Ethics and Principles
The branch of decision making that applies moral principles
What is Ethics?
A fellow worker or team member.
What is a Colleague?
Actions that follow the law versus those that break it.
What are Legal/Illegal Choices?
The result of a decision, often immediate.
What is a Consequence?
Beliefs that guide personal or business behavior, like honesty or integrity.
What are Values?
The study and application of moral principles within the business world.
What is Business Ethics?
Refusing to hire someone because of race, gender, or religion.
What is Discrimination?
Making information known to others.
What is Disclose? (To Disclose)
A possible effect, especially long-term or indirect.
What is an Implication?
Giving priority to honesty, fairness, and integrity in decisions.
What is Ethical Decision Making?
Beliefs about right and wrong that guide personal behavior.
What are Moral Principles?
Repeated unfriendly comments or actions toward an employee.
What is Harassment?
Breaking a company policy, like accessing restricted files without permission.
What is a Breach?
Considering the pros and cons before making a tough ethical decision.
What is to Evaluate?
Choosing what is right over what is easy in a business scenario.
What are Ethical Choices?
Written guidelines for how employees should behave ethically in a company.
What is a Code of Ethics?
Overall confidence, enthusiasm, and satisfaction of employees in the workplace.
What is Morale?
Document listing acceptable and unacceptable workplace behaviors.
What is a Code of Ethics?
Decision-making that balances ethics, law, and company policy.
What are Ethical/Legal Choices?
Determining the best course of action by weighing moral principles and consequences.
What does it mean to Evaluate?
Making a decision (choice) that aligns with moral standards versus violating them.
What are Ethical/Unethical Choices?
Maintaining private information about clients or coworkers.
What is Confidentiality?
A challenge where a manager must choose between two bad options.
What is a Dilemma?
A tough choice where every option has negative or risky outcomes.
What is a Dilemma?
Core beliefs a company or person uses to guide actions.
What are Moral Principles?