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Integrity & Ethics
chapter 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Integrity | An uncompromising adherence to the lofy values, beliefs, and principles that a individual claims to hold |
| Ethical Issues | Issues that involve questions of right and wrong |
| Stakeholders | Individual or groups who either can affect or are affected by the company |
| Social responsibilities | A company's ethical obligations to the community |
| Intellectual Property | Original intellectual creations, including inventions, literary creations, and works of art, that are protected by patents or copyright |
| Ethical Imperialism | The belief that the ethical standards of one's own country can be applied universally |
| Ethical relativism | The beliefs that ethical standards are subject to local interpretation |
| Underlying Values | Unarticulated ethical beliefs that provide a foundations for ethical behavior in a firm |
| Code of ethics | Official standards of employee behavior formulated by a business owner |
| Sustainable small business | A profitable company that responds to customers' needs while showing reasonable concern for the environment |
| Environmentalism | The effort to protect and preserve the environment |