Ethical Behavior in the Business World

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This paper begins by discussing some of Howard Gardner's ideas about raising business standards by promoting a culture of ethics in organizations. The author cites G. Marino on the problems of teaching ethics and Charles Kerns' ten "musts" to integrating ethics into a business environment, and then sets forth seven points to be considered in formulating a strategy to ensure that an organization acts ethically. The author concludes that implementing an ethics program into an organization is a major challenge and needs to be developed in close conjunction with senior management in order to incorporate their value structure.

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"To Gardner, a values system cannot only be established at an organizational level. It has to be at the personal, scholastic, organizational, and societal levels. This system needs to train individuals to use restraint, lead and shape secondary education curricula, promote or denounce institutional results, and contribute to the culture. Gardner is fearful that business may never get this message, because of their bottom-line mindset (Fisher, 2007)."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Fisher, L. (2007) Howard Gardner does good work. Strategy and Business.47: 83-95
• Gardner, H. (2007). Five Minds for the Future. Boston: Harvard Press
• Kerns, C. (2004) Value-centered ethics: a proactive system to shape ethical behavior. Amherst, MA: HRD Press
• Marino, G. (February 20, 2004) Before teaching ethics, stop kidding yourself. 24 February, 2008 http://chronicle.com/free/v50/i24/24b00501.htm
• Young, L. (2006). Education Update Online. 24, February 2008. http://www.educationupdate.com/archives/2006/May/html/spot-harvards.html

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