Cullen And Parboteeah: An Ethical Climate

Dyck and Neubert  (2012) defined  ethics  as "[A] set of principles or moral standards   that  differentiate right  from  wrong". It is a way of determining the morality of any action. It is important that managers adhere to ethical principles that will guide them in making appropriate and ethical decisions for the company. Thus, Roger Berg, being Vice-President of Planning at The Lake Corporation  plays a significant role in the company in ensuring that decisions are made without tarnishing management ethics. He must face and weather through the challenges caused by other sources that could put him in ethical dilemma situations and push him to render management decisions violating ethics.

Past research has discovered that managers react to ethical dilemmas according to the situation. If specific values that are related to ethical behavior can be identified, they would offer strong tools for managers who want to retain high standards of ethical behavior in their society.

Every business develops a set of ethical principles that they abide by. The business ethical principles intentions: it construct the business certainty in the community , maintain the employees liveried in what the business attempt to have as structural conducts and aid the employees consume principles to make ethical choices that guards the business. In a culture with a diverse assessment structure and augmented judgment visibly by companies with changeable ethics and interests, there appears to be further difficulties on business individuals to make tougher ethical assessments. In our day-to-day performances, we depend on on our ethical principles to monitor us in the correct path and do the correct things. The substance of any efficacious and perpetual business is they segment a mutual ethical matter concentrating on presenting and generating value along with allocating their business values with the citizens they network with on a day-to-day basis.

2. What role did top management commitment play in developing the ethical work climate and organizational performance seen at Alcoa? What other ethical safeguards are mentioned in the case to support the company's effort at developing a strong ethical culture?

The authors purpose is to make the reader understand organizational climate defined as the policies, practices, and procedures that are rewarded, supported, and expected in an organization regarding a specific organizational domain, such as safety, innovation, customer service, and ethics such as climate for service, climate for safety and ethical climate. The climate for service can be evaluated by employees and customers on the level of customer service. Generally, when it is a strong climate the results will be the same. The climate of safety refers to employee perceptions of an organization's policies, practices, and procedures regarding safety that are rewarded, supported, and expected from employees. The ethical climate can be thought of as shared perceptions among group members regarding what constitutes ethically correct behavior and how ethical issues should be handled within an organization. The assessment of the organizational climate may reveal that the strategic direction of the organizational interest may not be perceived in organizational practices, policies and procedures and the organization may need to redesign to better align with their interest.

A healthy and ethical environment starts with a positive leadership role-model who encourage ethical practices, teamwork, participation, and inspires staff performance that support organizational goals (Ortmeier & Meese, 2010). Organizational cultures shape the framework of employee behavior, which can inhabit a negative environment and unethical conduct consisting of a code of silence, feelings of personal loyalty, morality issues, character, and authoritative environments that reduce morale and

The Moneylender and His Wife (1514) is an oil painting created by Quentin Massys. Currently displayed at the Louvre, the artwork focuses in on two people: a woman and a moneylender. In the painting, a woman is turning the pages of a Bible, but her eyes and attention are focused on her husband, who is the moneylender. He appears to be working with money and pearls, which are distracting the wife from her devotional studies. This depicts Renaissance life because people were being “distracted” and were straying from the morals of the Church.

Everyday individuals are faced with issues associated with ethical dilemmas. Ethical dilemmas involve an individual’s behavior toward a moral standard, which may have been established from previous generations and passed along. In upholding the standards taught individual may be forced to take a particular action involving a decision when a behavior is considered non-ethical is when an ethical dilemma occurs. It can become difficult at times in making the correct decisions or solutions to the situation, which is why a code of ethics is established in the workplace. The code of ethics in the

Zeus is the head God of Greek Mythology. He is also known as the God of the storm cloud. He is related to Athena, Hades, and Poseidon. His characteristics are strong and very very powerful. He is most of the time represented by the oak tree and his sacred animal is the eagle. He’s the most common known Greek God. (Hamilton 27)

Personal values may conflict with ethical decision making if those personal values are different than the organizational norms of the business or institution. Constructing, and maintaining personal ethics in the workplace rests with the individual, and how willing he or she is in assimilating to the evolving cultural dynamic of the corporate world. Many times a person find their personal, cultural and/or organizational ethics conflicting and must reconcile a course of action that will mitigate cognitive dissonance. In order to be a productive member of society, in small groups and globally, one must reconcile these conflicts on a daily basis and continually move forward while maintaining personal integrity and

The purpose of this document is to provide a brief description of the organization for the consulting services. Next, the consultant will recommend key steps that the organization can take to create a strong culture. The consultant will develop an introductory paragraph to the survey explaining the tie between organizational culture and ethical conduct. Designate at least two (2) groups within the organization who will take the survey and provide a rationale as to why these two (2) groups should complete the survey. After the two groups have been identified, develop a brief overview of the participates in the form of an invitation to participate in the survey explaining the purpose and intended use of the survey. Develop criteria for conducting the ethical climate survey of the organization. The criteria will identify:

The purpose or aim of every organization is to establish such an organizational culture and behavior among its employees that helps in achievement of ideal ethical standards. There are certain determinants that play a critical role in helping achieve the right organizational culture. Some of these include personal moral intensity, social ties, codes of ethics, locus of control and Machiavellianism. These

An ethical climate is our surrounding climate of ideas, beliefs and values that provide us with our own standards to live by. Most likely, we learn our particular ideas, beliefs and values from the area we live in, and the people in it such as our friends and family. What we might think is normal and right, might appear abnormal and wrong to someone else who grew up in a different ethical climate. According to some well known thinkers such as G.W.F. Hegel, an ethical climate is also responsible for shaping our identities. (Blackburn, pg 1. Being good) Furthermore, an ethical climate could consist of us wanting to see ourselves in a certain way in the eyes of others; and to be treated in a certain way. We are always in a never-ending attempt to raise our worth, which can lead to complications. (Blackburn, pg 2. Being good) Around the world, there are many different ethical environments. Some of them consist of values and beliefs that are completely the opposite of each others '. In certain areas where these ethical climates overlap, it can naturally lead to an unrest between the two groups of people. An example of such unrest lies in some parts of India, where the Hindus and Muslims have separate ideas on beef. Cows are not allowed to be seen as source consumption in the Hindu tradition as it is revered and considered a holy, spiritual animal. It is treated as a God while the Muslims simply consider it as just another source of food. Both groups of people have

In their personal and professional lives, people can and, unfortunately, sometimes do go against their moral and ethical standards. Ethical standards are what it means to be a good person, the social rules that govern our behavior. Ethics in business is essentially the study of what constitutes the right and wrong or the good or bad behavior in the workplace environment. A business is an organization whose objective is to provide goods or services for profit. The organization has a group of people that work together to achieve a common purpose. The moral challenges that these men and women face each day along with a whole range of problems that could occur, are why ethics plays such an important

Technology is becoming a bigger part of education daily. Technology has improved the education system dramatically. The traditional forms of communication such as sending letters or phone calls are not as effective as using technology to communicate. Fortunately, technology has paved the path to greater communication between teachers, parents, students and the global community. This paper will highlight four different technology tools that would be beneficial in enhancing communication between teachers, parents, students and the global community.