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Card 2022 - 2
Card 2022 - 2
Ethics: Set of moral norms, notions of good and evil, that govern the
behavior of the person in any area of life.
At a very general level (please do not bring up
specific/technical concepts from the reading), why do we need
a particular analysis on individual ethics within organizations?
• ..
Why do we need a particular analysis on individual ethics
within organizations?
Conformity: https://vimeo.com/277929528
• Who is responsable?
Truth
Positive Negative
an ethical dilema?
Negative False Negative True Negative
Conclusions (Card 2005)
• We/individuals tend to abdicate our/their agency within
organizational contexts (agency is the capacity of individuals to
act independently and to make their own free choices.)
• Undertaken actions that may be deemed unethical is, naturally,
problematic for both the individual and the organization
(shared responsibility)
Conclusions (Card 2005)
• Ethical theories are not algorithms that enable carry out ethically /
morally acceptable actions
• Ethics is a process of active thinking -reflection about acts and their
consequences
• Ethics involve asking questions and inquire possible answers and
consequences before making decisions (knowing how to inquire)
• Have the criteria to decide what is negotiable and what is not
according to own principles
What is Card´s recommendation on how to avoid the erosion of individual
agency within an organization?
- ….
What is Card´s recommendation on how to avoid the erosion of individual
agency within an organization?
B/ How would you relate the Credo to J&J´s response to the Tylenol crisis? -
in particular to its the decision to recall Tylenol from the shelves
nationawide? (6 mins and 15 sec)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1R0EnzGB3I
Presentations
Group # 7:
Group # 10:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtuvgAkKGqM
Conclusions (J&J)
• The Credo aligns individual and organizational values
T asks a question
L answers