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© 2013 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. 1
Dr. Jingjing Weng
College of Management
Yuan Ze University
Business Ethics in a Global
Economy
Recommended text book
Ethical Decision Making for Business: A
Managerial Approach (9th edition)
Fraedrich, Ferrell and Ferrel (2013).
International Edition.
華泰文化
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Business Ethics
Ethics is a part of decision making at all
levels of work and management
 Just as important as functional areas of
business
 Deals with questions of whether practices are
acceptable
 No universally accepted approach for resolving
issues
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Why Study Business Ethics?
• Business decisions under great scrutiny
• Global financial crisis created diminished
stakeholder trust
• Deals with questions about whether practices
are acceptable
• No universally-accepted approach for resolving
issues
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Why Study Business Ethics?
• Reports of unethical behavior are on the rise
• Society’s evaluation of right or wrong affects its
ability to achieve its business goals
• Studying business ethics is a response to
government policies and stakeholder demands
for ethics initiatives
• Individual ethics alone is not sufficient
• Studying business ethics helps identify ethical
issues to key stakeholders
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Business Ethics Defined
Comprises principles, values, and standards
that guide behavior in the world of business
 Ethical decisions occur when accepted rules no
longer serve and decision makers must weigh
values and reach a judgment
 Values and judgments are critical in ethical decisions
Principles: Specific boundaries for behavior
that are universal and absolute
• Freedom of speech, civil liberties
Values: Used to develop socially enforced
norms
• Integrity, accountability, trust
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A Crisis in Business Ethics
Nearly half of employees observe misconduct in
the workplace
 After the financial crisis, business decisions and
activities have come under scrutiny
 The financial sector has not regained stakeholder trust
• Consumer trust of businesses is declining
• No sector is exempt from ethical misconduct
• Stakeholders determine what is ethical/unethical
• Investors
• Employees
• Customers
• Interest groups
• Legal system
• Community
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Specific Issues
 Misuse of company resources
 Abusive behavior
 Harassment
 Accounting fraud
 Conflicts of interest
 Defective products
 Bribery
 Employee theft
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Americans’ Trust in Business Sectors
(% of respondents who say they trust the following business
categories)
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The Reasons for Studying Business Ethics
 Having good individual values/morals is not
enough to stop ethical misconduct
 Ethics training helps provide collective
agreement in diverse organizations
 Business ethics decisions can be complicated
 Studying business ethics helps identify ethical
issues to key stakeholders
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Source: Adapted from “Business
A Timeline of Ethical and Socially
Responsible Concerns
1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s
Environmental
issues
Employee
militancy
Bribes and
illegal
contracting
prices
Sweatshops and unsafe
working conditions in
third-world countries
Cybercrime
Civil rights
issues
Human rights
issues
Influence
peddling
Rising corporate liability
for persona damages
(for example, cigarette
companies)
Financial
misconduct
Increasing
employee-
employer
tension
Covering up
rather than
correcting
issues
Deceptive
advertising
Financial
mismanagement and
fraud
Global issues,
Chinese product
safety
Changing work
ethic
Disadvantaged
consumers
Financial fraud
(for example,
savings and
loan scandal)
Organizational ethical
misconduct
Sustainability
Rising drug use Transparency
issues
Intellectual
property theft
Ethics Timeline,” Ethics Resource Center, http://www.ethics.org/resources/business-ethics-timeline.asp (accessed May 27, 2009). Copyright ©
2006, Ethics Resource Center (ERC). Used with permission of the ERC, 1747 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W., Suite 400, Washington, DC, 2006, www.ethics.org.
Before 1960: Ethics in Business
Theological discussions of ethics emerged
 Catholic social ethics included a concern for
morality in business, workers’ rights, and living
wages
 Protestants developed ethics courses in their
seminaries and theology schools
 The Protestant work ethic encouraged hard work
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The 1960s: The Rise of Social Issues
in Business
Social consciousness emerged
 Increased anti-business sentiment
 JFK’s Consumer Bill of Rights— a new era of
consumerism
 Right to safety, to be informed, to choose, and to
be heard
 Consumer protection groups fought for
legislation changes
 Ralph Nader
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The 1970s: Business Ethics as an
Emerging Field
Business professors began to write about
social responsibility
 An organization’s obligation to maximize
positive impact and minimize negative impact
on stakeholders
• Philosophers involved
• Businesses concerned with public image
• Conferences held and centers developed
• Issues:
Bribery Deceptive advertising
Price collusion Product safety
Environment
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The 1980s: Consolidation
Increased membership in business ethics
organizations
 Ethics centers provided publications, courses,
conferences, and seminars
 Firms established ethics committees
 Defense Industry Initiative on Business Ethics
and Conduct (DII)
 The foundation for the Federal Sentencing
Guidelines for Organizations
 Corporate support for ethics
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The 1990s: Institutionalization of
Business Ethics
Continued support for self-regulation,
deregulation, and free trade
 Health-related issues more regulated
 The Federal Sentencing Guidelines for
Organizations (FSGO) in 1991
 Set tone for compliance
 Preventative actions against misconduct
 A company could avoid/minimize potential
penalties
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The Federal Sentencing Guidelines
for Organizations
Standards and procedures for preventing
misconduct
 High level of oversight
 Care in delegation of authority
 Effective communication
 Employee training
 Systems to monitor, audit, and report
misconduct
 Consistent enforcement and continuous
improvement
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The 21st Century: A New Focus
Continued issues with corporate non-compliance
 Public/political demand for improved ethical standards
 Sarbanes-Oxley Act (2002)
 Most extensive ethics reform
 Increased accounting regulations
 FSGO reforms (2004, 2008, 2010)
 Requires governing authorities to be informed of business
ethics programs
 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer
Protection Act (2009)
 Aimed at making the financial industry more
transparent/responsible
A firm’s greatest danger is not discovering
misconduct early
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Organizational Ethical Culture
Ethical culture: The component of
corporate culture that captures the values
and norms that an organization defines as
appropriate
 Creates shared values
Goal is to:
 Minimize need for enforced compliance
 Maximize utilization of principles/ethical reasoning
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Global Ethical Culture
Nations working together to establish
standards of ethical behavior
 NAFTA
 MERCOSUR
 WTO
 Companies can demonstrate their
commitment to social responsibility through
adopting international standards
 Global Sullivan Principles
 Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies
(CERES)
 United Nations Global Compact
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Source: Adapted from “Business
The Role of Organizational Ethics in
Performance
Ethics Contributes to Employee
Commitment
Commitment comes from employees who
are invested in the organization
 Employees willing to make personal sacrifices
for the organization
 The more company dedication to ethics, the
greater the employee dedication
 Concerns include a safe work environment,
competitive salaries and benefits packages, and
fulfillment of contractual obligations
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Ethics Contributes to Investor
Loyalty
Companies perceived by their employees as
being honest are more profitable
 Ethical climates in organizations provide a
platform for
 Efficiency
 Productivity
 Profitability
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Ethics Contributes to Customer
Satisfaction
Consumers respond positively to socially
concerned businesses
 Being good can be profitable
 Customer satisfaction dictates business success
 A strong organizational ethical climate places
customers’ interests first
 Research shows a strong relationship between
ethical behavior and customer satisfaction
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Ethics Contributes to Profits
 Corporate concern for ethical planning is being
integrated with strategic planning
 Maximizes profitability
 Corporate citizenship is positively associated
with
 Return on investment and assets
 Sales growth
 Studies have found a positive relationship
between corporate citizenship and
performance
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Guest Lecture (Mar. 20)
 Ethics in global finance: Emerging trends in
times of crisis
 Time: 3/20 (Wed) 12:00-14:00
 Place: R70304
 Speaker: Eddy S. Fang, PhD (Cambridge)
Lecturer in Economics, Business School, Xi’an
Jiaotong -- Liverpool University
 Preparation before the lecture: reading case 9
(pp214) of the textbook
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Class Discussion today
Harvard University’s Justice with Michael Sandel
http://www.justiceharvard.org/about/course/
The moral side of murder?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4HqXP47lPQ
&feature=related
Weekly news sharing from next week!!
(International news or news related to business
ethics)
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business ethics in a global economy

  • 1. © 2013 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. 1 Dr. Jingjing Weng College of Management Yuan Ze University Business Ethics in a Global Economy
  • 2. Recommended text book Ethical Decision Making for Business: A Managerial Approach (9th edition) Fraedrich, Ferrell and Ferrel (2013). International Edition. 華泰文化 © 2013 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. 2
  • 3. Business Ethics Ethics is a part of decision making at all levels of work and management  Just as important as functional areas of business  Deals with questions of whether practices are acceptable  No universally accepted approach for resolving issues © 2013 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. 3
  • 4. Why Study Business Ethics? • Business decisions under great scrutiny • Global financial crisis created diminished stakeholder trust • Deals with questions about whether practices are acceptable • No universally-accepted approach for resolving issues © 2013 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. 4
  • 5. Why Study Business Ethics? • Reports of unethical behavior are on the rise • Society’s evaluation of right or wrong affects its ability to achieve its business goals • Studying business ethics is a response to government policies and stakeholder demands for ethics initiatives • Individual ethics alone is not sufficient • Studying business ethics helps identify ethical issues to key stakeholders © 2013 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. 5
  • 6. Business Ethics Defined Comprises principles, values, and standards that guide behavior in the world of business  Ethical decisions occur when accepted rules no longer serve and decision makers must weigh values and reach a judgment  Values and judgments are critical in ethical decisions Principles: Specific boundaries for behavior that are universal and absolute • Freedom of speech, civil liberties Values: Used to develop socially enforced norms • Integrity, accountability, trust © 2013 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved . 6
  • 7. A Crisis in Business Ethics Nearly half of employees observe misconduct in the workplace  After the financial crisis, business decisions and activities have come under scrutiny  The financial sector has not regained stakeholder trust • Consumer trust of businesses is declining • No sector is exempt from ethical misconduct • Stakeholders determine what is ethical/unethical • Investors • Employees • Customers • Interest groups • Legal system • Community © 2013 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. 7
  • 8. © 2013 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. 8 Specific Issues  Misuse of company resources  Abusive behavior  Harassment  Accounting fraud  Conflicts of interest  Defective products  Bribery  Employee theft
  • 9. © 2013 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved 9 Americans’ Trust in Business Sectors (% of respondents who say they trust the following business categories)
  • 10. © 2013 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. 10 The Reasons for Studying Business Ethics  Having good individual values/morals is not enough to stop ethical misconduct  Ethics training helps provide collective agreement in diverse organizations  Business ethics decisions can be complicated  Studying business ethics helps identify ethical issues to key stakeholders
  • 11. © 2013 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. 11 Source: Adapted from “Business A Timeline of Ethical and Socially Responsible Concerns 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s Environmental issues Employee militancy Bribes and illegal contracting prices Sweatshops and unsafe working conditions in third-world countries Cybercrime Civil rights issues Human rights issues Influence peddling Rising corporate liability for persona damages (for example, cigarette companies) Financial misconduct Increasing employee- employer tension Covering up rather than correcting issues Deceptive advertising Financial mismanagement and fraud Global issues, Chinese product safety Changing work ethic Disadvantaged consumers Financial fraud (for example, savings and loan scandal) Organizational ethical misconduct Sustainability Rising drug use Transparency issues Intellectual property theft Ethics Timeline,” Ethics Resource Center, http://www.ethics.org/resources/business-ethics-timeline.asp (accessed May 27, 2009). Copyright © 2006, Ethics Resource Center (ERC). Used with permission of the ERC, 1747 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W., Suite 400, Washington, DC, 2006, www.ethics.org.
  • 12. Before 1960: Ethics in Business Theological discussions of ethics emerged  Catholic social ethics included a concern for morality in business, workers’ rights, and living wages  Protestants developed ethics courses in their seminaries and theology schools  The Protestant work ethic encouraged hard work © 2013 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. 12
  • 13. The 1960s: The Rise of Social Issues in Business Social consciousness emerged  Increased anti-business sentiment  JFK’s Consumer Bill of Rights— a new era of consumerism  Right to safety, to be informed, to choose, and to be heard  Consumer protection groups fought for legislation changes  Ralph Nader © 2013 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. 13
  • 14. The 1970s: Business Ethics as an Emerging Field Business professors began to write about social responsibility  An organization’s obligation to maximize positive impact and minimize negative impact on stakeholders • Philosophers involved • Businesses concerned with public image • Conferences held and centers developed • Issues: Bribery Deceptive advertising Price collusion Product safety Environment © 2013 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved 14
  • 15. The 1980s: Consolidation Increased membership in business ethics organizations  Ethics centers provided publications, courses, conferences, and seminars  Firms established ethics committees  Defense Industry Initiative on Business Ethics and Conduct (DII)  The foundation for the Federal Sentencing Guidelines for Organizations  Corporate support for ethics © 2013 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved . 15
  • 16. The 1990s: Institutionalization of Business Ethics Continued support for self-regulation, deregulation, and free trade  Health-related issues more regulated  The Federal Sentencing Guidelines for Organizations (FSGO) in 1991  Set tone for compliance  Preventative actions against misconduct  A company could avoid/minimize potential penalties © 2013 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. 16
  • 17. The Federal Sentencing Guidelines for Organizations Standards and procedures for preventing misconduct  High level of oversight  Care in delegation of authority  Effective communication  Employee training  Systems to monitor, audit, and report misconduct  Consistent enforcement and continuous improvement © 2013 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. 17
  • 18. The 21st Century: A New Focus Continued issues with corporate non-compliance  Public/political demand for improved ethical standards  Sarbanes-Oxley Act (2002)  Most extensive ethics reform  Increased accounting regulations  FSGO reforms (2004, 2008, 2010)  Requires governing authorities to be informed of business ethics programs  Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (2009)  Aimed at making the financial industry more transparent/responsible A firm’s greatest danger is not discovering misconduct early © 2013 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved 18
  • 19. Organizational Ethical Culture Ethical culture: The component of corporate culture that captures the values and norms that an organization defines as appropriate  Creates shared values Goal is to:  Minimize need for enforced compliance  Maximize utilization of principles/ethical reasoning © 2013 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. 19
  • 20. Global Ethical Culture Nations working together to establish standards of ethical behavior  NAFTA  MERCOSUR  WTO  Companies can demonstrate their commitment to social responsibility through adopting international standards  Global Sullivan Principles  Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies (CERES)  United Nations Global Compact © 2013 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. 20
  • 21. © 2013 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. 21 Source: Adapted from “Business The Role of Organizational Ethics in Performance
  • 22. Ethics Contributes to Employee Commitment Commitment comes from employees who are invested in the organization  Employees willing to make personal sacrifices for the organization  The more company dedication to ethics, the greater the employee dedication  Concerns include a safe work environment, competitive salaries and benefits packages, and fulfillment of contractual obligations © 2013 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. 22
  • 23. Ethics Contributes to Investor Loyalty Companies perceived by their employees as being honest are more profitable  Ethical climates in organizations provide a platform for  Efficiency  Productivity  Profitability © 2013 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. 23
  • 24. Ethics Contributes to Customer Satisfaction Consumers respond positively to socially concerned businesses  Being good can be profitable  Customer satisfaction dictates business success  A strong organizational ethical climate places customers’ interests first  Research shows a strong relationship between ethical behavior and customer satisfaction © 2013 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. 24
  • 25. Ethics Contributes to Profits  Corporate concern for ethical planning is being integrated with strategic planning  Maximizes profitability  Corporate citizenship is positively associated with  Return on investment and assets  Sales growth  Studies have found a positive relationship between corporate citizenship and performance © 2013 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. 25
  • 26. Guest Lecture (Mar. 20)  Ethics in global finance: Emerging trends in times of crisis  Time: 3/20 (Wed) 12:00-14:00  Place: R70304  Speaker: Eddy S. Fang, PhD (Cambridge) Lecturer in Economics, Business School, Xi’an Jiaotong -- Liverpool University  Preparation before the lecture: reading case 9 (pp214) of the textbook © 2013 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. 26
  • 27. Class Discussion today Harvard University’s Justice with Michael Sandel http://www.justiceharvard.org/about/course/ The moral side of murder? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4HqXP47lPQ &feature=related Weekly news sharing from next week!! (International news or news related to business ethics) © 2013 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. 27