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Survey

Example of Unethical Behavior

  • If they believed ethics were important.
  • Would they do something unethical
  • How people perceive the concept of ethics
  • Dumping waste into the water supply rather than disposing of it properly.
  • Engaging in price fixing to force smaller businesses out of the industry.
  • Using false advertising methods to dupe customers into buying a product.

Hypothesis

Ethics

  • Definition
  • a set of moral principles of human conduct that govern the behavior of individuals and organizations.
  • Unethical behavior is an action that falls outside of what is morally right or proper for a person
  • If age and gender are not factors in unethical behavior then there must be other factors that influence people to commit unethical behavior.

Survey Results

Survey Results

Unethical Behavior in Business

Conclusion

By: Kenneth Williams

  • Our decisions are influenced by a multitude of reasons.
  • Unique combination of situational, psychological and personal factors.
  • Consider these factors when making decisions about ethical situations. Consider our actions and the consequences before we act.

Causes of Unethical Behavior

References

  • What cause educated people to commit unethical behavior?
  • How do these factors influence unethical behavior?

Personal Factors

Situational Factors

  • What are they?
  • Beliefs, Knowledge, Morals
  • Example: Employee authorizing oil refinery without knowledge of the environmental risks. Believes it will bring big profits to the company.

Psychological Factors

  • The concept of the ethical situation itself being influential to how the individual reacts.
  • Example: A manager being told to terminate an entire division to save the company from bankruptcy.
  • Influences in an environment that affect how a person thinks or feels.
  • Example: An environment of wealth affecting the employee's perception of wealth. They want the wealth they've never had and some will do anything to achieve that wealth.
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  • Vohs, Kathleen D., Nicole L. Mead, and Miranda R. Goode. "The Psychological Consequences of Money." Science 314.5802 (2006): 1154-156. Web. 17 Nov. 2014. <http://www.sciencemag.org/content/314/5802/1154.abstract>.
  • Mahajan, C.P. (2008). Concepts & Solutions of Business Ethics. Retrieved from http://www.eblib.com
  • Jones, Ian; Pollitt, Michael (2002). Understanding How Issues in Business Ethics Develop. Retrieved from http://www.eblib.com
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