Business Ehics

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Business Ethics

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Business Ethics

Chapter 3 : Common Ethical Problems

In discussing ethical problems within business organizations , it is necessary that the relationship between workers and employer is elaborated upon . There is some sort of contractual relationship that exists among them . This is due to the fact that both parties have there respective expectations , rights , and consideration to the other . This could be exemplified by the expectation of the employer for his or her

br workers to perform the job that he or she is paid to do . On the other hand , workers expect not only salary for their labor but also for them to be treated decently . As such , an employer-employee contract involves this kind of complicated set of expectations . Some of the typical ethical problems that are commonly experience in this employee-employer relationship include : human resources issues , conflict of interest customer confidence issues , and the use of corporate resources

Human Resources Issues entails problems that take place when people work together . The kind of ethical dilemmas that usually took place under this broad category are discrimination , sexual or other types of harassment , performance evaluation , hiring , firing , or concerns that are related to how people get along with each other . The most important factor that must be considered in this kind of cases is fairness , which most corporations established into their system . Talking about fairness involves taking into consideration factors such as : equity , reciprocity and impartiality . These...