©2013 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. Business Management, 13e Social and Ethical Environment of Business Human Resources Societal Values Ethical Issues and Social Responsibility CHAPTER 7
©2013 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. Business Management, 13e Human Resources DLTs ● Describe the changing nature of the U.S. worker characteristics. ● Explain the issues that businesses face with the U.S. labor force. 2 CHAPTER 7
©2013 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. Business Management, 13e Characteristics of the Workers ● Growing population ● Changing population ● Moving population 3 CHAPTER 7
©2013 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. Business Management, 13e ©2013 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. Population and Growth Rate in the United States 1940 to CHAPTER 7
©2013 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. Business Management, 13e Labor Force ● Labor participation rate ● Poverty ● Equal employment ● Comparable worth 5 CHAPTER 7
©2013 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. Business Management, 13e ©2013 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. U.S. Labor Force and Labor Force Participation 2001 to CHAPTER 7
©2013 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. Business Management, 13e ©2013 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. U. S. Labor Force Participation Rates 7 CHAPTER 7
©2013 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. Business Management, 13e Societal Values DLTs ● Discuss how the values of Americans have changed. ● Explain how businesses have adapted to changing values. ● Describe the dilemma posed by the need for business to grow and the need to protect the natural environment. 8 CHAPTER 7
©2013 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. Business Management, 13e Changing American Values ● Modern family life ● Employer-employee relationship ● Sexual harassment ● Workplace violence ● Legal liabilities 9 CHAPTER 7
©2013 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. Business Management, 13e Employer Responses ● Redesigning jobs ● Improving health and safety ● Family-friendly practices 10 CHAPTER 7
©2013 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. Business Management, 13e Sustainability Issues ● Managing the environment ● Controlling environmental pollution 11 CHAPTER 7
©2013 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. Business Management, 13e Ethical Issues and Social Responsibility DLTs ● Describe how ethics relates to business practice. ● Suggest ways in which businesses can be socially responsible. 12 CHAPTER 7
©2013 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. Business Management, 13e Business Ethics ● Ethics ● Code of ethics ● Ethical dilemmas 13 CHAPTER 7
©2013 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. Business Management, 13e Social Responsibility of Business ● Social problems ● Obligation to communities ● The future 14 CHAPTER 7