BMGT 496 Business Ethics
Week one Discussions
LA 1:
Scenario:
You have been recently hired in the human resources department at the company
you have always dreamed of working for. At the end of your first day, your
manager on her way out of the office, asks you:
“So…what are 3 things that come to mind
when you think of the word “ethics”, as it applies to you personally?”
She asks that you give her your ideas and
thoughts on this question in a conversation tomorrow.
How would you respond to your manager
re: this question?
LA 2:
Consider the quote by Katz and Kahn listed
in Theme 2 in the Schedule for week 1.
“It is a commonplace executive observation
that businesses exist to make money, and the observation is usually allowed to
go unchallenged. It is, however, a very limited statement about the purpose of
business”
Daniel
Katz and Robert L. Kahn in The Social Psychology of Organizations (1966)
Discuss 3 reasons why you believe
business ethics will be even more important in the next decade and beyond?
Include in your response, discussion of at
least 1 ethical theory (refer to Ethical Theories module in Content).
