Ethics and Organizational Development
Date Submitted: 11/05/2004 18:59:14
Category: / Law & Government / Government & Politics
Length: 7 pages (1882 words)
Category: / Law & Government / Government & Politics
Length: 7 pages (1882 words)
"For many organisations 'ethics' is something to be defined and managed by senior executives."
Consider the arguments for and against this control-oriented position.
In today's world it is all too prevalent to see more and more people hungry to gain success at an ever-increasing rate. Modern culture can and indeed is labelled 'greedy' and 'thoughtless'. Through my relatively short time spent in business, I have encountered many of these types of people. But who are …
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…accept the consequences of our own actions. Organisations should give us this choice.
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Haworth, L. (1959) 'Do organizations act?', Ethics, 70(1):59-63.
McMahon, C. (1989) 'Managerial Authority', Ethics, 100:33-53.
Velasquez, M. G. (1983) 'Why corporations are not morally responsible for anything they do', in Beauchamp and Bowie (1979), Ethical Theory and Business. New Jersey: Prentice Hall.
De George, R. T. (1981) 'Can corporations have moral responsibility', in Beauchamp and Bowie (1979), Ethical Theory and Business. New Jersey: Prentice Hall.
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