Business Ethics

Dirty To The Core

Seandel Gibson
Business-Law
Professor- Mr. McLamore
June 11, 2012

Business Ethics

Abstract

Ethical behavior isn’t an act but a habit, just as good health requires cultivating the habits of getting enough sleep and eating wholesome food, Aristotle believed that right action was the result of developing good moral habits. In a business context, this means training and, at the deepest level, something we call “corporate culture.’
Although Ethical management is being given a higher priority by many management teams, a wealth of evidence reveals that managers are still unclear about how to institute strategies and systems that encourage ethical conduct and help create a moral corporate culture. Many managers have opted for the simple route of promulgating rules and instructing everyone to follow them. Not only is this approach providing ineffective in today’s decentralized business environment, it also denies employees any chance to become part of the ethical fabric of the organization.

Business Ethics

Corruption is defined by transparency international as the misuse of public power for private gain. It takes many forms and can be intensely damaging.
A spate of ethics scandals suggest that for all that has changed, D.C.’s cultures of corruption remains very much the same. Lately we’ve seen that bad ethics overshadow accomplishments with regards to Vincent Gray’s first year as Mayor. There is no question that Gray got off to a bad start, with some unfortunate hires including his first chief of staff who made things worse by