Table of Contents
FIGURES i
TABLES ii
1.0. INTRODUCTION 1
1.0.1. Purpose of Study 2
1.0.2. Scope of Study 2
2.0. CHARACTERISTICS OF AN ORGANIZATION 2
3.0. WHAT IS AN ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE? 3
3.0.1. Organization Chart 3
4.0. CENTRALIZED ORGANIZATION 4
4.0.1. Structure of a Centralized Organization 6
4.0.2. Advantages of a Centralized Organization 6
4.0.3. Disadvantages of Centralization 7
4.0.4. Centralized Responsibility and Decision Making 7
5.0. DECENTRALIZED ORGANIZATION8
5.0.1. Structure of a Decentralized Organization 10
5.0.2. Advantages of Decentralized Organizations 10
5.0.3. Disadvantages of Decentralization 10
5.0.4. Decentralized Responsibility and Decision Making 11
6.0. BUSINESS ETHICS AND ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE 12
7.0. DECISION GUIDELINES FOR THE QUESTION OF CENTRALIZATION OR DECENTRALIZATION 14
8.0. CONCLUSION 15
9.0. REFERENCES 17
DISCUSS THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN CENTRALIZED AND DECENTRALIZED ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES
Keywords
Ethics
The English word ETHICS is derived from Greek word “ethos”, ethos means ‘character’.
Generally speaking ETHICS are morals, though ethics is broader than morals. They are beliefs, standards for a community or of an individual of a community.
ETHICS is a part of philosophy which specify what is good or bad, right or wrong, fair or unfair, justified or not. How we understand or know about something, what we mean, what is correct is all systemized by ETHICS.
The study of ETHICS is divided
power on corporate ethical values, employee commitment, and performance. Journal of Business Ethics, 97, 341-363.Retrieved from
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The authors of this business journal explore the recent activities of today’s retail giants and how their ethical behavior affects their brand, objectives, performance and stakeholders. The authors investigate the origins of certain variables that affect the ethical values of an organization. In addition
This essay will investigate the effect of of employment upon a person's core values and ethics. Values and ethics are socialised into a person through institutions such as family, education and religion. Workplaces are encountered later in life once a persons identity with values has already developed. I choose this area of research because within my micro world I was surprised about how diversely people with different occupations behave as with peoples with the same occupation behave similarly
world, different types of business have emerged and business operations have become the cornerstone of making a success, however the way in which they are operated is what is important. Most businesses hunt the main objective of making a profit without considering how that might affect other factors of society and that is what in most cases diminishes the longevity of the organisation.
This research is compiled to explain how good ethical practices and good values in business can yield sustainability
STATEMENT OF THE RESEARCH PROBLEM AND RESEARCH QUESTIONS
The consensus among researchers is that philosophers and business people alike have long been grappling with the issue of business ethics (Barnard, 1938; Whyte, 1956; McGregor, 1960; Baumhart, 1961; McMahon, 1973; England, 1975; Powers & Vogel, 1980; Drucker, 1981; Ouchi, 1981; Peters & Waterman, 1982; Jones, 1991; Trevino & Nelson, 1995; Miller, 1996; Trevino et al., 1998; Trevino et al., 2000; O’Fallon & Butterfield, 2005, and Mohr & Wolfram
Answer for question no.1,
The 2006 Cote d’Ivoire toxic waste dump by the Netherlands Company brought health crisis made a difficult situations or complex of health system that affects as a result of 17 Ivoirians dead over 30,000 injured and nearly 100,000 became under medical care. This was the result of the deny of Trafigura not transported toxic waste and the Ivorian government did not want to prosecute the company.
The unethical decision also made that where the company to clean up the waste
Ethics in International Business
Abstract
International business ethics challenges the corporate world to deal with questions of what to do in situations where ethical standards come into conflict as a result of the different cultural practices in the nation. Since, there is this dilemma that has progressively troubled the large multinational corporations, international business ethics has arisen to help address these adhesive subject matters. There are several international business ethics discussions
Role of Cultural Values in Business Ethics: the case of ICT companies
Muhammad Fikri Bin Ahmad (1022133)
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Mohamad Amali Bin Maulan (1013901)
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Muhammad Muslim Bin Samsudin(1012545)
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Tengku Muhammad Ihsan bin Tengku Hishamuddin (1027923)
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MGT 3020 Business Ethics
Section 1
IIUM Gombak
15th June 2011
The Role of Cultural Values in Business Ethics: the case of ICT
BUSINESS ETHICS
LEARNING PORTFOLIO
2011
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.
Deepak Kuriacose
Student ID: 14211825 Unit Coordinator: Dr .David Pick 23/05/2011
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In today’s business world businesses face the challenge of doing the right thing over doing the profitable thing more than ever before. For many years the sole purpose of business was to be make profits for the shareholders. This view has now been changed. The propriety of business actions is being challenged by the modern day consumer. One of the major issues or opportunities (depending on which way one may see it) is the issue of ‘going-green’. Consumers in today’s society have access to a large