Ethics

Ethics "For many organisations 'ethics' is something to be defined and managed by senior executives. " Consider the arguments for and against this control-oriented position. In today's world it is all too prevalent to see more and more people hungry to gain success at an ever-increasing rate. Modern culture can and indeed is labelled 'greedy' and 'thoughtless'. Through my relatively short time spent in business, I have encountered many of these types of people. But who are they hungry for' Who benefits from their thoughtlessness, and why do they do what they do' More importantly, who is to blame when things don't go according to plan' These are all questions asked constantly in the business domain, questions that often seem to include the word 'ethics' in their answer. Whether we look to consequentialism and always consider the outcome of a particular action, or conform to a more deontological form of ethical thinking and focus on always acting in a manner that seems 'right', I believe that a person cannot always be 'ethical', all of the time. If it were that easy, ethics would be a very small area of study. So what does the word 'ethical' mean' To me, it is organisation, moral, organisations, should, people, judgement, ethical, actions, therefore, responsible, individual, ethics, responsibility, own, approach, individuals, control, acting, act, view, think, morally, left, control-oriented, two, through, simply, particular, one, must, every, each, corporate, cannot, business, take