MGMT100 Lecture 6: Week 6 Workshop - Ethics
MGMT100: Managing: People, Systems and Culture
Week 6 Workshop
Objectives:
1. What is ethical behaviour?
2. How do ethical dilemmas complicate the workplace?
3. How can high ethical standards be maintained?
4. What is organisational social responsibility?
5. How do organisations and governments work together in society?
Ethics training:
• Seeks to help people understand the ethical aspects of decision-making, and
incorporate high ethical standards into their daily behaviour
• Many ethical dilemmas arise as a result of the time pressures of decisions. Ethics
training is designed to help people deal with ethical issues under pressure
Ethics behaviour:
• Ethis are a set of stadards as to hat is good or ad, or right or rog i a persos
conduct
• Ethical behaviour is accepted as right or good or proper i the otet of a
governing moral code
• If an act is legal, some will proceed with it confidently, while others might believe
that the ethical test goes beyond legality. This is a matter of personal values
• Values are broad beliefs about what is or not appropriate behaviour
Ethical dilemmas:
• Ethial dileas arise he atios ust e take ut there is o lear ethiall
right optio
• Cause stress util there resoled
• The burden is on the individual to make good choices
Beratino s. (2016) To Stop Bad Behaviour, Display a virtuous Quote:
• “uess ithout hoour is orse tha fraud
• Unfortunately, his finding that moral displays guard you against unethical
approaches does not apply in Australia. This is because of cultural boundaries.
Ethical Perspectives:
• Individualisation:
- Does the decision or behaviour promote my/our long-term interests?
• Moral rights view:
- Does the decision or behaviour maintain the fundamental rights of all
people?
• Justice view:
- Does the decision or behaviour show fairness and impartiality?
• Utilitarian view:
- Does the decisions or behaviour do the greatest good for the greatest
number of people
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Document Summary
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