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BA 453/553. Human Resource Management. Agenda May 16, 2006. Group Presentations: Guest Speaker: Mike Hereford , Director of Human Resources, Cascade Steel Rolling Mills Break Ethics & Fair Treatment at Work Activity. Ethics & Fair Treatment at Work. The Meaning of Ethics
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BA 453/553 Human Resource Management
AgendaMay 16, 2006 • Group Presentations: • Guest Speaker: Mike Hereford, Director of Human Resources, Cascade Steel Rolling Mills • Break • Ethics & Fair Treatment at Work • Activity
Ethics & Fair Treatment at Work • The Meaning of Ethics • “Making decisions that represent what you stand for, not just what the laws are.”
Ethics are always characterized by: • Normative judgment • Good or bad, right or wrong, better or worse • Principles of conduct • Morality, which is society’s accepted standards of behavior
3.09 1.88 2.54 3.41 3.88 2.88 3.62 3.79 3.44 1.33 1.58 2.31 3.36 3.79 3.38 How Do My Ethics Rate?
Ethical Questions • Is it wrong to use office equipment to help your children or spouse do school work? • During an interview, you discover the applicants child has leukemia. This will destroy the company health benefit plan. What do you do? • What’s the value at which a gift from a supplier or client becomes troubling? $25 $50 $100
What shapes ethical behaviors at work? • Individual Factors • Individual ideas of what’s morally right and wrong • Personal interests • Organizational Factors • Meeting aggressive financial or business objectives • Helping the company to survive
What shapes ethical behaviors at work? • The Boss - Examples of how supervisors knowingly or unknowingly lead subordinates astray • Do whatever it takes. • Look the other way when wrongdoings occur. • Take credit for others’ work or shift blame.
Activity • In your groups discuss the situations and answer the following Questions • What do you do now? • How do you prevent this problem from occurring in the future? • Choose a spokes person to present your situation & answers to the class.
May 23, 2006 • Group Presentations 5, 6, 7, & 8 • Read Beaver Mfg. To prepare read Beaver Mfg (Posted) and Chapter 9 Groups 7 & 8 will be observers & consultants. • Review for Second exam