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MANAGEMENT Exam 4 (Ch.12)
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Physiology
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05/08/2011

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Social Obligation
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A firms engaging in social actions becasue of its obligation to meet certain economic and legal responsibilities.
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Social Obligation
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A firms engaging in social actions becasue of its obligation to meet certain economic and legal responsibilities.
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Classical View
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View that managements only social responsibility is to maximize profits
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Socioeconomic View
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The view that managements social responsibility goes beyond making profits and includes protecting and improving societies welfare
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Social Responsiveness
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A firm's engaging in social actions in response to some popilar social need.
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A business's intention, beyond its legal and econimic obligations, to do the right things and act n ways that are good for society.
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Green Management
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A form of management in which managers consider the impact of their organization on the natural environment.
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4 environmental approaches
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-Legal: Simply doing what is legally required.
-Market: Respond to environmental preferences by customers.
-Stakeholder: Organization works to meet the environmental demands of multiple stakeholders/
-Activist: Looks for ways to protect the earth's natural resources.
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Ethics
Definition
Principles, values, andbeliefs that define what is right and what is wrong behavior.
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3 levels of moral development
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-Preconventional: Persons choice between right and wrong is dependent on outside sources
-Conventional Level: Ethical decisions rely on maintaining expected standards and living up to the expectations of others.
-Principled: Individuals define mral values apart from the authority of the groups.
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Values
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Basic convictions about what is right and what is wrong
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Ego Strength
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A personality measure of the strength of a person's convictions
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Locus of Control
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A personality attribute that measures the degree to which people believe they control their own lives
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Values-Based management
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A form of management in which an organization's values guide employees in the way they do their jobs.
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Code of Ethics
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A formal statement of an organization's primary values and the ethical rules it expects its employees to follow
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