Need help relate to Business Ethics!?

Question

I'm stuck with my assingment on Business Ehtics. Need to talk about how a course in Business Ethics might be helpful to someone entering a job as a CEO in a multinaitonal company, or just an administrative position in a given company (as manager for example).
Thanks.

Answer 1

Anyone in business, from the CEO to the newest hire in the company are bound by the canons of ethics in order to do business. Customers demand honesty and accuracy, employees demand the right amount of pay and deductions, accountants and bankers demand that the financial figures are accurate and complete, etc.

The thing to remember is this: ethics has three major yardsticks-morality, legality and self respect. Is what I'm doing legal? (Goes to accuracy and completeness of reports, etc.) Is it moral? (Goes to societal expectations, from family, business and society at large.) Does what I'm doing promote self respect? (Goes to the question, "How do I feel about myself?" Do I feel guilty about what I did? Can I sleep with myself at night? Do I have to hide anything I did?)

Answer 2

When companies are truly ethical, that burden is shared by everyone throughout the company, from top management on down. Everyone owns the responsibility to make decisions based on the values espoused by both their company and their personal conscience — and it’s not too idealist to expect those value sets to be consistent, if not one and the same. In an environment where integrity is part of the very air that its people breathe, it’s rare that any one person is faced with the difficult choice between his or her self-respect and corporate interest.

According to “Wanted: Ethical Employer” (The Wall Street Journal, July 9, 2002), there may be a growing pressure for hiring managers to sell not only the value of the opportunity they’re offering candidates, but also ballyhoo their values statement and moral track record. In the article, Linda K. Trevino, chair of the Department of Management and Organization, Smeal College of Business, Pennsylvania State University, advises job seekers to conduct an “ethics audit” of the company making sure that key evidence of a lively values culture are in place. Among them:

• Formal ethics code that is widely distributed.
• Training in ethical decision making techniques made available throughout the ranks.
• The availability of formal reporting channels.
• Swift and just discipline for unethical conduct.
• Cultural emphasis of integrity and ethical behavior both on new employees and throughout the company.

Answer 3

An overview:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_ethics




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Answer 4

You could google 'Code of Conduct", and it will lay out any businesses Ethic plan...especially if you accept federal dollars at your company.

Answer 5

I ould get a duplicate of The Economist, because it truly is an intrnation organization booklet. you could surely locate your article and take the tack on that, yet i'd could be able to ascertain the article previously I tackled the questions you've so posited.