Business Ethics Flashcards
Give an example of taking things that don’t belong to you
Any type of stealing
Give an example of saying things you know aren’t true
Taking credit for someone else’s idea
Give an example of giving or allowing false impressions
Allowing a coworker to be blamed for something you did
Give an example of buying influence or engaging in a conflict of interest
Accepting paid travel from contractors bidding on a project
Give an example of hiding or divulging information
Taking a firm’s trade secrets to a new employer
Give an example of taking unfair advantage
Complex credit terms
Give an example of committing personal decadence
Going to work drunk or on drugs
Give an example of perpetrating interpersonal abuse
Sexual harassment
Give an example of permitting organizational abuse
Child labor in countries that allow it
Give an example of violating rules
College using federal grants for other purposes
Give an example of condoning unethical actions
Failure to report a fellow employee embezzling funds
Give an example of balancing ethical dilemmas
No right or wrong, stakeholder vs stakeholder
How do we avoid ethical dilemmas?
Calling it by a different name
Rationalizing it
What is Blanchard and Peale’s method of solving ethical dilemmas?
Ask these three questions:
Is it legal?
Is it balanced?
How does it make me feel?
Going to work drunk is an example of:
Personal decadence
