Unit - 3 Business Ethics & Social Responsibility
Unit - 3 Business Ethics & Social Responsibility
1. Self-dealing
2. Information Manipulation
3. Anticompetitive Behavior
4. Opportunistic Exploitation of Suppliers and Distributors
5. Substandard Working Conditions
6. Environmental Degradation
7. Corruption
The Roots of Unethical Behavior
1. Personal Ethics
2. Perception
3. Organizational Culture
4. Pressure from Top Management
5. Unethical Leadership
6. Lack of Standards of Conduct
7. Different Cultural Values and Norms
8. Rule-based or Relationship Governance Systems
9. Different Values between Business People and Stakeholders
Philosophical Approaches to Ethics
1. Utilitarian Approach
2. Rights Approach
3. Justice Approach
Social Responsibility of Business
A business has a particular obligation towards society which is known as the
social responsibility of business.