Conclusion

More and more, business ethics is concentrating on four general themes or issues. In this section, you will use the video, "Gilbane Gold," to reflect on these different themes. Consider this your first incursion into business ethics. Most important, remember that ethics forms a central part of everyday business practice and is essential to good business.

Ethical Leadership: In terms of the values mentioned in the SOV, discuss and rate the following characters in terms of the leadership skills and qualities they exhibit:

Social Responsibility:

David reminds Diane that corporations like Z-Corp are responsible for the health and safety impacts of their operations. Diane disagrees placing more emphasis on following the law and serving the community by creating economic opportunity and jobs. Who sets for the better argument? Using these positions as a springboard, set forth your own conception of corporate social responsibility.

Corporate Governance:

Toward the end of the video, David goes to local reporter, Maria Renato, and provides her with inside information on his and Tom Richards's environmental and safety concerns. Was this a necessary action? Did David have other options which would have allowed him to work within Z-Corp for an effective response to his concerns? How do engineers advocate within for-profit corporations for including ethical values into corporate decisions? What do real world corporations do to recognize and respond to dissenting professional opinions held by their employees?

Values in Gilbane Gold Handout

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This handout for students provides exercises based on Gilbane Gold that introduces the three AACSB business ethics themes: ethical leadership, ethical decision making, and social responsibility.

Virtues for ADMI 3405

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Clicking on this file are the virtues worked out in the previous module. Use these to carry out the values based decision making exercise in Gilbane Gold.

Presentation on Values Based Decision Making

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Working from an analogy between design and ethics problem-solving, this presentation provides values and tests for interdisciplinary problem-solving in business, engineering, and science.

Ethics Assessment Activity: Pre and Post Test

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This is a short pre and post test to examine short term impact of the module.

Solution Brainstorm for Gilbane Gold

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