Business Essentials obj 1.01 EI-123 Glossary

The condition of having to answer for or be liable for your actions; accepting responsibility for your decisions

• Accountability

• Responsibility

• Integrity

• Trustworthy

The result of an action

• Consequence

• Ethical situation

• Ethics

• Spin

Standards that govern behavior; not dependent on circumstance

• Ethical principles

• Ethical situation

• Rule of law

• Consequence

An issue in which you must decide whether something is right or wrong

• Ethical situation

• Ethical principles

• Ethics

• Consequence

The basic principles that govern your behavior

• Ethics

• Fairness

• Trustworthy

• Viability

The ability to make judgments without favoritism or self-interest; engaging in fair competition and creating equal relationships

• Fairness

• Honesty

• Integrity

• Trustworthy

Truthfulness

• Honesty

• Viability

• Trustworthy

• Ethics

Adhering to an established set of personal ethics and sound moral principles; acting with honesty in all situations

• Integrity

• Reputation

• Spin

• Viabiltiy

A person’s or business’s good name

• Reputation

• Ethics

• Trustworthiness

• Honesty

Regard or esteem; honoring the rights, freedoms, views, and property of others

• Respect

• Ethics

• Fairness

• Integrity