1. ©2013 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. Business Management, 13e Social and Ethical Environment of Business 7.1 7.1 Human Resources 7.2 7.2 Societal Values 7.3 7.3 Ethical Issues and Social Responsibility CHAPTER 7

2. ©2013 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. Business Management, 13e 7.1 7.1 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

3. ©2013 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. Business Management, 13e Characteristics of the Workers ● Growing population ● Changing population ● Moving population 3 CHAPTER 7

4. ©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 2010 4 CHAPTER 7

5. ©2013 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. Business Management, 13e Labor Force ● Labor participation rate ● Poverty ● Equal employment ● Comparable worth 5 CHAPTER 7

6. ©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 2011 6 CHAPTER 7

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

8. ©2013 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. Business Management, 13e 7.2 7.2 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

9. ©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

10. ©2013 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. Business Management, 13e Employer Responses ● Redesigning jobs ● Improving health and safety ● Family-friendly practices 10 CHAPTER 7

11. ©2013 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. Business Management, 13e Sustainability Issues ● Managing the environment ● Controlling environmental pollution 11 CHAPTER 7

12. ©2013 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. Business Management, 13e 7.3 7.3Ethical Issues and Social Responsibility DLTs ● Describe how ethics relates to business practice. ● Suggest ways in which businesses can be socially responsible. 12 CHAPTER 7

13. ©2013 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. Business Management, 13e Business Ethics ● Ethics ● Code of ethics ● Ethical dilemmas 13 CHAPTER 7

14. ©2013 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. Business Management, 13e Social Responsibility of Business ● Social problems ● Obligation to communities ● The future 14 CHAPTER 7