Ackerman
Introduction
When building the foundations for a company, ethics
When building the business, one must use an effective blend of strategy and ethics. Both are equally important.
Strategy -Focus purely on economics, profits. -Easy to ignore moral aspects of decisions. Ethics -Focus purely on doing right thing. -See everything as right or wrong (black or white).
(Elms et. al., 2010)
Frame of Decisions
When dealing with decisions, the frame it is brought
right thing.
If presented in managerial frame, right choice
tougher to recognize.
(Awasthi, 2008)
ethics.
Employees will carry taught ethics into the
environment.
(Valentine, 2009)
Monitoring Management
Triple Bottom Line Measures effectiveness of businesses by 3 criteria:
Satisfying stockholders profit. Satisfying employees and community. Responsibility to the planet. (Briginshaw, 2009)
(Vo, 2008)
Conclusion
Companys ethics have a huge impact on where
company goes.
Companies doing things the right way are rewarded in
unethically will be recognized for what they are. Inevitably, they will usually fail.
References
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