Abstract
Enterprises should ensure the satisfaction and trust of the customers, partners, employees, suppliers, public and all stakeholders in order to survive in today's competitive conditions. Being trustworthy is considered to be one of the most important requirements for the enterprise to reach its long-term goals. The way to ensure this condition is that enterprises adopt the behaviors and practices in accordance with ethical principles. Market conditions, globalization and increasingly internationalization of firms make it necessary to adopt ethical behavior in order to be successful. Ethics is a matter of discussion. The fact that this issue has two conflicting sides and the necessity of addressing these two sides while analyzing the problem has also revealed the concept of ethical dilemma, which is a matter of moral philosophy. Ethical dilemmas can occur if there are controversial truths on both sides of an event. Their definition is complex and difficult. In the literature, the concept of ethical dilemma has mostly been examined in the field of health sciences so far and the issue of ethical dilemmas in enterprises has not been adequately included. In the literature review of the ethical dilemma, it is seen that the ethical dilemma studies in the enterprises are mostly concentrated in the accounting field. In this study, the ethical dilemmas encountered in the business world are discussed from different perspectives with an emphasis on the concepts related to ethics and decision-making mechanisms.
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Abstract
Enterprises should ensure the satisfaction and trust of the customers, partners, employees, suppliers, public and all stakeholders in order to survive in today's competitive conditions. Being trustworthy is considered to be one of the most important requirements for the enterprise to reach its long-term goals. The way to ensure this condition is that enterprises adopt the behaviors and practices in accordance with ethical principles. Market conditions, globalization and increasingly internationalization of firms make it necessary to adopt ethical behavior in order to be successful. Ethics is a matter of discussion. The fact that this issue has two conflicting sides and the necessity of addressing these two sides while analyzing the problem has also revealed the concept of ethical dilemma, which is a matter of moral philosophy. Ethical dilemmas can occur if there are controversial truths on both sides of an event. Their definition is complex and difficult. In the literature, the concept of ethical dilemma has mostly been examined in the field of health sciences so far and the issue of ethical dilemmas in enterprises has not been adequately included. In the literature review of the ethical dilemma, it is seen that the ethical dilemma studies in the enterprises are mostly concentrated in the accounting field. In this study, the ethical dilemmas encountered in the business world are discussed from different perspectives with an emphasis on the concepts related to ethics and decision-making mechanisms
References
- Aktan, C. C., (1994). “Political Economy of Corruption”, Journal of Law and Economics Studies,60-72
- Aydın, İ. (2001), Yönetsel Mesleki ve Örgütsel Etik, Pagem Yayıncılık, Ankara
- Banik, G., G. (2010), “Ethics in global perspective: An inseparable element of entrepreneurship”, Asia Pacific Journal of Research in Business Management,Vol. 1,No.1: 115-130
- Billington, R., Yılmaz, A. (1997), Felsefeyi yaşamak:Ahlak düşüncesine giriş, Ayrıntı Yayınları
- Blythe, J., & Odabaşı, Y. (2001). Pazarlama İlkeleri. Bilim Teknik Yayınevi
- Bozkurt, V. (2000), Püritanizmden hedonizme yeni çalışma etiği, Alesta Basım Yayım Dağıtım
- Bülbül, A. R. (2001), İletişim ve etik, Nobel Yayın Dağıtım
- Dastan, A., Bayraktar, Y., Bellikli, U. (2015). The Creatıng Awareness Of Ethıcal Dılemma And Ethıcal Decısıon Makıng In Accountıng Professıon: A Research In Trabzon, Journal of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Vol.29, No. 1:63-82
- Durkheim, E., Karasan, M. (1949). Meslek ahlakı, Milli Eğitim Basımevi
- Ekin, M. S. A., Tezölmez, S. H. (1999). Business ethics in Turkey: An empirical investigation with special emphasis on gender, Journal of Business Ethics, Vol.18, No. 1: 17-34
- Ferrel, O.C., John F. (1994) Business Ethics, Ethical Decision Making and Cases, Houghton Mifflin Comp., USA
- Gruys, M., L. (1999), “The dimensionality of deviant employee performance in the workplace”, Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Minnesota
- Guler, Y., B. (2014), Comparison Of Ethical Perspective Of Business And Customers In Retail Sector, Selcuk University Journal of Institute of Social Sciences, Vol.31, 65-75
- Kutlu, H. A. (2008), Ethical Dilemmas of Professional Accountants: A Research. Ankara University Journal of Faculty of Political Science, Vol. 63,No. 2: 143-170
- Mugan, C. S. (1999), Morality, Social and Personal Values: The Effects on Accounting Profession and Education, The World of Accounting Science,Vol. 1,No.2
- Özkalp, E., Kırel, Ç. (2001). Örgütsel Davranış, Anadolu Üniversitesi Eğitim Sağlık ve Bilimsel Araştırma Çalışmaları Vakfı Yayınları
- Pieper, A., Sezer, G., Atayman, V. (1999). Introduction to ethics, Detail Publications, İstanbul
- Sebhatu, S. P., and Pei-lin, L. (2016). What is Governance? The Ethical Dilemma for Leaders and Managers: Case Studies of Corruption from China, Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences, Vol.224, 467-474
- Senturk, T. (2007), “A study on the conflict between Dogan and Uzan media groups Communication,Theory and Research, Vol. 24, No.1:63 of public relations ethics”, Journal of
- Senturk T., Ay, C. (2008). The Ethical Boundaries of Public Relations, Celal Bayar University Institute of Social Sciences, Vol.6, No.1:81-97
- Schminke, M. (Ed.). (1998). Managerial ethics: Moral management of people and processes, Psychology Press
- Sucu, Y. (2003). Management and Ethics, Afyon Kocatepe University Faculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences, Congress of 11th National Management and Organization,285
- Şentürk, T. (2010), “Pazarlama Yönlü Halkla ilişkiler ve Etik ”, Canan Ay, Burak Kartal, Sinan Nardalı (Ed.), Pazarlamada Etik Yaklaşımlar içinde, (s. 165- 194), Detay Yayıncılık, Ankara
- Thompson, D. F. (1985). The possibility of administrative ethics. Public administration review, 555-561.
- Torlak, Ö. (2001). Pazarlama Ahlakı. İstanbul: Beta Yayınları.
- Tota I.,and Shehu H. (2012). The Dilemma of Business Ethics, Procedia Economics and Finance, Vol.3, 555-559
- Vitell, S. J.,Festervand, T. A. (1987), Business ethics: conflicts, practices and beliefs of industrial executives, Journal of Business Ethics, February
- Yılmazer, A., Çevik, H. (2011). Examining Approaches of Managers in Business Ethics: An Application in An Organized Industrial District, Journal of Administrative Sciences, Vol.9, No.2:165-189
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| Primary Language | English |
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| Journal Section | Research Article |
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| Publication Date | December 1, 2018 |
| Published in Issue | Year 2018 Volume: 7 Issue: 2 |