Manual for Azerbaijan companies Rena Safaralieva
SELF-ASSESSMENT QUESTIONS TO
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- Bu səhifədəki naviqasiya:
- Why shall businesses strive to follow ethical norms
- Major moral values of civilized market
- The myth of amorality of business
- Ethical dilemmas and how to resolve them
- CASE STUDIES FOR CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION INTO BUSINESS ETHICS
SELF-ASSESSMENT QUESTIONS TO CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION INTO BUSINESS ETHICS
The notion of ethics and morality ♦
Please name types of ethics as a branch of study. ♦
Please define morality and give examples of moral rules. ♦
What is the difference between universal and specific moral norms? Regulation of behavior ♦
Please explain the difference between the following types of human consciousness, responsible for the regulation of behavior: •
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philosophy (relative and absolute ethics); •
law; •
verbal moral rules; •
codes of conduct/ethics. ♦
What is the difference between codes of ethics and Soviet administrative regulations? Why shall businesses strive to follow ethical norms? ♦
What is the difference between the short term and long term benefit from an ethical point of view? ♦
How does the observance of ethical principles impact: •
company’s reputation; •
system of governance; •
opinion of potential investors; •
change of governmental regulation; •
human resources; •
profit; •
social environment. Major moral values of civilized market ♦
Please provide examples from your business practice, illustrating that your company follows (or violates) the following moral principles: •
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balance of profit and social justice; •
freedom within the law and equal opportunities for all market players; •
respect of freedom of other people and tolerance to their errors. ♦
What other principles would you add to the list? The myth of amorality of business ♦
Do you share a view of amorality of business in general? ♦
How would you qualify the business environment in Azerbaijan today from moral point of view? ♦
Do you believe that foreign oil companies working in Azerbaijan today will be transparent about their profits and payments to our government? ♦
Morality and mentality ♦
Why is Italy, with its reputation of a corrupt country, one of the Big Seven (G-7) and other corrupt countries are among the poorest in the world? ♦
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What shall businesses do if imperfect laws do not always allow them to follow ethical principles? Islamic ethics in economic relations ♦
Shall businesses in Azerbaijan apply principles of Islamic ethics? ♦
What does Islam say about: •
corruption; •
employer-employee relations; •
money lending and banking; •
corporate social responsibility. Ethical dilemmas and how to resolve them? ♦
What is an ethical dilemma? ♦
What are the three main constituents of an act and which of these are more important for you? ♦
Please name most the popular arguments pro (for) and contra (against) related to making ethical decisions.
1. Late at night a passer-by sees a child at a window of a burning house. There is no one else in the dark street.
a) Must he or she try to save the child? b)
neighbor, policeman off-duty and fireman on duty? Please range all characters in ascending order in terms of their moral obligations.
2. An accident took place at a dairy plant during a night shift - an employee found a torn pack of washing powder in a milk tank after 1,000 packs of milk have already been packed. The employee notified the senior night shift man, but he recommended her to keep quiet about the accident. Next day the employee insisted on the accident being reported, but the boss neglected her warning again. The employee recalled that her neighbor plays tennis with the shop superintendent and asked him to relay the situation. Next day in accordance with instructions from the shop superintendent, the consignment of milk was destroyed and both people were fired – the senior night shift man for negligence and the employee - for using unofficial channels to file a grievance and for bringing a compliant against her boss over his head.
a) Was the shop superintendent right? b)
c)
Was there another way out of this situation? 3. My company manufactures food products, which I successfully sell in the local market through a network of shops. Last week a representative of a high ranking Government official came to see me to tell me that I have to sell at least 50% to another local company at a very low profit margin and this intermediary company will then sell my product. Do I:
a) Do what I am told, even though my profits will be severely reduced? b)
c)
Turn for help to business association? d)
Ignore the request and continue to do business as usual? e)
Sell the business and leave the country, because it is impossible to work here? f)
Go to the police? g)
Do anything else? 4. I’m the in-house council for a company, engaged in information technology processing. As a lawyer of the company I have access to the company’s confidential information. I have never abused my position to disclose any sort of such information. Due to the sale decrease at IT market, the company’s Board of Directors has recently made a decision to reduce numbers of its IT specialists. While preparing notices on employment termination, which will be sent within two months to the employees, subject to redundancy, I’ve come across the name of my cousin, who works as an IT specialist in the company. Shall I:
a)
Warn my cousin on his redundancy before manager has sent the termination notices, so that my cousin could have enough time to look for another job? Yüklə 0,5 Mb. Dostları ilə paylaş:
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