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Moral Standards – standards that an individual has about what is right or wrong
Values – long lasting beliefs that guides society’s decisions and actions towards variety of situation
Ethics – the branch of knowledge that deals with moral principles, values and behavior
Business Ethics – application of ethical principles in day to day conduct of business to examine and solve complex moral dilemmas
Principles of business ethics -
Impartiality
Compliance with law
Practice fair business
Accountability
Trust & honesty
Due diligence
Social obligation
Stakeholder’s interest
Justice and equality
Branches of ethics -
Normative ethics
Meta ethics
Applied ethics
Major unethical issues-
Insider trading
Bribery and corruption
Discrimination
Injustice
Window dressing
Adulteration
Unfair pricing
Market Manipulation
Fraudulent activities
Importance of business ethics-
Stop business malpractices
Longer survival of business
Protection of consumer right
Healthy competition
Goodwill of business
Customer satisfaction
Societal welfare
Avoidance to legal problems
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2. CONTENTS
• INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS
ETHICS
• PRINCIPLES OF BUSINESS
ETHICS
• BRANCHES OF BUSINESS
ETHICS (META,NORMATIVE &
APPLIED ETHICS)
• UNETHICAL ISSUES
• IMPORTANCE OF BUSINESS
ETHICS
3. INTRODUCTION
• Moral Standards – standards that an individual has about what is right or
wrong
• Values – long lasting beliefs that guides society’s decisions and actions
towards variety of situation
• Ethics – the branch of knowledge that deals with moral principles, values and
behavior
• Business Ethics – application of ethical principles in day to day conduct of
business to examine and solve complex moral dilemmas
4. PRINCIPLES OF
BUSINESS ETHICS
• Impartiality
• Compliance with law
• Practice fair business
• Accountability
• Trust & honesty
• Due diligence
• Social obligation
• Stakeholder’s interest
• Justice and equality
5. BRANCHES OF ETHICS
ETHICS
META ETHICS
NORMATIVE
ETHICS
TELELOGICAL
ETHICS
DEONTOLOGICAL
ETHICS
CONSEQUENTIALIST
ETHICS
ETHICS BY
VIRTUE
APPLIED
ETHICS
6. META ETHICS
• Purely descriptive branch of ethics
• Tends to study the meaning of moral judgements
• It do not prescribe any particular action but tries to analyze the fact that made
you act in certain way
• It deals with understanding the basis on which we distinguish right from wrong
• Focuses on foundation of moral values, attitudes and behavior
7. NORMATIVE ETHICS
• Prescriptive branch of ethics
• Investigates the set of questions that arise when considering how one ought
to act in any particular situation
• Examines and suggest what actions are right or wrong morally
• Tends to arrive at conclusion about acceptable behavior in society
• Includes formulation of moral rules and obligations
8. DEONTOLOGICAL ETHICS
• Deon means obligation or duties
• Deontological ethics is normative ethical theory
• It specifies what are an individual’s moral duties and obligation
• This theory holds that an action would be morally right only if one complies
with his / her duties and work
• Focuses on compliance with rules and regulations
• Example – Killing is wrong even if you do that to protect your family
9. TELEOLOGICAL ETHICS
• Derived from the greek word “telos” meaning end goal or purpose
• Branch of normative ethics
• According to this if one need to find out how one should behave morally the
ultimate goal of ethics should be kept in consideration
• For example stealing is bad, but according to teleological theory one may say,
“ I'm stealing to feed my family, which is good, so the action is good.”
• Focused on outcome of an action
10. ETHICS BY VIRTUE
• Also referred as character based ethics
• Signifies that goodness is not in act but in person
• It states that if person is by character good or virtuous person he will always
act in manner which is morally right
• Honesty, courage, compassion, generosity, integrity, fairness, self-control, and
prudence are all examples of virtues
11. APPLIED ETHICS
• Applied ethics refers to practical application of ethics in various fields of life
• It attempts to identifies correct course of action with respect to particular field
in which an individual works like medical ethics, environmental ethics,
business ethics etc.
• For example, the bioethics community is concerned with identifying the
correct approach to moral issues in the life sciences, such as use of
euthanasia
13. IMPORTANCE OF
BUSINESS ETHICS
• Stop business malpractices
• Longer survival of business
• Protection of consumer right
• Healthy competition
• Goodwill of business
• Customer satisfaction
• Societal welfare
• Avoidance to legal problems