Ethics Flashcards
8 moral disengagement mechanisms
- advantageous comparison
- distortion of consequences
- displacement of responsibilities
- diffusion of responsibilities
- moral justification
- euphemistic labelling
- dehumanization
- attribution to blame
4 examples of ethical dilemmas
- truth vs loyalty
- individual vs community
- short term vs long term
- justice vs mercy
kidders principles for resolving ethical dilemmas
- end based thinking (utilitarianism)
- best for most people - rule based thinking (deontology)
- based on highest principle or duty - care based thinking (the golden rule)
- do what you want others do to you
ethics are
principles, values, beliefs that define right and wrong behavior
How organizations go green
- legal
- market
- stakeholder
- activist
global environmental problems faced by managers
- air, water, soil pollution from toxic waste
- global warming from greenhouse gas emissions
- natural resource depletion
factors that affect ethical and unethical behavior
ethical dilemma -> stage of moral development -> moderators (individual characteristics, issue intensity, structural variables, organizational culture) -> ethical/unethical behavior
issue intensity
encouraging ethical behavior
- employee selection
- code of ethics
factors that determine ethical and unethical behavior
- individual characteristics
- structural variables
- organizational culture
how managers encourage ethical behavior in organizations (7)
moral identity and moral awareness
moral identity: the extent to which an individual holds morality as part of his or her self concept
moral awareness: conscious understanding of moral implications
Social responsibility
intention beyond legal and economic to do right and act in a way that is good for society
arguments for and against organization be socially involved
