Role and Importance of Business Ethics
Role and Importance of Business Ethics
Role and Importance of Business Ethics
M.Phil Scholar
University of Calicut
NISHIJAUNNIKRISHNAN
Guest lecturer, Le-Ment college of Management & Arts,
Pattambi
KEY WORDS
Business ethics
Corporate governance
Unethical issues
Corporate governance ethics
INTRODUCTION
The word ethics has been derived from the Greek
work ethikos meaning custom or charater.
Business ethics is the art and science of applying
ethical principles to examine and solve moral
dilemmas.
The study of business ethics has been at the heart
of intellectual thought since the time of early
business and it is still continuing on.
OBJECTIVES
To understand the importance and need of
business ethics.
To identify the roots of unethical behavior in an
organization.
To examine the role of business ethics in
corporate governance.
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
This study is exploratory in nature. Data has been
collected from secondary source like
Text books
Websites
Literature available in different scholarly
research articles belonging to several journals
Business magazines
ETHICS BUSINESS BUSINESS
ETHICS
Importance and Need of Business
Ethics
To gain trust in the supplier, employee and
customer relationship in the business.
Predictability and efficiency of business
Profitability
Reputaion
Social responsibility
Better decision making
Roots of Unethical Behavior in an
Organization
Balancing work and family
Poor leadership
Poor internal communication
Lack of management support
Need to meet sales or profit goals
No recognition of achievements and heavy work
load
Company politics
Personal financial worries
Some Unethical Issues
Bribery
Coercion
Insider trading
Tax evasion
Conflict of interest
Pollution
Corporate Governance Ethics
Corporate governance ethics discuss the theories of
ethics and corporate governance and explain how they
can be applied in various business situations.