Transcript Chapter 8 - PowerPoint

Ethics and Values
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Moral choices
What is good and bad, right or wrong
What people should do
Your own ethical code effects your
relationships
Self-assessment on pg 256
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Business example
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Case Studies pg 263 and 264- complete in
your group to hand in
Also look at the paragraph scenario below the
box on page 263
1- ethical decisions are complex
2- people do not always recognize moral
issues involved in a situation
3- people have different levels of moral
development- some people judge if
something is ethical or not by looking at the
outcome only (as long as they didn’t get
caught)
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Pg 259
The following guidelines
will help you make the
right ethical choices:
Learn to distinguish between right and
wrong…
Just because you have the power to do
something does not mean it is the
proper thing to do
Just because you have the right to do
something does not mean it is the
proper thing to do
Just because you want to do something
does not mean you should do it
1- would I want this on the news?
2- would I want my parents to know?
3- would I want my children to know?
4- would I do this if a police officer was
standing next to me?
5- would I want others to do this to me?
Also, 8 more specific guidelines are listed on
page 265 and 266
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Personal beliefs and preferences that
influence our behavior
We have personal values and cultural
values
Typically people agree with their culture's
values
What do we value in our culture?
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Acceptance
Beauty
Bravery
Generosity
Excellence
Family
Fun
Health
Harmony
 Leadership
 Respect
 Prestige
 Spirituality
 Wealth
 What do you value?
Mona Lisa picture
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Write out 10 things you value on strips of
paper
Turn them upside down in front of you
Ask your neighbor to remove 3 strips from
your pile
Discuss what your life would be like if those 3
things were actually gone
If you knew a coworker was
stealing paper-clips, post-it
notes, and pens from
work, would you report it?
If you knew your coworker was
stealing store merchandise,
would you report it?
Employee Theft Discussion Questions
If you knew a coworker had once
taken $10 from a cash register,
would you report it?
If you knew a coworker had once
taken $100 from a cash register,
would you report it?
If you knew a coworker was
consistently using a company
vehicle for personal use, would
you report it?
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Employee theft is the fastestgrowing crime in the United States.
75% of all employees steal from
their employers and many do
repeatedly.
Employee theft results in $50
billion losses for employers
annually.
Employee theft accounts for 1/3 of
U.S. annual corporate
bankruptcies.
20% of every dollar earned by a
company is lost to employee theft.
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Facts and figures taken from http://www.employeetheftsolutions.com/
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Displaying integrity
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Genuine
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Equitable / Fair
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Characterized by truth / not false
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List areas of life where a majority of people
find it acceptable to be dishonest.
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Example: observing the speed limit
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Why?
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When you achieve congruence between what
you know, what you say, and what you do…..
People that you know with high integrity
People that you know with low/little integrity