Management and Organizational Studies 2181A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Procedural Justice, Distributive Justice, Business Ethics

• School: Western University
• Department: Management and Organizational Studies
• Course: Management and Organizational Studies 2181A/B
• Professor: Nancy Annett

Document Summary

Nike: disclosure of sweatshop conditions and labor abuses of nike caused many boycotts. Reputation (intangible asset and most prized possessions) the prominence of an org"s brand in the mind of the public and the perceived quality of its goods and services. Top performers want to work at org with clean reputations because they want to protect their own personal image. 78% of adults rather work at a company with good reputation and avg. salary, than vise versa. Reputation depends on trust: the willingness to be vulnerable to an authority because of positive expectations about the authority"s actions and intentions. Fundamental belief is that trustee (manager, org) is trustworthy and will act in a way that. Trust in many companies decline due to corporate scandals and changing economic times. Three sources that trust can be rooted: disposition based trust: trust rooted in one"s own personality include general propensity to trust others, as opposed to a careful assessment of the trustee"s trustworthiness.