BA 300 SDSU Questions And Answers
Steps to sound decision making (5-8) 5. identify your obligations
6. Consider your character and your identity
7. Think creatively about potential actions
8. check your gut
Ethics in organizational culture (1-3) 1. Who shapes your ethical decisions: how will
others in org. follow depending on culture or org.
2. Pygmalion Effect: quality of ethical response come from expectations of boss/supervisor
3. Rewards/Punishments: if ethical behavior is rewarded people are more likely to do ethical
actions
Ethics in organizational culture (4-6) 4. Goals: ethics should be a part of the orgs. goals
5. Diffusion of Responsibility: putting space between you and responsibility
6. Roles and Individuation: people need defined roles. Individuation: you were just following the
role you were given (Harvard Jail/Inmate study, people play the role they're given
4 Types of Diffusion of Responsibility 1. Responsibility is taken away (not my problem
anymore)
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2. Other people have responsibility with you (they arent doing anything)
3. Is obstructed by a hierarchy (blame can be passed up or down)
4. Diluted by psychological distance (out of sight out of mind)
Ethics and the Law: Corporate "rules" as laws Corporate rules can have very serious
punishments. Their code of conduct are similar to actual laws.
Ethics and the Law: Discrimination laws people should be judged on ability to do the job.
Discrimination of attractiveness is legal though?
Ethics and the Law: Whistle blower laws Organizations cannot take negative action
against you or retaliate.
Ethics and the Law: Federal Organizational Sentencing Guidlines guidelines to giving
fines to an org. that broke the law.
The "culpability score"
Cognitive Biases: Fact Gathering 1. Over confidence of your knowledge of the facts: dont
assume you know everything right away.
Steps to sound decision making (5-8) 5. identify your obligations
6. Consider your character and your identity
7. Think creatively about potential actions
8. check your gut
Ethics in organizational culture (1-3) 1. Who shapes your ethical decisions: how will
others in org. follow depending on culture or org.
2. Pygmalion Effect: quality of ethical response come from expectations of boss/supervisor
3. Rewards/Punishments: if ethical behavior is rewarded people are more likely to do ethical
actions
Ethics in organizational culture (4-6) 4. Goals: ethics should be a part of the orgs. goals
5. Diffusion of Responsibility: putting space between you and responsibility
6. Roles and Individuation: people need defined roles. Individuation: you were just following the
role you were given (Harvard Jail/Inmate study, people play the role they're given
4 Types of Diffusion of Responsibility 1. Responsibility is taken away (not my problem
anymore)
, BA 300 SDSU Questions And Answers
2. Other people have responsibility with you (they arent doing anything)
3. Is obstructed by a hierarchy (blame can be passed up or down)
4. Diluted by psychological distance (out of sight out of mind)
Ethics and the Law: Corporate "rules" as laws Corporate rules can have very serious
punishments. Their code of conduct are similar to actual laws.
Ethics and the Law: Discrimination laws people should be judged on ability to do the job.
Discrimination of attractiveness is legal though?
Ethics and the Law: Whistle blower laws Organizations cannot take negative action
against you or retaliate.
Ethics and the Law: Federal Organizational Sentencing Guidlines guidelines to giving
fines to an org. that broke the law.
The "culpability score"
Cognitive Biases: Fact Gathering 1. Over confidence of your knowledge of the facts: dont
assume you know everything right away.
