Ethics and Roles of Entrepreneurs Flashcards
Standards on which a person decides what is right or wrong, good or bad, ethical or unethical
Ethics
The application of general ethical ideas for business behaviour
Business Ethics
Written and unwritten codes of principles and values that givern business decisions and actions
Business ethics
Document that explains specifically about business’s moral philosopht and guves concrete guideline for moving it out
Code of ethics
Way employees shoukd respind in differenr situations
Code of Ethics
Importance of Code of Ethics
Clarify own values and principles
Check and resolve ethical problems
Provides skme protection against claims of unfairness
A specific crisin, situatuon, or prospect that involved a person to choose from among several actions that may be judged as right or wrong, ethical or unethical
Ethical Issue
Judge monetary profit against what a person considers suitable behaviour
Ethical Issue
Five step Framework for solving ethics issues
Identify moral issue
Obtain a truth or facts
Assess the other alternative course of actions from different moral views
Take a choice
Perform, then replicate on the decision afterwards
Entrepreneurs play a vital in the economic development of a region
Improvement in per capita income/wealth generation
By creating a new business enterprise, entrepreneurs generate employment opportunities for others
Generation of employment opportunities
The team created by an entrepreneur for his new undertaking often provides the opportunity for the employees to have a first-hand experience of getting involved in an entrepreneurial Venture
Inspire others towards entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurs help to remove regional disparties in economic development
Balanced Regional Development
When new firms are created by entrepreneurs, the number of enterprises. Ased upon new ideas/concepts/products in a region increases
Enhance the number of enterprise
Entrepreneurial activity often results into creation of a variety of firms in a region
Provide diversity in firms