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Business Ethics and Social Responsibility

Ethics refers to the moral principles or values that generally govern the conduct of an individual or a goup. Ethics also can be viewed as the standard of behavior by which conduct is judged. Standards that are legal may not always be ethical, and vice versa. Laws are the values and standards enforceable by the courts. Ethics are personal rather than societal moral principles and values. Business Ethics is the application of moral standards to business situations.

Types of ethical concerns that arise in the business world:

Factors that affect the level of ethical behavior in organizations:

How ethical decision making can be encouraged?:

Two views on social responsibility of business:

Basic steps a business must take to implement a program of social responsibility:

[Source= Business ( Book, fifth-edition). Chapter #2 Ethics and Social Responsibility, page 32-59. Author= William M. Pride (Texas A&M University), Robert J. Hughes (Dallas County Community College), and Jack R. Kapoor (College of DuPage) Copyright © 1996 by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved].

Links related to the topic!!!

Business Ethics at Work:

Why should business be ethical?, ethical standards which apply in business context, ethical decisions...

Business Ethics1:

Ethical climate, performance incentives, communications, complience...

Contributing to Change the World of Business:

EIBE's ethics programme, research, awareness, assessment, ajustment, and accountability.

Business Ethics (An Overview):

The costs of a poor ethical environment. The process of moulding the organization's ethical environment.

The Business Ethics Network (EBEN-UK):

What value can a business ethics approach add to good management? We all believe we behave ethically anyway. Why should we tell the world about it?.

Eye for Integrity:

"Eye for Integrity" looks at the ethics issues facing organizations today, helping them find ways to work that are good business as well as good ethics.

Business Ethics as a Social Institution:

There have always been questions raised about the ways people behave on the market place. Business ethics' characteristics.

International Business Ethics:

To compete effectively in today's market, global companies must ensure their codes of conduct are culturally coherent to all employees.

Business Ethics2:

Today's business ethics environment, what is the business ethics process?, and ethical climate.

Business Ethics (Good intentions aren't enough):

Obeying the law is good business, but companies face the prospect of coming a cropper unless they have a well-designed and effectively implemented compliance program.

Social Responsible Businesses:

Limits to the Social Responsibility of Business:

A well known quotation appears on the back of each issue of the journal of an association of progressive business executives seeking a re sponsible role for business in society.

The Long Trail Protection Campaign:

An overview, how to contribute, 265-Mile club, map of land ownership, the status of the trail, today recent long trail acquistions, and a special story.

Esso Australia:

Esso make available two scholarships based on academic achievement to Koorie students. Value: $2000 each.

IBM Corporate Social Responsibility Program in Pakistan:

Social and economic challenges facing developing countries can be handled effectively by the collective efforts of government, the corporate sector and the voluntary agencies.

For further research and information about the topic, feel free to browse these following web sites, or in your near library look for information in the following book's titled: Ethics at Work (Author: Caderblom, J. B.. Belmont, California.:Wadsworth Pub. Co., c1990. 328p. 24cm.), and Ethics in Business and Labor (Author: Hess, J. Daniel, 1937. Introduction by H. Ralph Hernley. Scottdale. Pa: Herald Press, c1977. 85p. 20cm.)

Business Ethics Resources:

Ethics & Integrity, The Ethics Center, Univ. of South Florida, Markula Center for Applied Ethics, and many more....

Business Ethics3:

Business ethics teaching society, business ethics resources on the web, and ethical business.

Business and Values:

Discussion forum in business ethics, discussion forum in business and values, and reports on Nike's overseas business activity.

Ethics Training Resources:

Cases for ethics training, itroduction, case studies, and script for cases for ethics training.

The Center for Business Ethics Home Page:

1998 Business ethics fortnight information, 1998 LMU run for the bay information, and 1996 business ethics fortnight report excerpts.

Subject-Based Internet Resources Business Ethics:

Better business bureau, business enterprise trust, institute for business & professional ethics.

Feel free to browse to these pages!!!

Dear Lecturer: The topic "Social Responsibility" was not covered very well in this web page, and I personally suggest you to do more research in this area. You might look for information about it in your home town's library, consult an expert in the field, or search for more information in the internet.

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