Gregory B. Sadler President and Founder, ReasonIO Ethics in Business Education Project Copyright Gregory B. Sadler, 2011 Goals and Scope of this Workshop Ethics can be complicated – in reality it often is Important to be clear and pragmatic about workshop Limited goal here: designed to help Business faculty with one specific skill/knowledge area Presumes only most basic knowledge about Ethics The Key Question: What Do You Need to Know To Assess Students’ Knowledge
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Store (GFS) owned and operated by Guillermo Navallez, has created high quality furniture in Sonora, Mexico for many years. Guillermo establish the business in his home town where lumber and labor costs were readily available at a low cost. There was also limited competition for labor. Over the last several years the local economy has changed. A new business moved in increasing competition for labor, thus increasing the standard wage in the area. The impact to the company’s profits forced Guillermo to
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points for the weekly discussions. Students arriving to class (or leaving class) more than 30 minutes late/early will receive a 2 point deduction for all discussions. Students arriving (or leaving class) more than 1 hour late/early will receive a 5 point deduction for all discussions. Late Work Submissions If a student anticipates the need to submit work after the due date and the reason for the late submission is covered by the illness/exceptional circumstances policy, then the late policy
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Professionals in Rwanda. LOCATION: Kigali, Rwanda. BENEFICIARIES: All Project Managers. PROJECT DURATION: 13 Months. BACKGROUND INFORMATION: In the recent past, there have been increased cases of professional malpractice. There have been increased cases of scandals in the business world. The scandals of WorldCom, Enron, Tyco, Merck, Bristol, Kenya Airways, Haco Industries and many others across the world have shaken the public confidence. A study by an American accounting firm revealed
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Ethics in International Business Chapter Outline OPENING CASE: Wal-Mart’s Chinese Suppliers INTRODUCTION ETHICAL ISSUES IN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS Employment Practices Management Focus: Making Apple’s iPod Human Rights Environmental Pollution Management Focus: Unocal in Myanmar Corruption Moral Obligations Management Focus: News Corporation in China ETHICAL DILEMMAS THE ROOTS OF UNETHICAL BEHAVIOR Personal Ethics
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Ethics Objectives: 1. What are ethics? 2. What ethical theories and frameworks can impact our analysis of ethical behavior examples to demonstrate these frameworks you are already learning 3. Professional ethics “Engineers shall hold paramount the safety, health, and welfare of the public in the performance of their professional duties.” ASCE Code of Ethics 1. What are ethics? Ethics: a set of values or group of moral principles that are right and good a code or principles
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Discussion Questions of Ethics a) Define ethics & discuss its relationship with normative systems The Meaning of Ethics: Ethics, also known as moral philosophy, is a branch of philosophy concerned with the study of questions of right and wrong and how we ought to live. Ethics involves making moral judgments about what is right or wrong, good or bad. Right and wrong are qualities or moral judgments we assign to actions and conduct. Within the study of ethics, there are three branches: metaethics
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interaction between government and private business entities, including corporations, partnerships and other business forms. The class is designed to help students understand the legal environment in which business organizations operate. It also will examine the role of ethics in business decision-making and the distinction between ethical and legal constraints. The course will include a discussion of contract law and also specific legislation affecting business and management, including securities regulation
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Journal of Accounting, Ethics & Public Policy Volume 3, Number 1 (Winter 2003), pp. 1‐26 Ayn Rand and Contemporary Business Ethics Stephen R. C. Hicks Introduction: business and the free society Advocates of the free society think of business as an integral part of the dynamic, progressive society they advocate. In the West, the rise of a culture hospitable to business has unleashed incalculable productive energies. Business professionals have taken the products of science and revolutionized
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Preferred Letter Code of Business Brochure Title Alternate Letter Ethics: Brochure Title Our Core Values in Action Alternate Letter Brochure Title Alternate Letter Brochure Title Our Code of Business Ethics reinforces our core values and drives our culture of compliance, ethical decision making and accountability. Our core values shape the culture and define the character of our company. They guide how we behave and make decisions. Accenture will not tolerate retaliation against any employee
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