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Fundamentals
An Introduction.
Learning Objective
Importance
Ethical Issues Inventory
Public Opinion
Sources of Ethical Norms
Why it is Important?
Understanding business ethics
and social responsibility makes
you informed of your rights as a
consumer, an employee, and a
citizen.
Introduction
Inventory of Ethical Issues in
Business
Employee-Employer Relations
Employer-Employee Relations
Company-Customer Relations
Company-Shareholder Relations
Company-Community/Public Interest
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Conventional Approach to
Business Ethics
Conventional approach to business
ethics involves a comparison of a
decision or practice to prevailing
societal norms
Pitfall: ethical relativism
Decision or Practice
Prevailing Norms
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Fellow Workers
Family
Regions of
Country
Profession
The Individual
Friends
The Law
Conscience
Employer
Religious
Beliefs
Society at Large
Ethics
Law
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compared with
Prevailing norms
of acceptability
Value judgments
and perceptions of
the observer
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