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Introduction

Richard Mervyn Hare (1919-2002), an English moral philosopher evaluate the

concept of ethics critically and developed his work on freedom and morals. In his theory of

universalizability and prescriptivity. Hare based his definition of ethics based on the

consequentialist perspective. In his argument, morals are the values that define the human

divinity. Human divinity is the reason for ethics and rationality. While humanity is universal

for mankind, there is relativism in morals due to human experiences and thus the challenges

of living the world in the freedom of practice. In the textual philosophy of “freedom and

morals” ethics is illuminated on as the power of rationality, and the natural rule of human

behavior. Business ethics is thus the application of human divinity and the natural rule of

humanity in the course of business execution. It is simply setting strategic goals, allocating

resources, executing the business strategic activities, evaluating the achievement or progress

of the activities and reporting the business performance in a moral, dignified and generally

acceptable standards. For the case of self-reflection, there needs to be important insight from

the Albert Bandura's Social Cognitive Theory on self-reaction, self-evaluation, self-

observation, and self-awareness. The goal of this paper is to reflect on business ethics and

personal behavior, I integrated this knowledge to critique my perception and infer correctly

on business ethics. The paper uses an integrated model of deliberative, Critical and the

Personality approaches in making the reflection on business ethics to infer from the academic

critiques and past critics and relate them to my personal achievement.

Ethical Principles

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Weiss, (2014) presents the perception that business are not only corporate entities but

also social units that are informally mandated with social responsibility and ethical

responsibilities. By virtue of existing in a particular social setting, a business ought to assume

the position of divine humanity to operate on rightful, fact-based decision, and be involved in

morally upright activities. Prior to this study, I had the understanding that: Ethics aims at

regulating and checking the course of a business operation to audit the route and ensure that

the route determines the end result on the contrast of using the end result to justify the course

(Weiss, 2014). I also knew that basic ethical principles include the integrity of sourcing,

business activities and reporting, the beneficence, no maleficence, justice, the autonomy and

informed consent, the principle of competence, professionalism, social responsibility and

respect for others. However, I have incurred that the list of business ethics principles is

endless as it depends on the ethical situation at hand.

However, Weiss, (2014) holds that the integrity of data, reporting and the course of

activities is the most critical ethical principle. More to this principle the several ethical issues

that the trending business environment is faced with includes funds embezzlements, tendering

misappropriation, product and price fluctuation, tax duty evasion, overvaluation or

undervaluation, unreliable or manipulated reporting and poor human resource management

practices. I obtain a learning from the text Business Ethics: A Stakeholder and Issues

Management Approach, that crimes against copyrights are not the commonly known type of

piracy. Several are the times that I have used the internet illegally without the knowledge.

Although ignorance is a no-defense, am an insight into the implication of uploading and

downloading an item from the internet.

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From my academic reference, it is clear that even plagiarism is the use of someone

else academic work without his consent and taking the credit for the work. However, from

Weiss, (2014), I incur that even downloading the academic work for consent without the

proper protocol or consent of the owner is part of plagiarism. In the same course, I have

obtained the meaning of business ethics as the tools used to protect the society and the

consumers at large from economic exploitation by a business person. The rationale for the

use of business ethics is to enhance iconic business, protect indigenous resources against

exploitation, and protect business minors from monopolistic powers, and the protection of all

the stakeholders of a firm against exploitation by the firm management.

Organizational Issues

I have often failed to understand the nature of the particular secular advertisement.

Hartman, DesJardins, & MacDonald, (2014) have changed my understanding of the ethical

standards of advertisement and the protocol followed in the filling of occupations. In

relevance to Weiss, (2014), I also obtain a new understanding of the trending organizational

issue. The most critical ethical issue in firm’s management is the cybercrime and data

management due to the internet evolution. Another ethical issue is the exploitation of labor

and human resource management ethics. I have not experienced a case of exploitation in my

a few attachment positions but am now psychologically prepared for the future to face such a

case with rational, and ethical judgment. In some cases, firms are faced with ethical

dilemmas where a decision from both available choices has a negating result. My capabilities

to solve ethical dilemma situation is now enlightened to take the side with the minimal effects

on humanity when challenged with an ethical dilemma in future (Hartman, DesJardins, &

MacDonald, 2014).

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Personal and Organizational Learning

From the issues above and as outlined in the Weiss, (2014), I have on my past

mistaken perception. I thought that the legalities of its economic jurisdiction come before

ethics since ethics is an open freedom concept. In fact, ethics and social responsibility should

come before legalities. Any intended business activity has to be accepted by the society fist

before the authority (Hartman, DesJardins, & MacDonald, 2014). This is not a formal

requirement but it implicates the success or failure of the firm. Ethics demands on a business

to respect the presences of others and fulfill the needs of the society while creating a fair and

justifiable course of giving back to the society. All stakeholders of a firm should be treated

with respect and integrity. As a customer, a young investor and employee of a particular firm,

I am now enlightened about my right to complete information consent and quality. Ethics

protect me for the price, quantity, quality, health, and accessibility on fair criteria and at a fair

cost, price discrimination, market poor unethical segmentation and structured economic

favors are issues that I have also learned (Hartman, DesJardins, & MacDonald, 2014).

The most insightful and interesting part of this course has been the areas of ethical

dilemma, cybercrime, and copyright ethics. In particular copyright, ethics has made me

knowledgeable on the acceptable use of the internet. More to the use of the internet, the topic

has created the curiosity of media in me and inspired me to research much on the use of

Media in general. The inquiries that I aim at pursuing in future is the legality of the

professional disc jockeys (DJs) and the ethics behind the course. I don’t stand to criticize the

career, but rather to incur about the limit of their professional career. I also have ambitions to

learn ethics in medical sciences and research. I also have engaged my mind through the topic

of social responsibility. My curiosity from the lessons of ethics and legality extends to the

relationship between social responsibility and ethics. I understand the slight difference

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between ethics and social responsibility in that ethics is the moral philosophy that makes

people rational and divine thus influencing people and businesses to be socially responsible.

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References

Weiss, J. W. (2014). Business Ethics: A Stakeholder and Issues Management Approach. San

Francisco: Berrett-Koehler Publishers.

Hartman, L. P., DesJardins, J. R., & MacDonald, C. (2014). Business ethics: Decision making

for personal integrity and social responsibility. New York: McGraw-Hill.

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