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Business ethics ethical decision making. There is a general perception that good ethics mean good business and that in the long run businesses that incorporate ethics in their decision making will enhance their reputation and produce better financial results. The company will forever be known for how it handles business transactions and how it treats people. Fortunately there are many examples of how ethical decision making can help a business make money. The character based decision making model was created by the josephson institute of ethics and it has three main components leaders can use to make an ethical decision.
Business ethics play an important role in a companys success or failure. Impressively reported 3474 billion in quarterly revenues that grew at a rate of 735 on 12 may 2019. This will be reflected in their ethics in decision making decisions made in the business context. It is the right thing to do.
Not only that it also engenders satisfied stakeholders whether they be customers stockowners employees or the community in which a firm is located. Making good ethical decisions requires a trained sensitivity to ethical issues and a practiced method for exploring the ethical aspects of a decision and weighing the considerations that should impact our choice of a course of action. The book was published by the cengage learning in 1 st jan 2014. Ferrell john fraedrich and.
All decisions must take into account the impact to all stakeholders this is very similar to the utilitarian approach discussed earlier. A company has a special obligation to its customers to ensure that its decisions are legal and ethical. Does ethical decision making in business pay. Costcos decision to pay fair wages costco wholesale nasdaq.
Having a method for ethical decision making is absolutely essential. The book business ethics. When management is leading an organization in an ethical manner employees follow in those footstepsemployees make better decisions in less time with business ethics as a. What are the three primary factors that together influence the ethical decision making process.
Successful business practice today hinges on the ethical acknowledgement of stakeholder claims. Ethical decision making cases by o. The length of the book is 656 pages. A values norms and regulations b opportunity individual factors and organizational relationships c stakeholder relationships trust and corporate culture d society profits and longevity e personal ethics group ethics and business ethics.
There will also be the case where a persons morals may come into conflict with the organizations ethics. Linda ferrel is the 10 th edition of book. Cost is one of the biggest successes in american retail.