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Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility

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ETHICS AND CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY 2

Ethics involves the study of moral obligation. Ethics helps set a high-quality standard

when dealing with employees and managing production. This essay provides insights into social

responsibility and ethics. Specifically, it describes the sources of unethical decisions and

behaviour, describes the commonly found ethical violations and temptations, the meaning of

corporate social responsibility, and a whistleblower.

Unethical Decisions and Behavior Sources

Unethical decisions and behavior arise because of individual characteristics, moral issues

facing an individual and organizational environment.

Under individual characteristics, self-interest is a critical factor that influences ethics. It

always manifests as greed and the need to gain a maximum advantage at the expense of others.

Individuals with desire will manipulate others for their gains and can blame others for their own

mistakes. For example, an unethical behavior arising from such is when a person claims that

another colleague was responsible for losses because of negligence that they committed and not

the other person. Another individual characteristic that leads to unethical behavior is unconscious

biases that result in unjust actions towards others. Such unconscious biases are always different

from our consciously held beliefs (Dubrin et al., 2017). Thus, faulty judgments create ethical

issues that interfere when recruiting or retaining valuable staff members. For example, when a

manager stereotypes that women cannot do mechanical jobs, there is a high probability of being

unjustly excluded from the position. And if the female candidate is equally or better suited and

qualified than a male candidate, then the recruiting individual is behaving unethically.

Rationalization is also another source of unethical behavior. It is a mental strategy that

enables individuals to justify their corrupt deeds. An individual can dismiss the magnitude of an

ethical act by observing if others in similar positions are doing the same (Dubrin et al., 2017).

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Running Head: ETHICS AND CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility Students Name Institutional Affiliation Course 1 ETHICS AND CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY 2 Ethics involves the study of moral obligation. Ethics helps set a high-quality standard when dealing with employees and managing production. This essay provides insights into social responsibility and ethics. Specifically, it describes the sources of unethical decisions and behaviour, describes the commonly found ethical violations and temptations, the meaning of corporate social responsibility, and a whistleblower. Unethical Decisions and Behavior Sources Unethical decisions and behavior arise because of individual characteristics, moral issues facing an individual and organizational environment. Under individual characteristics, self-interest is a critical factor that influences ethics. It always manifests as greed and the need to gain a maximum advantage at the expense of others. Individuals with desire will manipulate others for their gains and can blame others for their own mistakes. For example, an unethical behavior arising from such is when a person claims that another colleague was responsible for losses because of negligence that they committed and not the other person. Another individual characteristic that leads to unethical behavior is unconscious biases that result in unjust actions towards others. Such unconscious biases are always different from our consciously he ...
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