Business And Personal Ethics: Ethics And Business Ethics

How does management ensure it has implemented best practices when it comes to organizational integrity and social responsibility for the company? That is the question that this middle management leader will help address. Through just completing an ethics course through a local university, this leader was able to gain valuable knowledge to share with the entire management team. In today’s business world, more and more organizations are reviewing their internal practices to ensure ethically sound and supported by the appropriate policies and procedures. The purpose of the presentation is to evaluate another organization that has experienced issues dealing with these two areas. Based on a detailed review of the situation, management can determine based on insights from this case, if any

Just looking at that first point in their plan, the question can be asked if Intel acted in an ethical manner. To evaluation this question, it is important to define the term ethics. This concept has been studied by philosophers for many years. It is a notion that is highly deliberated and is built on behaviors that are considered correct or acceptable by others. A simple statement to define ethics is “above all do no harm” (Jennings, 2012, p. 29).

It has also been debated if ethics is different for a person in their personal versus their professional conduct. One individual by the name of Dr. Peter Drucker has the viewpoint that business and personal ethics are one and the same. This is founded on the principles that an individual’s values drive their actions and not a separate code of business ethics (Jennings, 2012, p. 48). It only takes the actions of one or a few leaders to potentially damage the image of an organization. As illustrated in the Intel situation, leadership needs to understand ethical integrity and the importance of this