UOP MGT/331 Organizational Behavior Trends
Organizational Behavior Trends
Among the various trends in organizational behavior, both ethics and technology influence behaviors within the workplace in a variety of ways. Implementing ethics into one's decision making will ensure that decisions are both fair and accurate. Understanding technology's effects on behavior can prepare an individual to deal with the possibility of technical difficulties and the various stresses that can result. While ethics and technology impact organizations in different ways, both play a major role in influencing organizational behavior.
The Influence of Ethics on Decision Making
"'Ethics' refers to the 'study of whatever is right and good for humans' and the study of business ethics investigates business practices in light of human values" (Hornsby, 1994, para 1). Ethics, when used in one's personal decision making or decision making in the work place, plays a vital role in determining the success of a problem or situation in which decision making is implemented. "In the wake of recent, well-publicized ethical failures, public attention and the concern of leaders in business and government have focused on the moral climate of corporate America" (Longenecker, Moore, Petty, Palich, McKinney, 2006, para 1). The decision making that takes place within any organization can often be based on one individual's opinion or understanding about a given issue; "these issues include employee problems, product pricing, legal problems, product quality, and government regulatory concerns" (Hornsby, 1994, para 1).
Both managers and employees are faced with decisions everyday and it is not uncommon for ethics to influ ...