1. Ethics and Law HSM230

2.  Principles or Standards of conduct  Trust, Honesty and Respect  Stable ethics go beyond personal ethics  Ethical reasoning Organizational Ethics

3.  Rational thinking and performance  Form an organization into a community  Lead to a better helpful environment  Increase public confidence Ethics Inspire to….

4. Individual approach – individual responsibility Communal approach – group responsibility Anyone could face an ethical dilemma Leaders, customers Employees, regulators Media Approaches

5. Approaches toward Organizational Ethics Ethics in organizations Individual approach Individual approach Communal Approach Communal Approach

6.  Corporate social responsibility (CSR).  Relationship between different companies  Organizational ethics Ethics

7.  Respect and trust among employees  Employees give attention to organization  Values and ethics are not inherited. Business ethics Mutual Understanding

8.  Businesses are governed by laws.  Commercial law or business law.  Address problems more clearly. Organizational laws Policies and Procedures

9.  Rules or guidelines  Minimum standards delivered for organizations  Businesses actions measured through organizational law  Imposed by high level positions Laws

10.  Offer guidelines for management  No business gets special treatment  Rules and regulations towards: finances employees production Benefits from laws

11. Organizational Laws and Ethics

12.  Errors in one are provided by the other  In order to achieve ethical behavior laws are required  Legal compliance needs ethics  Laws - what we can do  Ethics - what we should do. Businesses require both Laws and Ethics

13.  Ethics in Organizations (2008). Retrieved on ----------from: http://www.scu.edu/ethics/publications/iie/v2n1/homepage.html  The Relationship between Law and Ethics, and the Significance of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines for Organizations (2008). Retrieved on -----------from: http://www.ethicaledge.com/quest_2.html References