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Date: 2015-10-07; view: 539.

Ethics Training

Social Audits

Ethics Committees

Some organizations create a permanent committee to consider the ethical ramifications of company practices. Most of the members comprising the committee are top level managers. Some organizations that don't have an ethics committee employ a business ethics specialist, called an ethics advocate. The role of the ethics advocate is to pass judgment on ethical issues related to the organization's action and to act as the organization's social conscience.

Social audits have been developed to assess and report on the social impact of an organization's actions and programmes. Proponents of the social audit believe that this type of reporting mechanism will provide an indication of the organization's degree of social responsibility.

Another approach organizations use to improve ethical performance is to provide ethics training to managers and employees. This type of training attempts to develop employee awareness of ethics in business and to increase their sensitivity to ethical issues. Integrating the subject of ethics into business courses is another form of ethics training occurring at the university level.

1. Finish the sentences according to the text.

1) Actions to improve ethical performance include … .

2) The aims of ethical codes are … .

3) Generally prohibited types of behaviour include … .

4) Multinational companies should consider …

5) Ethics committees are aimed at … .

6) Those in favour of social audit believe … .

7) Ethics training helps employees … .

2.Characterise each way of improving ethical performance.