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Ethical Issue Intensity
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relevance of importance of an ethical issue in the eyes of the individual, work group or orginazation
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Spheres of Influence
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Work place, family, religion, legal system, community, and profession
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there are 6
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Individual factors
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Decisions are based on own values of right or wrong.
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Socialization
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Helps influence individual factors. Includes family, social groups, church and education
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Orginizational Factors
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Corporate culture, ethical climate, significant others
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Corporate Culture
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Set of values, beliefs, goals, norms, and ways of solving problems shared by members of an orginization
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Ethical Climate
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character or decision process of employees used to determine whether their responses to issues are right or wrong
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Significant Others
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Those with influence in a work group including peers, managers, coworkers, and subordinates. *most influencial
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Opportunity
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conditions in an orginization that limit or permit ethical or unethical behavior
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Corporate governance
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systems of accountablity, oversight, and control to remove oppurtunity for unethical decisions
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accountablity
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how closely workplace decisions are aligned with a firms stated strategic direction and its compliance with ethical and legal considerations
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oversight
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a system of checks and balances to limit oppurtunities to deviate from policies that prevent unethical behavior
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control
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process of auditing and improving orginizational decisions and actions
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Shareholder model of corporate governance
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goal of maximizing wealth for owners and investors
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Stakeholder model of corporate governance
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idea of answering to employees, suppliers, government regulators, communities and special interest groups
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Board of directors
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assume legal responsibilities for the firm's resources and decisions, and they appoint its top executive officers.
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