BU398 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Taschen, Organizational Culture, Omron
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Ethics are the code of moral principles and values that governs the behaviour of a person or group with respect to what is right or wrong. Ethical values set standards as to what is good or bad in conduct and decision making. Ethics are personal and unique to each individual, although in any given group, organization, or society there are many areas of consensus about what constitutes ethical behaviour. Sources of individual ethical principles and actions: History: religion, philosophy, geographic environment, nationality, society, culture (leads to development of societal morality) Society: societal norms and values, as well as laws, codes, and regulations (shapes the local environment) Local environment: organizations, geographic regions/community, family/clan (shapes individual behaviour. Individual ethics and actions: all above things, in order, lead to this. Strict ethical standards are becoming part of the formal policies and informal cultures of many organizations.
