Business Ethics and Social Responsibility: Dr. Sanjay Mishra, PHD (Bhu)
Business Ethics and Social Responsibility: Dr. Sanjay Mishra, PHD (Bhu)
Business Ethics and Social Responsibility: Dr. Sanjay Mishra, PHD (Bhu)
Business Ethics is
What is appropriate and what is not- in short or long term from the business viewpoint .. Appropriate in Business is Trust of the customer/party Long term relations Horizontal rapport With a feeling of service to the society After a certain level of satisfaction society pays back to the business
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Genesis
Ethics come from [Middle English ethik, from Old French ethique (from Late Latin thica, from Greek thika, ethics) and from Latin thic (from Greek thik), both from Greek thikos, ethical, from thos, character; see s(w)e- in Indo-European roots.]European meant for character/ manner or 1: (a) A set of principles of right conduct. (b) A theory or a system of moral values: "An ethic of service is at war with a craving for gain" (Gregg Easterbrook). 2: Ethics : The study of the general nature of morals and of the specific moral choices to be made by a person; moral philosophy. 3: Ethics : The rules or standards governing the conduct of a person or the members of a profession: medical ethics.
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Major branches
Meta-Ethics, about the theoretical meaning and reference of moral propositions and how their truth-values (if any) may be determined; Normative Ethics, about the practical means of determining a moral course of action. Applied Ethics, about how moral outcomes can be achieved in specific situations. Moral Psychology, about how moral capacity or moral agency develops and what its nature is. Descriptive Ethics, about what moral values people actually abide by.
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Employee Employer Relations Employee Employee Relations Company- Customer Relations Company-Shareholder Relations Company- Community /Public Relations
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Can we consider?
We Will Not lie, Steal or Cheat, No Tolerate Among Us Anyone Who Does Which do you think is the tougher part Line 1 or Line 2 ? And Why?
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CHRISTIANITY
JUDAISM
BUDDHISM
TAOISM
HINDUISM
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Gandhian Approach
He believed a business could and should be conducted with complete honesty. Indeed, a business that was run honestly would be more successful than one which was not. In business as well as personal life he subscribed to the view : "Honesty is the best policy." A business person had every right to earn a livelihood from their business, although if vast income was earned from the business, the business person should give what he or she did not need to the community.
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Trusteeship
In his theory of trusteeship, Gandhi perceived business as a form of service to the community. Gandhian approach to business ethics relate to today as much as to his lifetime. Gandhian thought need to go undergo interpretation because of development the business has undergone during last 50 years.
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That seven things will destroy us: Wealth Without Work Pleasure Without Conscience Knowledge Without Character Commerce (Business) Without Morality (Ethics) Science Without Humanity Religion Without Sacrifice Politics Without Principle
1990 Stephen R. Covey. All rights reserved. Reprinted with permission.
http://www.mkgandhi.org/mgmnt.htm
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