Chapter 14

Enhancing Ethical Behavio

Week 9 Benson Barry Mike
 Importance of Ethical Behaviour
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CONTEXT 02
Common Ethical Problems
Barry

How to Behave Ethically

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 Ethical Behaviour & Business Ethics
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Importance of Ethical Behaviour Why Be Concerned About Business Ethics

Why Being Ethical Isnt Easy

Ethical Behaviour & Business Ethics
Ethical Behaviour
Avoiding activities or organization that do harm to
people or the environment.

BusinessEthics
Avoiding activities or organization that do harm to
people in business or the workplace.
1. People are motivated by self-interest and a Why Be
desire to be morally right. Concerned
2. Practicing good ethics can be good for business About
and help avoid illegalities.
Business
3. A high standard of ethics improves the quality of Ethics?
working life.

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1. People are motivated by self-interest
and a desire to be morally right.

Expectancy theory of motivation

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2. Practicing good ethics can be
good for business and help avoid
illegalities.
Sanlu Scandal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nK8-
VwPJf8&index=2&list=PL8kuysB_N3RcST1zxCoqmWkmahVESIsKP
3. A high standard of ethics improves the quality of working
life.
Several sample clauses from ethical codes:
#1 Demonstrate courtesy, respect, honesty, and
fairness.
#2 Do not use abusive language.
#3 Do not bring knives or other weapons to work.
#4 Do not offer bribes.
#5 Maintain confidentiality of records.
#6 Do not harass(Sexually, racially, ethnically, or
physically)subordinates, superiors, co-workers,
customers, or suppliers.

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 Some youve just hired seems to be attracted to
Discussion you, and youre attracted to them. Both of you
are single. Would you:

A)Ask them out on a date

B)Have only a professional relationship

C)Ask the person of your intuition is correct,

and if it is, discreetly pursue a romantic
relationship.

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Why Being Ethical Isnt Easy
#1 Ethical decisions are complex.
#2 Predisposition.
#3 Ethical problem acting out of self-interest
 Illegally copying software

Treating people unfairly

Facing a conflict of interest

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Dealing with confidential
Frequent Ethical Dilemmas information

Misrepresenting employment or
educational history

Using corporate resources

Ethically violating computers and

information technology

Wasting company time

Frequent Ethical
Dilemmas

Many ethical temptations face the individual on the job, forcing him
or her to think through ethic issues practically every workday.
Certain ethical mistakes, including illegal actions, recur frequently in
the workplace. Familiarizing oneself with frequent ethical dilemmas
can be helpful in monitoring ones own behavior. There are a
number of common ethical problems faced by business executives
as well as workers at lower job levels.

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The Temptation to
Illegally Copy Software
According to the Business Software
Alliance, approximately 35 percent of
applications used in business are
illegal.
Peoples excuses for their illegal
behaviour:
1.educational purposes.
2.no one is getting hurt.
3.the movie industry makes
enough money already.
What is software piracy?

https://youtu.be/mQ1ZRB3Iwdg

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Treating people unfairly

Equity Reciprocity Impartiality

A fair working Employer-employee Prejudice and bias must

environment is where expectations must be be eliminated
performance is the only understood and met
factor that counts

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 Cronyism

It is a major contributor to treating people

unfairly. Often the unqualified friend is given a
position when competent, and qualified
candidates are available. Cronyism is often
practiced in government, and it also found in
business.
Sexual Harassment
Sexual harassment is considered as a source of
conflict and an illegal act. It is also an ethical
issue, because it is morally wrong and unfair. All
acts of sexual harassment fail an ethics test.

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 Conflict of Interest

Part of being ethical is making Sales end of Hiring a friend Blogging Websites
business judgments only on the business who badly needs a
basis of the merits or facts in a job
situation. A conflict of interest
occurs when your judgement or
objectivity is compromised.
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Dealing with Confidential
Information
Imagine:
1.Suppose a co-worker tells you in confidence that
she is upset with the company and is therefore looking
for another job. What will you do to deal with your
supervisor?
2.Suppose your co-worker tells you she is looking for
another job because she is upset, and she tells you she
is so upset that she plans to destroy company
computer files on her last day. What will you do then?
Guidelines for Dealing with
Confidential Information
https://youtu.be/_ITU377uuJY
Misrepresenting Employment
or Education History

Many people are tempted to distort in a

positive direction information about
their employment or education history
on their job resume, job application
form, and during the interview.
Distortion, or lying, of this type is
considered to be unethical and can lead
to immediate dismissal if discovered.

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Use of Corporate Resources
A corporate source is anything the company owns, including
its name and reputation.

Situation:
1.Jake Petro worked for Ford Motor Company, he establish a unethical
body shop and put on his letterhead and website Jake Petro,
Manufacturing Technician, Ford Motor Company.
2.Borrow a laptop for the weekend from your employer to do ethical
work at home.
3.Borrow a laptop to prepare personal income taxes. unethical
4.Loading personal software onto company computers so you unethical
can access your bank account.
Ethical Violation with
Computer and
Information Technology
Fairness of tracking the websites a person
visits and those from which he or she
makes purchases.
.

Fairness of having an employee work at a

keyboard for 60 hours in one week when
such behavior frequently leads to repetitive
strain injury.

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 Do not us a computer to harm other people.
Do not interfere with other peoples computer work.
Do not snoop around in other peoples files.
Do not use a computer to steal.
Do not use a computer to bear false witness.
Do not use or copy software for which you have not
paid.
The 11 Do not use other peoples resources without
authorization.
Command Do not appropriate other peoples intellectual output.
Do not use the employers computer for the personal
ments of promotion of commercial goods or services, unless
granted permission by the employer.
Computer Do think about the social consequences of the
program you write.
Ethics Do use a computer in ways that show consideration
and respect.

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 Wasting Company Time

Making Shopping by Visiting sports

personal phone or the and
phone calls Internet pornography
sites

Talking about Spend long

personal matters Daydreaming periods of time
with co-workers smoking outside
the building
 Ethical
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Upwar
Exert Developing Virtuousness
to
Ready
Following a Guide to Ethical
Be

Decision-Making

Developing Closer Relationship

03 How to Behave Ethically

with Work Associates

Developing Closer Relationship

with Work Associates

Using Corporate Ethics Programs

Being Environmentally Conscious

Following an Applicable Professional

Code of Conduct

Be Ready to Exert Upward Ethical

Leadership
01 Rationality Developing Virtuousness

02 Honesty

03 Independence

04 Productivity

05 Forgiveness
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 Following a Guide to Ethical Decision-Making

Gather the facts Identify the obligations

Define the ethical issues Consider your character

and integrity

Identify the affected parties Think creatively about

potential actions

Identify the consequences Check your intuition

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Developing
Closer
Relationship
with Work
Associates
Using Corporate Ethics
Programs

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 Following an Be Ready to
Being
Applicable Exert Upward
Environmentally
Professional Ethical
Conscious
Code of Leadership
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 Critical Thinking
1.What do you think of illegally copy software?
How do you deal with it?

2.If you are a manager of a big company and you have power to
hire people, your friend asks you to help him to get the job, what
will you do?
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THANKS
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