Business Ethicsmisbahuddin azzuhri

Ethical Decision MakingBusiness Ethics

BACKGROUND• Ethics brings structure &

order to the decision-making process about our responsibilities for patient care and institutional management”

Larry McCullough

ETHICS & MORALITY

• Ethics

– The study of a system of

decision-making based on moral

Principals

• Morality

– Traditions of belief about

right/wrong human conduct.

ETHICAL EFFECTIVE WAY• Ethics should lead the

Law.

• Main discipline of Ethics is to follow the arguments where they lead us.

Key Influences on Ethical Behavior• society• corporate culture• peers & coworkers• strength of the individual’s personal

values• opportunity• exposure to others that behave

(un)ethically– informal relationships– formal relationships

Ethical Decision Making in the Organization• success in organizations is determined

through the achievement of organizational goals

• internal organizational pressure stemming from role-set relationships & differential association is a major predictor of unethical behavior

• top management & superiors play crucial roles in developing the environment that influences ethical behavior