1st Edition

Three Dimensional Ethics Implementing Workplace Values

By Attracta Lagan, Brian Moran Copyright 2006

    Ethics is not just about morality; it is a complex dimension of personal and corporate life that can lead to higher performance by both business and society. Customers, employees and business partners seek predictable corporate behaviour that is aligned with stated personal, workplace and democratic values. Ethics training can help to achieve this.

    This business ethics primer is a valuable tool for raising ethical awareness in your organisation. Reflecting on employees' personal values and world views, it then examines their impact on the development and application of your organisation's mission, vision and values and finally, your organisation's impact on the societies and environment in which it operates.

    Three Dimensional Ethics: Implementing Workplace Values concludes with a unique chapter on ethics and doing business in China, illuminating roles in corporate stakeholder responsibility that align with principles in the Confucian Analects.

    Lagan and Moran provide a practical perspective on business ethics training that is lively, relevant and useful with insights into managing corporate values such as:

    Ethical frameworks

    Ladder of escalation options

    Ethical dilemmas

    Ethical decision making models

    Ethics audits

    Codes of ethics and Codes of conduct

    Vision and values models

    Stakeholder commitment steps

    Governance checklists

    Addressing values gaps

    Knowing your values

    The four virtues

    Stages of moral development

    Reflection and action

    Training tools include Australian and global case studies, definitions, tips, snapshots of ethical approaches, models, quotes, checklists, discussion panels, workshops, scenarios and exercises.

    Introduction; Chapter 1 Who decides what is ethical?; Chapter 2 Changing societal values; Chapter 3 Governance corporate social responsibility and employee accountability; Chapter 4 Context, challenge and choice; Chapter 5 Understanding ethical perspectives; Chapter 6 Becoming comfortable with the ethical dimension; Chapter 7 Virtue ethics and the rise of the meaning economy; Chapter 8 Ethics and doing business in China;

    Biography

    Authored by Lagan, Attracta; Moran, Brian