...kids. Candidly, we go after the cool kids […] A lot of people don’t belong [in our clothes], and they can’t below.” (Bennett, 2013) The Cool Kids provided an earlier statement citing “He doesn’t want larger people shopping in his store; he wants thin and beautiful people.” (Bennett, 2013) The comments made by Jeffries led to an outrage of controversy for the retailer. Business Insider wrote a follow up article regarding retailers not marketing or even making clothing extra large clothing. Feeling the pressure from Jeffries comments the Abercrombie and Fitch spokesperson has “no comment” for the article (Lutz, 2013). This reiterates not only the controversy but the rationalizing of a business leader following his belief of the norm. “Everyone’s doing it,” is a common rationalization of unethical behavior (Trevino & Nelson, 2011). Jeffries’s belief of the cool kids leading the retail market and focusing on the organization on this group provides an inaccurate picture of any plus size kid defined cool. The two agreements of ethical freedom, the metaphysical understanding that we are...
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...and working hard. Individual, would rather do it alone and in their own way. 21. E 22. B 23. G 24. A 25. D 26. C 27. F Key Terms: Achievement Motive Theory - Attempts to explain and predict behavior and performance based on a person's need for achievement, power, and affiliation. Agreeableness Personality Dimension - Includes traits of sociability and emotional intelligence Adjustment Personality Dimension - Includes traits of emotional stability and self confidence Attitudes - Are positive or negative feelings about people, places, issues Big Five Model of Personality- categorizes traits into the dimensions of surgency, agreeableness, adjustments, conscientiousness, and open to experience. Conscientiousness Personality Dimension - includes traits of dependability and integrity Ethics - are the standards of right and wrong that influence behavior Leader Motive Profile - Attempts to explain and predict leadership success based on a person's need for achievement, power, and affiliation Moral Justification - thinking process of rationalizing why unethical behavior is used Openness to Experience Personality Dimension - includes traits of flexibility, intelligence, and locus of control Personality - is a combination of traits that classifies an individual's behavior...
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...Unit I: Question 1 Review the ethical cycle (page19). Discuss a decision you have made (at home or in the workplace), and describe the steps of the cycle in relation to your decision making process. Now review the section on rationalizing unethical behaviors (page 25). What is the relationship between the ethical cycle and the three simple ethical tests used for business decisions? Question 2 List and discuss in depth the three teleological frameworks and the three deontological frameworks. What are the advantages and disadvantages of each? Of these six frameworks, with which one do you most associate? Question 3 Discuss the eight ethical principles in the Global Business Standards Codex. Using these principles, describe an example of a company that does follow one of these principles, and then describe an example of a company that does not follow one of these principles. Question 4 Review Table 2-1 in the textbook, which relates to the myths about business ethics (page 23). Select three myths, and discuss why they represent a general misunderstanding about business ethics. Question 5 Examine the three simple tests identified by the Institute of Business Ethics (page 25). Use these tests, and discuss a decision you made dealing with ethics. Unit IV Question 1 What part should the government take in ensuring that corporations are environmentally “friendly”? Fully discuss your answer. Question 2 Discuss the concept of environmental sustainability. Discuss the challenges...
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...were the shareholders of the tabloid as the stock went down tremendously after July 7, 2011. The readers were also affected by the loss of the newspaper as there were over a million subscribers who would look forward to this tabloid. Ethical Analysis. Rupert Murdoch and his employees were aware that an issue existed with the tactics they used to obtain information. The intensity of the issue may have felt smaller for the employees because of Murdoch’s approval. If the Police were in fact bribed, then the members of the police force that were involved would have a much higher level of moral awareness. Since Rupert Murdoch gave his employees the mind set of “do whatever it takes” it may persuade them to act unethically, while also rationalizing their actions. I strongly believe that his employees knew what they were doing was wrong. But I think situational pressures may have played a huge role in the actions that were taken. With a large amount of money to supply the employees with anything they needed to obtain the story it may have become hard for the employees to see past the cash and perks of working there. Also since the articles had to stay recent and keep on track with release dates there could also be pressure to find something to report on, no matter what the cost. With an authority figure such as a boss pushing you to pull as many underhanded tactics as needed it...
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...accounting fraudulence by holding corporations accountable for disclosing accurate and reliable financial records. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act was also meant to ensure corporate executive leadership acted ethically throughout daily business (Orin, 2008). Assess the Effectiveness of SOX Legislations Key Ethical Components of the SOX To efficiently and effectively implement the Sarbanes-Oxley Act corporations need to broaden their views and focus on the greater purpose of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Beasley and Hermanson (2009) believe to accomplish this corporate leadership need to focus on the following: • Value the purpose of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. • Comprehend the effect of fraudulence behavior. • Concentrate on ethical attitudes pertaining to rationalizing fraudulence behavior. • Making the Sarbanes Oxley Act the foundation to compliance to improve governance and control. • Investigate and implement enterprise risk management (para 5). Value the purpose of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Corporations must understand that no law is perfect and that there will be possible negative outcomes from any laws made. However, understanding and valuing the purpose of the law for the greater benefit of humanity is paramount (Beasley & Hermanson, 2009). This is so because if leadership does not see the virtue in the law then building an organization...
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...Rules of Thumb Misha McCulloch March 10, 2013 Rules of Thumb Misha McCulloch March 10, 2013 Every day ethical situations arise. How people solve these ethical dilemmas vary based on each individuals’ ethical thinking, or, Rules of Thumb. My personal tools for ethical decision making are the Golden Rule and going with my gut instinct. The Golden Rule states “do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” The Golden Rule has been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. It was one of my parent’s favorite teachings. As the bossy, older sister, I found it my prerogative to be a diva. Sharing and playing nice weren’t exactly my strong suits. But like most parents, mine would always say, “Would you like it if your sister didn’t share with you?” Luckily for my parents I possess empathy; and therefore this teaching worked rather well on me. I suppose sharing isn’t the worst ethical dilemma, but as time passes you realize how vital implementations of these rules become. For instance, I’ve never cheated on a test. Why? Because if I had spent hours studying for an exam and someone cheated off of my exam I would be down-right livid. I don’t work my butt off just so someone else could skirt by. I would never cheat off of someone else because chances are that that person would have the same reaction as I would. In a more extreme case, murder, theft, and abuse are just a few other things that I would never do. I wouldn’t like any of those things to...
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...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 behavior and what employees must do to adhere to those standards. On occasion, what an organization may view as ethical behavior does not correspond with an employee’s personal belief system of what is right and wrong. This is especially true when Upper Management openly ignores what a reasonable person would view as unethical. But despite what they think, employees are not immune to unethical conduct and could find it very easy to be swayed into making the wrong decision. (Anderson, Escher, 2010) When these opposing value systems collide during the decision making process, an ethical dilemma occurs, (Hellriegel, Slocum, 2011) We will discover more about this contrast in morality with a case study of Valarie Young, a marketing manager faced with a difficult decision. Personal Values and their Interaction with Organizational Ethics The purpose of an organization’s Code of Ethics is to provide employees with guidelines for making ethical decisions in the conduct of their day to day activity. The code is a set of core values, standards, and behaviors within the organization that guide worker commitment to the highest ethical standards. (Huntington Ingalls, 2010) Topics such as Equal Opportunity, Harassment, Substance Abuse, and Fraternization as well as enforcement...
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...three (or more) of the following: B. The individual is at least age 18 years. C. There is evidence of conduct disorder with onset before age 15 years. D. The occurrence of antisocial behavior is not exclusively during the course of schizophrenia or a manic episode.” (Psychiatric News) Description Antisocial personality disorder is a condition characterized by repetitive behavioral, patterns that are contrary to usual moral, ethical standards, and cause a person to experience continuous conflict with society. Signs of Antisocial personality disorder include aggression, callousness, impulsiveness, irresponsibility, hostility, a low frustration level, marked emotional immaturity, and poor judgment. A person who has this disorder overlooks the rights of others, is incapable of loyalty to others or to social values, is unable to experience guilt or to learn from past behaviors, is impervious to punishment, and tends to rationalize his or her behavior or to blame it on others. “Antisocial personality disorder, also known as psychopathic personality or sociopathic personality often brings a person into conflict with society as a consequence of a pattern of behavior that is amoral and unethical. Complications that might arise from having this disorder include: frequent imprisonment for unlawful behavior, alcoholism and drug abuse.” (Med Terms) Age-related Antisocial disorder takes years to develop, can be diagnosed around the age of 15 and can affect someone throughout their life...
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...Ethics and Values in Organizations: In the face of Indian Reality - VATSAL DUSAD 2010TT10971 ”Integrity has no need of rules.” --Albert Camus Ethics and Values in the context of organizational culture have been a topic of intense research and arguments over a long period of time, and it has also been recognized as a very important aspect of organizational behavior. In this paper, I would be discussing the deteriorating ethics and values in organizations. I would begin with elaborating what ethical culture means, then taking it over to highlighting its need, pondering over the reasons -‐ so as to why unethical culture prevails and then study about ethical leadership. I would like to conclude by, bringing it to Indian context and laying down a discussion -‐ on how prominent and prevalent is this issue in our own land. There has been a sudden rash of corporate scandals and the focus turned on...
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...variety of contexts but what does it really mean? Not to be confused with antisocial personality disorder, psychopathy is actually a more severe form of the former disorder. Sociopathy, as it is also known, is defined as “a psychological construct describing amoral and antisocial behavior.”[1] A psychopath is a person who “has deficits or deviances in several areas: interpersonal relationships, emotion, and self-control. Psychopaths lack a sense of guilt or remorse for any harm they may have caused others, instead rationalizing the behavior, blaming someone else, or denying it outright.”[2] A person suffering this disorder will exhibit behavior that does not accord with society’s laws and will lack a moral conscience that tries to control this unethical behavior. Because Sociopathy is a personality disorder there are no physical symptoms but instead one must rely solely on obeserving behavior to identify the mental illness. Psychopaths behavior can be tracked to the early years of childhood. It is very common for children with this disorder to exhibit violence towards animals, bedwetting until a late age, and pyromania. It is possible for children who are not psychopaths to display these behaviors as well so they are not a good way to measure whether a person has the disorder or not. Among adults a clear lack of nervousness and worries acompanies a lack of delusinoal thinking. As a result psychopaths tend to be easy going and may even seem charming at a superficial level. It...
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...VALUES AND ETHICS INTRODUCTION Values and ethics are central to any organization; those operating in the national security arena are no exception. What exactly do we mean by values and ethics? Both are extremely broad terms, and we need to focus in on the aspects most relevant for strategic leaders and decision makers. What we will first discuss is the distinctive nature of ethics for public officials; second, the forces which influence the ethical behavior of individuals in organizations; and third, explore the actions strategic leaders can take to build ethical climates in their organizations. THE CHARACTER OF VALUES AND ETHICS Values can be defined as those things that are important to or valued by someone. That someone can be an individual or, collectively, an organization. One place where values are important is in relation to vision. One of the imperatives for organizational vision is that it must be based on and consistent with the organization's core values. In one example of a vision statement we'll look at later, the organization's core values - in this case, integrity, professionalism, caring, teamwork, and stewardship- were deemed important enough to be included with the statement of the organization's vision. Dr. John Johns, in an article entitled "The Ethical Dimensions of National Security," mentions honesty and loyalty as values that are the ingredients of integrity. When values are shared by all members of an organization, they are extraordinarily...
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...Qn 1 1. The Natural Environment One of the more common ways marketers demonstrate social responsibility is through programs designed to protect and preserve the natural environment. a) Many companies are making contributions to environmental protection organizations, sponsoring and participating in clean-up events, promoting recycling, retooling manufacturing processes to minimize waste and pollution, and generally reevaluating the effects of their products on the natural environment. b) Green marketing refers to the specific development, pricing, promotion, and distribution of products that do not harm the natural environment. c) Although demand for economic, legal, and ethical solutions to environmental problems is widespread, the environmental movement in marketing includes many different groups, whose values and goals often conflict. d) Some environmentalists and marketers believe that companies should work to protect and preserve the natural environment by implementing the following goals: (1) Eliminate the concept of waste (2) Reinvent the concept of a product (3) Make prices reflect products’ true cost (4) Make environmentalism profitable 2. Consumerism a) Consumerism refers to the efforts of independent individuals, groups, and organizations working to protect the rights of consumers. b) A number of interest groups and individuals have taken action against companies they consider irresponsible by lobbying government officials and agencies...
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...Values can be defined as those things that are important to or valued by someone. That someone can be an individual or, collectively, an organization. One place where values are important is in relation to vision. One of the imperatives for organizational vision is that it must be based on and consistent with the organization's core values. In one example of a vision statement we'll look at later, the organization's core values - in this case, integrity, professionalism, caring, teamwork, and stewardship- were deemed important enough to be included with the statement of the organization's vision. Dr. John Johns, in an article entitled "The Ethical Dimensions of National Security," mentions honesty and loyalty as values that are the ingredients of integrity. When values are shared by all members of an organization, they are extraordinarily important tools for making judgments, assessing probable outcomes of contemplated actions, and choosing among alternatives. Perhaps more important, they put all members "on the same sheet of music" with regard to what all members as a body consider important. The Army, in 1986, had as the theme for the year "values," and listed four organizational values-loyalty, duty, selfless service, and integrity-and four individual values- commitment, competence, candor, and courage. A Department of the Army pamphlet entitled Values: The Bedrock of Our Profession spent some time talking about the importance of values, and included this definition: ...
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...Policing and Police Issues CJA 303 Police misconduct of the past was centered on the police turning a blind eye toward other officers who committed crimes. When police officers join a police department, they become members of a “brotherhood.” This “brotherhood” plays an important role in the way officers see themselves and the world around them. Officers learn early in their career of the importance of loyalty to fellow officers. This misplaced loyalty is a major factor in police misconduct. Police culture allows misplaced loyalty to flourish, rationalizing it as part of the “brotherhood” (Barry, 1999). The majority of law enforcement holds the public trust as sacred. These men and women are honest, hardworking police officers who have a commitment to serving the public with integrity and have the highest standards of ethical behavior. There will always be a small number of officers who misuse or abuse the public’s trust (Beech, 1996). One of the most difficult ethical dilemmas that an officer can face is informing on another officer. Informing or testifying against one’s peers has always been perceived as a career killer for the officer testifying. There are problems however, when police officers protect each other. One of the greatest harms of cover-ups is the harm that is inflicted upon a police officer’s creditability (Pollock, 2004). Who would believe this officer in court testifying at a trial? The defense will go after the officer’s creditability and if there is any...
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...Notes 3. In-Class Exercises 4. Homework Assignments 5. Additional Resources Chapter Outline I. Introduction II. In Business, Ethics Is about Behavior A. Practical Advice for Managers: Ethical Behavior III. Our Multiple Ethical Selves A. The Kenneth Lay Example B. The Dennis Levine Example C. Practical Advice for Managers’ Multiple Ethical Selves IV. Rewards and Discipline A. People Do What is Rewarded and Avoid Doing What is Punished B. People Will Go the Extra Mile to Achieve Goals Set by Managers C. How Goals Combined with Rewards Can Encourage Unethical Behavior D. Practical Advice for Managers: Goals, Rewards, and Discipline E. Recognize the Power of Indirect Rewards and Punishments F. Can Managers Really Reward Ethical Behavior? G. What about the Role of Discipline? H. Practical Advice for Managers: Discipline V. “Everyone’s Doing It” A. People Follow Group Norms B. Rationalizing Unethical Behavior C. Practical Advice for Managers: Group Norms VI. People Fulfill Assigned Roles A. The Zimbardo Prison Experiment B. Roles at Work C. Conflicting Roles can Lead to Unethical Behavior D. Roles Can Also Support Ethical Behavior E. Practical Advice for Managers: Roles VII. People Do What They are Told A. The Milgram Experiments B. Obedience to Authority at Work C. Practical...
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