Ethics and Social Responsibility – Importance and Value
Ethics and social responsibility became very important areas for nowadays
companies. Ethics are an individual‘s personal beliefs about whether a behavior,
action or decision is right or wrong. Ethics in organization concerns people, because
they have an individual ethics, not the organization itself.
Every person might see the good and bad behavior from his or her own perspective.
Mainly, an ethical behavior would usually and typically refers to behavior, which
conforms generally accepted social norms. An example of unethical behavior: a
person is taking a pack of printing paper from the office to use it at home and thinks
that it is not a thieves. Someone else would never thought to take it. Another:
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This is why it is very important to hire or
promote people with sense of personal ethics. Top managers, for example should
establish the organization’s culture and define what will and what will not be
acceptable behavior. Ethics are required to be a part of decision-making process.
When making a decision, the decision-maker should ask the following questions:
1.Does my decision fall within socially acceptable norms and limits?
2. Am I happy to convey my decision to all the stakeholders involved?
3. What would my family and peers think of my decision?
Organization may develop formal codes of ethics – written statement of the values
and ethical standards that guide the firm’s actions (Code of Conduct). Company can
also establish an ethics committee, which is a committee, appointed to consider
ethical issues and also appoint a chief ethics officer. Some companies have also
started offering employees training on how to handle different ethical
The Social Work profession is founded in a set of values and principles with one mission in mind, to enhance the wellbeing of all individuals and empowering those who are vulnerable by providing adequate services and skills. Social Workers are guided in their practice by utilizing resources like the NASW Code of Ethics, CSWE, and HIPAA to ensure that they are in compliance with the Social Work professional standards in making ethical decisions. Educational training is given to all professionals within the field to enhance their knowledge on ethics- related management, handling complex situations, ethical misconduct and ethical standards.
Students are invited to think about and decide if there were no rules for conduct of ethical research and no software to detect plagiarism, would it matter? With this in mind, a discussion is required to explain why it would matter or why it would not matter.
“Great individuals have great ethics and great values.” Ethics and morality can be used interchangeably as they sound as if they mean the same although there is a wide distinction between them. “Strictly speaking, morality is used to refer to what we would call moral standards and moral conduct while ethics is used to refer to the formal study of those standards and conduct. For this reason, the study of ethics is also often called moral philosophy." (Gordana D 2007)
“Brad is a production engineer at a bicycle company and part of his job includes inspecting broken bikes and drafting the design repairs for their repair” (Bartlett). Brad is considering replacing a broken brake cable with a more durable material, even though the customer did not request it in their order and specifically requested that “No aesthetic changes be made to the bike” (Bartlett). Brad’s manager suggests that his considered actions would go against the company’s policy of “The customer is always right.” Should Brad disobey the manager and the customer to possibly lose his job or go along with
Ethical behavior is significant to the development of persuasion, and important to the behavior of humans.It also influences persuasion by developing the progression of persuasion, and increasing those who are accountable for it. A person’s ethical behavior originates with morals and changes into what way an individual is required to connect to encourage effectively and dependably and finishes with who obligation it is to take responsibility in a persuasive interchange. The significance of our ethical behavior is realized within all our origins as human beings and stands as the groundwork of our different societies. We are directed by our ethical customs in the cultures which we create and live. “ The persuader’s determined actions means more under deontological ethics than under teleological ethics”( Magee,2014). According to David B. Resnik, J.D.,( 2011), ethics is defined as standards for behavior that differentiate between tolerable and intolerable conduct. Ethical morals of behavior that specify how an individual should conduct them self centered on ethical responsibilities and qualities.
“With great power comes great responsibility”, is an infamous line from the movie Spiderman, and even though it is cliché, I’ve always found that to be very true. Power and responsibility can be explored through Phillip Zimbardo’s “The Lucifer Effect”, and how his work is related to two major financial scandals of the 21st century, which involve Enron and Bernard Madoff. In both scandals, there were people in a position of power who carried a surmounting level of responsibility, but used their power in very manipulative ways for their own personal gain. The high level executives of Enron and Bernard Madoff were on a rampant quest for money, which was the
In conclusion, utilitarianism proposes that an individual should at all times calculate the benefits that would come from his/her engaging in any action to ascertain the importance and benefits of the end result and therefore one should engage in that which leads to the achievement of maximum or the greatest pleasure and for the highest number of times. According to Bentham therefore, there are definite rules and codes that define an propose ways in which an individual must try to do in each and every action he engages in and every situation to ensure that such action benefits a maximum number of people. Bentham proposed the hedonic calculus that should be adopted and used by all people in the society before they are able to make a decision on the utility associated with every particular action.
Kathryn Bolkovac was a former police officer and she worked as a UN International Police Force monitor. She signed up with DynCorp, the private contractor providing American personnel for the UN mission in Bosnia. She is the one in whole officials, who had the bravery to tell the truth and fight for the victims of sex trafficking, prostitution, put her own life in the risk.
SC Johnson is a company based in the U.S.A. with approximately 13,000 employees globally. They sell products in virtually every country around the world and lead the market in manufacturing cleaning products and storage for the home. SC Johnson is a company who is dedicated to the communities in which they operate and also to their innovative, high-quality products. They recognize communication among Nations can become challenging. By recognizing and defining the language barriers among the various cultures, SC Johnson is able to easily overcome the challenge of language barriers and work diligently together globally to stay on top in the industry. SC Johnsons commitment to each country they
Ethics are rules that help us tell the difference between right and wrong. They encourage us to do the right thing. Values tell us what is important. They help us make decisions about right and wrong.
This paper will explore ethics, patient rights, cultural considerations and ethical dilemmas and how they are present or not in the case of J.M a 48-year-old male Navaho tribe member who was brought into the unit with suicidal ideation and has a diagnosis of alcohol abuse. This patient has refused the psychotropic medications prescribed to him on the unit. The psychiatrist told the nurse to hide the medicine in his food. The evening nurse hid the medication in the food. When he noticed the pills, he turned the table over and was put in restraints. This case is an example of an ethical dilemma where the nurse wanted to follow orders but it contradicted with the patient’s cultural beliefs with healthcare it also has a violation of ethics, violation of patient rights and a violation of the law.
Ethics are moral principles or values that govern the conduct of an individual or a group.It is not a burden to bear, but a prudent and effective guide which furthers life and success. Ethics are important not only in business but in academics and society as well because it is an essential part of the foundation on which a civilized society is built.
Such a strong focus on ethics will ensure that each set of stakeholders will be happy and ensure that strategic plan that will their needs and wants, and the organization will act in the best interest of each stakeholder.
Promoting gender equality and empowering women and girls is a priority for the United States. Women’s equality has came a long ways. Women used to have it very hard historically, but even today women still experience some inequality towards men. In this paper it will examine the equalities in: voting, the workplace, and sexual harassment. This paper will also so how the ethical theories of Deontology and Utilitarianism plays a part and how the ethical perspective Emotivism also plays a part.
Because religion or spirituality is important to many people, individuals in the working world need to be aware of the issues surrounding each so that they will be able to converse with others without causing turmoil. It is important to understand that prayer plays a large part in the lives of people and their everyday existence. In the following paper I will apply several ethical theories as well as perspectives to religion in the workplace. I will also provide example and elaborate on each. I will also provide history on the different theory and how they are similar to each other and how they differ.