Changing Notion of Ethics in SMEs
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angličtina
Original language name
Changing Notion of Ethics in SMEs
Original language description
Ethics is understood as a code of moral standards of conduct for what is ?good? and ?right? as opposed to what is ?bad? or ?wrong?. Ethical behaviour is value driven. People have tendencies to rationalize unethical behaviours. What is considered ethicalvaries across cultures. Arising ethical dilemmas test personal ethics and values. Business ethics involves applying general ethical principles and standards to business activities, behaviour and decisions. Ethical principles in business are not differentfrom ethical principles in general. Business actions are judged by general ethical standards of society and not by more lenient principles. Big companies use ethical rules as a part of their Corporate Governance. But what about small companies that represent prevalent majority of economic activity in any country? Are they recognizing and following any system of ethical rules? Are there any changes on the part if small and medium sized companies? Ethics starts with each individual employ
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Classification
Type
O - Miscellaneous
CEP classification
AE - Management, administration and clerical work
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N - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z neverejnych zdroju
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Publication year
2012
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů