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Stages Though Which People Progress in Their Moral Development Process Six Stage Model Developed by Psycologist Lawrence Kohlberg

The document discusses cognitive moral development which proposes six stages of moral reasoning that individuals progress through, from obedience to universal ethical principles. It also covers organizational factors that influence business ethics, including corporate culture set by top managers, different leadership styles that can motivate ethical or unethical decisions, and how organizational structures and groups can impact individual actions within a corporate culture. The best way to improve employee business ethics is through training on cognitive moral development and establishing an ethical corporate culture.

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Stages Though Which People Progress in Their Moral Development Process Six Stage Model Developed by Psycologist Lawrence Kohlberg

The document discusses cognitive moral development which proposes six stages of moral reasoning that individuals progress through, from obedience to universal ethical principles. It also covers organizational factors that influence business ethics, including corporate culture set by top managers, different leadership styles that can motivate ethical or unethical decisions, and how organizational structures and groups can impact individual actions within a corporate culture. The best way to improve employee business ethics is through training on cognitive moral development and establishing an ethical corporate culture.

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Cognitive moral development

 Stages though which people progress in


their moral development process
 Six stage model developed by psycologist
Lawrence Kohlberg
1. The stage of punishment and obedience
2. The stage of individual instrumental purpose and
exchange
3. The stage of mutual interpersonal; expectations
relations and conformity
4. The stage of social system and conscience
maintenance
5. The stage of prior rights, social contract, or utility
6. The stage of universal ethical principles
 The best way to improve employee’s
business ethics is to provide training for
cognitive moral development
Organisational factors
 The role of Corporate
Culture
 Influence of leadership in
ethical decision making
 Organisational structures
 Impact of groups
 Individual actions with
respect to Corporate Culture
The role of Corporate Culture
 Corporate culture is a set of values, beliefs, goals
norms and ways of solving problems, shared by the
members of an organisation.
 It is viewed as the shared beliefs top managers in a
company have about how they should manage
themselves and other employees and how they should
conduct their business
 It can be formal or informal
Ethical framework for corporate culture
by Setia and Glinow

High Caring Integrative


Concern
for people

Apathetic Exacting

Low

Low High

Concern
for performance
 Audit for corporate culture

A cultural audit is an assessment of the organisations


values, norms, beliefs and customs.
It is usually conducted by external consultants but
may be performed internally as well.

 Ethics as a component of corporate culture


Leadership
It is the ability or authority to
guide and direct others toward
achievement of a goal
It has a significant impact on
ethical decision making
because leaders have the
power to motivate others and
enforce the organisations rules
and policies asd well as their
own viewpoints
Leadership styles influencing Ethical decisions
1. Coercive leader
2. Authoritative leader
3. Affiliative leader
4. Democratic leader
5. Pacesetting leader
6. Coaching leader
Leadership styles
A. Transactional
leadership
B. Transformational
leadership
 Power of leaders influencing Ethical decisions:
1. Coercive power
2. Reward power
3. Legitimate power
4. Expert power
5. Referent power
 Organisational structure and business ethics
 Centarised organisation
 Decentralised organisation
 Group dimensions of Organisational structure and
culture
1. Formal groups
1. Committees
2. Work groups and teams
2. Informal groups
 Group norms
 Can people control their own actions within an
organisational culture ?
 Motivating ethical behavior
Module 2
Interpersonal relationships in organization
The role of opportunity and conflict,

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