Business ethics

Does business ethics begin where the law ends? John C.Maxwell believes that there are three reasons why people make unethical choices in business situations : 1) we do what is most convenient, 2) we do what we must do to win, 3) we rationalise our choices with relativism. Those reasons headed by the fear of losing business and consequently losing profit can lead individuals and companies to make decisions, that, while not illegal, raise concerns about fairness, equity, justice and honesty.

BUSINESS ETHICS 1. What is business ethics and what is it about? During the first lesson, I didn’t really realize what this course will deal with. You, teachers, gave us marks without any knowledge about us. It was a little bit too odd for my part. But in the first few minutes following the lesson, after your speech on prejudices and the way we could face a situation, I had a better understanding on what you expected us to do. I think you want us to be more aware of our environment

Business ethics “Mapping of the diversity of CSR tools” Group N (14) United Nations Global Compact The Global Compact is a multi-stakeholder voluntary initiative that the UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan spearheaded in 1999. Therefore the source of this tool is the public sector. The main issues of this tool are Human rights, labor standards, environment and corruption as business commitments. Like the UN Norms, the GC calls on companies to “support and respect human rights”, within their

concerned with treating the stakeholders of the firm ethically or in a responsible manner. “ Ethically or responsible” means treating stakeholders in a manner deemed acceptable in civilized societies.” To summarize, CSR can be seen as an obligation of business to society. An analyse of the Hospitality Direction Europe Edition ( 2006) identified that over the past few years, a lot of stakeholders have become more interested in the ethical, social and environmental performance of the hospitality industry

from all around the world. A set of values and moral standards required in business life. It’s during this context that the notion of business ethics is born. It was the beginning of the reflection about how to develop the corporate in the respect of moral principles. The pursuit of profits can’t no longer exist without taking care about a certain code of conducts and a wise reflection on the meaning of its actions. Ethics becomes at the heart of this social debate. But, it’s really since the late

Understanding Business Ethics is a text extracted from a book dedicated to business ethics. Since it has to do with a controversial issue – and quite misunderstood one – the author starts explaining what Business Ethics is, what it implies, and how it is regarded nowadays. In that framework, the first question that is often raised is basically: “Can business be ethical?” Since business seeks profit, how can it be moral? Most of people do think that business is unethical, which is not truly surprising

the key questions of business ethics and assess critically their various merits. Different nations and cultures have recently established research in the field of business ethics, as there is a rising awareness to the topic that profit is not the only goal to businesses. According to ENDERLE, it is business ethics that is established to “set barriers” and to “humanize business” (Enderle 1996). The United States where the first nation where studies of the field of business ethics could be observed in

ARTICLE REVIEW This article, which title is: Assessing for Ethics has been extracted from the Santa Clara University website. It was written by a freelance writer, Anne Federwisch and published in June 2006. This article mainly deals with the different ways to operate a good selection among potential employees by asking them questions about ethics. Dan Pracher, a business development manager for Development Dimensions International, an international human resources firm, who is interviewed, try

the function of the salesman, the cause of the changes and the framework of the sale performance. The faintness of the salesmen who see their traditional trade disappearing, the clear absence of measurement of performance and their doubts as regards ethics, are finally discussed. Key words: Sales force, performance; function sale, qualitative research. 3 La mutation dumétier des vendeurs du B to B : la praxis des vendeurs 1. Introduction Les profonds changements du marché, dus à la mondialisation

Realities of Business Ethics in China Business ethics are strongly influenced by the local culture of each area. Large corporations have always been seized of trans-cultural issues as they expanded their enterprises across national borders, but the Internet has made such issues important for even small and national companies, which have hitherto operated within local confines. Chinese culture, which has deep roots in the thinking of the land’s ancient philosophers, is substantially different