企业伦理学（原书第5版）教案指导全套 哈特曼 第1-10章　伦理和商业 Ethics and Business---公司治理与会计实务中的伦理决策.pdf

Chapter05-CorporateSocialResponsibility

IMChapter1:

EthicsandBusiness

ChapterObjectives

Afterreadingthischapter,youwillbeableto:

1.Explainthreelevelsatwhichethicaldecisionsgetmadeinbusiness.

2.Explainthenatureofbusinessethicsasanacademicdiscipline.

3.Explainwhyethicsisimportantinthebusinessenvironment.

4.Explainwhyethicalresponsibilitiesgobeyondlegalcompliance.

5.Distinguishtheethicsofpersonalintegrityfromtheethicsofsocialresponsibility.

6.Distinguishethicalnormsandvaluesfromotherbusiness-relatednormsandvalues.

7.Describeethicaldecisionmakingasaformofpracticalreasoning.

OpeningDecisionPoint-WellsFargo

TheWellsFargocasecanbeusedtointroducearangeoftopicsthatwillemergethroughoutthisbook.

Thecaseinvolvesdecisionmakingatanumberoflevels,fromindividualentry-levelemployees(like

manyofourstudents),tobranchmanagers,tomid-levelmanagement,seniorexecutives,andtheboardof

directors.Agooddiscussioncanbegeneratedbyaskingstudentstoassignresponsibility,bothinterms

ofwhoisatfault(whoisaccountable?)andwhatcouldbeonetopreventitfromre-occurring(what

causedit?).

Thesediscussionscaneasilyleadintothedecision-makingmodelthatwillbeintroducedlateinthe

chapter.Whatfactswouldbehelpfultomakethesejudgmentsofresponsibility?Whatfactswould

changeyourdecision?Whoarethestakeholdersinvolved,rangingfromentry-levelemployees,to

customers,tostockholders,tocompetitors.Whatstake,exactly,dothesegroupshaveinthiscase?How

weretheyharmed?How,ifatall,weretheirinterestsrepresentedintheprocess?

Thisisalsoagoodcasewithwhichtointroducethetopicsofcorporatecultureandleadership.Howwere

thedecisionsmadebyindividualsinfluencedbythes