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Code of Ethics document that outlines the principles of conduct to be used in making decisions within an organization
Honesty Adherence to the law Product safety and quality Health and safety in the workplace Conflicts of interest Employment practices Staffing and marketing practices Financial reporting Pricing, billing, and contracting
Trading in securities/using confidential information Acquiring and using information about competitors Security Payments to obtain bonuses Protection of the environment
Behaving ethically:
Helps employees gain the most of the people with
whom they work Helps businesses gain the trust of customers, suppliers, and others
Behaving unethically:
Can hurt or end a businesspersons career Can cause a company to lose millions of dollars or
Bush signed this act that affects the reporting and governance of public companies and their directors and officers.
Employee Theft
Employers trust their employees not to steal from
them.
Embezzlement Stealing supplies, inventory
Hours worked
Employees who behave ethically are honest about
the hours they work. Ethical employees will only miss work when they are truly ill or have a legitimate reason to be home.
Records
One of the worst ethical lapses an employee can
An ethical dilemma is a situation in which the ethical course of action is not clear.
Examples: your boss tells you your friend will be
fired, you notice a co-worker has been accepting expensive gifts (violating companys code of ethics)
Some companies, like Boeing, hire a Director of Business Practices to help with these situations.
Have you defined the problem accurately? How would you define the problem if you stood on the other side of the fence? Whom could your decision or action injure? Can you discuss the problem with the affected parties before you make your decision?
Are you confident that your position will be as valid over a long period of time as it seems now? Could you disclose without qualm your decision to action to your boss, your CEO, the board of directors, your family, and society as a whole?
prices became illegal. Requiring customers to purchase a second item also became illegal.
Several laws and agencies were designed to protect consumers against unethical and unsafe business practices: The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of 1938
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
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allowed to accept gifts (and many corporations have policies against this). When doing business abroad, be sure to understand culture.
Intellectual Property
Ownership of ideas, such as inventions, books,
movies, and computer programs In the U.S., creators of intellectual property have the exclusive right to market and sell their work (guaranteed through patent, trademark, and copyright laws)
Social responsibility refers to the obligation that individuals or businesses have to help solve social problems.
Profit Maximization Trusteeship Management Social Involvement Philanthropy and Volunteerism Environmental Awareness Sensitivity to Diversity and Quality of Work Life
In th19th and early 20th centuries, business owners in the U.S. believe that their role was simply to maximize profits their companies earned. Social problems were not considered a legitimate business activity.
Recognized that owners of business had obligations to do more than just earn profits. Businesses had obligations to their employees, their customer, and their creditors. Most businesspeople continued to hold this view until the 1960s.
During the 1960s, people believed businesses should use their influence to address social issues, such as poverty, crime, environmental destruction, and illiteracy. Business have obligations to all the people affected by their actions stakeholders.
Employees, customers, suppliers, and the
community
A company can demonstrate social responsibility by contributing time and money to charitable, cultural, and civic organizations. Some companies grant employees paid time off to participate in charitable activities. Many companies offer matching programs.
Businesses limit the damage their business causes on the environment. Business can establish policies to reduce pollution.
For example, encouraging employees to carpool.
Maintaining ethnically diverse workforces hat reflect the societies in which they operate. Enacting policies that contribute to the quality of workers lives
Flexible hours On-site day care