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    ETHICAL ISSUES IN BUSINESSETHICAL ISSUES IN BUSINESS

    PRESENTED BY:

    Saad Khan KakerzaiZain Hassan

    Noureen Fatima

    Anum Mazhar

    Areeba Javed

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    ETHICSETHICS

    Ethics is about a concepts of:

    Good and Bad The Noble and the Ignoble Right and Wrong Justice and Virtue

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    3D OF ETHICS3D OF ETHICS

    Unitarian View Of Ethics :Unitarian View Of Ethics :Business is a part of moral structure and moralBusiness is a part of moral structure and moral

    ethics.ethics.

    Separatists View Of Ethics :Separatists View Of Ethics :Morality and ethics have no role in business.Morality and ethics have no role in business.

    Society and law deals with ethics and moralitySociety and law deals with ethics and morality..

    Integrated View Of Ethics :Integrated View Of Ethics :Ethical behavior and business should be integratedEthical behavior and business should be integrated

    in a new era called Business Ethicsin a new era called Business Ethics..

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    BUSINESSETHICSBUSINESSETHICS

    The value of what should be done and what

    should not be done from the businesspoint of view.

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    ETHICALISSUES FOR BUSINESSETHICALISSUES FOR BUSINESS

    Unauthorized payments

    Product safety standards

    Advertising contents

    Working environment

    Employees privacy

    Environmental issues

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    UNAUTHORIZED PAYMENTSUNAUTHORIZED PAYMENTS

    Bribing powerful officials in order to get bids

    and tenders accepted and bribing competitoremployees to get informational leaks is a seriousethical issue in business. In fact, it is a crime

    that is legally punishable in most countries

    today.

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    PRODUCTSAFETYSTANDARDSPRODUCTSAFETYSTANDARDS

    Some industries consciously omit the details

    of the side effects of the usage of theirproducts from the product packaging whilesome indulge in controversial practices like

    animal testing.

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    ADVERTISINGCONTENTSADVERTISINGCONTENTS

    Some companies advertise in such away that the actual product is

    different from what the customer hadseen in advertisement.

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    WORKINGENVIRONMENTWORKINGENVIRONMENT

    Forcing labor to work at below minimumwages.

    Sweatshop work conditions. Violation of worker rights and not complying

    with health. Safety and environmental standards are

    some common current ethical issues inbusiness.

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    ENVIRONMENTALISSUESENVIRONMENTALISSUES

    Some of the environmental issues are: Water pollution. Air pollution. Noise pollutions. Land degradation.

    Land Degradation: Unsustainable felling of

    trees and exploitation of water can lead todesertification of presently habitable regionswhile destruction of mangroves and otherpractices can lead to erosion of coastal areas.

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    ETHICSIMPORTANCEETHICSIMPORTANCE

    It involves :

    Honesty Keeping Promise Helping others Respecting others

    It helps to grow successful business It increases reputation.

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    UNETHICALBUSINESSIMPACTSUNETHICALBUSINESSIMPACTS

    If the business is not running ethically then

    it will bear a heavy loss ( fines ) and shouldlose the reputation of the business in theeyes of stakeholders.

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    CONCLUSIONCONCLUSION

    Business should be ethical :

    Meet the demands of business stakeholder.

    To enhance business performance.

    To prevent no harm.

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    QUERY SESSIONQUERY SESSION