Research Quarterly Published by the Society for Human Resource Management Business Ethics: The Role of Culture and Values for an Ethical Workplace FOURTH QUARTER–2009 Whether in domestic or global companies, ultimately, the commitment to business ethics and the foundation is built through organizational culture, with ethical values reflected in the workplace. Business Ethics: The Role of Culture and Values for an Ethical Workplace Abstract An ethical workplace is established through
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protected? “A whistleblower is an employee who discovers corporate misconduct and chooses to bring it to the attention of others.”(Ghillyer, 2014) Whistleblowers can be viewed as providing a praiseworthy act or be severely labeled as informers who have breached the loyalty of their co-workers and company. Whistleblowing can be a service to the community and public. Whistleblowing can be ethical or unethical, and the whistleblower discovering corporate misconduct has the options to be an internal or an
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Towards Higher Sustainable Economic Growth with People Welfare: Good governance in Kautilya's literature is aimed at fulfilling the welfare of the people. "In the happiness of the King's subjects lies his happiness, in their welfare, his welfare." The jargons related to Financial & Human Resource Management were not prevalent then, but its essence was widely observed in Kautilya's writings. "The King should look to the bodily comforts of his servants by providing such emoluments as can infuse
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or human resource that keeps business in constant motion to meet the challenges of increased globalization in the 21st century. Various Intuition and Universities is preparing human resources for management careers as efficient manager, effective corporate leader and executives, equipped with appropriate training for enhanced managerial talents with dynamic leadership under the obligation of M.B.A. curriculum. We the students of South East University have to submit internship report after practical
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interest. Development is not achieved with the efforts of few persons or by the government alone. For it to be real, every member of the society must participate in order to achieve the goal set by the government. No matter how effective and efficient the law enforcers are in maintaining peace and order the problem of the society cannot be eradicated. The main culprits are poverty, aggressiveness, alcoholism, drug abuse and mental disorders. There are so many problems encountered by the politicians, thus
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Table of contents Acknowledgements Statement of Authorship Abstract 1.0 Introduction 1 2.1 General Introduction 1-2 2.2 Background to the problems 2-3 2.3 The Objectives of the study 3-4 2.0 Literature Review 5 3.4 Definition of CSR 5 3.5 The Evolution of CSR 5-7 3.6 Carroll’s 4 Components Pyramid CSR 7 3.7.1 Philanthropic
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BUSINESS ETHICS The history of “business ethics” depends on how one defines it. Although the term is used in several senses and varies somewhat for different countries, its current use originated in the United States and became widespread in the 1970s. The history of business ethics in the United States can be viewed as the intersection of three intertwined strands. Each of these in turn can be divided into at least two related branches. The first strand, which I shall call the ethics-in-business
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nation believe that child labor should end, but many families depend on this income to survive; instead, we should fight for workers rights and rethinking child labor abolition. Today we will discuss child labor practices and policies of such nations versus United States (U.S.) practices of the early 1900’s, the average person’s in-depth belief, and the negative impact of child labor eradication. Imagine the improvement in the lives of the families, if they had workers rights comparable to ours. In
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C H A P T E R 5 Business Ethics and the Legal Environment of Business Learning Objectives After studying this chapter you should be able to: 1. Understand the relationship between ethics and the law and appreciate why it is important to behave ethically. 2. Differentiate between the claims of the different stakeholder groups affected by a company’s actions. 3. Identify the four main sources of business ethics, and describe four rules that can be used to help companies and their employees
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Corporate Responsibility Report | 2008 “Bringing Our Best To You” For more than 100 years, corporate responsibility has been at the foundation of Kellogg Company and a key part of our heritage and culture. We are pleased to share this report with you. It provides an overview of our corporate responsibility approach, priorities and targets, as well as a baseline performance review in several key areas. Welcome Welcome to Kellogg’s first global Corporate Responsibility Report. We hope
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