Chapter 4: Ethics and corporate social responsibility – Flashcards
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Work Place deviance
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Unethical behavior that violates organizational norms about right and wrong
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Ethical intensity of the decision
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Is a degree of concern people have about an ethical issue. For example: Magnitude of consequences Social consensus Probability or effect Temporal Immediacy Proximity and effect Concentration of effect
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Kohlbergs stages of Moral development
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Pre-conventional, conventional, and post-convential
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Pre-conventional
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Selfish " punishment and Obedience" "Instrumental Exchange "
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Conventional
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Societal expectations " Good boy, nice girl" "Law and order"
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Post-Conventional
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Internalized Principles "Social Contract" "Universal Principle"
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Principles of ethical decision making
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Longterm self interest Personal virtue religious injunctions govt. requirements utilitarian benefits Individual rights Distributive justice
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Corporate social responsibility
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A sense of obligation on the part of managers to pursue policies, make decisions, and take actions that benefit society.
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Shareholder models are socially responsible for
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their only job is to maximize shareholders profits
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Stakeholders models are socially responsible for
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satisfying interests of multiple stake holders. An organization relies on stake holders for existence, taking precedence over those secondary stakeholders
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What three things influence ethical decisions?
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The ethical decision of decision, the moral dev. of a mgr. and the ethical principles used to solve the problem
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What are the four different types of work place deviance?
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-production and property deviance(harm the company) -Political deviance and personal aggression (harms individuals within the company)
