国际商务的环境Chapter 9 The Ethical Environment of International business.pptVIP

Chapter 9 Ethical Environment of International Business Learning Objectives gain an overview of the ethical environment in international business understand the two basic perspectives of ethics in international business know how corporation respond to the pressure of social responsibility by establishing codes of conduct learn to make ethical decisions in your future business career Text: Business Ethics and Corporate Codes (1) Ethics in international business Managerial ethics in the international environment focuses on moral judgments about the “rightness” and “wrongness” of actions. Two perspectives to examine business ethics Teleological perspective--- utilitarianism Deontological perspective--- moral imperatives Text: Business Ethics and Corporate Codes (2) Concerns of teleological and deontological ethical systems Text: Business Ethics and Corporate Codes (3) Agreement and disagreement of teleological and deontological systems Text: Business Ethics and Corporate Codes (4) Corporate codes of ethics The globalization has made a great impact on companies and the role of companies in the globalization process also impacts on society. Companies behave responsibly to avoid legal sanctions consumer boycotts and to improve employee morale sales Text: Business Ethics and Corporate Codes (5) A major component of a company’s strategy for ethical and socially responsible behavior is a code of conduct. external code of conduct internal code of conduct Examples: Gap Syngenta GSK KPMG Nike Key terms shareholder 股东 utilitarianism 功利主义 dividend 红利，股息 market share 市场份额 code of conduct 行为准则 induction training 新进人员培训 NGO 非政府组织 externalities 外部经济效果 Summary of key points (1) Ethics in international business is mainly concerning the rightness and wrongness of individual managerial behavior. Both teleological and deontological systems of ethical behavior consider actions and consequences in determining the rightness or wrongness of behavior. Deontologica