Ethics and Organization

Consider an organization you were/are currently involved with. After providing a short overview of your organization, reflect on the Seven Levels of an Ethical Organization, found in the Gebler article and slide deck, and write a paper answering the following questions (not more than three pages - format of your choosing):

I was just appointed director of a women’s treatment facility. At this facility we offer inpatient treatment for women and their children up to two children. We offer outpatient treatment, aftercare, individual counseling, family counseling, group sessions, 12-step meetings and job readiness. This organization is a non-profit organization where we have to seek funding from outside resources and have to follow strict guidelines. Our mission statement is to improve the quality of life for women and children with care, compassion, and strength. Providing respect and dignity to all women and workers.

At New Visions our mission and values statement, together with a general consensus within our agency on desirable and acceptable moral behavior, obligate our board, our staff, and our volunteers to observe the following code of ethics in the performance of our work (Manning, 2003).

Establishing and sustaining a successful ethical organization with a solid morally and ethically envisioned foundation takes continuous effort by all members of the organization. Every member has a particular role to be played which contributes to the organization’s mission of improving the quality of life of homeless teens and their families and the ethical obligation of earning the community’s trust.

As the newest business owner in my town I feel that it is my duty to write a mission statement and a value statement for our organization as well as an explanation of each and how they tie together. The basis of the organization is to provide strength and support to our local community. We want to be there for the families in the hardest trials of their lives. We want to give them hope for tomorrow. By eagerly accepting this challenge, we need to create a strong code of ethics, define the role of leadership, and create a

Ethics are the foundation of an organization. They are what guides an organizations employee behavior, policies and business decisions. The reputation and success of any organization is heavily tied to their ethical climate. It is important that organizations understand the correlation between acting ethically and organizational success. According to Kreitner & Kinicki a staggering eighty four percent of Americans said that if price and quality was similar, they would change their allegiance to an organization that is associated with the most worthy cause (2013).

Nonprofit’s leaders are fully aware that government is a very important source to obtain funds through grants and others means, to address their missions. Their oversite to digest this process is based through maintaining transparency, and accountability, of their employees, their board members, staff, and managers. The state has the will to support nonprofit organization through funding for; general operations, some specific projects, and/or contract to deliver services to the public and the ordinary citizens on behalf of the state government. (Young 2007) To stay ideal as a nonprofit business, board director must oversee that their entity is following all governmental laws and regulation to secure their status as 501(c)(3), and by filing

The film documents this lifestyle 's drastic effects on Spurlock 's physical and psychological well-being, and explores the fast food industry 's corporate influence, including how it encourages poor nutrition for its own profit.

The most important thing I Learned is that values provide the basis for judgment about what is necessary for an organization to succeed in its core business. Organizational values help define principles and contributes to the decision making of an institution. I also learned as a leader it's important to embrace these core values and empower their followers by leading by example and sharing the values with them.

1. How would you advise Craigslist? Discuss the legal and practical issues involved and how they should be resolved, and explain why?

Galen McDowell was a good salesperson who knew how to purchase the higher performances out of the salespeople under him. Bob wanted to sign a big contract with Kinan Motor who

The ethical concept of distributive justice is probably the most difficult to understand as well as the most controversial of all ethical principles. Distributive justice is also the ethical dimension most likely to be unfairly exploited since it is based upon a concept of inequality. Distributive justice can be essentially boiled down to the idea that inequality may be considered a more thorough means to a utilitarian justice. A fair example of this would be the fact that those who have the riskiest jobs are paid more than those who do not. The risk is greater so therefore inequality of recompense is perfectly acceptable. The problem occurs when the inequality is less obvious. For instance, distributive justice is also used to justify the extraordinary gap

In order to keep the company afloat, the company made deals with a number of big-name lenders and ended up giving the unions the demands they sought for even more pay raises and newer contracts. Thinking this would help bring in the money to get the company back on its feet by restructuring. Unfortunately, it only ended up going to pay interest payments and none of it actually went to repair equipment or back into the business itself. In the five years after the initial 2004

We as individuals come across situations in our daily lives that force us to make decisions that we may always agree with morally as well as decisions that may push our moral compasses to their limits. If you are a working professional no matter what the field, these decisions can come with big ramifications, good or bad. I have come to find that with every individual there comes a different set of beliefs, attitude, boundaries and ethical views. We do not all share the same brain so I find it hard to digest that we all think the same way during the same situations. We may not all see eye to eye on these topics but when you work for an employer whether it be a fortune 500 company or just a small mom and pops you have to adhere to their companies set of values and beliefs. Many large companies have policies and trainings in place to project these values to their employees. Business Ethics is defined as the application of a moral code of conduct to the strategic and operational management of a business (Applied Corporate Goverenance.com). As many large companies do provide the training on Business Ethics and what they expect from their employees many of the smaller companies do not. I have worked on both ends of the spectrum and while the training was very beneficial in my eyes I ultimately think that it is up to the individual to uphold these moral standards not just for the company but themselves as well. Companies may have variations on

This learning portfolio is a summary of my learning journey of Business ethics in last four months. It is a formal academic document prepared with diverse events that I have learned from all the resources in and around me. By writing and presenting this portfolio, I have achieved the unit outcomes of Business Ethics 657.