“Personal values are basic motivation beliefs about desirable modes or outcomes of individual behavior” (Rassin, 2008, p. 8). Values give an individual a sense of what is right from wrong and it creates standard for appropriate behavior. Person values include honesty, punctuality, self-reliance, and concerns for others. Other personal values are truthfulness and sincerity. Professionals can make inform decisions and carry added moral responsibility to those held by population in general.
The text provided details for why it is so important to follow the ethical norms of society. The lessons learned from this topic could be applied to the team member’s professional careers because it assures the team that our current beliefs match those of an ethical society. The lesson further confirms that business and ethics go hand-in-hand and is just the
In this lens it is taught to focus on the processes, and the systems needed for an ethical organization. The difference between the first two lens discussed is that the Right and Responsibility Lens, and the Results lens focused on the individual, the Relationship lens focuses on the community. However in the relationship lens it has a few more concerns, such as how to protect the basic liberties of all people. These liberties are broken down into rights such as; The right to notice, The right to voice, not to veto, The right to have contracts honored. The Relationship Lens helped influence my decision by giving us a process by which basic liberties can be protected.
James Rachels’ on Normative Cultural Relativism Every culture has its own customs, traditions and beliefs that dictate the actions of its citizens. Cultural relativism states that although practices and ethical beliefs differ from society to society, it must be accepted as good, relative to each respective culture’s beliefs and moral code. Rachels believes that an act that may be frowned upon in one culture may in fact be totally acceptable in another. The theory of Cultural Relativism puts in action the idea of what people believe is morally right and how it relates to the culture that it is practiced in. Morals concern what is right and wrong.
The employees must keep company’s tangible assets and knowledgeable things. The company and its employees have obligation to protect their tangible and intangible assets. Generally, the protection of assets is most important part in profit entities. County of San Diego and G.M Financial conduct their businesses that elementally trust employees. Nevertheless, the reason that company adopts the code of ethics is forbid to fraud, theft, and corruption by
Ethical standards are the code of conduct required by the organization for workers to follow. The relationship between organizational culture and ethics is that the organizational culture guides workers when faced with ethical problems. If the organization culture counters what they are required to do ethically, workers may put the organization in jeopardy by not act ethically. When a worker is faced with a decision that others within the organization think as appropriate, though it is unethical, the worker may follow what is acceptable as per the culture. It is the relationship between organizational culture and ethics that can get businesses into significant trouble in the long term.
I am brought up in a way that you should tread people the way you want to be treated. If you treat people with honesty and earn their trust you get their respect. People should respect one another but it has to be earned. Making bad decisions can make people lose respect for
Act. To be effective, the leader must show that all the organization is serious about ethical behavior. All reports of unethical behavior must be investigated thoroughly. Furthermore, all violators of ethical standards must be punished equally and justly throughout the organization, regardless if the perpetrator is a senior executive or first line hire. Just as a good manager knows that rewarding employees for reaching goals is important, the ethical leader will recognize that equal importance must be given to recognize those who exemplify ethical behavior within the organization.
The conflicts that are found in the everyday world is in need of open minded, diverse people. Obligation is indeed an efficient ethical perspective with strong ties to doing the fair and just thing. There are times when your obligation to the law might override your obligation to your partners or fellow officers. You have to be willing to abide by the code of ethics set before you which are true and just. In order to work with a diverse group of people you must be able to conform to the moment and the situation being flexible in your actions but conforming to your obligations.
Ethical Lens Inventory and Reflection My preferred lens is Rights and Responsibility. According to the game, I use my reasoning skills to determine my duties as well as the universal rules that each person should follow. My core value is independence and Rationality. My primary concern is protecting individual rights and believe that by doing this everyone in the community is treated fairly. I value rationality over sensibility.