They are ideas that underlie conversations about business ethics. How do values provide a starting point for thinking about business ethics? Values are essential for our clarifying why something is deemed good or bad.
An understanding of values is necessary to begin using the WH framework for ethical business decisions. The legality of the decision is the minimal standard that must be met. The law both affects and is affected by evolving ethical patterns. How can we use the WH framework for ethical business decisions? The WH framework provides practical steps for responding to an ethical dilemma.
W: Whom would the decision affect? H: How do we make ethical decisions? Our actions are in the open rather than hidden.
Universalization Test—If I take action X, were others to follow my example, would the world be a better place? Teaching tip: Choose a current ethical dilemma from the newspaper and ask students to apply the WH framework to the dilemma. This videotape explores the collapse of Arthur Andersen, the accounting firm Enron used to help it hide its fraud.
One may believe that these values were not upheld by Chevron, considering the health and Stakeholders in the background would be consumers in the telecommunications industry. Flashpoint 4- The Health Focus of Revolution Foods: The behavior of Revolution Foods demonstrates consistency with all three ethical guidelines: the golden rule, the public disclosure test, and the universalization test.
The goal of Revolution Foods was to create a product that was considerate of the health needs of its consumers, transparent about the ingredients being used, and mindful of creating a product that could change norms around healthy eating.
When considering the values that may be in tension among these various stakeholders, Dofasco may have appealed primarily to the universalization guideline and the golden rule guideline— focusing on the best way to treat employees as well as how to create a work environment that, if universalized, would promote healthier employee conditions.
Specifically, the manager may want to think about whether the behavior would be considered ethical if it were to be broadcast in the country where she is working. The legality of a decision or behavior is the minimal standard that must be met. The existence of this minimal standard is essential for developing ethical business decisions. Overall, law and business ethics serve as an interactive system- informing and affecting each other.
The legality of a decision is the minimal standard that must be met. The W refers to who would the decision affect such as stakeholders and their interests.
The H refers to how we make ethical decisions, specifically, those principles and beliefs that guide our decisions. These companies may disclose less amounts of sensitive information to potential investors out of fear that the investor would later disclose the information or use it themselves without benefiting the company. This revenue would directly benefit Mitsubishi shareholders and would likely indirectly benefit employees.
If Mitsubishi was considering these stakeholders, then its actions seems less unethical. Stern was a stakeholder who was negatively affected in this instance. Despite being aimed primarily at LLB students , this is a useful book for anyone who wants a good understanding of the law of contract. This 4th edition continues and advances the pedagogical strengths of earlier editions.
We knew that the 4th edition needed to be different from the 3rd because law is evolving. Dornseifer, Frank Ed. Corporate Business Forms in Europe, Bern Korotana, m. Accounting Text and Cases, 7th ed. Home- wood, IL: Richard D. Bangs, David H. The Business Planning Guide. Chicago, IL: Upstart Publishing. Barnes, A. A Guide to Business Law. This volume presents the principles of business law. Business law is the body of law that applies to the rights, relations, and conduct of persons and businesses engaged in commerce, merchandising, trade, and sales.
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