AU Business Evolution of Business Ethics in America Essay

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  1. Based on your readings, describe what you consider to be the responsibility of top leadership in a large organization with respect to reaching a balance between profits and stakeholder concerns. Please support your position by giving some examples from the text or from other sources where CEOs did a good or poor job of finding this balance.
  2. Terris discusses the history of business ethics in America since the late 1800s with respect to anti-competitive practices, seeking unfair advantage through immoral arrangements with suppliers and public officials, failing to adhere to laws and regulations, and lack of transparency. Discuss to what extent you believe things to be better or worse in the present day for businesses in general.
  3. On page 41, Terris discusses the ideas of Howard Bowen regarding the evolution of social responsibility of businesses. To what extent do you think his predictions held true since 1953?

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Evolution of Business Ethics in America
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Evolution of Business Ethics in America
Leadership
Leadership is an integral issue in management programs of an organization. According to
Day (2014) different departments in an organization play various roles to the attainment of the
firm’s mission and mission. Similarly, the aspect of leadership will also call for particular
implementation styles in the various departments with an aim of attaining particular goals in
society (Barling, 2014). The stakeholders in a company pay significant attention to the roles that
are being played by the top leadership. They are considered to be the drivers of the firm’s vision
and also improving the work ethics of all employees in the company. This paper will focus on
the role of top leadership in a firm, discuss the history of business ethics in the United States, and
look into the ideas of Howard Bowen on the evolution of social responsibility of business.
Responsibility of top leadership
CEOs in a company have a major influence in the provision of complex solutions
when the firm is experiencing certain hardships in the market. The primary aim is to have
a major change in the firm’s operations and the attainment of a shift on the activities that
are being executed by the firm in the market. According to my readings, the top
leadership in the firm is held with the mandate of guiding the workers towards the
attainment of particular goals in bus...


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