Understanding Ethics
Organizational culture
Business ethics
What is the application of ethical standards to business behavior?
Organizational Vision
What is a is a clear, comprehensive 'photograph' of an organization at some point in the future. It provides direction because it describes what the organization needs to be like, to be successful within the future. Avision describes the WHAT. i.e. what you are trying to achieve in the future.
Corporate Social Responsibility
What are the actions of an organization that target toward achieving a social benefit over and above maximizing profits for its shareholders and meeting all its legal obligations?
Applied Ethics
What is the study of how ethical theories are put into place?
Ethical Dilemma
What is a situation in which there is no obvious right or wrong decision, but rather a right or right answer.
What is the Sarbanes-Oxley Act?
Conflict of interest
What is a situation where one relationship or obligation places the individual or firm in direct dispute with an existing relationship or obligation?
Transparency
What is when a company is open and honest and doesn't keep any secrets?
Utilitarianism
What is a ethical theory that looks at the greatest good for the greatest number?
Virtual ethics
How societies can place different emphasis on different virtues?
Code of Ethics
What is a handbook that discourages unethical behavior in their employees while rewarding good behavior.
The job of HR professionals in regards to ethics
What is the responsibility for ensuring that the right programs and policies for ethical business conduct are in place.
Deontological perspective
What is an ethical perspective that focuses upon adherence to independent moral rules and duties? It stresses reasons certain actions are performed.
Society
What is a structured community of people bound together by similar traditions and customs?
Morals
What is also referred to as the values often used to mean the same thing, a set of personal principles by which you aim to live your life.
Unethical behavior impacts all company stakeholders in the same way. True or False
What is false, it impacts company stakeholder's differently?
value chain
What is composed of key functional inputs that an organization provides during the transformation of raw materials into a delivered product or service.
Milton Friedman's view on corporate strategy
What is a philosophy of an organization that does not have to be socially corporate responsible? It should only be concerned with making a profit.
Ethics officer
Who is the person in charge of making sure an organization runs ethically and offers ethics training to employees?
Culture
Descriptive and Normative ethics.
What evaluates the degree to which the customs, attitudes, and rules can be said to be unethical. It is recommending what should be happening - Normative.
Research and Development Manager
What is the a manager who performs a number of highly important roles within an organization? They are responsible for research, planning, and implementing new programs and protocols into their company or organization and overseeing the development of new products.
Triple bottom-line
What is a company's annual report approach that includes updates on their social and environmental activities in addition to their bottom-line financial performance?
Altruistic approach
What is an approach to corporate social responsibility (CSR) that argues that philanthropic initiatives are authorized without concern for all the corporation's overall profitability?