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Chosen article: Business ethics issues


 * ·It was a good article, but it had a section in which it focused on Confucianism and Buddhism which was distracting and not necessary.
 * ·Focused a lot on honesty and didn’t talk to much about the other ethical issues they mentioned.
 * ·The links for the citations work and the source supports the claims made in the article.
 * ·This article has been edited before.
 * ·There were no conversations in the Talk page.
 * ·The article has been used as part of a Wiki project.

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 * Added citation [32] to Business Overview

Potential articles

Organizational Ethics


 * I could focus on the implementation of organizational ethics and elaborate on the different ways businesses can implement ethic systems and which methods seem to work the best.

Business Ethics: Issues


 * I could focus and elaborate more on the ethical issues mentioned as being main concerns in today’s society but were not used as main points such as fraud, environmental issues, harassment, and integrity.

I chose to contribute to the Organizational Ethics article. I plan to work in the ethical system implementation section. I am going to focus on how businesses can implement an ethical system and some steps they can follow to develop or strengthen a company’s ethics system.

Bibliography

•	Implementing Business Ethics, Patrick E. Murphy, Journal of Business Ethics Vol. 7, No. 12 (Dec. 1988), pp. 907-915

•	Business Ethics: Ethical Decision Making and Cases, Linda Ferrell, O.C Ferrell, John Fraedrich¸ ninth edition, Nov. 1990 pg.16-21

•	Informal and Formal Institutional Measures of Business Ethics Implementation at Different Stages of Enterprise Life Cycle, Jernej Belak, Borut Milfelner, Acta Polytechnica Hungarica, Vol. 8, No. 1, 2011

Ethical System Implementation

Business ethics implementation can be categorized into two groups; formal and informal measures. Formal measures include training and courses pertaining to ethics. Informal measures are led by example from either the manager or the social norm of the company.

There are several steps to follow when trying to implement an ethical system. Some of these steps include obtaining commitment from the board of directors and senior managers, developing resources for ethics initiatives, and determining ethical risks and developing contingency plans. Other steps include developing an ethics program that addresses risks while still maintaining compliance with the ethical standards, providing insight for implementation and audits of the ethical programs, and communicating with stakeholders to create shared commitment and values for ethical conduct.

With the implementation of an ethical system comes the implementation of new tasks and responsibilities. The responsibilities include leadership in ethics, delegating, and communicating as well as motivating the company’s ethical position to its employees.

Added Business ethics image in Overview section.