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Buissness Ethics
Term | Definition |
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Ethics | an approach toward decision making in which a person evaluates moral principles |
Business Ethics | professional standards of conduct based on moral principles and values, guides decision-making processes and actions |
Confidentiality | occurs when information relating to a company, product or person is not available or disclosed to unauthorized individuals |
Ethical/Unethical Choices | choices made based on moral principles and values |
Legal/Illegal Choices | choices made according to law |
Code of Ethics | a set of guidelines which govern behavior |
Moral Principles | the principles of right and wrong accepted by an individual or a social group |
Values | beliefs of a person or social group in which they have an emotional investment (either for or against something) |
Disclose | to make known; reveal or uncover |
Discrimination | the treatment or consideration of making a distinction in favor of or against a person or thing based on the group, class or category to which that person or thing belong rather than on individual merit |
Harassment | to disturb persistently; torment or bother continually; persecute |
Morale | emotional or mental condition with respect to cheerfulness and confidence |
Colleague | an associate or coworker |
Consequence | the effect, result or outcome of something occurring |
Implication | a natural result of an action |
Breach | to break or act contrary to |
Dilemma | any difficult or perplexing situation or problem |
Evaluate | to consider the value of |