Can Business Ethics Be Taught?

In learning unit 1 I was educated about Ethics, Politics, and Diversity. This unit discussed whether or not actions are ethical. Ethics is a moral standard of right and wrong. For example, one time I noticed someone cheating on an exam and I didn’t know if it was right or not to let my substitute teacher know that the student was cheating. I didn’t want to be called names if the cheater found out. So, I messaged my dad and asked for his advice whether or not I should tell. My dad told me that I should leave it alone unless I was certain that the student was cheating. Therefore, I didn’t let my teacher know. This furthered my knowledge by applying ethics to this situation because now I know that personal values and morals impact my ethical behavior. If I didn’t have strong personal values and morals then I wouldn’t of cared if the student cheated or not. Furthermore, attitude in learning unit 1 changed my perspective on situations. For example, I value scrapbooking and scrapbooking costs a lot of money for all the materials

Ethic plays a very critical role not only in one’s life but has become very critical in today’s business world, with so many scam Satym being the famous one and financial crises, the most recent being the economics recession that started in 2006, due to the hedging by the financial managers in the Real estate though having knowledge that it is not safe, which led the closure of big financial firms. This makes the teaching of ethical behavior critical in MBA, to make future managers aware of ethical behavior.

According to Hartman, we cannot decide the job or solution for a person; we just help him or her to figure out the perception by him/herself, create good values while ensure the happiness (79). Teaching ethics class for business students is a good idea to help them imagine their future and decide a right path for themselves. Thousands students learn the same things but each of them will have different outcomes. In order to ensure the accuracy of the research, people need to implement the studies on different students based on their races, genders, and cultures. Those factors can affect differently on the same principle. In conclusion, no matter who we are, what we do, one of the most important things is being a virtual person. We have to make sure that everything we do; we are doing right even though no one is watching

Effects of products/services and in relationships with stakeholders. That attention to business ethics is critical during times of fundamental change -- times much like those faced now by businesses, both nonprofit and for-profit. In times of fundamental change, values that were previously taken for granted are now strongly questioned. Many of these values are no longer followed. Consequently, there is no clear moral compass to guide leaders through complex dilemmas about what is right or wrong. Attention to ethics in the workplace sensitizes leaders and staff to how they should act. Perhaps most important, attention to ethics in the workplaces helps ensure that

It finally has been acknowledged that simply taking an ethics class does not provide the same level of experience as providing a more integrated approach to ethics within the learning process of a student within graduate business school. Gaining the ability and competence to understand ethics is only first step to what awaits the new leaders who will be required to live an ethical life but also sustain and encourage a corporate ethical environment from which staff can also make ethical decisions. The recent financial scandals along with the younger generation’s concerns for the environment has elevated and renewed the importance of corporate leadership in providing more transparent and straightforward accounting reports as well as addressing other issues that do not encourage a culture of ethics within their organization. Wrongdoing should be addressed and ethical decisions need to be encouraged and supported instead. CEOs and board members are just beginning to present themselves and their organizations as ethical decision-makers who are responsibly provide good and wise solutions for stakeholders of the company. In the Journal of Business Ethics, “Business Ethics in North America: Trends and Challenges” the authors reviewed and

What are key concepts related to business ethics that should be considered in the development of the ethics training program?

Neubaum, D. O., Pagell, M., Drexler, J. A., Mckee-Ryan, F. M., & Larson, E. (2009). Business education and its relationship to student personal moral philosophies and attitudes toward profits: An empirical response to critics. Academy of Management Learning & Education, 8(1), 9-24. Retrieved February 8, 2017 from http://amle.aom.org/content/8/1/9.abstract

Ethics are a major issue which is a reason why the Sarbanes-Oxley Act was implemented. Before the Act, firms focused on growth but not as much on professional values. Revenue was the driving factor in auditing firms, and auditors were required to find new clients, keep existing clients, and cross selling. There were also penalties for not obtaining these requirements which could lead to termination (Jones III & Norman 2006). Since the Act many organizations have now implemented a code of conduct (ethics) which sets standards of how an auditor is supposed to act or a place to go to seek advice on handling different situations. The code of conduct or ethics can be viewed as a way an organization wants one to act or behave (Canary & Jennings 2007). Since implementation ethics is being taught more in college classes, and the reason for this is because of the huge scandals that have occurred. One study showed that the key leadership roles in a company often have a MBA, so teaching ethics will reach those leaders, and possibly prevent future ethical dilemmas (Sulivan, D. 2010).

To me, ethics cannot really be taught though it can be initiated. People who do not have some ethics in them can be helped to incorporate it in their daily activities. This can be

In everyday life, whether it is in the workplace or personal life, people have a certain level of ethics that is expected. This course has influenced me to be more aware of how we deal with people and their problem. I think that the body of Christ has not taken seriously the professional and legal ethic of Christianity. We look at it from the secular world or the work places, but not our personal lives and or neither do we incorporate it in our churches properly. Ethics is about knowing and doing what is good or right, for the Christian, this means applying the Bible and other resources of the Christian faith to help decide and do what is ethically or morally right.

Those components were all familiar due to many years of work experience. Upon reflection, I focused on the subject at hand and ethical choices were assumed as part of my strong moral upbringing. During this course, I have considered the ethical issues and then evaluated the situation. For example, in the relocation business, as part of our corporate social responsibility, we participate in an industry wide ongoing food drive program. We chose to participate because I was already involved with a local food pantry and homeless shelter. This course inspired me to initiate conversations at work specifically related to ethics and make proactive intentional decisions. The discussions and case studies, shared with peers, provided an opportunity to see different perspectives of the same situation. This is useful because an action might look different to different stakeholders. Applying the utilitarian, rights, and justice perspectives, along with an emotional sense of caring, brings clarity to ethical decision-making (Cavanagh, Moberg, & Velasquez,

Business ethics refers to the consideration of moral decisions and responsibilities in the process of operating a business. Business ethics, practiced throughout the deepest layers of a company, become the heart and soul of the company 's culture and can mean the difference between success and failure. Values drive behavior and therefore need to be consciously stated, but they also need to be affirmed by actions. Ethical business environments are created with foundations of integrity, accountability and commitment.

Intro to Ethics Business Ethics are an important part to any organization. If a business doesn’t practice good ethics, they will not be successful because of their image perceived by the public. Ethics is the branch of philosophy that involves systematizing, defending, and recommending concepts of right and wrong conduct. What the definition says is it’s more of a decision of right vs. wrong, ethical or unethical.

Professors Shenoi and Brumley say that they include ethics components in their curriculum some experts say that professors are not accepting responsibility for the dangerous they are teaching.

Ethics is good for business (Ruddell, 2004). During a lecture, Ruddell emphasized the goals for establishing an ethics program includes “creating an ethical culture, building a high performance organization to reap the financial benefits and to gain a competitive advantage” (2015). Leaders determine if they wish to pursue a compliance based model or a value based model (Ruddell, 2004).