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Ethics
Welcome
Understanding Ethics and
Morality
Meaning of “Ethics”
“Rational, optimal and appropriate
decision, behavior and response on
the basis of commonly desired
values, preferences and
expectations with effect of
rightness”
What is “Ethics”
• Normative Ethics:
Ethics Value for service, development, quality
outputs, productivity, competitiveness.
• Descriptive Ethics:
Ethics Value-free approach to ethics like
“ethical codes”, common pattern of behaviour irrespective of
real life situations. Prescriptive rather than normative ethics.
• Applied ethics: How moral outcomes can be achieved in
specific situations
Scope of “Ethics”
Basic Principles of Ethics
• Utility principle
• Rights principle
• Fairness principle: Impartiality and neutrality
• Social justice principle: Equity
• Professional competency principle
• Efficiency principle
• Accountability principle
Types of Ethics
• Ethics of Responsibility
– Outcome or consequence oriented ethics.
– Not dependent on high-minded principles.
Different Schools of Thought
School Interpretation
• Conflict of interest
• Business rationality vs service
rationality
• Equality and equity considerations
• Process compliance vs compliance to
results
• Professional and positional ethics
Factors Affecting Managerial
Ethics in a Profession
• The Professional as a Person • The Employing Organization
– Personal capability – Policies and strategies
– Family influences – Codes of conduct
– Religious values – Behaviour of leaders
– Behaviour of peers and subordinates
– Personal standards and needs