Ethics and Social issues

Ethics and Social issue

Introduction

Social responsibility is the awareness that business activities have an impact on society and firms should consider some voluntary responsibilities besides emphasizing in profits.

There are some questions in social responsibility.

To whom are we responsible?

How far we should go to satisfy our customers?

Will our decisions affect any individual or group of the society?

Do our business activities jeopardize the environment and area?

Are we doing the right thing?

Discussion

Today, they present a series of changes and transformations in economic, political, social, cultural and technological, that directly affect business and in their interaction with the environment. Companies are faced with the dilemma of being only agents of economic development or to partake of socio-economic development. Clearly the environment cannot be separated, they must understand and acknowledge that as social beings, they also have a social responsibility and an ethical commitment to fulfill, because ultimately they serve and serve society. Next some concepts and approaches that lead to understand that there is a strong and undeniable link between social responsibility and business ethics, and in modern times society demands action organizations increasingly consistent with their values, principles and expectations.

Ethics leads to Social responsibility

An important pillar that supports the ethics is the social responsibility. Its philosophy is based on utilitarianism, where it holds the idea that if an action it would be made by different entities, it would be made for the purpose of the most benefit for the larger number of people. Consequently we can see that social responsibility encourage altruism rather than egoism, so a manager in an organization should not only think for its benefit and see the companies only as an entities where he can benefit for his own purpose, but should measure his action also with in mind that he is doing the greatest good ...