MGMT 3320 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Kantian Ethics, Consequentialism, Influence Of Mass Media

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Management
• Course: MGMT 3320
• Professor: Ruben Burga

Document Summary

Core to an argument grounded in ethics is whether ethical values are subjecive or absolute. Kanian ethics it is wrong to kill someone. Precise relaionship between ethics and csr is oten let unspeciied. Rests on two philosophical approaches consequenialist reasoning or categorical reasoning. Csr broadly represents the relaionship between a company and the principles expected by the wider society within which it operates. Csr is a raional argument for businesses seeking to maximize their performance by minimizing restricions on operaions. In today"s globalizing world, where individuals and acivist organizaions feel empowered to enact change, csr represents a means of anicipaing and relecing societal concerns to minimize operaional ad inancial limitaions on businesses. Csr is an argument of economic self-interest for business. Csr adds value because it allows companies to relect the needs and concerns of their various stakeholder groups. Csr is important because it inluences all aspects of a company"s operaions. Leadership for sustainability means: transformaional, shared leadership (charismaic, inspiring)