Professional Issues:
Running your own business as an entrepreneur is risky. Running your own business has to be done with careful business planning to satisfy the stakeholders and employees financially but the business also has to satisfy the law requirements.
Professional issues can be:
Moral Issues:
These are some basis values that the business sides/stands with. These are not enforced by the law or required, but these are good to have clearly set out because they can be used to fire an employee that does not abide, for example. They can also help to attract customers that agree with the moral stance
“Business scandals involving financial irregularities, exploitation of foreign workers, discrimination, environmental damage or misleading customers on a grand scale can be enough to sink a company. Whatever the size of your business, drawing up a code of ethics can help you avoid any moral slips and let your customers and trading partners know you take the way your company behaves seriously.”
Moral issues can be:
Ethics concern the moral judgment of acti
ons if an action is right or wrong. Those are influenced by culture and religion but in general they deal with exploitation of certain groups or exclusion. Good company ethics will attract customers and stakeholders because such a company is trust worthy.
This usually consists of checking for libellous or false statements before the copy goes to print. This is an especially important step to ensure that publishers don’t commit libel by printing inaccurate or falsified facts or statements about people or events.
Running your own business as an entrepreneur is risky. Running your own business has to be done with careful business planning to satisfy the stakeholders and employees financially but the business also has to satisfy the law requirements.
Professional issues can be:
- Technical awareness / Training
- Are staff members fully trained to carry out their jobs?
- Other issues such as Health/Law Issues..
- Do you know how many days members are allowed to have on sick leave?
- Do you know the minimum wage for members over 21?
Moral Issues:
“Business scandals involving financial irregularities, exploitation of foreign workers, discrimination, environmental damage or misleading customers on a grand scale can be enough to sink a company. Whatever the size of your business, drawing up a code of ethics can help you avoid any moral slips and let your customers and trading partners know you take the way your company behaves seriously.”
Moral issues can be:
- Equal Opportunities
- Does you company provide equal opportunities when hiring new members?
- When recruiting, are factors such as age, race, religion etc taken into consideration?
Ethical Issues:
ons if an action is right or wrong. Those are influenced by culture and religion but in general they deal with exploitation of certain groups or exclusion. Good company ethics will attract customers and stakeholders because such a company is trust worthy.
- Copyright / Plagiarism
- Do you understand copyright laws and adhere to these within your business?
- Have you tried to plagiarise/steal other people’s ideas and pass them off as your own?
Legal Issues:
This usually consists of checking for libellous or false statements before the copy goes to print. This is an especially important step to ensure that publishers don’t commit libel by printing inaccurate or falsified facts or statements about people or events.- Legal issues can be:
- Computer Misuse Act
- Data Protection Act
- Is all the sensitive data held about your business and about your staff secure?
- Are all staff members allowed access to these?
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