Business philosophy is the standard, principle or policy placed on who may behave outside the norms of organizational culture, emphasis upon ethical behavior enables employees to know how they should react when faced with ethical dilemmas and the consequences of their actions.
MY PERSONAL PHILOSOPHY.
As an individual, I believe that keeping a low profile life is very vital to me in a sense that people around me irrespective of their cultural, ethnical and political background. My (Virtue) friendliness, honesty, courage, good humor as my ethical standard would draw people more close to me and see me as …show more content…
Simply put, teleological thinkers claim that the moral character of actions depends on the simple, practical matter of the extent to which actions actually help or hurt people. Actions that produce more benefits than harm are "right"; those that don't are "wrong." This outlook is best represented by Utilitarianism,
As a manager or management student, my philosophy is built on low profile personality. Most of employees in Ghana have the view of seeing management as so high portfolio and finds it very difficult to channel their grievances and challenges in the work organization. I believe in the principle and division of labor and empowering employees to come out with their best to increase and sustain productivity. My philosophy of business ethics in the long term has the tendency of influencing the pattern of behavior and organizational culture since top managers ethics influences or affects the culture of the organization. I must provide the necessary and appropriate tools and equipment for employees to work with to achieve their best output. Also recognition, words of encouragement, rewards, good salaries, and best of policies, good communication and being humble and open to workers can motivate employees to come out with their …show more content…
Kant believed that he had discovered the fundamental moral law that would determine the ethical character of an action without regard to its consequences. Kant called his moral law the categorical imperative--a command that holds no matter what the circumstances. He believed further that the validity of this ethical principle stemmed from reason itself and from our nature as free, rational moral agents with inherent value.
As an individual with philosophy of business ethics, my values and morals informs my philosophical stance, as a manager with low profile life, discipline and respect, humility and submissiveness is what I operate by or would employ to manage my organizational culture, the employees and the work environment.it is not that simple especially with respect to different culture , religion and belief but conscious effort would be made to influence the organization with my philosophy of business ethics.
Evaluation:
-You gave a good background to your philosophy of business ethics by dwelling mostly on virtue ethics. You showed your own virtue