SOM 122 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Whistleblower, Model Theory, United States Sentencing Commission

• School: Syracuse University
• Department: School of Management
• Course: SOM 122
• Professor: Unkown

Document Summary

Ethics- a set of moral principles or values that defines right and wrong for a person or group. Ethical behavior- behavior that conforms to a society"s accepted principles of right and wrong: workplace deviance- unethical behavior that violates organizational norms about right and wrong, 1. Leaving early, long work breaks, wasting: 2. Property deviance- aimed at the organizations property or products. Employee shrinkage- employee theft of company merchandise: 3. Political deviance- using ones influence to harm others in the company. Making decisions based on favoritism, spreading rumors: 4. Personal aggression- hostile or aggressive behavior towards others. 1991- us sentencing commission guidelines for organizations: companies could be prosecuted and punished even if management didn"t know it, to encourage companies to do the right thing (ethical behavior before an was happening incident occurs) Determining a company"s punishment: compute the base fine (determine the level of offense, compute culpability score, multiply culpability by base fine.