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SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Business & Society ETLW 302D Tara Ceranic Salinas, PhD
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SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION The questions we ask How should we live our lives? What kind of person should I be?
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SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION How do you define morality? What is it? Where does it come from? How does it apply in business? Is it different from ethics?
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SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Morals v. ethics? Morals = individual Ethics = standardized
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SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION The Meaning of Ethics Not about FEELINGS! Well-founded standards of right and wrong that prescribe what humans ought to do in terms of: Rights Obligations Benefits to society Fairness Specific virtues
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SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Business Ethics The application of well-founded standards of right and wrong to business behavior
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SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION What are the most important ethical issues in the business world today?
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SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Topics Individuals: Ethical decision making, stakeholders Organizations: Culture, diversity, regulation, public issues, CSR, sustainability The world: globalization, Base of the Pyramid, Social Business
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SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Syllabus BE ON TIME Email me if you aren’t going to be here Name assignments properly No, you can’t make up missed assignments/assessments
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SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Expectations What do you expect from me? What I expect from you… Preparation Professionalism
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SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION What this class doesn’t do Tell you what’s right or wrong Give you the answers
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SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION What this class does Forces you to engage and be active Makes you think for yourself
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SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION We need ethics…right?
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SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION T. L. Ceranic
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SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
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The Smell test…
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SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Good ethics = good business!
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SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Built to Last “Truly exceptional and enduring companies all placed great emphasis on a set of core values.” “Essential and enduring tenants.” “Not to be compromised for financial gain or short-term expediency.” Without specific values, the only value is profit.
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SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Why do Ethical Problems Occur? Personal gain/selfish interestgain/selfish Competitive pressures on profits Battle between business goals and personal goals Cross-cultural contradictions
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SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Let’s Get Ethical!
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SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Team Project 5 per team MUST link to WATER in some way
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SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION For Next Class Read Parable of the Sadhu Moral Imagination Student Privileges with Strings Attached Complete the Ethical Lens Inventory
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