| Is it possible for an individual with
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| | practices would be viewed as unethical
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| strong moral values to make ethically
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| | and perhaps illegal. The actions and
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| questionable decisions in a business
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| | decisions of coworkers is another social
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| setting? What affects a person's
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| | factor believed to shape a person's sense
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| inclination to make either ethical or
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| | of business ethics. For example, if your
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| unethical decisions in a business
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| | coworkers make long-distance telephone
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| organization? Although the answers to
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| | calls on company time and at company
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| that question are not entirely clear,
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| | expense, you might view that behavior as
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| there appear to be three general sets of
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| | acceptable and ethical because everyone
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| factors that influence the standards of
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| | does it. Significant others are persons
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| behavior in an organization; individual
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| | to whom someone is emotionally
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| factors, social factors and
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| | attached-spouses, friends, and relatives,
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| opportunity.Several individual factors
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| | for instance. Their moral values and
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| influence the level of ethical behavior
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| | attitudes can also affect an employee's
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| in an organization. An individual's
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| | perception of what is ethical and
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| knowledge level regarding an issue can
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| | unethical in the workplace.Opportunity
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| help to determine ethical behavior. A
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| | refers to the amount of freedom an
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| decision maker with a greater amount of
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| | organization gives an employee to behave
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| knowledge regarding an object or
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| | ethically if he or she makes that choice.
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| situation may take steps to avoid ethical
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| | In some organizations, certain company
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| problems, whereas a less-informed person
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| | policies and procedures reduce the
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| may unknowingly take action that leads to
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| | opportunity to be unethical. For example,
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| an ethical conflict. One's moral values
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| | at some fast-food restaurants, one person
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| and central, value-related attitudes
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| | takes your order and receives your
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| clearly influence his or her business
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| | payment and another person fills the
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| behavior. Most people join organizations
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| | order. This procedure reduces the
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| to accomplish personal goals. The types
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| | opportunity to be unethical because the
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| of personal goals an individual aspires
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| | person handling the money is not
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| to and the manner in which these goals
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| | dispensing the product, and the person
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| are pursued have significant impact on
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| | giving out the product is not handling
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| that individual's behavior in an
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| | the money. The existence of an ethical
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| organization.A person's behavior in the
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| | code and the importance management places
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| workplace is, to some degree, determined
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| | on this code are other determinants of
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| by cultural norms, and these social
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| | opportunity. The degree of enforcement of
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| factors vary from one culture to another.
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| | company policies, procedures, and ethical
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| For example, in some countries it is
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| | codes is a major force affecting
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| acceptable and ethical for customs agents
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| | opportunity. When violations are dealt
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| to receive gratuities for performing
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| | with consistently and firmly, the
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| ordinary, legal tasks that are a part of
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| | opportunity to be unethical is reduced.
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| jobs, whereas in other countries these
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