with all of these factors as they will directly affect the organization’s success. Another reason for the increased need of organizational ethical standards is the company size. According to Ferrell and Fraedrich (2009), The Ethics Resource Center conducted the National Business Ethics Survey (NBES) of about three thousand U.S. employees to gather reliable data on key ethics and compliance outcomes and to help identify and better understand the ethics issues that are important to employees. The NBES found that observed misconduct is higher in large organizations...
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...Ethics and Privacy of Communications in the E-Polis Gordana Dodig-Crnkovic and Virginia Horniak Department of Computer Science and Electronics Mälardalen University Västerås, Sweden I N T R O D U C T I O N The electronic networking of physical space promises wide-ranging advances in science, medicine, delivery of services, environmental monitoring and remediation, industrial production, and the monitoring of persons and machines. It can also lead to new forms of social interaction [..]. However, without appropriate architecture and regulatory controls it can also subvert democratic values. Information technology is not in fact neutral in its values; we must be intentional about design for democracy. (Pottie, 2004) Information and communication technology, ICT, has led to the emergence of global web societies. The subject of this article is privacy and its protection in the process of urbanization and socialization of the global digital web society referred to as the e-polis. Privacy is a fundamental human right recognized in all major international agreements regarding human rights such as Article 12 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (United Nations, 1948), and it will be discussed in the chapter under the heading Different Views of Privacy. Today’s computer network technologies are sociologically founded on huntergatherer principles. As a result, common users may be possible subjects of surveillance and sophisticated Internet-based attacks. A user may be completely...
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...Business Ethics in Indian Businesses Authors: 1) Ms. Swenee Shah 2) Ms. Mehal Pandya 3) Ms. Chitral Patel (Faculties of Hasmukh Goswami College Of Engineering (MBA)) Submitted to: Gujarat Technological University 1 Abstract Business ethics deals with ethical rules and principles necessary for a successful business. It explains the various ethical problems that can rise in a business setting and the responsibilities of persons who are engaged in an organization. We have here shown how the Indian Businesses follows ethical practices even though they are working globally. We have here also taken few examples MNCS to show how are they going ahead unethically. In this research paper we have tried to show that no business can get success even though they are going globally (locally) if they don’t follow ethics and legitimate values. Our research paper reflects that true and ethical business can sustain for longer time and even can survive at toughest time. ethical training ,policies procedures will help any organization to manage their work place very well .we have shown that how ethics will help to enhance reputation of business and generate loyalty from staff members. Our research paper will open new avenues to the ethical dilemmas 2 Table of Contents Particulars What is Business Ethics Ethics and military Overview of issues in Business Ethics Ethics in Indian context: Scope of business ethics Approaches to Business ethics. Importance of Ethics in Business...
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...1(A) How does ethical conduct affect your job? Consider both your own conduct and the conduct of others. What specific benefit do you hope to achieve from taking this course? My Answer: Ethical conduct effects my job on a everyday stand point I own and run a computer repair shop, therefore if I was to have unethical conduct I would not have any customers and it would give my business a bad reputation. My business depends on my conduct because it is a small business that my husband and I run together. We put our customers first and listen to their needs. We also honor quality work and try to be understanding and take time to make each of our customers feel like they are special because they are special without them we would not have a business. I am not sure what specific benefits that I hope to receive from this class but I do believe that it will help me learn more about how to be a successful business owner. 1(B) Based upon what you have read so far, how do you think the study of ethics might be different from other courses you have taken? How does that modify your approach to the course? My Answer: I believe that it is going to be different because we are learning about ethics and conduct where with other classes we learned about what to do in a business such as accounting and such. With this class we get the chance to learn how to act and treat others in a business way. I believe that everyone who is a business owner should take this class to learn about how to suceed...
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...IFRS: FASB and IASB Fair value measurements provide users of financial statements with an accurate picture of the value of a company’s assets. Both IFRS and GAAP require firms to include information regarding fair value measurement practices in the notes of financial statements. Under either system, companies will be required to report assets at either book value or fair value, depending on the situation. As a general rule of thumb, all assets in the same class must receive the same valuation treatment. In regards to the value of receivables, IRFS uses a two- tiered method that first analyzes individual receivables, and then looks at receivables as whole to determine if there is any impairment. Basic accounting and reporting issues related to recognition and measurement of receivables, allowance accounts, recording discounts, the allowance method to account for bad debt and factoring are pretty much all the same between GAAP and IFRS. However, IASB (International Accounting Standards Board) and FASB (Financial Accounting Standards Board) are taking steps by working to implement fair value measurement, the amount they currently could be sold for, for financial instruments. The FASB and IASB are facing opposition from various factors thus have adopted a piecemeal approach. Step one is to disclose the fair value information in the notes, and second step is the fair market option which permits companies to record some type of financial instrument at fair value in financial statements...
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...what the right thing outcome of a sitution should be. Ethics help us find a more defining way to our lives. criminal justice also has to live up a an ethnical code. "ethics refers to well-founded standards of right and wrong that prescribe what humans ought to do, usually in terms of rights, obligations, benefits to society, fairness, or specific virtues"(Velasquez M, Andre C, Shanks T, S.J., Meyer M, 2010). criminal justice has to watch the way the work with people to ensure everyone is being treated fairly and real life everyone has to make sure that they are not hurting themselves by useing ethics. Ethics is a very difficult idea to define. Everyone can tell you a different form of ethics that they belive in. This man not be your own definition. Ethics is about good morals. makeing sure that when you do something it is not going to hurt someone or hurt yourself. hvwing good ethics can help you better yourself. "The good of a human being must have something to do with being human; and what sets humanity off from other species, giving us the potential to live a better life, is our capacity to guide ourselves by using reason" (Kraut, R, 2014). ethics do not always make us feel better at times but it is what we must do. We must be fair and do things that benifit the society that we live in. we can not always live for ourselves. The criminal justice system is made up of people that must uphold a certain level of ethics every day. the people that work with in the justice system...
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...registered trademark of Apollo Group, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries. Microsoft®, Windows®, and Windows NT® are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. All other company and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks or their respective companies. Use of these marks is not intended to imply endorsement, sponsorship, or affiliation. Edited in accordance with University of Phoenix® editorial standards and practices. Course Syllabus Course Title: GEN 480 Interdisciplinary Capstone Course BSBM.04-08.BSMB0533A Course Schedule: 04/08/08 to 05/12/08 Required Text: Paul, R., & Elder, L., (2002), Critical thinking: Tools for taking charge of your professional and personal life. Upper Saddle River, NJ, Prentice Hall. Paul, R., & Elder, L., (2003), The Miniature guide to understanding the foundations of ethical reasoning, The Foundation for Critical Thinking, Dillon Beach, CA. Ruggiero, V., (2004), Thinking critically about ethical issues 6th edition, Burr Ridge, IL, McGraw-Hill. Electronic Resources: Note: All required text materials can be found on the GEN/480 course page. The page can be accessed through the University of Phoenix Student and Faculty Website at...
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...customer base is an ever-evolving process. How does a business build a brand name with a strong reputation, and once they’ve achieved those qualities how do they spread that word for all to hear? For a long time businesses used tools such as door-to-door salesman, radio, print, and television ads as their means of spreading word about their product. And while those tools remain alive today, the explosion of the internet has broadened the horizon of the common business. With the internet came electronic commerce, or simply e-commerce. E-commerce is simply the conducting of business over the internet and it is becoming a major part of the business world today (UMSL Online, n.d.). It’s important that businesses embrace the new possibilities or find themselves at a disadvantage. “The successful adaptation of e-commerce can lead to improved efficiencies, growth in market share, expansion into new markets, or simply survival in competitive markets” (Ferguson, Finn, Hall, & Pinnuck, 2010, p. 80). The internet has also provided new methods of spreading the word of business beyond the old reliable like television and radio. Understanding these new social media tools and the ethics behind them is an important part of successful e-commerce. Social Media Tools and Uses Many people start projects without realizing many types of social media tools that are available to their company. When companies learn about the tools required, and how to...
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...legal decision C. following precedents so that legal principles announced in a case are used to determine later cases D. using constitutional law to render a decision 2) The form of alternative dispute resolution wherein the parties hire someone to review the evidence and make a decision that is binding upon the parties is called A. arbitration B. settlement conference C. negotiation D. conciliation 3) A corporation is considered a citizen of what state? A. The state where the president of the corporation lives B. It is not a citizen because it is a business C. The state where the majority of the employees live D. The state where it filed its Articles of Incorporation 4) Which of the following statements is true regarding the relationship of law and ethics? A. Depending on the circumstances, the law can require a higher, lower, or the same standard of conduct as ethics demands. B. The legal requirements will almost always be the same as the ethical requirement because the law is based on ethical standards. C. In some cases, ethics will require a higher standard of conduct than the law, but never vice versa. D. In some cases, the law will require a high standard of conduct than ethics, but never vice versa. 5) Which of the following is correct with regard to the relationship between law and ethics? A. Although much of law is based on ethical standards, not all ethical standards have been enacted as law. B. The rule of law and the golden rule of ethics demand the...
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...Personal Dilemma CJA324 May 2, 2011 Personal Dilemma “What is ethics? In a general sense, ethics is the study of right and wrong, good and evil. Who decides what is right and wrong? What one person may believe is right; another person may feel is wrong.” (Braswell, 2008) This means that any one person can make a good decision based on their upbringing. A well-made decision is a thought out decision that proves the foundation of thinking what is right or wrong. At my place of employment each employee must have annual ethics training. The Human Resources, Information Technology and Legal departments work together to find trends that the workforce requires reminders to respect not only each other but to respect each other’s knowledge and the company’s overall reputation and ethical use of company assets. There are trends found with monitoring internet access. The highest internet traffic that is monitored is newspaper websites, personal electronic mail outside of the firewall, social media and dating, gambling and pornographic websites. The main issue that concerns the company is the time spent by the employee using the computer to accessing none job related websites such as a personal “Facebook” page and not paying attention to their job. Gambling and pornographic website access by any employee results in immediate employment dismissal. Recently, the threat of being monitored has kept many employees from accessing any websites outside of what is job related. It has...
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...Ethical and Socially Responsive Business BUS100 Ethical and Socially Responsive Business “Ethics and social responsibility often discussed in the same breath are closely related but they are definitely not the same. Ethics refers to sets of beliefs about right and wrong, good and bad; business ethics involve the application of these issues in the workplace. Social responsibility is the obligation of a business to contribute to society. The most socially responsible firms feature proactive policies that focus on meeting the needs of all their stakeholders not just investors but also employees, customers, the broader community, and the environment” (Kelly, 6th edition 2014). “The most basic ethical and social responsibility concerns have been codified as laws and regulations that encourage businesses to conform to society’s standards, values, and attitudes. Managers are expected to obey these laws and regulations. A lot of times the legal issues that come about are those that society thought to be unethical and irresponsible but these aren’t always illegal these ethical concerns change over time” (McGraw-Hill, 2000). Chipotle is a company that is based on integrity. Integrity is about being real and being honest, which in turn means do the right thing even when no one is looking. This company adheres to high ethical standards and good judgment. This is one key importance because you want to be sure that you can trust a company and its loyalty to customers. Loyalty will...
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