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Chapter 004 MHKB
Chapter 004 MHKB
Demanding
Ethical and
Socially
Responsible
Behavior
McGraw-Hill/Irwin Copyright © 2013 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
Ethics is More
Than Legality
LIFE AFTER SCANDAL
LG1
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Ethical Standards
are Fundamental
WHAT are ETHICS?
LG1
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Ethical Standards
are Fundamental
BASIC MORAL VALUES
LG1
Right: Wrong:
• Integrity •Cheating
• Respect for human life •Cowardice
•Cruelty
• Self-control
• Honesty
• Courage
• Self-sacrifice
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Ethics Begins
with Each of Us Ethics Begins with Each of Us:
LG2 ETHICS and YOU
• Plagiarizing material from the Internet, including
cutting and pasting information from websites without
giving credit, is the most common form of cheating in
schools today.
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Ethics Begins
with Each of Us
FACING ETHICAL DILEMMAS
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Managing
Businesses
Ethically and
Responsibly
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Setting
Corporate
Ethical
Standards
ETHICS CODES
LG4
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Setting
Corporate
Ethical HOW to IMPROVE AMERICA’S
Standards
LG4 BUSINESS ETHICS
Here are six steps many believe can improve U.S. business ethics:
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Setting
Corporate
Ethical HOW to PREVENT UNETHICAL
Standards
LG4 BEHAVIORS (Cont'd)
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Progress
Assessment
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Corporate
Social
Responsibility CORPORATE SOCIAL
LG5 RESPONSIBILITY
• Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) -- The
concern businesses have for the welfare of society.
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Corporate
Social
Responsibility CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY
LG5 and POLICY
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Corporate
Social
Responsibility HELPING HANDS
LG5 Most Generous Celebrities
Who? For?
United Way;
George Clooney
UN Messenger of Peace
Angelina Jolie & Brad Pitt Make it Right Foundation; UN
Ben Affleck UN
Madonna Raising Malawi
Michael J. Fox Foundation for
Michael J. Fox
Parkinson’s Research
Keep a Child Alive;
Alicia Keys
Frum Tha Ground Up
Sir Elton John Elton John AIDS Foundation
GreenDimes; H2O Africa;
Matt Damon
Running the Sahara
Oprah Winfrey Angel Network
Who? What?
Sent 12,000 cell phones to the area, created
Masayoshi Son
an iPhone app for donations
Gave $3.7 million and shipped 360,000
Saji Family
bottles of water
Toyota gave $3.7 million after 11 car plants
Akio Toyoda
closed temporarily
Tadashi Yanai Gave $12 million
Raised $2 million on Mixi, aided in finding
Kenji Kasahari
missing persons
Sold volunteer avatars online and the
Yoshikazu Tanaka
proceeds went to disaster relief
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Responsibility
to Customers
HOW DO CUSTOMERS KNOW?
LG5
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Responsibility
to Customers
SOCIAL CUSTOMER CONTACT
LG5 Do’s and Don’ts of Using Twitter for Business
Do Don’t
Engage followers in discussion
Start political rants.
relevant to your industry.
Think about your message before
tweeting. Deleted tweets can still Tweet impulsively.
be found!
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Responsibility
to Investors INSIDER TRADING
LG5
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Responsibility
to Employees AMERICA’S MOST ADMIRED
LG5 COMPANIES
1. Apple
2. Google
3. Berkshire Hathaway
4. Southwest Airlines
5. Procter & Gamble
6. Coca-Cola
7. Amazon
8. FedEx
9. Microsoft
10. McDonald’s
Source: Fortune, www.fortune.com, March 21, 2011.
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Responsibility
to Employees WHEN EMPLOYEES
LG5 are UPSET…
• Employee fraud costs U.S. businesses about
5% of annual revenue and causes 30% of all
business failures.
• Disgruntled workers relieve frustration by:
- Blaming mistakes on others.
- Manipulating budgets and expenses.
- Making commitments they intend to ignore.
- Hoarding resources.
- Doing the minimum.
- Making results look better than they are.
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Responsibility
to Society and
the Environment SOCIETY and
LG5 the ENVIRONMENT
• Over one-third of working Americans receive
their salaries from nonprofits – who are
dependent on funding from others.
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SUSTAINABLE or SUSPECT:
GREENWASHING
(Thinking Green)
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