ApplicationFor those that are unethical, think about how you would feel if you were receiving this action. Make notes in the space below.

Fill in the Blank QuestionFill in the blank question.Regardless of what an individual believes about a particular action, if judges it to be unethical or wrong, whether correctly or not, that judgment directly affects the organization’s ability to achieve its business goals. (Enter only one word in the blank.)

Identify what is at stake for those engaged in and those affected by the unethical behaviour.Identify the reasons and rationalizations the person is using to justify their unethical behaviour.Formulate a persuasive response by reframing one or more rationalizations.Consider one or more alternatives. (This is where skills in creative problem-solving and negotiations come in. Offer to be the person who will do the extra work to chart a more ethical path.)

Your friend tells you that you should take an action that you believe is unethical: it goes against your own values and neither meets the Common Business Standards nor your industry’s ethics code. The friend says not to worry about the codes, saying, “it’s fine -- everyone does it.” Your friend is using the moral disengagement mechanism, or rationalization, called:1 pointDiffusion of responsibilityAdvantageous comparisonEuphemistic labelingDisplacement of responsibilityDistortion of consequences

Ethical or unethical behaviours by a manager or employee of a business.

Identify a time when you felt something wasn’t right in the place you worked/studied/trained (e.g. someone was behaving unethically such as cheating/bullying/acting unfairly). What could you or others do to reduce incidents of unethical behaviour like the one you identified and what could you do to put things right (i.e., how could you encourage ethical behaviour)?View keyboard shortcutsEditViewInsertFormatToolsTable12ptParagraph