Question

The new CEO of a large coffee corporation makes fighting sexual harassment a cornerstone of the company's culture after a series of embarrassing incidents involving several of the company's managers are leaked to the media. The corporation drafts a new code of ethics with an expanded set of policies related to sexual harassment, creates a series of mandatory workshops for its workforce, and fires the managers involved in the incidents.Consider what you have learned about the factors that impact corporate culture. What is the ethical strength of the corporation in the example?A. Strong, because the corporation must show that it has an ongoing process to discourage wrongdoing in order to avoid legal action.B. Strong, because the CEO is setting expectations for ethical behavior and holding violators accountable.C. Weak, because this focus on matters of social justice has no place in capitalism.D. Weak, because the CEO should have cracked down on the employees who were leaking information to the media as well.

Answer 1

Answer:

B. Strong, because the CEO is setting expectations for ethical behavior and holding violators accountable

Explanation:

Ethics are a set of moral principles that defines acceptable and good behaviour of individuals in a society.

For ethical standards to be strong there is need to set expectations of ethical standards from society members and hold violators accountable.

This will discourage others that want to express unethical behaviour.

In the given scenario the CEO is setting a strong strong ethical system by drafting a new code of ethics with an expanded set of policies related to sexual harassment, creating a series of mandatory workshops for its workforce, and firing the managers involved in the incidents.