...Personal Values and their Interaction with Organizational Ethics Carl Stevens Old Dominion University Abstract Boone and Kurtz (2011) define business ethics as “the standards of conduct and moral values governing actions and decisions in the work environment” (p. 34). This paper discusses how an individual’s value system may clash (both positively and negatively) with the ethical standards dictated by an organization. Our exploration deals with the study of how organizations define ethical behavior and what employees must do to adhere to those standards. On occasion, what an organization may view as ethical behavior does not correspond with an employee’s personal belief system of what is right and wrong. This is especially true when Upper Management openly ignores what a reasonable person would view as unethical. But despite what they think, employees are not immune to unethical conduct and could find it very easy to be swayed into making the wrong decision. (Anderson, Escher, 2010) When these opposing value systems collide during the decision making process, an ethical dilemma occurs, (Hellriegel, Slocum, 2011) We will discover more about this contrast in morality with a case study of Valarie Young, a marketing manager faced with a difficult decision. Personal Values and their Interaction with Organizational Ethics The purpose of an organization’s Code of Ethics is to provide employees with guidelines for making ethical decisions in the conduct of their...
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...Analysis of Personal and Organizational Ethics and Values Sharlene Cruz PHI 445 Personal & Organizational Ethics Prof. Robert Wengryzn March 03, 2014 Analysis of Personal and Organizational Ethics and Values In this paper, the author will compare and contrast 2 health care organization’s; Sutter Health Care, a non-profit organization whose mission statement is; “We enhance the well-being of people in the communities we serve through a not-for-profit commitment to compassion and excellence in health care services.” Then there is St. Joseph’s Health Care, a for profit organization whose mission statement is; “To extend the healing ministry of Jesus in the tradition of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange by continually improving the health and quality of life of people in the communities we serve.” Both mission statements, although worded differently, hold the same meaning in regards to community health care, however one basing it’s care on religious overtures. Sutter Health Organization’s website claim they are the largest and most popular health organization in Northern California. Sutter health as it is known today was created in 1996 through the merger of its Sacramento based organization and the Bay Area based Health care System. In part it was created due to many physicians and small clinics and hospitals needing to close their doors due to rising costs and the difficulty of health payments. Sutter Health’s organization is a vast network of health care...
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...Analysis of Personal and Organizational Ethics and Values between For-Profit and Not-for-Profit Organizations Fedno Trompe PHI 445 Personal & Organizational Ethics Prof. Elaine Phompheng May 04, 2015 Part I The non- profit organization that I chose for this assignment is the American Cancer Society. About 4 years ago I lose my mother with lymphoma; her death left pain and gaping hole at the core of my life puzzle. For that I would like share with others about the several nonprofit companies whose goals are to help others. The American Cancer Society (ACS) saves lives by helping others stay well and get well. Their main focus is to prevent cancer or detect it as its earliest, most treatable stage. American Cancer Society: History: The American Cancer Society was first organized in 1913. At that time 15 doctors and businessman in New York City got together to create what was then called the American Society for the Control of Cancer (ASCC). In that time in history it was not considered appropriate to mention the word “Cancer” in public. Information concerning this bad illness was hidden in climate of fear and denial. At the same time, over75, 000 people died each year of cancer in just in the United States. The most important item on the founders’ agenda was to raise awareness of this illness, before any other educate doctors, nurses, patients and family members about cancer. Marjorie Illig was an ASCC field representative...
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...Analysis of Personal and Organizational Ethics and Values between For-Profit and Not-for-Profit Organizations Monte Mutu PHI 445 – Personal & Organizational Ethics J. R. Ewing July 21, 2003 Our personal needs are meet by our human desires to generate a profit or seek assistance in managing profit. Even though both the Not-for-Profit and For-Profit organizations benefit our social economy by providing financial assistance to various social classes, both types of profit organizations must continue to uphold and maintain their values and standards at the highest level possible. Both profit organizations also have a responsibility to its customer base to live up to their actions simply by recognizing their purpose, owning up to their faults and conducting business in a professional and ethical manner. Lets take a look at the two types of profit organizations, the Navy and Marine Corps Relief Society and the Pepsi-Cola Company Inc. The Navy and Marine Corps Relief society is a non-profit organization headquartered in Arlington, Virginia. The Navy and Marine Corps Relief Society has approximately eighty-five branch offices located throughout the United States and eleven countries worldwide with a staff of 169 personnel, over 3,700 volunteers and over 50 nurses combined working diligently to provide assistance at moments notice. The Navy and Marine Corps Relief Society provides financial assistance and education to service members of the United States Navy, the Marine...
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...LEADERSHIP AND ORGANIZATION Title: How Personal Can Ethic Get? Name: Raymond McCall Instructor: Dr. Orsini School Name: Strayer University Course: Leadership and Organization Date: 1/23/2011 Discuss how personal differences and preference can impact organizational ethics. People have different attitudes towards their work due to their preferences. This implies that there exists natural tension between people values or preferences and organizational ethics (Giacalone & Jurkiewicz, 2010). Personal and professional differences have impact on organizational impact in that people start behaving in ways that are inconsistent with their personal characteristics and not consistent with organizational ethics. Giacalone & Jurkiewicz (2010) established that “the deciding factor behind a person’s decision to conform, leave, or alter is based on the relative priority given to the conflicting organizational ethics” (p. 155). Individual preferences shape ones consciousnesses; imposing routines that reflect socially approved, purposive action hence they guide the perception and behavior of oneself. This implies that these preferences present cultural and contextual constraints that alter individual and organizational perspectives on social issues (Giacalone & Jurkiewicz, 2010). Studies indicate that if a personal need for job is an individual’s overriding value above all other, then conformance to organizational ethics is the likely response to the detriment of...
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...“How Personal Can Ethics Get?” 1. Discuss how personal differences and preference can impact organizational ethics. Personal differences and preference can impact organizational ethics whenever there is a departure between what work ethics are expected to be in place and the actual ethical environment of the organization. If a leader or a leadership team lacks the appropriate ethical intensity and thus fails to highlight the moral importance given to an issue, then the leader’s personal preference will become the ethical compass for the organization. Clearly, while every individual has his/her own perception of work ethics, the organizational culture of professional standards demands that personal differences and preference take a back seat to the organizational ethical well-being especially considering the organizational responsibility to its stakeholders and public image. When personal differences and preference become part of the decision making process, the organizational ethics become diluted thus causing confusion, disbelief, disappointment and even decreased performance among the members of the organization itself. The immediate by-products are the unraveling of the ethical canvas of the organization and the increasing negative social consensus: both of which will eventually erode the organizational ethical foundation and could potentially have a direct impact on diminished product loyalty and market share. The case study “How Personal Can Ethics...
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...Assignment 1- “How Personal Can Ethics Get?" BUS 520- Leadership and Organizational Behavior 1. Discuss how personal differences and preference can impact organizational ethics. http://www.oppapers.com/essays/Assignment-1-How-Personal-Can-Ethics/705932 To understand personal differences and preferences we must first discuss personality. An individual’s personality is defined by five major indicators which can be defined as emotional stability, agreeableness, extraversion, conscientiousness and openness. (Don Hellriegel & John W. Slocum, 2010) The one I find most impending on organizational ethics would be conscientiousness. Conscientiousness is defined by Hellriegel and Slocum as being the individuals concern of their self discipline, the ability to act responsibly and the ability to direct their behavior. A person who is more conscientious is more inclined to be responsible, careful, respectful, driven and thorough. The opposite can be said about a person that is less conscientious. Organizational ethics can be defined as the ethics outlined by the organization and how the organization is expected to respond to internal or external stimuli. (Organizational Ethics, 2011) If an individual is not conscientious in their own personal life, how can they be conscientious when it comes to upholding the organizations ethical structure? http://www.termpaperwarehouse.com/essay-on/Assignment-1/36619 Ones upbringing and life's experiences form ones world view and how...
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...individual will have to use his or her personal, professional, and organizational ethics in order to provide what he or she believes to be the correct action to take. This dilemma is encountered by the working force everyday. The three primary areas of ethical behavior must be clearly understood by all, to allow for an ethical “balance” in the world. Personal Ethics Personal ethics differ from person to person depending on numerous influences throughout ones life. Influences such as parents, religion, culture, environment, life experiences, and law all have a role in shaping personal ethics. Even though law does influence ethics, law is a last resort when private morality does not prevail (White, 1996). These principles learned help guide a persons actions and aid in their decision making process. A wise man once said, “Ethics is not simply what is “right” or “wrong”, it’s having the courage to do the right thing”. An example of a personal ethics dilemma: A man is out walking his dog in Little Italy and notices a woman drop her watch when exiting a cab. The woman is quickly approaching him on the sidewalk. Does he tell her that she dropped the watch? Or does he pick it up and keep it for himself? If the man is of good character he will tell the woman she dropped her watch. This lack of personal gain is an excellent example of proper personal ethics behavior. A person’s character should be consistent in all areas of life. This personal values system carries directly over...
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...Employees’ Personal Differences and Preferences and the Impact on Ethics in the Workplace: How Personal Can Ethics Get? Abstract This paper addresses the case study “How Personal Can Ethics Get?” and the effects of ethics within the workplace. In the case study, Valerie is facing ethical dilemmas within her workplace after coming across some controversial information. Valerie must consider her options carefully because she has many things that she could lose. This paper discusses the impact of personal differences and the preference on organizational ethics. It also discusses the impact of organizational policies and procedures on ethics. In the paper, the dilemmas Valerie is facing will be identified and recommendations are given to address the dilemmas. Employees’ Personal Differences and Preferences and the Impact on Ethics in the Workplace: How Personal Can Ethics Get? Personal differences and preferences can impact organizational ethics. People are taught ethics within the home while growing up. However, some individuals believe that there is a separate set or type of ethics just for the workplace. Ethics allows the individual to choose between right and wrong, but not all people have that ability or the same ability to do so. The ethics competency of the individual determines the level in which decisions are made to distinguish between right and wrong. The level of ethics competency is determined by the individual’s ability to identify elements of...
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...Ethics from Personal Decisions to Organizational Procedures Class: BUS512 Organizational Behavior 13th edition Authors: D Hellriegel and J W Solcum, Jr 2008 South-Western, Cengage Learning Abstract There are standards people govern themselves by and expect everyone else to live by. Everyone’s everyday decision are not only actions that affect themselves but everyone else around them. These rules, decisions, and behaviors make up a person’s ethics. Ethics are the morals and beliefs that help to tell the difference between what is right and what is wrong. It is comprised of many things but not solely defined by any of them. Ethics can be learned from religion but if ethics was a religious practice it would be reserved for saints but even atheists practice ethics. Some say ethics comes from how you feel but the truth is feelings are always fluctuating and changing. If your feelings change then you are really acting on your feelings and not your ethics. Ethics is independent of feelings yet dependent on thinking if something is right or wrong. All these cover personal ethics that a person has. When stepping into a work environment there are organized ethics that are placed by the company. Organizational ethics help to align everyone’s ethics under a general atmosphere of what is right and what is wrong. These personal ethics and organizational ethics as well as organizational policies are all under constant evaluation as individuals make choices...
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...BUSI610: Organization Design and Business Ethics Mitzi N. Harvey Liberty University Abstract This literature review examines the concepts of business ethics and how it is related to the organizational design of a corporation. The first section of this review defines the concepts of business ethics and organizational design to establish their meaning and use throughout this paper. The second aspect of understanding the relationship between business ethics and organizational design comes from understanding how and/or why ethics is important to organizational design. This will illustrate any underlying influences ethics has on business structure and design. The third section of this paper reviews and groups the literature found linking ethics and organizational design. Literature is grouped together based on the similarities found in authors’ opinions, research and/or results. The next section discusses the ideas of micro and macro ethics; first defining them, illustrating the differences and then explaining how they come into play when examining the link between ethics and design. The following sections of the review, provides examples of formal organizational structures, ethical programs, and the ethical decisions that impacted them. Finally, in the conclusion of the review it summarizes the relationship between business ethics and organizational design, how this relationship impacts business, and what this means for business managers. Introduction To sustain...
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...BUSI610: Organization Design and Business Ethics Mitzi N. Harvey Liberty University Abstract This literature review examines the concepts of business ethics and how it is related to the organizational design of a corporation. The first section of this review defines the concepts of business ethics and organizational design to establish their meaning and use throughout this paper. The second aspect of understanding the relationship between business ethics and organizational design comes from understanding how and/or why ethics is important to organizational design. This will illustrate any underlying influences ethics has on business structure and design. The third section of this paper reviews and groups the literature found linking ethics and organizational design. Literature is grouped together based on the similarities found in authors’ opinions, research and/or results. The next section discusses the ideas of micro and macro ethics; first defining them, illustrating the differences and then explaining how they come into play when examining the link between ethics and design. The following sections of the review, provides examples of formal organizational structures, ethical programs, and the ethical decisions that impacted them. Finally, in the conclusion of the review it summarizes the relationship between business ethics and organizational design, how this relationship impacts business, and what this means for business managers. Introduction To sustain...
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...How Personal Can Ethics Get? Introduction Ethics are principles or morals in which one distinguishes right from wrong based on their beliefs, social and economical environment in addition to their upbringing. Businesses and organizations should implement good uncompromised ethical practices, policies and procedures in order to obtain a positive reputation and to be successful. Employees are faced with many personal ethical decisions on a daily basis; a wrong decision could lead to stress, a bad reputation from colleagues or retaliation from management. Organizational leaders should build trust with their employees, display integrity and good ethical business practices. This was not the case with Valerie Young and the CEO of the company, Lionel Waters. In this paper I will discuss the personal differences and preferences can impact organizational ethics, how organizational policies and procedures can impact ethics, the ethical dilemmas Valerie is facing, and the best recommendation for Valerie. Personal Ethics As individuals in the United States we are entitled to our own opinions, preferences and thoughts; whether it’s deciding organizational affiliations or potential places of employment. The impact of personal difference and preference on an organization can be both positive and negative, in addition to the correlations of personal values to organizational values. There are many diversified organizations, clubs and groups all of which have values...
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...CHANGING ETHICS Personal ethics is an individual's belief about morality or conscience .It defines one’s stand on what is right or wrong.This branch of ethics gradually develops since childhood and tend to emulate the things which are set as an moral value to us by our parents or guardians in the family. It can heavily be influenced from any major incident in our life. Personal ethics refers to the ethics that a person identifies with in respect to people and situations that they deal with in everyday life. Professional ethics defines adherence to rules and regulation. The individual is expected to follow religiously, the code of ethics framed by the organization .It can be heavily influenced by the culture of the organization but it cannot change as frequently as the personal ethics. Professional ethics refers to the ethics that a person must adhere to in respect of their interactions and business dealings in their professional life. PERSONAL ETHICS VERSUS PROFESSIONAL ETHICS A person's ethical code determines their views on right and wrong, and influences how they interact with other people. 1.Influences • Personal ethics depend largely on a person's background and life relationships and concern. They are also influenced by the experiences you had growing up with dilemmas such as lying, cheating or even violence. Personal ethics may change as you learn and experience more, they often retain much of this early influence. Professional ethics...
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...How Personal Can Ethics Get Johnnie Farmer Strayer University Leadership and Organizational Behavior – BUS 520 Christopher Hase January 15, 2011 How Personal Can Ethics Get? Depending on the leadership of an organization, ethical decisions can be influenced. Personal values and organizational policies and procedures help to understand decisions made in the case study “How personal can ethics get?” Background Can a persons ethical decisions be compromised in organizations? Personal values and organizational policies and procedures are the core of any organization. So the basis of this paper will be focused on explaining how personal differences and preferences can impact organizational ethics, how organizational policies and procedures can impact ethics and how they relate to a specific case study. How personal differences and preference can impact organizational ethics Before discussing how personal differences and preferences can impact organizational ethics first an understanding of organizational ethics must be reached. Organizational ethics consist of a set of values that are followed by an organization. So, how do personal differences impact these values? By conflicting with personal beliefs of an individual. For example, organizations values determines how they respond to personal differences. A persons personality “combines a set of physical and mental characteristics that reflect how a person looks, thinks, acts, and feels”(Hellriegel, Slocum 2011 p.70)...
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