Summary: Ethics In Business | 9789023243519 | Ronald Jeurissen, et al

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• 1 Business Ethcis and Corporate Responsibility

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• Four influences that have sparked a renewed debate about CSR?

  Shift in role private sector
  Globalisation
  Technological development
  Shift in moral authority
  

• Why would a company consider CSR

  Strategically
  PR
  Marketing(USP)
  HR
  

• 2 Moral responsibility in organizations

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• What makes a person responsible?

  Duty, Knowlegde, Volition, Ability
  

• What are excusing circumstances

  1.Uncertainty about standards or consequences
  2.Difficulty of requisite action
  3.Degree of involvement
  4.Seriousness of the consequences
  

• Factors influencing moral responsibilty are.....?

  1.Many hands
  2.Dedication
  3.Groupthink
  4.Organizational structure
  5.Unconsiderd jugdement
  6.Depersonalisation
  
  

• What are Chinese Walls (Structure)

  Communication is limited to the department, and isn't shared with the rest of the company or departments
  

• What are the most moral criteria for whistleblowing

  • Serious damage
  • Clear indication
  • Proportionality
  • Last resort
  • Purity of motive
    

• How can a organization manage responsibility

  1.A clear organisational structure
  2.Culture of mutual responsibility
  3.Increasing individual competences
  

  
  

• 4 Values and moral norms in organisations

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• What is a value ?

  Permanent convictions of what is worth striving for in our actions
  

• What is a virtue ?

  A virtue is a permanent moral attitude