Being Ethical in an Unethical Society

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Being Ethical in an Unethical

Society

A PRESENTATION BY

ABBAS HUSAINSenior Associate

Training Solutions



� If you were to present a

gift to a friend, what itemwould you rather choose to

give?





To understand public sentiment towards business ethics

1. Has business ethics reallydeteriorated?

2. Are the media reporting ethicalproblems more frequently andvigorously?

3. Are practices that once were sociallyacceptable no longer sociallyacceptable?

ASK THREE QUESTIONS



� ³We will not survive the 21st

century with the ethics of the 20th «´



Business Ethics: What Does It Really Mean?

Ethical Problem

Ethical

Problem

Society¶s

Expectations

of Business

Ethics

Actual Business

Ethics

1950s Early 2000sTime

Business Ethics:Today vs. Earlier Period



Business Ethics:

What Does It Really Mean?

Definitions

� Ethics involves a discipline that

examines good or bad practices withinthe context of a moral duty

� Moral conduct is behavior that is right or wrong

� Business ethics include practices and behaviors that are good or bad



Developing Moral Judgment

� Religious values

� Philosophical values� Cultural values

� Legal values� Professional values

External Sources of a Manager¶s Values



Developing Moral Judgment

� Respect for the authority

structure

� Loyalty

� Conformity

� Performance� Results

Internal Sources of a Manager¶s Values



Sources of Ethical Norms

Fellow Workers

Family

Friends

The Law

Regions of

Country

Profession

Employer

Society atLarge

ReligiousBeliefs

The Individual

Conscience



Ethics and the Law

� Law often represents an ethical minimum

� Ethics often represents a standard that

exceeds the legal minimum

Ethics Law

Frequent Overlap





Twelve Questions

5. What is your intention in making thisdecision?

6. How does this intention compare with

the probable results?7. Whom could your decision or action

injure?

8. Can you discuss the problem with theaffected parties before you make your decision?



Twelve Questions9. Are you confident that your position

will be as valid over a long period of time as it seems now?

10. Can you d isclose without qualms your

decision or action to your boss, your CEO, the board of directors, your family, society as a whole?

11. What is the symbolic potential of your

action if understood? If misunderstood?12. Under what conditions would you

allow exceptions to your stand?



Overview

1. Defined

2. Other si d e

3. First place4. Loyalty

5. Intention

6. Results

7. Injure

8. Affected parties

9. Position10. Disclose without qualms

11. Symbolic potential

12. Exceptions



VIRTUES AND VICES

� The true meaning of virtueand vice has become

increasingly confused inmodern times.

� No proper demarcation has

been made between the two

categories.



� Progress

� Honor

� Love for one¶s nation

� Statesmanship

� Keeping up with the march of time

In the modern world, following are

VIRTUES



And following are

VICES� Lack of initiative

� Idleness

� Dogmatism and Fanaticism

� Debasing

� Meanness and pettiness of mind� Whimsicality

� Misanthropy



But if you look carefully, the

virtues are actually vices andvices are actually virtues



� Progress

� Honor

� Love for one¶s nation

� Statesmanship� Keeping up with the

march of time

� Greed for money and

social position

� Pride

� Spirit of tribalism whichblinds one to the

distinction between right

and wrong

� Deceit and cunning� Hypocrisy

Nowadays

VirtuesEssential

Nature



� Lack of initiative

� Idleness

� Dogmatism andFanaticism

� Debasing

� Contentment

� Acceptance of andResignation to the willof God

� Regard for religionand Firmness of Faith

� Indifference to one¶sphysical appearance

Nowadays

VicesEssential

Nature



� Meanness andpettiness of mind

� Whimsicality

� Misanthropy

� Courtesy

� Fear of God andPiety

� Keeping oneself from unnecessarilymixing with people

Nowadays

Vices

Essential

Nature



THANK YOU



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ABBAS HUSAINDIRECTOR

TEACHERS¶ DEVELOPMENT CENTRE

129-G Block 2 PECHS Karachi 75400

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E-mail: [email protected]. pk

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Tel: 021-4310217/4392949

ABBAS HUSAINDIRECTOR

TEACHERS¶ DEVELOPMENT CENTRE

129-G Block 2 PECHS Karachi 75400

www.tdc.edu. pk

E-mail: [email protected]. pk

[email protected]. pk

Tel: 021-4310217/4392949

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