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Education,
Inc. Publishing
as
2012
Pearson Education
Management, Eleventh Edition, Global Edition by Stephen P. Robbins & Mary Coulter
Prentice Hall
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From Obligation to
Responsiveness
to Responsibility
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How Organizations Go
Green
Legal (or Light Green) Approach - firms simply
do what is legally required by obeying laws, rules,
and regulations willingly and without legal challenge.
Market Approach - firms respond to the
preferences of their customers for environmentally
friendly products.
Stakeholder Approach - firms work to meet the
environmental demands of multiple stakeholders
employees, suppliers, and the community.
Activist Approach - firms look for ways to respect
and preserve the environment and be actively
socially responsible.
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Education,
Inc. Publishing
as
Management, Eleventh Edition, Global Edition by Stephen P. Robbins & Mary Coulter
2012
Pearson Education
Prentice Hall
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Personality Variables
Ego Strength - a personality
measure of the strength of a persons
convictions.
Locus of Control - a personality
attribute that measures the degree
to which people believe they control
their own fate.
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Moral Development
A measure of independence from outside
influences
Levels of Individual Moral Development
Preconventional level
Conventional level
Principled level
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Structural Variables
Organizational characteristics and
mechanisms that guide and influence
individual ethics
Examples include:
Performance appraisal systems
Reward allocation systems
Behaviors (ethical) of managers
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Education,
Inc. Publishing
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Management, Eleventh Edition, Global Edition by Stephen P. Robbins & Mary Coulter
2012
Pearson Education
Prentice Hall
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Organizations Culture
Values-Based Management - an approach
to managing in which managers establish
and uphold an organizations shared values.
The Purposes of Shared Values
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Issue Intensity
Characteristics determine issue
intensity or how important an ethical
issue is to an individual: greatness of
harm, consensus of wrong,
probability of harm, immediacy of
consequences, proximity to victim(s),
and concentration of effect.
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Ethics in an International
Context
Ethical standards are not universal
Social and cultural differences
determine acceptable behaviors.
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Encouraging Ethical
Behavior
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Code of Ethics
Code of Ethics - a formal statement
of an organizations primary values
and the ethical rules it expects its
employees to follow.
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Terms to Know
Social obligation
Classical view
Values
Ego strength
Socioeconomic view
Social responsiveness
Locus of control
Values-based
management
Code of ethics
Social responsibility
Social screening
Green management
Ethics
Whistle-blower
Social entrepreneur
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