TABLE OF CONTENTS
Topic: Page:
1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 2
2. INTRODUCTION 3
3. RIMS 4
3.1 EVALUATION OF ALL POINTS OF VIEW 4
3.2 IMPLICATIONS 6
3.3 SOLUTION 6
4. THEORETICAL APPROACHES TO BUSINESS ETHICS 7
4.1 SOCIAL SCIENTIFIC POSITION 7
4.2 MANAGERIAL POSITION 7
4.3 ORGANISATIONAL INTEREST POSITION 8
4.4 ETHICAL GUIDANCE POSITION 9
4.5 ETHICAL CONTROL POSITION 9
4.6 ETHICAL DEVELOPMENT POSITION 10
5. MYTHS 11
5.1 DOG EAT DOG 11
5.2 IT’S NOT SO SERIOUS 11
5.3 IF YOU CAN’T BEAT THEM JOIN THEM 12
5.4 SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST 12
5.5 NICE GUYS COME SECOND 13
5.6 ALL THAT MATTERS IS THE BOTTOM LINE 13
6. ETHICAL DIMENSIONS 14
6.1 MACRO 14
6.2 MESO 15
6.3 MICRO 16
7. DESCRIPTIVE ETHICS 17
7.1 IMMORAL MODE 17
7.2 REACTIVE MODE 18
7.3 COMPLIANCE MODE 18
7.4 INTEGRITY MODE 18
7.5 ACHIEVING THE TOTALLY ALIGNED ORGANISATION (TAO) MODE 19
8. CONCLUSION 20
9. REFERENCES 21
1. Executive Summary
Business ethics is the study of conflict, conflict between economics and values, between competition, commerce, and capitalism and between morality, integrity and responsibility. All of these are being experienced in Zimbabwe today as the country grapples with its tyrannical and dictatorial government.
Ethics relates to the science of morals, or a system of principles and rules of conduct and very broadly the whole field of moral social science, incorporating political social science, law and jurisdiction. Robert Mugabe repeatedly demonstrates that he and his government have no respect for humanity or the principles to make a moral u-turn to salvage the country fr ...