Ethics is a very important aspect of any business or person on this earth. Ethical social responsibility is the responsibility that one has to act in a certain way that benefits society as a whole in some way. You must always act in a way that benefits society instead of thinking about yourself. To me, economic responsibility is the responsibility that one has to act in a certain way in order for a profitable society for all. There are similarities and differences between these two types of responsibility. I believe that there is some kind of overlap with the two. It could very well be a social responsibility to act economically responsible to society and vice versa. There are also times when acting socially responsible can have a negative …show more content…
My values mission statement: My duty as an individual is to embrace my responsibilities courageously as a man, a son, a brother, and as a friend with courage, honesty and respect.
In the article, Creating an Ethical Culture (2006), there were instances where unethical behavior was tolerated or even encouraged. There were instances when the pressure to do what the boss told you to do was so heavy that the employee thought they had no choice but to comply. I thought this article was very interesting based on how many businesses tend to have compliance programs rather than building their work culture to be respectable. Many of the employees who received judicial consequences were not terrible people; they just made the wrong decision and could not stop. The values that the employees believed in became skewed by greed or by pressure, which lead to jail time.
FIFA recently has been the talk about major corruption allegations. The president of FIFA, Sepp Blatter, was also one of the officials accused of corruption, racketeering, and corruption. Allegations of payments and under-the-table agreements were up to more than 150 million for media and marketing rights to tournaments. Igel (2015) states that the corrupt practices have been going on as early as the 1990s. Blatter has been president the entire time and has done nothing to stop the unethical behavior. FIFA is one of the biggest organizations in sports and to know that the most popular sport in
An organization’s culture is based off the shared values and beliefs that are shaped by the organization and its managers. It is this culture that dictates the manner in which employees are to conduct themselves within the organization. Therefore, a culture that creates an environment that influences the employees to act unethically will allow them to do so without thinking of the outcome of their
Different revelation has been made from the first trail of the local bodies corruption on The FA, Brazilian FA and others to the head of the soccer association. The authors have mainly argued about the effects and the work that have been done to stop corruption from soccer. Although many committees have been formed to investigate the situation of corruption in today’s soccer there have been a very little change to it. I believe the increasing corruption in soccer can have very bad effect on the game which can eventually lose millions of fans and followers. The corruption has caused very negative impact towards the next generation of players and supporters that their favorite game has been ruined mostly by some people with much control on it due to corruption. The main problem that have caused corruption in my view and many of the articles and journals on corruption on soccer is the unmanaged distributions of funds allocated only by certain number of people without discussing with the committee. The sole power of some people like the former president of FIFA Sepp Blatter has caused an unbalance in the account of these bodies. The details of the distribution of funds has to be transparent and selling their votes by taking money from someone has to be stopped in order to make this game meaningful
In our socratic seminar about the article “Soccer’s Corrupt Soul,” we talked about FIFA’s deep-rooted corruption and where their greed has lead the World Cup’s future. FIFA is soccer’s main governing body, an oligarchy composed of very wealthy and powerful people. It has been discovered that these corporate bigwigs were associated with many deceitful and dishonest acts in the pursuit of making more money.
Based in Zurich, “The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA)” is the international governing body of association football, futsal, and soccer. It has been recognized as the “United Nations of Football”, affiliated with 209 associations across the globe (FIFA, 2015). Like any other sport organization however, FIFA has long experienced allegations following the decision of Russia being awarded the 2018 World Cup and Quatar having the 2022 hosting rights. According to the reports, the United States Department of Justice reviewed the contracts related to the 2014 Brazil World Cup involving FIFA, commercial partners, and suppliers.
FIFA has been at the center of a great deal of corruption during the last couple of years. There are endless topics to discuss on the matter of corruption and FIFA, but I wanted to focus on three of the biggest charges of corruption against FIFA, bribery, mistreatment of female athletes, and the use of slave labor to build stadiums to host their games. FIFA has been around for over a century and was a very respectable organization at one time, but that time is now over. This affects international business because there are currently 209 countries within FIFA. FIFA has a far reaching impact because soccer is the most popular sport in the world. To better understand why and how FIFA became so
Difficult to define, ethical responsibility is the ability to recognize, interpret and act upon multiple principles and values according to the standards within a given field and/or context (Investopedia LLC., 2015). Social responsibility is the concept that businesses develop a positive relationship to the society and environment, which they operate; and not focus, solely on maximizing profits (Stan Mack, 2015).
The next objective that Reform Taskforce 29 looks to accomplish is to rethink the way FIFA is governed. Sepp Blatter, the former President of FIFA throughout all of the corruption allegations, led the organization for 17 years. In 2015, many top executives were arrested on suspicion of corruption while attending FIFA meetings. These executives accepted kickbacks and other incentives from nations bidding the host the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cups. Following the arrest of these individuals, Blatter resigned his position of President just days after winning an election to remain in office. Blatter was under suspicion of corruption after a large payment was made to Michel Platini, President of UEFA, Europe’s football confederation, for what Blatter explains as “advisory work.” While many programs and initiatives were completed under the leadership of Blatter, we need to discover beneficial strategies to elect non-corrupt leadership in a democratic and fair manner. Our first action to complete this objective is to limit the length of a president’s term in office. According to Emmanuel Bayle, “FIFA must follow the International Olympic Committee’s example and limit presidential terms of office...This would improve democracy throughout the organization and prevent cults building up around omnipotent, lifelong leaders” (Bayle, 2015.) Our second action to complete this objective would create a smaller and more diverse FIFA executive committee. This FIFA executive committee should meet six times a year, two more than the current committee, in order to provide checks and balances on the president’s power. “The new committee should be reduced in size, contain more women, be more professional and include independent administrators with skills in areas such as marketing, law and finance” (Bayle, 2015.) The final action to complete this objective would be to create an international organization that regulates sport governance (Bayle, 2015.) FIFA could team up with
The notion of ethics deals with people’s behaviors within a company. Social responsibility involves a company’s moral obligations and the manner in which the organization makes its decisions. Although ethics and social responsibility are similar on a conceptual basis, each has its own unique characteristics that express their differences and its independence of the other. Ethics and social responsibility have to be present and coincide with one another for a business to be ethically sound.
Fifa is been proven to be guilty and found out that both Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini are corrupt. But to clear his name (Platini) he had to withdraw from the Fifa presidential election and along with him, Blatter was also banned for eight years from the beautiful game (football) after being found guilty of giving £1.3million in which Platini received in 2011.
1. The Sales Rep. A sales representative for a struggling computer supply firm has a chance to close a multimillion-dollar deal for an office system to be installed over a two-year period. The machines for the first delivery are in the company’s warehouse, but the remainder would have to be ordered from the manufacturer. Because the manufacturer is having difficulty meeting the heavy demand for the popular model, the sales representative is not sure that the subsequent deliveries can be made on time. Any delay in converting to the new system would be costly to the customer; however, the blame could be placed on the manufacturer. Should the sales representative close the deal without advising the customer
The opportunity to host the World Cup provides the host nation a plethora of economic benefits. This is largely stemmed from tourism, job creation, and an increase in profits for businesses (1). For this reason, there is a substantial competition between nations to host each World Cup. This degree of competition gives rise a vast array of ethical issues, as host nations seek to edge out their competitors. This unethical behaviour by FIFA and associated organisations have tarnished their reception amongst shareholders, sponsors and the public in general, with ongoing corruption investigations and subsequent arrests.
FIFA is the largest group running world soccer. It brings in billions of dollars in income each year with advertisements and the World Cup. In different ways, international soccer has always been corrupt. Whether it was the people in power, financially, or with the games themselves. FIFA has had numerous allegations against them before, but when this scandal came into light, it was totally different. This was the first time that the United States Department of Justice has gotten involved with accusations of FIFA. In 2015, a total of 16 people were detained/accused of bribery and racketeering over $150 million within the Federal International Football Association (FIFA). The offenders were taking payoffs from advertising partnerships in exchange
According to McMillan and Gandz case study, FIFA has had both the success and its failures with the main issue on the case study been its scandals, which include corruption, bribery, and tax avoidance. Other issues highlighted also include FIFA sponsorship deals, reforms, and unfavorable workers’ conditions that has contributed to the attitudes of most of the employees . According to the Transparency International, corruption within FIFA might involve referees taking a bribe, clubs demanding kickbacks for player transfers, or companies seeing nPow (need for power) and government rigging the bids for construction contracts. The case study has only mentioned one successful high-profile lawsuit concerning FIFA corruption due to the allegation of plausible bribery surrounding the awarding of Russia and Qatar right to host 2018 and 2022 World Cup respectively.
In addition to my mission statement, my core life values are the foundation of my mission statement, which allows me to uphold my promises and standards. These promises and standards will afford me the opportunity to improve the life of others and myself for the better. Therefore, there are four particular core values that I live by each and every day. The four values are commitment, compassion, dedication, and optimism. The first core value, commitment, embodies the theme of loyalty and honor. I work hard each day to live up to the promises that I make to finish tasks, help others, and meet the expectations that I place on myself or by others. The second core value that I live by is compassion because I wholeheartedly believe in being kind to everyone and helping those in need. The third value that I live by is dedication. Along with the previous two values, dedication is an important factor because being dedicated to someone or something allows a person to display that person’s character of being steadfast and passionate—even in the face of adversity. The fourth and final value that is a foundation for my personal mission is
1. The Sales Rep. A sales representative for a struggling computer supply firm has a chance to close a multimillion-dollar deal for an office system to be installed over a two-year period. The machines for the first delivery are in the company’s warehouse, but the remainder would have to be ordered from the manufacturer. Because the manufacturer is having difficulty meeting the heavy demand for the popular model, the sales representative is not sure that the subsequent deliveries can be made on time. Any delay in converting to the new system would be costly to the customer; however, the blame could be placed on the manufacturer. Should the sales representative close the deal without advising the customer