Vicente Mayamaya
IT-ETHICS
Professor Paul Pajo Jr. II
Book Review
Book Title: Managing Business Ethics:
Straight Talk about How to Do It Right
Book Author: Linda K. Treviño
Chapter 1: Introducing Straight Talk about Managing Business Ethics:
Where we’re going and why
This chapter gave an insight about business ethics as well as promoting ethical behavior not only in you but to others as well. Ethics is critical to all of us because it represents the very essence of a civilized society. Ethics is the foundation of all relationships where we learn how to deal and relate to those around us not only in the company but to everyone it serves as the connection to everything around us.
“… ‘Bad apples’ may turn bad because they’re spoiled by ‘bad barrels’…” (Page 9, paragraph 4)
“Bad apples” doesn’t literally mean apples in this context but in relation to that, it is agreeable that bad apples are caused by those that stores them just like putting a nice cupcake into a filthy canister, soon that cupcake won’t be as nice as it is when it is fresh from the oven or the best example would be a child if not taken care and molded early then they are to be “spoiled brats”. The bottom line is that if you are a manager and your ethics in your company environment was not fixed at the beginning, then soon it will make the employees suffer by being unmotivated or things like being too rude or having bad attitudes toward the customers. (page 33)
Chapter 2: Why be Ethical? (Why Bother? Who Cares?)
This chapter gave the importance of business ethics not only to managers but also to an individual.
“…’we helped establish a reputation that, in a long run, will draw us business… it always pays off in the long term…”
As the old saying goes, “you reap what you sow”, each of us earns what he or she had done. If you as a manager did a good thing, it will pay off at certain point in time. If you are ethical, your employees will be motivated and thus will be productive enough and soon will increase customer sales and loyalty.
Chapter 3: Common Ethical Problems
“Since discrimination by race, religion, national origin, sex, and age is prohibited bye federal law in the United States, many companies have defined policies prohibiting any kind of discrimination…” (page 55)
True enough, discrimination should be eliminated in the workplace. A diverse cultured company will be productive due to the fact that different cultures give different ideas that when collaborated will give an innovative business strategy.