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Chapter 7
Prepared by Deborah Baker
Texas Christian University
Chapter 7-1
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PERSONAL and
ORGANIZATIONAL ETHICS
BUSINESS & SOCIETY
Ethics and Stakeholder Management
Carroll & Buchholtz 6e
Business and Society: Ethics and Stakeholder Management, 6e • Carroll & Buchholtz
Copyright ©2006 by South-Western, a division of Thomson Learning. All rights reserved
Chapter 7 Learning Outcomes
1.
Understand the different levels at which business ethics
may be addressed.
2.
Differentiate between consequence-based and
duty-based principles of ethics.
3.
Enumerate and discuss principles of personal ethical
decision making and ethical tests for screening ethical
decisions.
4.
Identify the factors affecting an organization’s moral
climate and provide examples.
5.
Describe and explain actions, strategies, or “best
practices” to improve an organization’s ethical climate.
Chapter 7-2
Chapter 7 Outline
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Levels at Which Ethics May Be Addressed
Personal and Managerial Ethics
Managing Organizational Ethics
From Moral Decisions to Moral Organizations
Summary
Chapter 7-3
Principles Approach to Ethics
Major Principles of Ethics
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Utilitarianism
Rights
Justice
Chapter 7-4
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Caring
Virtue ethics
Servant Leadership
Golden Rule
Ethical Tests Approach
Test of Common Sense
Test of One’s Best Self
Test of Making Something Public
Test of Ventilation
Test of the Purified Idea
Gag Test
Chapter 7-5
Improving the Ethical Climate
Ethics Programs
and Officers
Effective
Communication
Ethics Audits
Board of Director’s
Oversight
Realistic
Objectives
Ethical DecisionMaking Processes
Top
Management
Leadership
Moral
Management
Ethics Training
Corporate
Transparency
Codes of
Conduct
Chapter 7-6
Chapter 7-27
Discipline of
Violators
Whistle-Blowing
Mechanisms
Ethical Decision-Making Process
Chapter 7-7
Selected Key Terms
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categorical imperative
codes of conduct
codes of ethics
compensatory justice
corporate transparency
deontological
theorites/principles
distributive justice
Chapter 7-8
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ethical due process
ethical tests
ethical audits
ethics officer
ethics programs
Golden Rule
legal rights
moral rights
Selected Key Terms (continued)
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moral rights
opacity
principle of caring
principle of justice
principle of rights
principle of utilitarianism
procedural justice
rights
servant leadership
Chapter 7-9
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teleological
theories/principles
transparency
utilitarianism
virtue ethics