But ethical self promotion can backfire. As in the case of Body Shop
company that was publicly enforced to rephrase a statement that its product were
not tasted on animals (Some other companies did that in the past). This accident
made many consumers to question Body Shop ethical standards.
Another interesting issue in corporate management is social
responsibilities. Social ________________________________________________________
________________ Frank Lalli "A Question of professional ethics"
responsibilities can be defined as set of obligations an organization has to
protect and enhance the society in which it functions.(Ricky W. Griffin.
"Management"). There are a few main components of social responsibilities.
Any business has responsibilities to its customers. The paramount duty
in this respect is to provide customers with quality and safe products.
Unfortunately, not all businesses follow this rule. The example of such
deception is tobacco industry, which delibelatry manipulated with the level of
nicotine in cigarettes. Despite of declaration of managers, scrutinize research
made it clear that industry tried to maintain the addictive level of nicotine.
The purpose of it was far from humanistic - addicted smokers kept buying
cigarettes, making the industry prosperous and profitable. There has been a
number of other different customers' abuses such as sale of fruits with
overdosed chemicals, breast implants for women and etc.
Though, the responsibilities to its customers is crucial point of
management, the way managers treat employees is another parameter of evaluation
of companies ethical well- being. Unfortunately, the most concern of managers
is theirs own job rather than theirs employees.
Another problem is equal employment opportunities for everyone. Although
a lot was done to destroy the system that kept women and minorities away from
the top management positions, many corporations still rely on white men's
stereotypes and prejudice. Women are considered just as accessories for men and
are not treated equally.
In fact, firms attitude toward employees often determines the way
employees feel about company. As a rule, corporate code of ethics contains the
pattern of behavior, an employer expect from employee.
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