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OMM_640_Week_Three_V3.pptxOMM 640: Business Ethics and Social Responsibility
Week THREE Learning Objectives
Summarize traditional ethical theories in business terms.
Analyze individual factors that may influence ethical decision making in business.
Employ framework for making ethical decisions in business.
Examine common external stimuli that compel people to engage in unethical behavior in business.
Analyze cognitive biases that interfere with ethical decision making.
We embark on a new week and will discuss factors influencing decision making (to include Kohlberg’s model), different leadership styles that impact ethical culture, and how ethical and moral philosophies are applied in an organization.
Week THREE Introduction
Great Gatsby
When doing research for discussion questions, lectures, and feedback, I like to look at current literature or current movies. Tony McAdams, wrote an analysis of the ethical issues involved in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby.
http://scriptshadow.net/movie-review-the-great-gatsby/
Great Gatsby & Kohlberg
McAdams (1993) argued that…
the use of F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel, The Great Gatsby, as a "text' for studying business ethics. The author presents a documented analysis of the major ethics themes in the book including, for example, moral growth, Gatsby's life of illusion, the withering of the American Dream, and the parallels between the 1920s and the 1980s. Fitzgerald's fiction analysis is then tied to the '90s via current social science and philosophical evidence addressing Fitzgerald's 1920s concerns. Data examining the incidence of lying in contemporary American life, a review of Lawrence Kohlberg’s theory of moral development, and data-based studies of wealth distribution in America are among those strands of evidence. (para. Abstract)
McAdams, 1993, Abstract
McAdams, T. (1993). The Great Gatsby as a business ethics inquiry. Journal of Business Ethics, 12(8), 653. Retrieved from ProQuest database.
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Kohlberg’s 6 Stages
McAdams stated that Kohlberg’s model has six steps:
Stage 1: Obey rules to avoid punishment. Accept the dictates of those in authority.
Stage 2: Follow rules only if doing so is in one's self-interest. Cooperate with others in order to secure rewards for oneself.
Stage 3: Peer pressure. Conform to the expectations of others.
McAdams, T. (1993). The Great Gatsby as a business ethics inquiry. Journal of Business Ethics, 12(8), 653. Retrieved from ProQuest database.
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Kohlberg’s 6 Stages (CONT’D)
Stage 4: Rule orientation. Obey the law. Uphold the social order.
Stage 5: Social contract. Laws and rules are obeyed on the grounds of rational calculations to serve the greatest number.
Stage 6: Moral autonomy. Follow self-chosen universal principles. In the event of conflict, principles override rules and laws. (1993, p. 3)
McAdams, T. (1993). The Great Gatsby as a business ethics inquiry. Journal of Business Ethics, 12(8), 653. Retrieved from ProQuest database.
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Kohlberg’s 6 Stages of Moral Development
Watch the following video on Kohlberg’s Stages of Moral Development
https:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTzBrjxKHLg
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What do you think?
Should Heinz have stolen the drug?
Would it change anything if Heinz did not love his wife?
What if the person dying was a stranger, would it make any difference?
Should the police arrest the chemist for murder if the woman died?
The Ethical Trap
Schafer (2011) stated,
A rookie police officer smelled alcohol on his training officer's breath as he entered the driver's side of the squad car at the beginning of the shift. The training officer admitted he drank one glass of wine with dinner, but the rookie suspected he was under the influence. To avoid an awkward confrontation, the rookie chose not to challenge his training officer's ability to drive. (para. 1)
http://www.breathalyzer.net/bactrack-select-s80.html
The Ethical Trap
Schafer (2011) stated,
Shortly thereafter, the squad car collided with another vehicle. The driver of the other vehicle was killed. The rookie was required to write a signed sworn statement regarding the accident. He began to write his statement, but soon realized that he was caught in the ethical trap. (para. 1)
What would you have done?
http://i.ytimg.com/vi/UdMziysy2Pw/hqdefault.jpg
How should we handle ethical dilemmas in the workplace?
How should we handle ethical dilemmas in the workplace?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yWnkdyGQYA
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Three types of social-psychological traps
“Hoyk and Hersey (2008) organized these reasons and rationalizations into three types of social-psychological traps that distort perceptions of right and wrong.”
Gonzalez-Padron, 2015
1. Primary traps
Hoyk and Hersey (2008) stated,
“Primary traps are the “main traps that impel people to move in a certain direction without regard for ethical principles” and include situational factors relating to accommodation to group norms (p. 7).”
Gonzalez-Padron, 2015
2. Defensive traps
Hoyk and Hersey (2008) stated,
“Defensive traps are justifications for unethical behavior after the act. Hoyk and Hersey posit that the use of these traps to deny misconduct predisposes individuals for repeated unethical behavior.”
Gonzalez-Padron, 2015
3. Personality traps
Hoyk and Hersey (2008) stated,
“Personality traps consist of internal stimuli in the form of various personality traits that can make people more susceptible to misconduct. Table 6.1 lists psychological traps categorized within each group. Ethical traps can overpower an individual’s moral character, blinding him or her from considering the ethical considerations of a decision.”
Gonzalez-Padron, 2015
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Recommended readings
Schafer, J. (2011, April 16). The ethical trap. Psychology Today. Retrieved https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/let-their-words-do-the-talking/201104/the-ethical-trap
FSB APA Guidance
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