BOOK: Business Ethics: How to Design and Manage Ethical Organizations (Collins, any edition)

TOPIC: Unethical Behavior & Human Nature Lecture.

What is a One Pager?

You will complete one of these for each topic we cover in the course.

The most important thing to remember is that One Pagers are for you. They are meant to be reflections on the material, but also should include things you want to remember or highlight for your future self.

The structure for your One Pager is your choice. Examples include outline, bullet points, essay, or some combination of formats. Use what you are comfortable with, and what will be most readable for you.

Topic 1 Learning Objectives 0 Explain competitive advantage of creating and maintaining ethical organizations 0 Identify common unethical behaviors in the workplace 0 Discuss how unethical behaviors can be costly to organizations 0 Describe theories of human nature and stages of moral development 0 Discuss why good people may behave unethically Daily Occurrence of Ethical Dilemmas What if you hit What if you see a another car on the dying bird on the What if your boss way to work? Should way to work? has asked you to you leave the scene? come in an hour early but won't pay you for it? Should you arrive at work early, on time, or late? What if you know you only have about 3 hours of work to do for the day? This seems simple, right? But what might make it more complex? 6Human Nature Are we: 0 Born Good? What are your personal beliefs Born Evil? 1 here? Born Morally Neutral? Science. 6 In this video, you'll get an idea of some of the scientific evidence being gathered about our human nature. Click the link! 17 You didn't realize it Why Do Good People Behave Unethically? was unethical until after it was already Really think about this done... before we move forward. Have you . Unintended Unethical Behaviors ever behaved The reward of the It could be unethically? Why did unethical behavior considered you do it? might seem worth . Choosing Between Competing Values unethical to see it... bad behavior and do nothing about it. . Intentional Unethical Behaviors You have to choose between . Failure to Report Unethical Be That uneasy feeling that happens when the lesser of two there's a mismatch between who we are and unethical what we do. behaviors or Cognitive dissonance values (eg. When we experience cognitive dissonance, Stealing bread to we want to fix it. There are two ways to do feed your family). this: 1) Change our behavior, or 2) Change how we think about our behavior - usually by trying to justify it