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Integrity & Ethics
chapter 2
Question | Answer |
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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 |