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Business, Personal, Moral Ethics
When we know something is right or wrong, good or bad, because of certain facts (not just preferences), we're confronting moral issues. Hurting people is wrong. Wanting vanilla ice cream is probably not, no matter that it may seem offensive to some of us sometimes. Social or cultural institutions that govern our personal principals are imposing moral standards that we can aim to achieve.
Business ethics, however, are different. They are operational guidelines and process expectations; and in many instances it is what one does to conform to this expectation that determines whether they are considered appropriate or not. The goodness or badness is business ethics is a much different issue, since even good business people can do bad things on purpose in search of bottom line profits and that is not necessarily seen as offensive.
When one basically blends these approaches and seeks to use certain standards or...
There is often a good chance that personal ethics may be more closely related to moral expectations too because we often align our individual expectations with different ideas of what is good or bad.
But even these general classifications can change. Many people are now looking toward what are called double or triple bottom line beliefs. These approaches seek to balance social responsibility and monetary profitability, which means that they can come even closer to having business ethical elements and moral bases. Here are three examples:
MORALITY IN Business: Businesses sometimes do immoral things to make money. When they do, they violate even the strictest of cultural standards and could involve themselves in moral or criminal wrongdoing. If it turns out that PGE did more than fail to live up to good maintenance standards and actually neglected to…
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Personal Development Ethics Ethics are the most important principles of a community, group and an individual's life. Ethical rules form the basis of a peaceful and content life. For workers, the ethical conduct of their employers is of immense importance as it provides them work place security. An organization or person who respects the ethical code of others is very rare and hence more prized and respected. The paper look at
However, if I thought there was a good chance that he would follow through I would be both legally and morally obligated to warn someone. 7. The dilemma is whether or not it is okay to kill someone out of mercy to end their suffering. While I would have no problem with an individual choosing to take their own life, I do not feel that it is ethical to kill
Business Ethics: Personal Moral Intelligence Development The first question that I asked when I came into this class was "What is moral intelligence?" I knew because of the people I talked to about the class that the question would be answered, but I did not understand how thoroughly. I have now learned that the best definition I could find of the concept came in the first chapter of Moral Intelligence: Enhancing
Due to the fact that this perspective emphasizes a balance of pleasure over pain, it can approve actions which are commonly considered immoral. The Perspective of Self-Interest: The Self-Interest perspective requires the exclusive reflection on the long-term consequences of an action to oneself. According to this perspective, an action is considered right or essential if it maximizes the person's happiness. However, the pursuit of self-interest does not exclude an individual from
Waters appears to have fairly limited ethics. His moral imperative appears to be guided by whatever will benefit him the most personally. Under his watch, the organization has become less effective and has seen its size reduced by 60%. Waters does not feel the need to work hard, so he provides a poor example for his team as well. He is an ineffective leader, and is not respected by his
Therein was her first ethical dilemma: should she remain quiet about this, or should she share this information with others and see what their response will be? Her boyfriend gave her worthy advice: keep this to yourself because if your boss is found to be accepting kickbacks, and this revelation results in his removal from the company, her unit may well be disbanded, or otherwise affected in a way unfriendly