Project Merlion

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Work Ready Project Ethics in Management Gen
eric learning activity designed by Skye Nettleton
based on the work of Bartol et al (2006)
Management Foundations A Pacific Rim Focus,
McGraw Hill Australia
Source Chris Bennett
Source Clipart
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Ethical Guidelines for Managers

• Obey the law
• Tell the truth
• Show respect for people
• Stick to the Golden Rule
• Above all, do no harm
• Participation, not paternalism
• Responsibility requires action

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Ethical Career Issues

• Assessing values and protecting yourself
• Seek advice and support from trusted sources.
• Take action to change what you see as not being
  ethical.
• Take actions to protect yourself.
• Anticipating ethical conflicts
• Pre-employment checks Is this an ethical
  company?
• Is the industry marked by patterns of unethical
  behaviour?
• Avoid ethical compromises.

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Managing an Ethical Organisation
Situational factors influencing ethical
behaviour External factors Competitiveness
high/low opportunities for success dependency on
other organisations Internal factors Push for
high performance labour unrest delegation
quests for innovation
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Mechanisms for Ethical Management

• Increasing awareness of diversity
• Top management commitment
• Codes of ethics
• Ethics committees
• Ethics audits
• Ethics hotlines
• Ethics training