ADM 1101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Influence Peddling, Categorical Imperative, Whistleblower
15 Dec 2016
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A description of the beliefs, principles and basic assumptions about what is desirable or worth striving for in an organization. Key components: key stakeholder interests to be satisfied and balanced, emphasis on quality and/or excellence, efficiency, work climate, observance of codes. Code of conduct: explicitly states what appropriate behaviour is by identifying what is acceptable and unacceptable: enforced by an external power and authority; convey rules that tell people what they must or must not do. Members of organizations must obey or face penalties for failing to do so: key characteristics: What must be done or what must not be done. Penalties are not imposed and writers emphasize the qualities they think members should have: key characteristics: Unnecessary, as most corporations already operate ethically. It is legal: benefit/cost test, categorical imperative, light of day test, do unto others, ventilation test. Conflicts of interest: three types of conflict (1) real; (2) apparent; (3) potential.
