BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
BUSINESS COMMUNICATION
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putting unsigned suggestions in the company suggestion box
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informing a new employer about your previous (competing) employer’s major clients
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telling your supervisor that another employee is stealing office supplies
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providing incorrect data in a report, even though you did not know it was incorrect at the time
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Detailed explanation-1: -Examples of ethical lapses include business-related misconduct such as fraud, bribery, insider trading, and environmental disasters involving negligence or recklessness. They also include personal ethical misconduct, such as inflated résumés and sexual indiscretions.
Detailed explanation-2: -An ethical lapse is a mistake or error in judgement that produces a harmful outcome (Roslyn Frenz, n.d., para. 1). Even a small mistake can have huge consequences.
Detailed explanation-3: -The four major factors that can cause ethical problems in the workplace are lack of integrity, organizational relationship problems, conflicts of interest, and misleading advertising.
Detailed explanation-4: -An ethical lapse is a failure to behave in an ethical way in some specific situation, while an ethical dilemma is a situation in which no good ethical choice or decision is possible.