Ethics and Social Responsibility Andrea Clark MGT 498 May 15, 2012 Thomas Moore Ethics and Social Responsibility “The concept of social responsibility proposes that a private corporation has responsibilities to society that extend beyond making a profit.” (Wheelen & Hunger, 2010 p.72) Social responsibility considers the customers, employees, shareholders, communities, interests and social- environmental consequences of their business activities. A strategic approach, companies can
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satisfied and happy, the company helping to make a unique unmatched precedence in the mind of their customers. Apple Inc.’s Supplier Code of Conduct has been held under a microscope in recent years. It’s 100 pages of inclusive requirements that focus on 20 important areas, including labor and human rights, health and safety, environment, management systems, and ethics. Often, these standards exceed what local laws require in order to set the bar high, and to keep operations running smoothly. The document
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SEMESTER 2 2011 CPA 118 ETHICS AND GOVERNANCE CPA - ETHNIC SEMESTER 2 2011 MODULE 1 ACCOUNTING AND SOCIETY 1.05 1.05 Part A: Ineraction with society Depictions of A/cting Depiction Defeating depictions defeat Fig 1.1 new bean counter How to become professional? 3 aspects 1.06 Recruiting the best Beard(1994),Smith and Briggs(1999) and Simnik and Felton(2006) Friedman& Lyne(2001);Albrecht and Sack(2000);Coate et al.(2003) Jeacle: colourful accountant linked to corporate collapses 1.07 Moral agency
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Ethical Role of the Manager In a broad construction of the ethical role of the manager, managing and leading can be said to be inherently ethics-laden tasks because every managerial decision affects either people or the natural environment in some way—and those effects or impacts need to be taken into consideration as decisions are made. A narrower construction of the ethical role of the manager is that managers should serve only the interests of the shareholder; that is, their sole ethical task
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unethical practices in the staff of the organization. Business Ethics Guideline and Culture for International Companies Business ethics does not only cover the organizations that do business in one country, those that have branches in other countries and regions also need to exercise business ethics in the respective regions they work in. For instance, a multinational organization, such as Barclays will need to perform a high level of ethics in all the countries in which they have branches. As such,
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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
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Ethics in Accounting Tonya Thompson Carlene Wilson Immediate Accounting ACC305 November 17, 2010 What is Ethics? Business ethics are moral values and principles that determine our conduct in the business world. Commercial ethics standards activities are needed; whether you have a single client or several business organizations. Ethics Standards can be applied to all aspects of business, from generation of an idea the sell of the particular
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SEMESTER 2 2011 CPA 118 ETHICS AND GOVERNANCE MODULE 1 ACCOUNTING AND SOCIETY 1.05 1.05 Part A: Ineraction with society Depictions of A/cting Depiction=描述 Defeating depictions defeat =挫败 Fig 1.1 new bean counter How to become professional? 3 aspects 1.06 Recruiting the best Beard(1994),Smith and Briggs(1999) and Simnik and Felton(2006) Friedman& Lyne(2001);Albrecht and Sack(2000);Coate et al.(2003) Jeacle: colourful accountant linked to corporate collapses 1.07 Moral agency Biddle(2006) Value
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in the USA’s total garment imports. AEPC: An official body of apparel exporters Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC) is an official body of apparel exporters in India. The body provides invaluable assistance to Indian exporters as well as international buyers who select India as their preferred sourcing destination for garments. AEPC initiative: DISHA Several western countries like the USA, have raised
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CHAPTER 01: MANAGING INTERDEPENDENCE Social Responsibility and Ethics THE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY OF MNCs Multinational corporations (MNCs) and multinational enterprises (MNEs) have been, and to be, at the center of debate regarding corporate social responsibility (CSR), especially in less developed countries (LDCs). CONGA in Peru for instance. The criticisms of MNCs have been lessened in recent years by the decreasing economic differences among countries, by the emergence of less developed
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