TOOL OF ETHICS

Name :-Priya
Class:-MBA(2sem)
Rollno:-20-MBA-023
Subject :-business communication
What is ethics ?

• The term ethics comes from the Greek word

ethos which means "character ".
• Ethics, also known as moral philosophy is a
branch of philosophy that involves
systematizing,defending and recommending
concepts of right and wrong conduct
• In philosophy, ethics studies the moral
behavior in humans and how one should act.
 Define ethics......
• Ethics means rational, optimal and
Appropriate decision brought on the basis
of common sense.
• Paul and Elder define ethics as a set of
concepts and principles that guide us in
determining what behavior helps or harm
sentient creatures.
What is business ethics..?
• Business ethics is a form of applied ethics
or professional ethics.
• So the applied ethics or professional
ethics is a discipline of philosophy that
attempts to apply ethical theory to real
life situations
Definition of business ethics
• According to andrew crane, Business
ethics is the study of business situation,
activities and decisions where issues of
right and wrong are addressed.
• According to Raymond C. Baumhart, "the
ethics of business is the ethics of
responsibility. The business man must
promise that he will not harm
knowingly. "
The tool of business ethics

• Values

• Right and duties

• Moral rules

• Human relationships
Values
• Values are relatively permanent desire that
seems to be good in themselves ,like
goodwill.
• When you value something it means you
want it or want it to happen.
• Values are answer tothe why question for
the example why you need management
book ? To prepare presentation. Why you
prepare presentation ? To secure good
marks and so on....
Rights and duties
• Rights is a claim that entitle person to take a
particular action.
• Rights are correlated with duties.
• Whenever someone has rights someone else
has duty to respect it.
• A duty is obligation to take a specific steps for
example To pay taxes..
Moral rules
• Moral rules are the rules for behavior
that often becomes internalized has a
moral values.
• Moral rules guides us through situation
where competing interests collide
Human relationships
• Every human being is connected to
others in a web relationship .
• There relationship exist because we need
one another for mutual support and to
achieve our goals.
• From a small children relationship with
parents,manager relationship with the
employees, relatioship are common
aspect of moral life.
• We constantly decide how to maintain
and nurture them.
• These decisions reflect our values and
our concern for ethics. So, when we say
that management is about relationships,
we are claiming that it has a large ethical
component.
Thanks