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Course Introduction
Why take BA 342 (class and syllabus)
Responsibility & Responsible Leadership
Responsibility: the ability or authority too act or decide on ones own without
supervision.
Responsible leadership: making business decision that takes into account stakeholders,
such as workers, clients, suppliers, the environment, the community, future generations.
Elements discussed
PONG
Personal, organizational, national, global
Adam Smith 2 books, need both
A wealth of nations, publish in 1776
Theory of moral sentiments, published in 1759
Stakeholder Exercise Sandusky scandal
The number of people involved in lawsuits (16 millions dollars jubilated)
ERC Data know trends - know misconduct
ERC data 2013: confidence in managers
Misconduct down from 2011:60% misconduct by managers (24% by top/senior
manager)
Present focus: top one-third managers
Past ethics focus: bottom two third employees
Trends:
1. Trend: the percentage of US workers perceiving pressure to commit
misconduct has decreased
2. In 2011 a delay rise from 2008 global financial crisis while in the general
trend of 1.
ERC 2013 five most frequent observed types misconduct:
18% abusive behavior
17% lying to employees
12% discrimination
12% conflict of interest
12% internet bad use
Poor Ethics versus Good Ethics Program
Questions:
1. Is there such a thing as right and wrong? Yes.
2. Can we teach ethics? No. But we can raise awareness of ethics.
Ethics is all the same all over the world.
Ethics: contextual, situational, universal,
Video Spiderman, Video Honest Tea
Personal ethics
-Spiderman: with great power comes with great responsibility
-Honest tea: Honest challenge
Ethics Definition (3 part & books)
1. course pack definition
v Set of principles
v Right conducts
v Underlying values
2. Textbook definition
Business ethics: concerned with morality and fairness in behaviors, practices and
policies.
Percentage
40%
26%
26%
22%
20%
16%
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Business roundtable study high school students: survey results on what business would do
percentage
action by business people
74% falsify finance (cook the book)
68% secret dumpling of toxic waste
62% blackmail normal
53% sabotage competition's facilities
17% injure/murder if you knew too much
Models of Management
1. immoral
2. moral
3. amoral
Chapter 8
Personal & Culture
Tylenol case (J&J) 1982 and today
Teleological & Deontological
Teleological: consequences or results, utilitarianism: we should always act so as to
produce the greatest ratio of good to evil for everyone. Ends justify the means.
Deontological: duties to society, Kants categorical imperative, act as if to will it a
universal law.
Trolley Illustration:
Lockheed Martin Review main elements of their ethics Program on their web
site. Watch video case This is Big, Really Big Case #5 (do values framework)
FCPA - book review
Article: Creating an Ethical Culture
Strong vs Weak Cultures note the data
Ethical Culture video clip
Org. Ethics components (2 slides 10 elements)
Influences on Behavior (233)
Compliance versus Values
Best Practice Org. Ethical Culture (P236 252)
Behavioral Ethics (connects to bounded ethicality) p253/54
Moral Decisions, Moral Managers & Moral Organizations P255
Chapter 9
Ethics & Technology
Blue Pill Red Pill
Technology Definition
Speed of Tech video
Economic Eras & Tech
Technological Determinism & Ethical Lag
Tech & Trouble (personal and corporate)
Benefits vs Side Effects
Facebook (in class) & Google (on own) cases
3D Printing, Drones, Televisions
3 components of ethics and technology
Privacy info (employees/customers)
Privacy data and examples
Threats to privacy Fig 9-1 (p270)
Terms & Conditions video (social norms)
Opt in versus Opt out (disclosure most important)
Chapter 10 FCPA
pages 304-308, 310-313
Bribery know for, against and costs
FCPA 1977 (diff. bribe and grease payments)
(Fig 10-2 and 10-3 review)
Ethical Imperialism & Cultural Relativism
Hyper Norms