Major Ethical Issues in Entrepreneurship Flashcards
- is a problem or situation that requires a person or
organization to choose between alternatives that must be evaluated as
right and wrong.
Ethical Issue
Arises in a situation concerning right or wrong when
values are in conflict.
Ethical Dilemma
beyond legal and doing right whether or not anyone is looking,
ethics
not always illegal, but they will hurt society
unethical actions
can be in the form of financial misconduct or
misrepresentation.
fraud
UNFAIR COMPETITION:
Trade Libel
Dumping
Exclusive Dealings
- Price Fixing
- Refusal to Deal
- Dividing Territories
- Limit Pricing
- Tying
Is the replacing of regular workers with temporary workers who receive lower
wages with no or less benefit.
Temporary workers are also known as sometimes called contractuals, trainees,
apprentices, helpers, casual, price raters, agency hired, and project employees
among others.
CONTRACTUALIZATION
approaches that are relevant to managers are:
Utilitarian Approach
Individualism Approach
Moral-Rights Approach
Justice Approach
- The ethical concept that moral behaviors produce
the greatest good to the greatest number.
Utilitarian Approach
The ethical concept that acts are moral if they
promote the individual’s best long term interest which is ultimately leads to
greater good.
Individualism Approach
The ethical concept that moral decisions are
those that best maintains the right of those people affected by them. The
right of free consent, The right to privacy, The right of freedom of
conscience, The right of free speech, The right due process and The right
to life and safety.
Moral-Rights Approach -
The ethical concept that moral decisions must be
based on standard of equity, fairness and impartiality.
Justice Approach
conduct by a market participant which gains
or seeks to gain an advantage over its rivals through misleading,
deceptive, dishonest, fraudulent, coercive or unconscionable
conduct in trade or commerce.
UNFAIR
COMPETITION
disseminating misleading or false
information to stakeholders like investors, customers,
or employees to gain an unfair advantage.
UNFAIR
COMMUNICATION
fail to honor
contracts, agreements, or commitments with various parties,
including suppliers, business partners, or employees.
NON-RESPECT
OF
AGREEMENTS