Ethics and Social Responsibility

If you see that someone drops their groceries in the street what do you do?

• Walk by

• Laugh at them

• Help them pick up their groceries

What are ethics.

• moral principles

• {insert 'Good Place' reference}

• Code of what not to do

You agree to go an a trip with friend A, but when that day come you realize you scheduled something with friend B that same day what do you do?

• You go with friend B

• You go with friend A

• You call and explain the mistake and reschedule.

• You don't go to either and make up an excuse

What are Business Ethics

• Ethics in business setting

• The study of appropriate business policies and practices.

• Business Business Business

You are standing by a train track, there is indeed a train coming. Some dude is standing on the tracks, he has his air pods in and can't hear you. There are 5 people on the train. You can pull a lever and the train will turn. BUT it will turn into a forest fire. What do you do.

• Pull the lever and let 5 people die

• Don't pull the lever and let 1 person die

• Jump in place of the dude with his air pods in getting him out of the way, but you die.

What is a Carbon Footprint

• The amount of carbon dioxide emitted due to the consumption of fossil fuels by a particular person

• a footprint in carbon

• Planting trees to solve our problems

Someone's bag gets stolen, You saw who stole it and can catch them; What do you do?

• Ignore Them because in no way is this beneficial to you.

• Chase the thief and get the woman's bag

• Call the police and tell them what the thief looked like

• Run away because you "did not see anything"

What does Universal ethical standards mean.

• Standards of ethics

• The law which offers ethical basics applying to everyone identifying six core values

• The universe decides whats right/wrong

What is Consumerism

• social order

• The belief that food is very important

• The protection of interests of consumers

What is Cause related marketing

• social responsibility is a type of international private business self-regulation that aims to contribute to societal goals of a philanthropic, activist, or charitable nature or by engage in or support volunteering or ethically-oriented practices

• mutually beneficial collaboration between a corporation and a nonprofit designed to promote the former's sales and the latter's cause

• Beneficial to many companies