1. Factors Influencing Promotion / Firing Unethical behavior 28% Lack of motivation/work ethic 18% Inappropriate use of technology 14% Failure to follow instructions 9% Late for work 8% Missing assignment deadlines 7% Failure to take initiative Failure to follow instructions Late for work Missing assignment deadlines Poor communication abilities Ineffectiveness in a team Now1990s Technology: email, blogs, text messaging, cell phones, websites.

2. Ethics From a Global Perspective Universality of ethical guidelines / principles –Background (shapes the foreground) –Procedural knowledge (communication) E.g., reciprocity, fairness Socialization processes –Attitudes –Theories (believe systems) = Major principles = institutional rules = actions

3. Principles for Universal Morality 1.Ethical Egoism 2.Utilitarianism 3.Natural Rights Theory 4.Social Contract Theory 5.Kantian Duty Ethics 6.Discourse Ethics

5. What are some facets? Social Economic –Formal and informal economies Environmental Institutional –Policy and capacity issues

6. Differences Economic System –Market vs. command Free-Market (voluntary) –Tradition-based society –Lockean Rights (Life, liberty, property) –Smith’s (competition advances welfare, government intervention does not.) –Say’s law: All resources used, demand will always expand to absorb available supply –Social Darwinism: Economic competition produces human progress (survival of fittest) –Naturalistic fallacy: Assumption that naturally is best –Alienation (depriving working class of full potential)

7. Government Role Economic substructure –Materials and social controls Social Superstructure –Ideologies, government Forces of production –Resource controls Relations of productions –Social controls (organization of workers)

8. Philosophical

9. Possibility of “Universality?” 1.Respect for core human values Determines the absolute moral threshold for business activities http://www.hrweb.org/legal/undocs.html#UDHR 2.Respect for local traditions 3.Recognizing that context influences the determination of what is “right” or “wrong” 4.Communication Do more than “post” codes of conduct