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Problems, situations, or opportunities requiring an individual to choose among actions that may be evaluated as right or wrong, ethical or unethical ethical issues arise because of: conflict among personal/organizational values conflicts with societal values
Employees privacy.
Environmental issues.
business objectives. Meeting schedule pressures. Helping the organization survive. Rationalizing that others do it. Resisting competitive threats. Saving jobs.
Personal values. Attitudes/behaviors of supervisor. Attitudes/behaviors of senior management. Internal drive to succeed. Performance pressures.
No threat of punishment.
Friends/coworkers.
Ethical conflicts arise when someone has to make a choice between violating and abiding by one or more of their moral principles, leading to a paradox where neither choice leaves the individual satisfied.
Internal Conflicts
Organizational relationships.
whether to advance his or her own personal interests, those of the organization, or some other group. Must be able to separate personal interests from business dealings. Bribery is a significant concern.
trustworthiness. Fairness related to being just, equitable & impartial. Breaking or bending laws violates trust Business should not be played as a game. Lack of rules & poor enforcement leads to unethical behavior.
safety, pollution, & employee work conditions Lying is a major ethical issue with internal & external communications False advertising relates to:
members toward customers, suppliers, subordinates, superiors, peers & others. Plagarism is one ethical issue of concern to organizations.
Price fixing
investing.
intelligence. Fear of layoffs Salary plateaus Upward mobility Discrimination Privacy & data access Health & safety
Must consider consumer feedback: Safety. Environmental (can lead to boycotts). Maximize positive publicity & avoid negative.
the organization & customary in the industry is probably ethical. If the issue withstands open discussion between groups within & outside the organization is probably ethical. Covert discussion, destroyed or disguised documents indicate potential problems.
become more complex with the advancing improvement to technology. Use of new devices increases efficiency and allows for more productivity, but it also raises legal concerns as a business worries about the erosion of privilege, interception of data or storage of communications.
Defamation
Invasion of Privacy
An employee personal Disabilities An employee personal identity and private
facts
An employee record reports letter and
Electronic data